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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)

Black A.O.I.C.
 
People in families, with related
 children under 18 years, total (9) 		23,234 9,262 39.9 10,414 1,843 17.7 1,488 588 39.5 11,333 6,831 60.3
  Under 18 years 12,229 5,487 44.9 4,929 965 19.6 772 323 41.9 6,528 4,199 64.3
      Under 5 years 3,526 1,787 50.7 1,405 319 22.7 230 83 36.2 1,891 1,386 73.3
      5 to 17 years 8,702 3,699 42.5 3,523 646 18.3 542 240 44.3 4,637 2,813 60.7
  18 to 64 years 10,640 3,656 34.4 5,323 848 15.9 694 255 36.8 4,622 2,552 55.2
      18 to 24 years 2,092 958 45.8 719 159 22.1 160 67 41.6 1,213 732 60.4
      25 to 34 years 2,911 1,208 41.5 1,340 272 20.3 185 67 36.4 1,386 869 62.7
      35 to 44 years 2,993 822 27.5 1,724 222 12.9 173 57 33.1 1,095 543 49.5
      45 to 54 years 1,998 462 23.1 1,174 128 10.9 138 49 35.4 686 285 41.6
      55 to 59 years 393 116 29.5 220 36 16.6 30 11 (B) 143 68 47.6
      60 to 64 years 254 89 35.3 146 31 21.0 9 4 (B) 99 55 55.4
  65 years and over 366 120 32.7 162 30 18.7 21 9 (B) 182 80 43.9
      65 to 74 years 234 83 35.5 114 22 19.5 12 4 (B) 107 57 52.8
      75 years and over 132 37 27.8 49 8 (B) 9 5 (B) 75 23 (B)
Male 10,249 3,808 37.2 5,277 950 18.0 999 399 39.9 3,973 2,459 61.9
  Under 18 years 6,166 2,781 45.1 2,471 493 19.9 435 187 43.1 3,260 2,100 64.4
      Under 5 years 1,778 892 50.2 715 151 21.2 124 52 41.7 940 689 73.3
      5 to 17 years 4,388 1,889 43.0 1,757 342 19.5 311 136 43.6 2,321 1,411 60.8
  18 to 64 years 3,951 994 25.2 2,707 438 16.2 550 205 37.2 693 351 50.7
      18 to 24 years 859 340 39.6 343 72 21.0 115 46 40.2 401 222 55.4
      25 to 34 years 928 263 28.3 627 135 21.5 152 63 41.1 148 66 44.2
      35 to 44 years 1,050 190 18.1 848 116 13.6 151 48 31.8 52 26 (B)
      45 to 54 years 826 133 16.1 652 70 10.7 97 34 35.2 77 29 37.0
      55 to 59 years 187 40 21.5 150 27 18.1 28 10 (B) 9 3 (B)
      60 to 64 years 101 28 28.1 88 19 21.2 7 4 (B) 6 6 (B)
  65 years and over 131 33 25.0 99 19 19.2 13 7 (B) 19 7 (B)
      65 to 74 years 90 19 21.1 71 12 (B) 9 4 (B) 11 3 (B)
      75 years and over 41 14 (B) 28 7 (B) 5 3 (B) 9 4 (B)
Female 12,986 5,454 42.0 5,136 893 17.4 489 189 38.6 7,360 4,372 59.4
  Under 18 years 6,062 2,706 44.6 2,457 472 19.2 337 136 40.3 3,268 2,098 64.2
      Under 5 years 1,748 895 51.2 691 167 24.2 106 32 29.7 951 696 73.2
      5 to 17 years 4,314 1,810 42.0 1,767 304 17.2 231 104 45.1 2,317 1,402 60.5
  18 to 64 years 6,689 2,661 39.8 2,615 410 15.7 144 51 35.2 3,929 2,201 56.0
      18 to 24 years 1,233 618 50.1 376 87 23.1 45 20 (B) 812 511 62.9
      25 to 34 years 1,983 945 47.6 713 137 19.2 33 5 (B) 1,237 803 64.9
      35 to 44 years 1,943 632 32.5 877 107 12.2 22 9 (B) 1,044 516 49.5
      45 to 54 years 1,172 329 28.1 522 58 11.1 41 15 (B) 609 257 42.1
      55 to 59 years 206 76 36.9 69 9 (B) 2 2 (B) 134 65 48.2
      60 to 64 years 152 61 40.0 58 12 (B) 2 0 (B) 93 49 52.8
  65 years and over 235 87 37.0 64 11 (B) 8 2 (B) 163 73 44.8
      65 to 74 years 143 64 44.6 43 10 (B) 4 0 (B) 97 54 55.5
      75 years and over 91 23 25.2 21 1 (B) 4 2 (B) 66 19 (B)

Poverty Footnotes

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