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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)

White alone, not Hispanic
 
People in families, with related
 children under 18 years, total (9) 		88,978 18,940 21.3 72,349 10,863 15.0 4,391 1,583 36.0 12,238 6,493 53.1
  Under 18 years 40,735 9,801 24.1 32,195 5,369 16.7 2,264 854 37.7 6,276 3,577 57.0
      Under 5 years 10,814 2,900 26.8 8,795 1,640 18.6 625 278 44.5 1,394 982 70.5
      5 to 17 years 29,921 6,901 23.1 23,400 3,730 15.9 1,639 576 35.2 4,882 2,595 53.2
  18 to 64 years 47,070 8,797 18.7 39,352 5,322 13.5 2,031 694 34.2 5,686 2,781 48.9
      18 to 24 years 5,693 1,568 27.5 4,170 769 18.4 346 142 41.1 1,177 657 55.8
      25 to 34 years 10,952 2,695 24.6 9,034 1,615 17.9 523 216 41.3 1,395 864 62.0
      35 to 44 years 16,892 2,596 15.4 14,729 1,716 11.7 573 176 30.7 1,590 703 44.2
      45 to 54 years 11,114 1,494 13.4 9,491 946 10.0 456 121 26.6 1,167 427 36.6
      55 to 59 years 1,622 279 17.2 1,302 168 12.9 94 28 30.4 225 82 36.3
      60 to 64 years 797 165 20.7 626 107 17.2 39 10 (B) 131 47 36.0
  65 years and over 1,174 342 29.1 802 172 21.4 95 35 36.3 276 135 49.0
      65 to 74 years 759 208 27.3 534 106 19.8 58 22 (B) 167 80 48.0
      75 years and over 415 134 32.4 268 66 24.8 37 13 (B) 109 55 50.5
Male 43,540 8,660 19.9 36,629 5,457 14.9 3,040 1,081 35.5 3,871 2,122 54.8
  Under 18 years 20,915 5,091 24.3 16,495 2,755 16.7 1,249 464 37.2 3,172 1,872 59.0
      Under 5 years 5,540 1,496 27.0 4,496 830 18.5 337 141 41.8 707 525 74.4
      5 to 17 years 15,376 3,595 23.4 11,998 1,925 16.0 912 324 35.5 2,465 1,346 54.6
  18 to 64 years 22,100 3,436 15.5 19,704 2,605 13.2 1,717 588 34.3 679 242 35.6
      18 to 24 years 2,719 602 22.2 2,141 345 16.1 219 107 48.8 359 151 41.9
      25 to 34 years 4,549 953 21.0 3,976 722 18.2 451 194 43.0 122 37 30.5
      35 to 44 years 7,788 1,025 13.2 7,192 860 12.0 522 151 29.0 73 14 (B)
      45 to 54 years 5,673 630 11.1 5,188 508 9.8 406 102 25.2 79 20 24.5
      55 to 59 years 937 153 16.3 820 112 13.7 83 24 29.2 34 16 (B)
      60 to 64 years 434 73 16.7 387 58 15.0 36 10 (B) 11 4 (B)
  65 years and over 525 133 25.3 431 96 22.4 75 28 (B) 20 9 (B)
      65 to 74 years 378 89 23.5 321 64 19.9 46 17 (B) 12 8 (B)
      75 years and over 147 44 29.7 110 33 29.8 29 10 (B) 8 0 (B)
Female 45,438 10,280 22.6 35,720 5,406 15.1 1,351 502 37.2 8,367 4,371 52.2
  Under 18 years 19,820 4,710 23.8 15,700 2,614 16.7 1,015 390 38.4 3,105 1,706 54.9
      Under 5 years 5,274 1,404 26.6 4,299 810 18.8 288 137 47.6 688 457 66.5
      5 to 17 years 14,545 3,306 22.7 11,401 1,804 15.8 727 253 34.8 2,417 1,249 51.7
  18 to 64 years 24,970 5,361 21.5 19,649 2,716 13.8 315 105 33.5 5,006 2,539 50.7
      18 to 24 years 2,974 966 32.5 2,029 424 20.9 127 35 27.7 817 506 61.9
      25 to 34 years 6,403 1,742 27.2 5,058 893 17.7 72 22 (B) 1,273 827 65.0
      35 to 44 years 9,104 1,571 17.3 7,537 857 11.4 51 25 (B) 1,516 689 45.4
      45 to 54 years 5,442 864 15.9 4,304 438 10.2 50 19 (B) 1,088 408 37.5
      55 to 59 years 685 126 18.4 482 56 11.6 11 4 (B) 192 65 34.2
      60 to 64 years 363 92 25.5 239 49 20.6 3 0 (B) 120 43 35.8
  65 years and over 649 209 32.2 371 76 20.3 21 7 (B) 256 126 49.3
      65 to 74 years 381 118 31.1 213 42 19.6 12 5 (B) 155 72 46.3
      75 years and over 268 91 33.8 158 34 21.3 8 2 (B) 101 55 54.0

Poverty Footnotes

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