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POV03: People in Families with Related Children Under 18 by Family Structure, Age, and Sex, Iterated by Income-to-Poverty Ratio and Race: 2008

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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2009 Annual Social and Economic Supplement.

(Numbers in thousands)

  People in families (total) (2) People in married-couple families (11) People in families with a male householder, no wife present People in families with a female householder, no husband present
All income levels Below 130% of poverty (5) Percentage below 130% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 130% of poverty (5) Percentage below 130% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 130% of poverty (5) Percentage below 130% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 130% of poverty (5) Percentage below 130% of poverty (6)

Black alone
 
People in families, with related
 children under 18 years, total (9) 		21,672 8,375 38.6 9,551 1,563 16.4 1,403 517 36.9 10,719 6,295 58.7
  Under 18 years 11,025 4,876 44.2 4,290 779 18.2 706 274 38.8 6,029 3,823 63.4
      Under 5 years 3,118 1,557 49.9 1,202 250 20.8 205 67 32.8 1,711 1,240 72.4
      5 to 17 years 7,907 3,319 42.0 3,088 529 17.1 502 207 41.3 4,318 2,583 59.8
  18 to 64 years 10,287 3,384 32.9 5,103 755 14.8 675 234 34.6 4,509 2,396 53.1
      18 to 24 years 1,997 871 43.6 676 138 20.4 149 54 36.5 1,172 679 57.9
      25 to 34 years 2,812 1,134 40.3 1,274 239 18.7 183 67 36.8 1,354 829 61.2
      35 to 44 years 2,892 756 26.1 1,647 206 12.5 171 51 29.8 1,074 499 46.4
      45 to 54 years 1,955 434 22.2 1,152 114 9.9 134 46 34.1 668 275 41.1
      55 to 59 years 383 104 27.0 211 29 13.9 30 11 (B) 142 63 44.3
      60 to 64 years 248 85 34.4 142 29 20.7 9 4 (B) 97 52 53.1
  65 years and over 360 115 31.8 159 29 18.3 21 9 (B) 180 76 42.3
      65 to 74 years 228 78 34.1 110 21 19.0 12 4 (B) 105 53 50.2
      75 years and over 132 37 27.8 49 8 (B) 9 5 (B) 75 23 (B)
Male 9,509 3,421 36.0 4,873 798 16.4 949 363 38.3 3,687 2,259 61.3
  Under 18 years 5,570 2,482 44.6 2,165 388 17.9 404 172 42.5 3,001 1,922 64.0
      Under 5 years 1,583 784 49.5 623 115 18.5 111 44 40.0 849 625 73.6
      5 to 17 years 3,987 1,698 42.6 1,543 273 17.7 293 127 43.5 2,151 1,297 60.3
  18 to 64 years 3,811 908 23.8 2,613 392 15.0 531 185 34.8 667 331 49.5
      18 to 24 years 817 306 37.4 330 63 19.0 104 34 32.8 384 209 54.6
      25 to 34 years 892 244 27.3 597 119 20.0 150 63 41.6 144 62 43.0
      35 to 44 years 1,015 176 17.3 814 106 13.0 149 44 29.2 52 26 (B)
      45 to 54 years 804 121 15.1 639 64 9.9 93 31 33.4 73 27 (B)
      55 to 59 years 183 35 19.2 146 22 15.2 28 10 (B) 9 3 (B)
      60 to 64 years 100 26 25.6 87 19 21.5 7 4 (B) 6 3 (B)
  65 years and over 128 32 24.7 95 18 18.6 13 7 (B) 19 7 (B)
      65 to 74 years 87 18 20.5 67 11 (B) 9 4 (B) 11 3 (B)
      75 years and over 41 14 (B) 28 7 (B) 5 3 (B) 9 4 (B)
Female 12,163 4,954 40.7 4,678 764 16.3 454 154 33.9 7,031 4,036 57.4
  Under 18 years 5,455 2,394 43.9 2,124 390 18.4 302 103 33.9 3,029 1,901 62.8
      Under 5 years 1,535 773 50.3 579 135 23.3 94 23 24.3 862 615 71.3
      5 to 17 years 3,920 1,622 41.4 1,545 255 16.5 209 80 38.3 2,167 1,286 59.4
  18 to 64 years 6,476 2,477 38.2 2,490 363 14.6 144 49 33.9 3,842 2,065 53.8
      18 to 24 years 1,180 565 47.9 347 75 21.7 45 20 (B) 789 469 59.5
      25 to 34 years 1,919 891 46.4 677 119 17.6 33 5 (B) 1,210 767 63.4
      35 to 44 years 1,877 580 30.9 833 100 12.0 22 7 (B) 1,022 473 46.2
      45 to 54 years 1,150 313 27.2 514 50 9.8 41 15 (B) 596 248 41.7
      55 to 59 years 201 69 34.2 66 7 (B) 2 2 (B) 133 59 44.7
      60 to 64 years 148 60 40.3 55 11 (B) 2 0 (B) 92 49 53.5
  65 years and over 233 83 35.7 64 11 (B) 8 2 (B) 161 69 43.0
      65 to 74 years 141 60 42.5 43 10 (B) 4 0 (B) 95 50 52.7
      75 years and over 91 23 25.2 21 1 (B) 4 2 (B) 66 19 (B)

Poverty Footnotes

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