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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)

Black A.O.I.C.
 
People in families, with related
 children under 18 years, total (9) 		23,234 11,765 50.6 10,414 2,802 26.9 1,488 828 55.6 11,333 8,135 71.8
  Under 18 years 12,229 6,816 55.7 4,929 1,440 29.2 772 450 58.4 6,528 4,926 75.5
      Under 5 years 3,526 2,119 60.1 1,405 457 32.5 230 139 60.5 1,891 1,523 80.5
      5 to 17 years 8,702 4,697 54.0 3,523 983 27.9 542 311 57.4 4,637 3,403 73.4
  18 to 64 years 10,640 4,784 45.0 5,323 1,313 24.7 694 368 53.0 4,622 3,103 67.1
      18 to 24 years 2,092 1,214 58.0 719 236 32.8 160 91 57.1 1,213 887 73.1
      25 to 34 years 2,911 1,517 52.1 1,340 407 30.3 185 96 52.0 1,386 1,014 73.2
      35 to 44 years 2,993 1,149 38.4 1,724 367 21.3 173 97 56.3 1,095 685 62.5
      45 to 54 years 1,998 633 31.7 1,174 201 17.1 138 60 43.8 686 372 54.2
      55 to 59 years 393 146 37.1 220 47 21.4 30 18 (B) 143 80 56.0
      60 to 64 years 254 125 49.3 146 56 38.2 9 4 (B) 99 65 65.9
  65 years and over 366 164 44.9 162 49 30.3 21 9 (B) 182 106 58.1
      65 to 74 years 234 109 46.5 114 34 29.8 12 4 (B) 107 71 65.9
      75 years and over 132 56 42.2 49 15 (B) 9 5 (B) 75 35 (B)
Male 10,249 4,900 47.8 5,277 1,436 27.2 999 557 55.7 3,973 2,908 73.2
  Under 18 years 6,166 3,419 55.4 2,471 724 29.3 435 253 58.1 3,260 2,442 74.9
      Under 5 years 1,778 1,056 59.4 715 221 30.9 124 80 64.3 940 756 80.4
      5 to 17 years 4,388 2,363 53.8 1,757 504 28.7 311 173 55.7 2,321 1,686 72.7
  18 to 64 years 3,951 1,435 36.3 2,707 681 25.1 550 297 54.0 693 457 66.0
      18 to 24 years 859 470 54.7 343 112 32.7 115 66 57.6 401 291 72.7
      25 to 34 years 928 371 40.0 627 202 32.2 152 83 54.6 148 86 58.0
      35 to 44 years 1,050 310 29.5 848 189 22.3 151 85 56.4 52 36 (B)
      45 to 54 years 826 187 22.6 652 111 17.1 97 42 43.0 77 34 44.0
      55 to 59 years 187 56 30.2 150 35 23.2 28 17 (B) 9 5 (B)
      60 to 64 years 101 41 40.5 88 31 35.5 7 4 (B) 6 6 (B)
  65 years and over 131 46 35.1 99 31 31.3 13 7 (B) 19 8 (B)
      65 to 74 years 90 27 29.4 71 20 (B) 9 4 (B) 11 3 (B)
      75 years and over 41 20 (B) 28 11 (B) 5 3 (B) 9 5 (B)
Female 12,986 6,864 52.9 5,136 1,366 26.6 489 271 55.4 7,360 5,227 71.0
  Under 18 years 6,062 3,397 56.0 2,457 715 29.1 337 198 58.7 3,268 2,484 76.0
      Under 5 years 1,748 1,063 60.8 691 236 34.2 106 59 56.1 951 767 80.6
      5 to 17 years 4,314 2,335 54.1 1,767 479 27.1 231 138 59.8 2,317 1,717 74.1
  18 to 64 years 6,689 3,349 50.1 2,615 632 24.2 144 71 49.1 3,929 2,646 67.3
      18 to 24 years 1,233 744 60.4 376 124 32.9 45 25 (B) 812 596 73.3
      25 to 34 years 1,983 1,146 57.8 713 205 28.7 33 13 (B) 1,237 928 75.0
      35 to 44 years 1,943 839 43.2 877 178 20.3 22 12 (B) 1,044 649 62.2
      45 to 54 years 1,172 446 38.1 522 90 17.1 41 19 (B) 609 338 55.5
      55 to 59 years 206 89 43.5 69 12 (B) 2 2 (B) 134 75 56.0
      60 to 64 years 152 84 55.1 58 24 (B) 2 0 (B) 93 59 64.1
  65 years and over 235 118 50.4 64 18 (B) 8 2 (B) 163 97 59.8
      65 to 74 years 143 82 57.3 43 14 (B) 4 0 (B) 97 68 70.1
      75 years and over 91 36 39.7 21 4 (B) 4 2 (B) 66 30 (B)

Poverty Footnotes

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