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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)

Black alone
 
People in families, with related
 children under 18 years, total (9) 		21,672 11,437 52.8 9,551 2,730 28.6 1,403 795 56.7 10,719 7,912 73.8
  Under 18 years 11,025 6,421 58.2 4,290 1,331 31.0 706 412 58.4 6,029 4,678 77.6
      Under 5 years 3,118 1,932 62.0 1,202 414 34.5 205 123 59.9 1,711 1,396 81.5
      5 to 17 years 7,907 4,489 56.8 3,088 917 29.7 502 290 57.8 4,318 3,282 76.0
  18 to 64 years 10,287 4,848 47.1 5,103 1,351 26.5 675 374 55.4 4,509 3,123 69.3
      18 to 24 years 1,997 1,206 60.4 676 242 35.7 149 89 59.8 1,172 876 74.7
      25 to 34 years 2,812 1,530 54.4 1,274 409 32.1 183 102 55.9 1,354 1,019 75.3
      35 to 44 years 2,892 1,179 40.8 1,647 387 23.5 171 98 57.4 1,074 694 64.6
      45 to 54 years 1,955 660 33.8 1,152 209 18.1 134 62 46.1 668 390 58.3
      55 to 59 years 383 145 37.8 211 47 22.4 30 18 (B) 142 79 55.5
      60 to 64 years 248 127 51.1 142 57 40.3 9 4 (B) 97 65 67.1
  65 years and over 360 169 46.8 159 48 30.2 21 9 (B) 180 112 61.8
      65 to 74 years 228 110 48.3 110 33 29.6 12 4 (B) 105 74 69.9
      75 years and over 132 59 44.3 49 15 (B) 9 5 (B) 75 38 (B)
Male 9,509 4,704 49.5 4,873 1,383 28.4 949 541 57.0 3,687 2,780 75.4
  Under 18 years 5,570 3,199 57.4 2,165 648 29.9 404 241 59.6 3,001 2,311 77.0
      Under 5 years 1,583 969 61.2 623 198 31.8 111 72 65.1 849 699 82.3
      5 to 17 years 3,987 2,230 55.9 1,543 450 29.2 293 168 57.5 2,151 1,612 74.9
  18 to 64 years 3,811 1,458 38.3 2,613 706 27.0 531 293 55.2 667 460 68.9
      18 to 24 years 817 465 56.9 330 117 35.5 104 62 59.7 384 286 74.5
      25 to 34 years 892 380 42.6 597 207 34.7 150 88 58.4 144 84 58.5
      35 to 44 years 1,015 320 31.5 814 199 24.5 149 85 56.9 52 36 (B)
      45 to 54 years 804 194 24.1 639 113 17.7 93 38 40.6 73 43 (B)
      55 to 59 years 183 56 30.8 146 35 23.8 28 17 (B) 9 5 (B)
      60 to 64 years 100 44 43.7 87 34 39.1 7 4 (B) 6 6 (B)
  65 years and over 128 46 36.4 95 30 31.1 13 7 (B) 19 10 (B)
      65 to 74 years 87 25 29.2 67 18 (B) 9 4 (B) 11 3 (B)
      75 years and over 41 21 (B) 28 11 (B) 5 3 (B) 9 7 (B)
Female 12,163 6,733 55.4 4,678 1,347 28.8 454 255 56.1 7,031 5,132 73.0
  Under 18 years 5,455 3,222 59.1 2,124 683 32.2 302 172 56.8 3,029 2,367 78.2
      Under 5 years 1,535 963 62.7 579 216 37.3 94 50 53.7 862 697 80.8
      5 to 17 years 3,920 2,259 57.6 1,545 467 30.2 209 121 58.2 2,167 1,670 77.1
  18 to 64 years 6,476 3,389 52.3 2,490 645 25.9 144 81 56.0 3,842 2,664 69.3
      18 to 24 years 1,180 742 62.8 347 125 35.9 45 27 (B) 789 590 74.8
      25 to 34 years 1,919 1,151 60.0 677 201 29.8 33 15 (B) 1,210 935 77.3
      35 to 44 years 1,877 859 45.8 833 188 22.5 22 14 (B) 1,022 658 64.4
      45 to 54 years 1,150 466 40.6 514 96 18.7 41 24 (B) 596 347 58.2
      55 to 59 years 201 88 44.1 66 13 (B) 2 2 (B) 133 74 55.5
      60 to 64 years 148 83 56.0 55 23 (B) 2 0 (B) 92 60 65.3
  65 years and over 233 122 52.6 64 18 (B) 8 2 (B) 161 101 63.1
      65 to 74 years 141 85 60.1 43 14 (B) 4 0 (B) 95 71 74.6
      75 years and over 91 37 40.9 21 4 (B) 4 2 (B) 66 31 (B)

Poverty Footnotes

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