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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)

Black A.O.I.C.
 
People in families, with related
 children under 18 years, total (9) 		23,234 16,876 72.6 10,414 5,629 54.1 1,488 1,176 79.1 11,333 10,071 88.9
  Under 18 years 12,229 9,404 76.9 4,929 2,844 57.7 772 625 80.9 6,528 5,936 90.9
      Under 5 years 3,526 2,811 79.7 1,405 852 60.6 230 195 84.7 1,891 1,764 93.3
      5 to 17 years 8,702 6,593 75.8 3,523 1,992 56.5 542 430 79.4 4,637 4,172 90.0
  18 to 64 years 10,640 7,208 67.7 5,323 2,687 50.5 694 534 76.9 4,622 3,987 86.3
      18 to 24 years 2,092 1,616 77.3 719 417 58.0 160 121 75.4 1,213 1,078 88.9
      25 to 34 years 2,911 2,160 74.2 1,340 775 57.8 185 149 80.2 1,386 1,237 89.3
      35 to 44 years 2,993 1,869 62.4 1,724 805 46.7 173 130 75.5 1,095 933 85.2
      45 to 54 years 1,998 1,145 57.3 1,174 500 42.6 138 106 77.2 686 540 78.6
      55 to 59 years 393 246 62.6 220 105 47.9 30 24 (B) 143 117 81.4
      60 to 64 years 254 172 67.7 146 85 58.3 9 4 (B) 99 82 83.4
  65 years and over 366 264 72.1 162 98 60.7 21 17 (B) 182 148 81.0
      65 to 74 years 234 178 76.1 114 73 63.8 12 11 (B) 107 94 87.1
      75 years and over 132 86 65.0 49 26 (B) 9 6 (B) 75 54 (B)
Male 10,249 7,180 70.1 5,277 2,847 53.9 999 786 78.7 3,973 3,547 89.3
  Under 18 years 6,166 4,715 76.5 2,471 1,406 56.9 435 347 79.8 3,260 2,961 90.8
      Under 5 years 1,778 1,388 78.0 715 415 58.0 124 105 84.5 940 868 92.4
      5 to 17 years 4,388 3,327 75.8 1,757 992 56.5 311 242 77.9 2,321 2,093 90.2
  18 to 64 years 3,951 2,379 60.2 2,707 1,380 51.0 550 428 77.7 693 571 82.3
      18 to 24 years 859 647 75.4 343 204 59.4 115 89 77.0 401 355 88.5
      25 to 34 years 928 614 66.2 627 371 59.1 152 128 83.8 148 116 78.0
      35 to 44 years 1,050 558 53.1 848 400 47.2 151 117 77.5 52 41 (B)
      45 to 54 years 826 404 48.9 652 287 44.0 97 69 70.8 77 48 62.8
      55 to 59 years 187 94 50.5 150 68 45.0 28 22 (B) 9 5 (B)
      60 to 64 years 101 61 60.4 88 51 58.1 7 4 (B) 6 6 (B)
  65 years and over 131 86 65.8 99 60 60.9 13 11 (B) 19 15 (B)
      65 to 74 years 90 59 65.5 71 43 (B) 9 8 (B) 11 8 (B)
      75 years and over 41 27 (B) 28 17 (B) 5 4 (B) 9 7 (B)
Female 12,986 9,696 74.7 5,136 2,782 54.2 489 390 79.7 7,360 6,524 88.6
  Under 18 years 6,062 4,690 77.4 2,457 1,437 58.5 337 278 82.4 3,268 2,974 91.0
      Under 5 years 1,748 1,423 81.4 691 437 63.3 106 90 84.8 951 896 94.2
      5 to 17 years 4,314 3,266 75.7 1,767 1,000 56.6 231 188 81.3 2,317 2,078 89.7
  18 to 64 years 6,689 4,829 72.2 2,615 1,306 50.0 144 106 73.6 3,929 3,417 87.0
      18 to 24 years 1,233 969 78.6 376 213 56.7 45 32 (B) 812 723 89.1
      25 to 34 years 1,983 1,546 78.0 713 404 56.7 33 21 (B) 1,237 1,121 90.6
      35 to 44 years 1,943 1,311 67.5 877 404 46.1 22 14 (B) 1,044 893 85.5
      45 to 54 years 1,172 741 63.3 522 213 40.7 41 38 (B) 609 491 80.6
      55 to 59 years 206 151 73.6 69 38 (B) 2 2 (B) 134 112 83.2
      60 to 64 years 152 110 72.5 58 34 (B) 2 0 (B) 93 76 82.3
  65 years and over 235 177 75.6 64 38 (B) 8 6 (B) 163 133 81.4
      65 to 74 years 143 118 82.7 43 29 (B) 4 4 (B) 97 86 88.5
      75 years and over 91 59 64.4 21 9 (B) 4 2 (B) 66 47 (B)

Poverty Footnotes

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