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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 150% of poverty (5) Percentage below 150% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 150% of poverty (5) Percentage below 150% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 150% of poverty (5) Percentage below 150% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 150% of poverty (5) Percentage below 150% of poverty (6)

Black alone
 
People in families, with related
 children under 18 years, total (9) 		21,672 9,645 44.5 9,551 1,988 20.8 1,403 650 46.3 10,719 7,007 65.4
  Under 18 years 11,025 5,525 50.1 4,290 987 23.0 706 334 47.3 6,029 4,204 69.7
      Under 5 years 3,118 1,720 55.2 1,202 319 26.5 205 87 42.7 1,711 1,314 76.8
      5 to 17 years 7,907 3,805 48.1 3,088 668 21.6 502 246 49.1 4,318 2,890 66.9
  18 to 64 years 10,287 3,992 38.8 5,103 968 19.0 675 306 45.4 4,509 2,718 60.3
      18 to 24 years 1,997 1,038 52.0 676 186 27.5 149 73 49.4 1,172 779 66.4
      25 to 34 years 2,812 1,284 45.7 1,274 301 23.7 183 76 41.6 1,354 907 66.9
      35 to 44 years 2,892 934 32.3 1,647 265 16.1 171 81 47.2 1,074 589 54.8
      45 to 54 years 1,955 517 26.5 1,152 148 12.8 134 53 40.0 668 316 47.2
      55 to 59 years 383 123 32.0 211 33 15.7 30 18 (B) 142 71 50.0
      60 to 64 years 248 96 38.7 142 35 24.8 9 4 (B) 97 57 58.0
  65 years and over 360 127 35.3 159 33 20.8 21 9 (B) 180 85 47.0
      65 to 74 years 228 87 38.1 110 24 21.7 12 4 (B) 105 59 55.9
      75 years and over 132 40 30.4 49 9 (B) 9 5 (B) 75 26 (B)
Male 9,509 3,949 41.5 4,873 1,023 21.0 949 449 47.3 3,687 2,478 67.2
  Under 18 years 5,570 2,783 50.0 2,165 497 22.9 404 200 49.5 3,001 2,086 69.5
      Under 5 years 1,583 862 54.5 623 155 24.9 111 55 49.2 849 653 76.9
      5 to 17 years 3,987 1,921 48.2 1,543 342 22.2 293 145 49.6 2,151 1,433 66.6
  18 to 64 years 3,811 1,132 29.7 2,613 505 19.3 531 242 45.5 667 384 57.6
      18 to 24 years 817 384 47.0 330 86 26.2 104 49 46.8 384 249 64.9
      25 to 34 years 892 288 32.3 597 152 25.4 150 68 45.4 144 68 47.1
      35 to 44 years 1,015 237 23.4 814 140 17.2 149 69 46.5 52 28 (B)
      45 to 54 years 804 149 18.5 639 83 12.9 93 35 37.5 73 31 (B)
      55 to 59 years 183 44 24.3 146 24 16.8 28 17 (B) 9 3 (B)
      60 to 64 years 100 30 30.1 87 20 23.4 7 4 (B) 6 6 (B)
  65 years and over 128 34 26.9 95 20 21.5 13 7 (B) 19 7 (B)
      65 to 74 years 87 20 23.6 67 14 (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 5,696 46.8 4,678 965 20.6 454 201 44.2 7,031 4,529 64.4
  Under 18 years 5,455 2,742 50.3 2,124 490 23.1 302 134 44.3 3,029 2,118 69.9
      Under 5 years 1,535 858 55.9 579 164 28.2 94 33 35.0 862 661 76.7
      5 to 17 years 3,920 1,884 48.1 1,545 326 21.1 209 101 48.4 2,167 1,457 67.2
  18 to 64 years 6,476 2,861 44.2 2,490 463 18.6 144 65 45.0 3,842 2,333 60.7
      18 to 24 years 1,180 654 55.4 347 99 28.7 45 25 (B) 789 530 67.2
      25 to 34 years 1,919 996 51.9 677 150 22.1 33 8 (B) 1,210 839 69.3
      35 to 44 years 1,877 697 37.1 833 125 15.0 22 12 (B) 1,022 561 54.9
      45 to 54 years 1,150 369 32.1 514 65 12.7 41 19 (B) 596 285 47.8
      55 to 59 years 201 78 39.0 66 9 (B) 2 2 (B) 133 68 50.9
      60 to 64 years 148 66 44.5 55 15 (B) 2 0 (B) 92 51 55.6
  65 years and over 233 93 39.9 64 13 (B) 8 2 (B) 161 78 48.3
      65 to 74 years 141 66 47.0 43 10 (B) 4 0 (B) 95 56 59.1
      75 years and over 91 27 29.0 21 2 (B) 4 2 (B) 66 22 (B)

Poverty Footnotes

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