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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 250% of poverty (5) Percentage below 250% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 250% of poverty (5) Percentage below 250% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 250% of poverty (5) Percentage below 250% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 250% of poverty (5) Percentage below 250% of poverty (6)

All races
 
People in families, with related
 children under 18 years, total (9) 		153,666 69,706 45.4 113,271 39,816 35.2 8,363 5,067 60.6 32,031 24,823 77.5
  Under 18 years 73,083 36,251 49.6 51,347 19,425 37.8 4,228 2,668 63.1 17,508 14,158 80.9
      Under 5 years 20,858 11,170 53.6 14,845 6,096 41.1 1,261 907 71.9 4,753 4,167 87.7
      5 to 17 years 52,224 25,081 48.0 36,502 13,329 36.5 2,967 1,762 59.4 12,755 9,990 78.3
  18 to 64 years 78,231 32,279 41.3 60,395 19,773 32.7 3,967 2,301 58.0 13,870 10,205 73.6
      18 to 24 years 10,994 5,992 54.5 6,984 2,953 42.3 792 505 63.8 3,218 2,533 78.7
      25 to 34 years 19,790 9,786 49.4 14,930 6,051 40.5 1,041 644 61.9 3,820 3,091 80.9
      35 to 44 years 26,559 9,556 36.0 21,850 6,355 29.1 1,084 623 57.5 3,626 2,578 71.1
      45 to 54 years 16,668 5,280 31.7 13,447 3,365 25.0 808 403 49.8 2,412 1,512 62.7
      55 to 59 years 2,771 1,060 38.2 2,111 670 31.8 167 85 51.1 494 304 61.6
      60 to 64 years 1,449 606 41.8 1,074 378 35.2 75 40 (B) 301 187 62.3
  65 years and over 2,352 1,176 50.0 1,529 618 40.4 169 98 57.9 654 460 70.4
      65 to 74 years 1,519 754 49.6 1,018 408 40.1 107 61 57.2 394 285 72.2
      75 years and over 833 422 50.7 511 210 41.1 62 37 (B) 259 175 67.6
Male 73,982 32,142 43.4 57,352 20,219 35.3 5,657 3,351 59.2 10,973 8,571 78.1
  Under 18 years 37,349 18,434 49.4 26,234 9,917 37.8 2,322 1,427 61.5 8,792 7,090 80.6
      Under 5 years 10,671 5,630 52.8 7,632 3,077 40.3 655 450 68.8 2,385 2,102 88.2
      5 to 17 years 26,677 12,804 48.0 18,602 6,840 36.8 1,668 977 58.6 6,407 4,988 77.8
  18 to 64 years 35,652 13,251 37.2 30,331 9,966 32.9 3,216 1,858 57.8 2,105 1,426 67.8
      18 to 24 years 5,096 2,570 50.4 3,507 1,431 40.8 538 357 66.3 1,051 783 74.5
      25 to 34 years 8,067 3,668 45.5 6,723 2,804 41.7 876 564 64.3 468 300 64.0
      35 to 44 years 11,942 3,894 32.6 10,763 3,211 29.8 938 527 56.1 241 156 64.7
      45 to 54 years 8,284 2,323 28.0 7,374 1,881 25.5 658 309 47.0 252 133 52.8
      55 to 59 years 1,528 535 35.0 1,316 427 32.5 143 69 48.7 69 38 (B)
      60 to 64 years 735 262 35.6 647 212 32.8 62 32 (B) 25 17 (B)
  65 years and over 981 457 46.6 787 336 42.7 119 66 55.8 76 55 72.2
      65 to 74 years 696 304 43.7 576 233 40.5 76 40 53.3 44 30 (B)
      75 years and over 286 153 53.7 211 103 48.9 43 26 (B) 32 25 (B)
Female 79,684 37,564 47.1 55,919 19,597 35.0 2,707 1,716 63.4 21,058 16,252 77.2
  Under 18 years 35,734 17,817 49.9 25,113 9,508 37.9 1,905 1,241 65.1 8,716 7,068 81.1
      Under 5 years 10,187 5,540 54.4 7,213 3,019 41.9 606 456 75.3 2,368 2,065 87.2
      5 to 17 years 25,547 12,277 48.1 17,900 6,489 36.3 1,299 784 60.4 6,348 5,003 78.8
  18 to 64 years 42,579 19,029 44.7 30,064 9,807 32.6 751 443 59.0 11,764 8,779 74.6
      18 to 24 years 5,897 3,421 58.0 3,477 1,522 43.8 253 149 58.7 2,167 1,751 80.8
      25 to 34 years 11,723 6,118 52.2 8,207 3,247 39.6 165 80 48.6 3,352 2,791 83.3
      35 to 44 years 14,617 5,663 38.7 11,087 3,144 28.4 145 97 66.6 3,385 2,422 71.6
      45 to 54 years 8,384 2,957 35.3 6,073 1,485 24.4 151 94 62.1 2,160 1,379 63.8
      55 to 59 years 1,243 525 42.2 794 243 30.6 24 16 (B) 425 266 62.6
      60 to 64 years 714 344 48.2 426 166 39.0 13 8 (B) 275 170 61.7
  65 years and over 1,371 719 52.4 743 282 37.9 51 32 (B) 578 405 70.1
      65 to 74 years 824 450 54.6 442 175 39.5 31 21 (B) 350 254 72.6
      75 years and over 547 269 49.1 301 107 35.6 19 11 (B) 227 151 66.3

Poverty Footnotes

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