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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 300% of poverty (5) Percentage below 300% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 300% of poverty (5) Percentage below 300% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 300% of poverty (5) Percentage below 300% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 300% of poverty (5) Percentage below 300% of poverty (6)

All races
 
People in families, with related
 children under 18 years, total (9) 		153,666 83,245 54.2 113,271 50,657 44.7 8,363 5,778 69.1 32,031 26,810 83.7
  Under 18 years 73,083 42,498 58.2 51,347 24,379 47.5 4,228 3,001 71.0 17,508 15,118 86.3
      Under 5 years 20,858 12,826 61.5 14,845 7,474 50.3 1,261 1,004 79.6 4,753 4,348 91.5
      5 to 17 years 52,224 29,672 56.8 36,502 16,905 46.3 2,967 1,997 67.3 12,755 10,770 84.4
  18 to 64 years 78,231 39,334 50.3 60,395 25,488 42.2 3,967 2,661 67.1 13,870 11,185 80.6
      18 to 24 years 10,994 6,943 63.2 6,984 3,657 52.4 792 575 72.7 3,218 2,711 84.2
      25 to 34 years 19,790 11,667 59.0 14,930 7,573 50.7 1,041 762 73.2 3,820 3,332 87.2
      35 to 44 years 26,559 12,036 45.3 21,850 8,432 38.6 1,084 714 65.9 3,626 2,890 79.7
      45 to 54 years 16,668 6,628 39.8 13,447 4,469 33.2 808 463 57.3 2,412 1,696 70.3
      55 to 59 years 2,771 1,312 47.4 2,111 877 41.5 167 103 61.6 494 332 67.3
      60 to 64 years 1,449 747 51.6 1,074 480 44.7 75 43 (B) 301 224 74.7
  65 years and over 2,352 1,413 60.1 1,529 790 51.6 169 116 68.6 654 507 77.6
      65 to 74 years 1,519 918 60.4 1,018 530 52.1 107 74 68.7 394 314 79.7
      75 years and over 833 496 59.5 511 260 50.8 62 43 (B) 259 193 74.4
Male 73,982 38,783 52.4 57,352 25,686 44.8 5,657 3,844 67.9 10,973 9,253 84.3
  Under 18 years 37,349 21,619 57.9 26,234 12,398 47.3 2,322 1,630 70.2 8,792 7,591 86.3
      Under 5 years 10,671 6,486 60.8 7,632 3,799 49.8 655 507 77.4 2,385 2,180 91.4
      5 to 17 years 26,677 15,133 56.7 18,602 8,600 46.2 1,668 1,123 67.3 6,407 5,411 84.4
  18 to 64 years 35,652 16,605 46.6 30,331 12,868 42.4 3,216 2,136 66.4 2,105 1,601 76.1
      18 to 24 years 5,096 3,058 60.0 3,507 1,809 51.6 538 402 74.7 1,051 846 80.6
      25 to 34 years 8,067 4,501 55.8 6,723 3,491 51.9 876 653 74.5 468 357 76.2
      35 to 44 years 11,942 5,027 42.1 10,763 4,236 39.4 938 605 64.4 241 186 77.4
      45 to 54 years 8,284 3,014 36.4 7,374 2,505 34.0 658 356 54.1 252 153 60.8
      55 to 59 years 1,528 670 43.9 1,316 545 41.4 143 86 60.1 69 40 (B)
      60 to 64 years 735 334 45.4 647 281 43.4 62 34 (B) 25 19 (B)
  65 years and over 981 558 56.9 787 420 53.4 119 78 65.9 76 60 79.2
      65 to 74 years 696 381 54.8 576 300 52.0 76 47 62.6 44 34 (B)
      75 years and over 286 177 62.1 211 120 57.2 43 31 (B) 32 26 (B)
Female 79,684 44,463 55.8 55,919 24,970 44.7 2,707 1,935 71.5 21,058 17,558 83.4
  Under 18 years 35,734 20,879 58.4 25,113 11,980 47.7 1,905 1,372 72.0 8,716 7,527 86.4
      Under 5 years 10,187 6,340 62.2 7,213 3,675 51.0 606 497 82.0 2,368 2,167 91.5
      5 to 17 years 25,547 14,539 56.9 17,900 8,305 46.4 1,299 874 67.3 6,348 5,359 84.4
  18 to 64 years 42,579 22,729 53.4 30,064 12,620 42.0 751 525 69.9 11,764 9,584 81.5
      18 to 24 years 5,897 3,885 65.9 3,477 1,848 53.1 253 173 68.3 2,167 1,865 86.0
      25 to 34 years 11,723 7,166 61.1 8,207 4,082 49.7 165 109 65.9 3,352 2,976 88.8
      35 to 44 years 14,617 7,009 48.0 11,087 4,196 37.8 145 110 75.6 3,385 2,703 79.9
      45 to 54 years 8,384 3,614 43.1 6,073 1,964 32.3 151 107 71.1 2,160 1,543 71.4
      55 to 59 years 1,243 642 51.6 794 332 41.8 24 17 (B) 425 293 68.9
      60 to 64 years 714 414 57.9 426 199 46.6 13 10 (B) 275 205 74.5
  65 years and over 1,371 855 62.4 743 370 49.8 51 38 (B) 578 447 77.4
      65 to 74 years 824 537 65.2 442 230 52.1 31 26 (B) 350 280 80.0
      75 years and over 547 318 58.2 301 139 46.4 19 12 (B) 227 167 73.4

Poverty Footnotes

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