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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 200% of poverty (5) Percentage below 200% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 200% of poverty (5) Percentage below 200% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 200% of poverty (5) Percentage below 200% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 200% of poverty (5) Percentage below 200% of poverty (6)

Black alone
 
People in families, with related
 children under 18 years, total (9) 		21,672 11,988 55.3 9,551 3,021 31.6 1,403 820 58.5 10,719 8,147 76.0
  Under 18 years 11,025 6,679 60.6 4,290 1,460 34.0 706 428 60.5 6,029 4,792 79.5
      Under 5 years 3,118 1,996 64.0 1,202 459 38.2 205 127 62.0 1,711 1,410 82.4
      5 to 17 years 7,907 4,683 59.2 3,088 1,000 32.4 502 301 59.9 4,318 3,382 78.3
  18 to 64 years 10,287 5,128 49.8 5,103 1,507 29.5 675 383 56.8 4,509 3,237 71.8
      18 to 24 years 1,997 1,253 62.7 676 265 39.3 149 90 60.9 1,172 897 76.5
      25 to 34 years 2,812 1,620 57.6 1,274 463 36.4 183 105 57.0 1,354 1,052 77.7
      35 to 44 years 2,892 1,251 43.3 1,647 431 26.2 171 102 59.5 1,074 718 66.9
      45 to 54 years 1,955 716 36.6 1,152 241 20.9 134 62 46.1 668 413 61.8
      55 to 59 years 383 154 40.3 211 47 22.4 30 21 (B) 142 86 60.6
      60 to 64 years 248 133 53.6 142 59 41.3 9 4 (B) 97 70 72.0
  65 years and over 360 181 50.4 159 55 34.5 21 9 (B) 180 118 65.2
      65 to 74 years 228 118 51.8 110 39 35.7 12 4 (B) 105 75 71.0
      75 years and over 132 63 47.9 49 15 (B) 9 5 (B) 75 43 (B)
Male 9,509 4,947 52.0 4,873 1,533 31.5 949 550 58.0 3,687 2,864 77.7
  Under 18 years 5,570 3,332 59.8 2,165 716 33.1 404 241 59.6 3,001 2,376 79.2
      Under 5 years 1,583 994 62.8 623 215 34.6 111 72 65.1 849 707 83.2
      5 to 17 years 3,987 2,338 58.6 1,543 500 32.4 293 168 57.5 2,151 1,669 77.6
  18 to 64 years 3,811 1,564 41.1 2,613 784 30.0 531 303 57.0 667 478 71.7
      18 to 24 years 817 492 60.3 330 132 39.9 104 63 61.2 384 297 77.6
      25 to 34 years 892 411 46.1 597 232 38.8 150 90 59.8 144 90 62.2
      35 to 44 years 1,015 347 34.2 814 223 27.4 149 88 59.3 52 36 (B)
      45 to 54 years 804 212 26.3 639 129 20.2 93 38 40.6 73 45 (B)
      55 to 59 years 183 59 32.2 146 35 23.8 28 19 (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 51 39.6 95 34 35.5 13 7 (B) 19 10 (B)
      65 to 74 years 87 29 33.9 67 22 (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 7,041 57.9 4,678 1,488 31.8 454 270 59.5 7,031 5,283 75.1
  Under 18 years 5,455 3,347 61.3 2,124 744 35.0 302 187 61.9 3,029 2,416 79.8
      Under 5 years 1,535 1,002 65.2 579 244 42.1 94 55 58.4 862 703 81.5
      5 to 17 years 3,920 2,345 59.8 1,545 500 32.4 209 132 63.4 2,167 1,713 79.1
  18 to 64 years 6,476 3,563 55.0 2,490 724 29.1 144 81 56.0 3,842 2,759 71.8
      18 to 24 years 1,180 760 64.4 347 134 38.6 45 27 (B) 789 599 76.0
      25 to 34 years 1,919 1,209 63.0 677 232 34.2 33 15 (B) 1,210 963 79.6
      35 to 44 years 1,877 905 48.2 833 208 25.0 22 14 (B) 1,022 683 66.8
      45 to 54 years 1,150 505 43.9 514 112 21.8 41 24 (B) 596 369 61.9
      55 to 59 years 201 96 47.7 66 13 (B) 2 2 (B) 133 81 61.0
      60 to 64 years 148 89 60.2 55 25 (B) 2 0 (B) 92 65 70.5
  65 years and over 233 131 56.3 64 21 (B) 8 2 (B) 161 107 66.8
      65 to 74 years 141 89 62.8 43 17 (B) 4 0 (B) 95 72 75.9
      75 years and over 91 42 46.3 21 4 (B) 4 2 (B) 66 36 (B)

Poverty Footnotes

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