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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)

White alone
 
People in families, with related
 children under 18 years, total (9) 		118,664 32,563 27.4 93,568 19,193 20.5 6,231 2,426 38.9 18,865 10,943 58.0
  Under 18 years 55,404 17,220 31.1 42,238 9,625 22.8 3,151 1,291 41.0 10,015 6,304 62.9
      Under 5 years 15,639 5,537 35.4 12,080 3,134 25.9 959 462 48.2 2,600 1,940 74.6
      5 to 17 years 39,764 11,683 29.4 30,157 6,490 21.5 2,192 829 37.8 7,415 4,364 58.9
  18 to 64 years 61,627 14,803 24.0 50,221 9,285 18.5 2,958 1,084 36.6 8,448 4,435 52.5
      18 to 24 years 8,197 2,710 33.1 5,793 1,388 24.0 565 238 42.1 1,839 1,085 59.0
      25 to 34 years 15,443 4,730 30.6 12,434 3,009 24.2 773 314 40.6 2,235 1,407 63.0
      35 to 44 years 21,377 4,374 20.5 18,256 2,989 16.4 830 284 34.2 2,291 1,101 48.1
      45 to 54 years 13,426 2,277 17.0 11,237 1,438 12.8 610 186 30.4 1,579 653 41.4
      55 to 59 years 2,136 459 21.5 1,691 293 17.3 123 43 35.3 322 123 38.3
      60 to 64 years 1,049 253 24.1 810 168 20.8 57 20 (B) 182 65 35.7
  65 years and over 1,633 540 33.1 1,109 284 25.6 122 51 41.9 402 205 50.9
      65 to 74 years 1,062 339 31.9 737 183 24.9 76 34 44.7 249 121 48.7
      75 years and over 570 201 35.3 372 101 27.1 46 17 (B) 153 83 54.5
Male 58,041 15,100 26.0 47,457 9,709 20.5 4,253 1,618 38.0 6,332 3,773 59.6
  Under 18 years 28,398 8,832 31.1 21,625 4,903 22.7 1,735 703 40.5 5,038 3,226 64.0
      Under 5 years 8,013 2,847 35.5 6,197 1,605 25.9 503 239 47.5 1,313 1,003 76.4
      5 to 17 years 20,385 5,985 29.4 15,428 3,298 21.4 1,232 464 37.7 3,725 2,223 59.7
  18 to 64 years 28,931 6,051 20.9 25,260 4,654 18.4 2,426 877 36.1 1,245 520 41.8
      18 to 24 years 3,882 1,115 28.7 2,914 649 22.3 378 176 46.5 589 290 49.3
      25 to 34 years 6,574 1,798 27.3 5,637 1,412 25.1 657 273 41.5 281 113 40.3
      35 to 44 years 9,892 1,784 18.0 9,012 1,513 16.8 722 231 32.0 157 40 25.6
      45 to 54 years 6,811 997 14.6 6,146 800 13.0 517 147 28.4 148 51 34.1
      55 to 59 years 1,197 238 19.9 1,043 182 17.5 102 34 33.1 52 22 (B)
      60 to 64 years 575 118 20.6 508 98 19.3 49 16 (B) 18 4 (B)
  65 years and over 712 216 30.3 572 151 26.5 92 38 41.0 48 27 (B)
      65 to 74 years 511 147 28.7 419 101 24.2 60 26 (B) 32 20 (B)
      75 years and over 201 69 34.4 153 50 32.7 32 12 (B) 16 7 (B)
Female 60,623 17,463 28.8 46,111 9,484 20.6 1,979 809 40.9 12,533 7,170 57.2
  Under 18 years 27,006 8,387 31.1 20,613 4,721 22.9 1,416 588 41.5 4,977 3,078 61.8
      Under 5 years 7,626 2,690 35.3 5,883 1,530 26.0 456 223 49.0 1,287 937 72.8
      5 to 17 years 19,380 5,697 29.4 14,730 3,192 21.7 961 365 38.0 3,690 2,141 58.0
  18 to 64 years 32,696 8,752 26.8 24,961 4,630 18.5 532 207 39.0 7,203 3,914 54.3
      18 to 24 years 4,315 1,594 37.0 2,879 739 25.7 186 61 33.0 1,250 794 63.5
      25 to 34 years 8,868 2,932 33.1 6,798 1,597 23.5 116 41 35.5 1,955 1,294 66.2
      35 to 44 years 11,485 2,590 22.5 9,243 1,476 16.0 108 52 48.6 2,134 1,061 49.7
      45 to 54 years 6,615 1,279 19.3 5,091 638 12.5 93 39 41.9 1,430 603 42.1
      55 to 59 years 938 221 23.6 648 111 17.1 20 9 (B) 270 101 37.4
      60 to 64 years 475 135 28.4 303 70 23.2 8 4 (B) 164 61 37.2
  65 years and over 921 324 35.2 537 133 24.7 30 14 (B) 354 178 50.3
      65 to 74 years 551 192 34.8 318 82 25.7 16 8 (B) 217 102 46.8
      75 years and over 369 132 35.8 218 51 23.3 14 5 (B) 137 76 55.7

Poverty Footnotes

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