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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 175% of poverty (5) Percentage below 175% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 175% of poverty (5) Percentage below 175% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 175% of poverty (5) Percentage below 175% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 175% of poverty (5) Percentage below 175% of poverty (6)

All races
 
People in families, with related
 children under 18 years, total (9) 		153,666 47,733 31.1 113,271 24,146 21.3 8,363 3,514 42.0 32,031 20,073 62.7
  Under 18 years 73,083 25,823 35.3 51,347 12,144 23.6 4,228 1,882 44.5 17,508 11,798 67.4
      Under 5 years 20,858 8,213 39.4 14,845 3,929 26.5 1,261 648 51.4 4,753 3,636 76.5
      5 to 17 years 52,224 17,611 33.7 36,502 8,215 22.5 2,967 1,234 41.6 12,755 8,162 64.0
  18 to 64 years 78,231 21,124 27.0 60,395 11,625 19.2 3,967 1,569 39.5 13,870 7,930 57.2
      18 to 24 years 10,994 4,195 38.2 6,984 1,774 25.4 792 358 45.2 3,218 2,062 64.1
      25 to 34 years 19,790 6,653 33.6 14,930 3,679 24.6 1,041 443 42.5 3,820 2,531 66.3
      35 to 44 years 26,559 6,030 22.7 21,850 3,729 17.1 1,084 405 37.4 3,626 1,896 52.3
      45 to 54 years 16,668 3,172 19.0 13,447 1,814 13.5 808 269 33.2 2,412 1,089 45.2
      55 to 59 years 2,771 657 23.7 2,111 378 17.9 167 65 39.2 494 213 43.2
      60 to 64 years 1,449 417 28.8 1,074 250 23.3 75 29 (B) 301 138 46.1
  65 years and over 2,352 785 33.4 1,529 377 24.7 169 63 37.5 654 344 52.7
      65 to 74 years 1,519 501 32.9 1,018 249 24.5 107 40 37.3 394 211 53.6
      75 years and over 833 285 34.2 511 128 25.1 62 23 (B) 259 133 51.3
Male 73,982 21,601 29.2 57,352 12,231 21.3 5,657 2,339 41.3 10,973 7,032 64.1
  Under 18 years 37,349 13,161 35.2 26,234 6,178 23.5 2,322 1,025 44.1 8,792 5,958 67.8
      Under 5 years 10,671 4,181 39.2 7,632 1,999 26.2 655 338 51.6 2,385 1,844 77.3
      5 to 17 years 26,677 8,979 33.7 18,602 4,179 22.5 1,668 687 41.2 6,407 4,113 64.2
  18 to 64 years 35,652 8,153 22.9 30,331 5,852 19.3 3,216 1,267 39.4 2,105 1,034 49.1
      18 to 24 years 5,096 1,718 33.7 3,507 844 24.1 538 267 49.7 1,051 606 57.7
      25 to 34 years 8,067 2,312 28.7 6,723 1,719 25.6 876 385 43.9 468 208 44.4
      35 to 44 years 11,942 2,303 19.3 10,763 1,885 17.5 938 334 35.5 241 85 35.2
      45 to 54 years 8,284 1,324 16.0 7,374 1,024 13.9 658 206 31.3 252 94 37.4
      55 to 59 years 1,528 326 21.4 1,316 243 18.5 143 53 36.9 69 31 (B)
      60 to 64 years 735 170 23.1 647 136 21.0 62 23 (B) 25 11 (B)
  65 years and over 981 288 29.3 787 201 25.6 119 47 40.0 76 39 51.7
      65 to 74 years 696 192 27.5 576 137 23.8 76 32 41.7 44 23 (B)
      75 years and over 286 96 33.7 211 64 30.3 43 16 (B) 32 16 (B)
Female 79,684 26,131 32.8 55,919 11,916 21.3 2,707 1,175 43.4 21,058 13,041 61.9
  Under 18 years 35,734 12,663 35.4 25,113 5,966 23.8 1,905 857 45.0 8,716 5,840 67.0
      Under 5 years 10,187 4,031 39.6 7,213 1,929 26.7 606 310 51.1 2,368 1,792 75.7
      5 to 17 years 25,547 8,632 33.8 17,900 4,036 22.5 1,299 547 42.1 6,348 4,049 63.8
  18 to 64 years 42,579 12,971 30.5 30,064 5,773 19.2 751 302 40.2 11,764 6,896 58.6
      18 to 24 years 5,897 2,477 42.0 3,477 930 26.7 253 91 35.9 2,167 1,456 67.2
      25 to 34 years 11,723 4,341 37.0 8,207 1,960 23.9 165 58 35.1 3,352 2,323 69.3
      35 to 44 years 14,617 3,727 25.5 11,087 1,845 16.6 145 71 49.2 3,385 1,811 53.5
      45 to 54 years 8,384 1,848 22.0 6,073 789 13.0 151 63 41.8 2,160 995 46.1
      55 to 59 years 1,243 331 26.6 794 135 17.1 24 13 (B) 425 183 43.0
      60 to 64 years 714 247 34.7 426 114 26.7 13 6 (B) 275 128 46.4
  65 years and over 1,371 497 36.3 743 176 23.8 51 16 (B) 578 305 52.8
      65 to 74 years 824 309 37.5 442 112 25.4 31 8 (B) 350 189 53.8
      75 years and over 547 189 34.5 301 64 21.4 19 8 (B) 227 117 51.2

Poverty Footnotes

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