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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 185% of poverty (5) Percentage below 185% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 185% of poverty (5) Percentage below 185% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 185% of poverty (5) Percentage below 185% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 185% of poverty (5) Percentage below 185% of poverty (6)

All races
 
People in families, with related
 children under 18 years, total (9) 		153,666 50,721 33.0 113,271 26,229 23.2 8,363 3,724 44.5 32,031 20,768 64.8
  Under 18 years 73,083 27,289 37.3 51,347 13,151 25.6 4,228 1,984 46.9 17,508 12,155 69.4
      Under 5 years 20,858 8,599 41.2 14,845 4,224 28.5 1,261 673 53.4 4,753 3,701 77.9
      5 to 17 years 52,224 18,690 35.8 36,502 8,926 24.5 2,967 1,310 44.2 12,755 8,454 66.3
  18 to 64 years 78,231 22,598 28.9 60,395 12,670 21.0 3,967 1,675 42.2 13,870 8,254 59.5
      18 to 24 years 10,994 4,442 40.4 6,984 1,907 27.3 792 391 49.4 3,218 2,145 66.6
      25 to 34 years 19,790 7,085 35.8 14,930 4,009 26.9 1,041 468 44.9 3,820 2,608 68.3
      35 to 44 years 26,559 6,487 24.4 21,850 4,072 18.6 1,084 429 39.6 3,626 1,985 54.8
      45 to 54 years 16,668 3,443 20.7 13,447 1,996 14.8 808 293 36.2 2,412 1,154 47.8
      55 to 59 years 2,771 703 25.4 2,111 417 19.8 167 65 39.2 494 220 44.6
      60 to 64 years 1,449 439 30.3 1,074 268 24.9 75 29 (B) 301 142 47.1
  65 years and over 2,352 834 35.5 1,529 409 26.7 169 66 38.7 654 360 55.1
      65 to 74 years 1,519 532 35.0 1,018 269 26.5 107 40 37.3 394 223 56.5
      75 years and over 833 302 36.3 511 139 27.2 62 26 (B) 259 137 52.9
Male 73,982 23,011 31.1 57,352 13,277 23.1 5,657 2,475 43.8 10,973 7,259 66.1
  Under 18 years 37,349 13,887 37.2 26,234 6,681 25.5 2,322 1,083 46.7 8,792 6,123 69.6
      Under 5 years 10,671 4,373 41.0 7,632 2,150 28.2 655 351 53.6 2,385 1,872 78.5
      5 to 17 years 26,677 9,514 35.7 18,602 4,531 24.4 1,668 732 43.9 6,407 4,251 66.3
  18 to 64 years 35,652 8,817 24.7 30,331 6,380 21.0 3,216 1,342 41.7 2,105 1,095 52.0
      18 to 24 years 5,096 1,830 35.9 3,507 906 25.8 538 286 53.2 1,051 637 60.6
      25 to 34 years 8,067 2,503 31.0 6,723 1,874 27.9 876 408 46.5 468 221 47.3
      35 to 44 years 11,942 2,500 20.9 10,763 2,061 19.1 938 353 37.6 241 87 36.0
      45 to 54 years 8,284 1,445 17.4 7,374 1,118 15.2 658 220 33.4 252 107 42.3
      55 to 59 years 1,528 355 23.2 1,316 271 20.6 143 53 36.9 69 31 (B)
      60 to 64 years 735 186 25.3 647 151 23.3 62 23 (B) 25 12 (B)
  65 years and over 981 306 31.2 787 216 27.4 119 50 41.8 76 41 53.9
      65 to 74 years 696 202 29.0 576 147 25.6 76 32 41.7 44 23 (B)
      75 years and over 286 105 36.6 211 68 32.5 43 18 (B) 32 18 (B)
Female 79,684 27,711 34.8 55,919 12,952 23.2 2,707 1,249 46.1 21,058 13,510 64.2
  Under 18 years 35,734 13,402 37.5 25,113 6,470 25.8 1,905 900 47.2 8,716 6,031 69.2
      Under 5 years 10,187 4,226 41.5 7,213 2,075 28.8 606 322 53.2 2,368 1,829 77.2
      5 to 17 years 25,547 9,176 35.9 17,900 4,395 24.6 1,299 578 44.5 6,348 4,203 66.2
  18 to 64 years 42,579 13,781 32.4 30,064 6,289 20.9 751 333 44.3 11,764 7,159 60.9
      18 to 24 years 5,897 2,613 44.3 3,477 1,001 28.8 253 105 41.3 2,167 1,507 69.6
      25 to 34 years 11,723 4,582 39.1 8,207 2,135 26.0 165 60 36.2 3,352 2,387 71.2
      35 to 44 years 14,617 3,987 27.3 11,087 2,012 18.1 145 77 52.8 3,385 1,899 56.1
      45 to 54 years 8,384 1,998 23.8 6,073 878 14.5 151 73 48.4 2,160 1,047 48.5
      55 to 59 years 1,243 348 28.0 794 146 18.4 24 13 (B) 425 189 44.5
      60 to 64 years 714 253 35.4 426 117 27.5 13 6 (B) 275 130 47.1
  65 years and over 1,371 528 38.5 743 193 25.9 51 16 (B) 578 319 55.2
      65 to 74 years 824 330 40.1 442 122 27.6 31 8 (B) 350 200 57.1
      75 years and over 547 197 36.1 301 71 23.5 19 8 (B) 227 119 52.4

Poverty Footnotes

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