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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 135% of poverty (5) Percentage below 135% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 135% of poverty (5) Percentage below 135% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 135% of poverty (5) Percentage below 135% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 135% of poverty (5) Percentage below 135% of poverty (6)

White alone
 
People in families, with related
 children under 18 years, total (9) 		118,664 23,276 19.6 93,568 12,631 13.5 6,231 1,719 27.6 18,865 8,927 47.3
  Under 18 years 55,404 12,646 22.8 42,238 6,454 15.3 3,151 944 29.9 10,015 5,248 52.4
      Under 5 years 15,639 4,153 26.6 12,080 2,107 17.4 959 340 35.4 2,600 1,707 65.6
      5 to 17 years 39,764 8,493 21.4 30,157 4,348 14.4 2,192 604 27.6 7,415 3,542 47.8
  18 to 64 years 61,627 10,254 16.6 50,221 5,988 11.9 2,958 738 24.9 8,448 3,528 41.8
      18 to 24 years 8,197 1,952 23.8 5,793 906 15.6 565 166 29.4 1,839 881 47.9
      25 to 34 years 15,443 3,297 21.3 12,434 1,950 15.7 773 210 27.2 2,235 1,136 50.8
      35 to 44 years 21,377 2,958 13.8 18,256 1,906 10.4 830 195 23.5 2,291 857 37.4
      45 to 54 years 13,426 1,542 11.5 11,237 920 8.2 610 119 19.6 1,579 503 31.8
      55 to 59 years 2,136 330 15.4 1,691 191 11.3 123 35 28.5 322 104 32.2
      60 to 64 years 1,049 175 16.7 810 116 14.3 57 12 (B) 182 48 26.2
  65 years and over 1,633 376 23.0 1,109 188 17.0 122 38 30.7 402 151 37.5
      65 to 74 years 1,062 223 21.0 737 114 15.5 76 25 32.7 249 84 33.7
      75 years and over 570 153 26.8 372 74 19.8 46 13 (B) 153 67 43.7
Male 58,041 10,603 18.3 47,457 6,347 13.4 4,253 1,149 27.0 6,332 3,107 49.1
  Under 18 years 28,398 6,447 22.7 21,625 3,243 15.0 1,735 516 29.7 5,038 2,688 53.3
      Under 5 years 8,013 2,144 26.8 6,197 1,080 17.4 503 179 35.5 1,313 886 67.4
      5 to 17 years 20,385 4,303 21.1 15,428 2,164 14.0 1,232 337 27.4 3,725 1,802 48.4
  18 to 64 years 28,931 4,004 13.8 25,260 2,997 11.9 2,426 605 25.0 1,245 401 32.2
      18 to 24 years 3,882 780 20.1 2,914 425 14.6 378 126 33.4 589 229 38.8
      25 to 34 years 6,574 1,159 17.6 5,637 906 16.1 657 182 27.8 281 71 25.2
      35 to 44 years 9,892 1,158 11.7 9,012 964 10.7 722 162 22.4 157 32 20.2
      45 to 54 years 6,811 664 9.8 6,146 521 8.5 517 97 18.8 148 46 31.3
      55 to 59 years 1,197 163 13.6 1,043 115 11.0 102 26 25.2 52 22 (B)
      60 to 64 years 575 79 13.8 508 66 13.0 49 12 (B) 18 1 (B)
  65 years and over 712 153 21.4 572 107 18.7 92 28 30.4 48 18 (B)
      65 to 74 years 511 103 20.2 419 70 16.7 60 21 (B) 32 13 (B)
      75 years and over 201 50 24.7 153 37 24.1 32 7 (B) 16 5 (B)
Female 60,623 12,673 20.9 46,111 6,284 13.6 1,979 570 28.8 12,533 5,820 46.4
  Under 18 years 27,006 6,199 23.0 20,613 3,211 15.6 1,416 428 30.2 4,977 2,560 51.4
      Under 5 years 7,626 2,009 26.3 5,883 1,027 17.5 456 161 35.3 1,287 821 63.8
      5 to 17 years 19,380 4,191 21.6 14,730 2,184 14.8 961 267 27.8 3,690 1,740 47.1
  18 to 64 years 32,696 6,250 19.1 24,961 2,991 12.0 532 132 24.8 7,203 3,127 43.4
      18 to 24 years 4,315 1,172 27.2 2,879 480 16.7 186 39 21.2 1,250 652 52.2
      25 to 34 years 8,868 2,138 24.1 6,798 1,044 15.4 116 28 23.8 1,955 1,066 54.5
      35 to 44 years 11,485 1,800 15.7 9,243 942 10.2 108 33 31.0 2,134 825 38.7
      45 to 54 years 6,615 878 13.3 5,091 399 7.8 93 22 24.0 1,430 456 31.9
      55 to 59 years 938 167 17.8 648 76 11.7 20 9 (B) 270 82 30.3
      60 to 64 years 475 96 20.3 303 50 16.5 8 0 (B) 164 46 28.2
  65 years and over 921 224 24.3 537 81 15.1 30 10 (B) 354 133 37.5
      65 to 74 years 551 120 21.8 318 45 14.0 16 4 (B) 217 71 32.9
      75 years and over 369 103 27.9 218 37 16.8 14 5 (B) 137 61 44.9

Poverty Footnotes

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