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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)

White alone, not Hispanic
 
People in families, with related
 children under 18 years, total (9) 		88,978 52,738 59.3 72,349 38,753 53.6 4,391 3,325 75.7 12,238 10,660 87.1
  Under 18 years 40,735 25,338 62.2 32,195 18,057 56.1 2,264 1,733 76.6 6,276 5,548 88.4
      Under 5 years 10,814 7,013 64.9 8,795 5,156 58.6 625 536 85.8 1,394 1,321 94.7
      5 to 17 years 29,921 18,325 61.2 23,400 12,900 55.1 1,639 1,197 73.0 4,882 4,227 86.6
  18 to 64 years 47,070 26,600 56.5 39,352 20,203 51.3 2,031 1,517 74.7 5,686 4,881 85.8
      18 to 24 years 5,693 3,839 67.4 4,170 2,518 60.4 346 271 78.3 1,177 1,050 89.2
      25 to 34 years 10,952 7,239 66.1 9,034 5,491 60.8 523 448 85.7 1,395 1,300 93.2
      35 to 44 years 16,892 9,036 53.5 14,729 7,272 49.4 573 416 72.5 1,590 1,348 84.8
      45 to 54 years 11,114 5,199 46.8 9,491 3,987 42.0 456 299 65.5 1,167 913 78.2
      55 to 59 years 1,622 807 49.8 1,302 593 45.5 94 57 60.9 225 157 69.7
      60 to 64 years 797 479 60.1 626 341 54.5 39 26 (B) 131 112 85.2
  65 years and over 1,174 800 68.2 802 493 61.5 95 75 79.0 276 231 83.7
      65 to 74 years 759 526 69.3 534 333 62.4 58 48 (B) 167 144 86.6
      75 years and over 415 274 66.1 268 160 59.9 37 27 (B) 109 87 79.3
Male 43,540 25,306 58.1 36,629 19,609 53.5 3,040 2,286 75.2 3,871 3,411 88.1
  Under 18 years 20,915 13,058 62.4 16,495 9,283 56.3 1,249 956 76.5 3,172 2,820 88.9
      Under 5 years 5,540 3,623 65.4 4,496 2,647 58.9 337 289 85.8 707 687 97.3
      5 to 17 years 15,376 9,435 61.4 11,998 6,635 55.3 912 667 73.1 2,465 2,132 86.5
  18 to 64 years 22,100 11,899 53.8 19,704 10,051 51.0 1,717 1,273 74.1 679 576 84.8
      18 to 24 years 2,719 1,749 64.3 2,141 1,261 58.9 219 176 80.3 359 312 86.9
      25 to 34 years 4,549 2,922 64.2 3,976 2,429 61.1 451 388 86.2 122 105 85.9
      35 to 44 years 7,788 4,023 51.7 7,192 3,588 49.9 522 372 71.3 73 63 (B)
      45 to 54 years 5,673 2,536 44.7 5,188 2,214 42.7 406 260 64.0 79 62 78.5
      55 to 59 years 937 443 47.3 820 368 44.9 83 52 63.1 34 23 (B)
      60 to 64 years 434 226 52.0 387 191 49.3 36 24 (B) 11 11 (B)
  65 years and over 525 348 66.3 431 276 64.0 75 57 (B) 20 15 (B)
      65 to 74 years 378 248 65.6 321 202 62.9 46 36 (B) 12 10 (B)
      75 years and over 147 100 68.1 110 74 67.4 29 21 (B) 8 5 (B)
Female 45,438 27,432 60.4 35,720 19,144 53.6 1,351 1,040 77.0 8,367 7,249 86.6
  Under 18 years 19,820 12,280 62.0 15,700 8,774 55.9 1,015 778 76.6 3,105 2,729 87.9
      Under 5 years 5,274 3,390 64.3 4,299 2,509 58.4 288 247 85.9 688 633 92.1
      5 to 17 years 14,545 8,890 61.1 11,401 6,265 54.9 727 530 72.9 2,417 2,095 86.7
  18 to 64 years 24,970 14,700 58.9 19,649 10,152 51.7 315 244 77.5 5,006 4,304 86.0
      18 to 24 years 2,974 2,090 70.3 2,029 1,257 62.0 127 95 74.9 817 738 90.3
      25 to 34 years 6,403 4,317 67.4 5,058 3,063 60.5 72 59 (B) 1,273 1,195 93.9
      35 to 44 years 9,104 5,012 55.1 7,537 3,684 48.9 51 43 (B) 1,516 1,285 84.8
      45 to 54 years 5,442 2,664 48.9 4,304 1,774 41.2 50 39 (B) 1,088 851 78.2
      55 to 59 years 685 364 53.1 482 225 46.6 11 5 (B) 192 134 70.0
      60 to 64 years 363 253 69.9 239 150 62.9 3 2 (B) 120 101 84.1
  65 years and over 649 452 69.6 371 218 58.6 21 18 (B) 256 216 84.2
      65 to 74 years 381 277 72.9 213 131 61.6 12 12 (B) 155 134 86.6
      75 years and over 268 174 65.0 158 87 54.7 8 6 (B) 101 82 80.4

Poverty Footnotes

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