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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)

White alone
 
People in families, with related
 children under 18 years, total (9) 		118,664 49,531 41.7 93,568 31,934 34.1 6,231 3,648 58.5 18,865 13,950 73.9
  Under 18 years 55,404 25,163 45.4 42,238 15,491 36.7 3,151 1,907 60.5 10,015 7,765 77.5
      Under 5 years 15,639 7,809 49.9 12,080 4,876 40.4 959 679 70.8 2,600 2,254 86.7
      5 to 17 years 39,764 17,354 43.6 30,157 10,615 35.2 2,192 1,228 56.0 7,415 5,511 74.3
  18 to 64 years 61,627 23,568 38.2 50,221 15,988 31.8 2,958 1,669 56.4 8,448 5,911 70.0
      18 to 24 years 8,197 4,133 50.4 5,793 2,400 41.4 565 353 62.5 1,839 1,380 75.0
      25 to 34 years 15,443 7,237 46.9 12,434 4,986 40.1 773 485 62.7 2,235 1,765 79.0
      35 to 44 years 21,377 7,151 33.5 18,256 5,129 28.1 830 463 55.7 2,291 1,560 68.1
      45 to 54 years 13,426 3,885 28.9 11,237 2,678 23.8 610 279 45.7 1,579 928 58.7
      55 to 59 years 2,136 766 35.9 1,691 529 31.3 123 59 48.0 322 178 55.2
      60 to 64 years 1,049 397 37.8 810 266 32.9 57 31 (B) 182 100 55.0
  65 years and over 1,633 800 49.0 1,109 455 41.1 122 71 58.5 402 273 68.0
      65 to 74 years 1,062 509 47.9 737 296 40.1 76 46 61.2 249 167 67.0
      75 years and over 570 291 51.0 372 159 42.9 46 25 (B) 153 106 69.7
Male 58,041 23,410 40.3 47,457 16,259 34.3 4,253 2,428 57.1 6,332 4,723 74.6
  Under 18 years 28,398 12,910 45.5 21,625 7,979 36.9 1,735 1,022 58.9 5,038 3,909 77.6
      Under 5 years 8,013 3,962 49.4 6,197 2,477 40.0 503 334 66.3 1,313 1,151 87.7
      5 to 17 years 20,385 8,948 43.9 15,428 5,502 35.7 1,232 688 55.9 3,725 2,758 74.0
  18 to 64 years 28,931 10,168 35.1 25,260 8,030 31.8 2,426 1,357 55.9 1,245 781 62.7
      18 to 24 years 3,882 1,803 46.4 2,914 1,155 39.6 378 247 65.3 589 401 68.1
      25 to 34 years 6,574 2,923 44.5 5,637 2,325 41.2 657 423 64.4 281 175 62.3
      35 to 44 years 9,892 3,076 31.1 9,012 2,590 28.7 722 389 53.8 157 97 61.9
      45 to 54 years 6,811 1,767 25.9 6,146 1,469 23.9 517 226 43.7 148 72 48.8
      55 to 59 years 1,197 407 34.0 1,043 335 32.1 102 46 45.3 52 26 (B)
      60 to 64 years 575 192 33.4 508 157 30.9 49 25 (B) 18 10 (B)
  65 years and over 712 332 46.7 572 249 43.6 92 50 54.1 48 33 (B)
      65 to 74 years 511 228 44.5 419 173 41.4 60 33 (B) 32 22 (B)
      75 years and over 201 105 52.1 153 76 49.5 32 17 (B) 16 12 (B)
Female 60,623 26,121 43.1 46,111 15,675 34.0 1,979 1,220 61.6 12,533 9,226 73.6
  Under 18 years 27,006 12,253 45.4 20,613 7,511 36.4 1,416 885 62.5 4,977 3,856 77.5
      Under 5 years 7,626 3,847 50.4 5,883 2,399 40.8 456 345 75.7 1,287 1,103 85.7
      5 to 17 years 19,380 8,406 43.4 14,730 5,112 34.7 961 540 56.2 3,690 2,753 74.6
  18 to 64 years 32,696 13,400 41.0 24,961 7,958 31.9 532 313 58.8 7,203 5,130 71.2
      18 to 24 years 4,315 2,330 54.0 2,879 1,245 43.3 186 106 56.8 1,250 979 78.3
      25 to 34 years 8,868 4,314 48.6 6,798 2,661 39.1 116 62 53.4 1,955 1,591 81.4
      35 to 44 years 11,485 4,075 35.5 9,243 2,538 27.5 108 74 68.3 2,134 1,463 68.6
      45 to 54 years 6,615 2,118 32.0 5,091 1,209 23.8 93 53 56.9 1,430 855 59.8
      55 to 59 years 938 359 38.2 648 194 29.9 20 13 (B) 270 152 56.4
      60 to 64 years 475 205 43.2 303 110 36.2 8 6 (B) 164 90 54.9
  65 years and over 921 468 50.8 537 206 38.4 30 22 (B) 354 240 67.9
      65 to 74 years 551 282 51.1 318 122 38.5 16 14 (B) 217 145 67.0
      75 years and over 369 186 50.4 218 84 38.3 14 8 (B) 137 95 69.3

Poverty Footnotes

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