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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 400% of poverty (5) Percentage below 400% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 400% of poverty (5) Percentage below 400% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 400% of poverty (5) Percentage below 400% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 400% of poverty (5) Percentage below 400% of poverty (6)

All races
 
People in families, with related
 children under 18 years, total (9) 		153,666 105,385 68.6 113,271 69,161 61.1 8,363 6,844 81.8 32,031 29,380 91.7
  Under 18 years 73,083 52,420 71.7 51,347 32,630 63.5 4,228 3,499 82.8 17,508 16,291 93.0
      Under 5 years 20,858 15,414 73.9 14,845 9,748 65.7 1,261 1,119 88.8 4,753 4,547 95.7
      5 to 17 years 52,224 37,006 70.9 36,502 22,882 62.7 2,967 2,380 80.2 12,755 11,744 92.1
  18 to 64 years 78,231 51,210 65.5 60,395 35,489 58.8 3,967 3,205 80.8 13,870 12,516 90.2
      18 to 24 years 10,994 8,498 77.3 6,984 4,818 69.0 792 672 84.9 3,218 3,007 93.4
      25 to 34 years 19,790 14,554 73.5 14,930 10,062 67.4 1,041 914 87.8 3,820 3,578 93.7
      35 to 44 years 26,559 16,279 61.3 21,850 12,186 55.8 1,084 843 77.8 3,626 3,250 89.6
      45 to 54 years 16,668 9,240 55.4 13,447 6,616 49.2 808 601 74.3 2,412 2,023 83.9
      55 to 59 years 2,771 1,661 59.9 2,111 1,151 54.5 167 120 71.6 494 390 79.1
      60 to 64 years 1,449 978 67.5 1,074 655 61.0 75 55 (B) 301 268 89.0
  65 years and over 2,352 1,755 74.6 1,529 1,042 68.2 169 140 82.6 654 573 87.7
      65 to 74 years 1,519 1,147 75.5 1,018 701 68.9 107 91 85.4 394 354 89.9
      75 years and over 833 608 73.0 511 341 66.7 62 48 (B) 259 219 84.3
Male 73,982 49,834 67.4 57,352 35,081 61.2 5,657 4,602 81.4 10,973 10,151 92.5
  Under 18 years 37,349 26,808 71.8 26,234 16,680 63.6 2,322 1,923 82.8 8,792 8,204 93.3
      Under 5 years 10,671 7,872 73.8 7,632 5,001 65.5 655 582 88.8 2,385 2,290 96.0
      5 to 17 years 26,677 18,936 71.0 18,602 11,680 62.8 1,668 1,342 80.5 6,407 5,914 92.3
  18 to 64 years 35,652 22,307 62.6 30,331 17,847 58.8 3,216 2,583 80.3 2,105 1,877 89.1
      18 to 24 years 5,096 3,817 74.9 3,507 2,379 67.8 538 465 86.3 1,051 974 92.7
      25 to 34 years 8,067 5,808 72.0 6,723 4,609 68.6 876 782 89.2 468 417 89.2
      35 to 44 years 11,942 7,012 58.7 10,763 6,079 56.5 938 718 76.6 241 215 89.1
      45 to 54 years 8,284 4,381 52.9 7,374 3,709 50.3 658 471 71.6 252 201 79.7
      55 to 59 years 1,528 848 55.5 1,316 697 53.0 143 102 71.3 69 49 (B)
      60 to 64 years 735 441 60.0 647 374 57.8 62 45 (B) 25 22 (B)
  65 years and over 981 719 73.2 787 554 70.4 119 95 80.0 76 70 92.3
      65 to 74 years 696 505 72.5 576 402 69.7 76 62 81.9 44 41 (B)
      75 years and over 286 214 75.0 211 152 72.2 43 33 (B) 32 29 (B)
Female 79,684 55,551 69.7 55,919 34,080 60.9 2,707 2,242 82.8 21,058 19,229 91.3
  Under 18 years 35,734 25,613 71.7 25,113 15,950 63.5 1,905 1,576 82.7 8,716 8,087 92.8
      Under 5 years 10,187 7,542 74.0 7,213 4,747 65.8 606 538 88.7 2,368 2,257 95.3
      5 to 17 years 25,547 18,070 70.7 17,900 11,202 62.6 1,299 1,038 79.9 6,348 5,830 91.8
  18 to 64 years 42,579 28,903 67.9 30,064 17,642 58.7 751 622 82.8 11,764 10,639 90.4
      18 to 24 years 5,897 4,680 79.4 3,477 2,440 70.2 253 208 82.0 2,167 2,033 93.8
      25 to 34 years 11,723 8,746 74.6 8,207 5,453 66.4 165 132 80.4 3,352 3,161 94.3
      35 to 44 years 14,617 9,267 63.4 11,087 6,107 55.1 145 124 85.7 3,385 3,035 89.7
      45 to 54 years 8,384 4,860 58.0 6,073 2,907 47.9 151 130 86.2 2,160 1,822 84.4
      55 to 59 years 1,243 813 65.4 794 454 57.1 24 18 (B) 425 342 80.5
      60 to 64 years 714 537 75.1 426 281 65.9 13 10 (B) 275 246 89.3
  65 years and over 1,371 1,036 75.6 743 489 65.8 51 45 (B) 578 503 87.1
      65 to 74 years 824 642 78.0 442 300 67.8 31 29 (B) 350 313 89.5
      75 years and over 547 394 72.0 301 189 62.9 19 15 (B) 227 189 83.3

Poverty Footnotes

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