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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)

Black alone
 
People in families, with related
 children under 18 years, total (9) 		21,672 18,230 84.1 9,551 6,788 71.1 1,403 1,241 88.5 10,719 10,201 95.2
  Under 18 years 11,025 9,620 87.3 4,290 3,182 74.2 706 635 90.0 6,029 5,803 96.2
      Under 5 years 3,118 2,784 89.3 1,202 947 78.7 205 185 90.6 1,711 1,652 96.5
      5 to 17 years 7,907 6,836 86.5 3,088 2,235 72.4 502 450 89.7 4,318 4,151 96.1
  18 to 64 years 10,287 8,303 80.7 5,103 3,485 68.3 675 586 86.9 4,509 4,232 93.9
      18 to 24 years 1,997 1,784 89.3 676 530 78.4 149 126 84.9 1,172 1,128 96.2
      25 to 34 years 2,812 2,382 84.7 1,274 930 73.0 183 171 93.3 1,354 1,281 94.6
      35 to 44 years 2,892 2,237 77.4 1,647 1,084 65.8 171 141 82.4 1,074 1,013 94.3
      45 to 54 years 1,955 1,420 72.7 1,152 707 61.4 134 117 87.6 668 596 89.1
      55 to 59 years 383 279 72.9 211 132 62.3 30 25 (B) 142 122 85.9
      60 to 64 years 248 201 80.9 142 102 72.2 9 6 (B) 97 93 95.1
  65 years and over 360 307 85.3 159 121 76.3 21 19 (B) 180 167 92.6
      65 to 74 years 228 197 86.3 110 85 77.6 12 12 (B) 105 100 94.4
      75 years and over 132 111 83.6 49 36 (B) 9 8 (B) 75 67 (B)
Male 9,509 7,819 82.2 4,873 3,449 70.8 949 842 88.7 3,687 3,529 95.7
  Under 18 years 5,570 4,841 86.9 2,165 1,580 73.0 404 366 90.6 3,001 2,894 96.5
      Under 5 years 1,583 1,400 88.4 623 480 77.1 111 103 92.5 849 817 96.2
      5 to 17 years 3,987 3,441 86.3 1,543 1,100 71.3 293 264 89.9 2,151 2,077 96.6
  18 to 64 years 3,811 2,875 75.4 2,613 1,795 68.7 531 464 87.4 667 616 92.4
      18 to 24 years 817 724 88.7 330 264 80.1 104 87 84.1 384 373 97.3
      25 to 34 years 892 721 80.8 597 447 74.9 150 143 94.9 144 131 90.9
      35 to 44 years 1,015 703 69.3 814 532 65.3 149 125 84.2 52 46 (B)
      45 to 54 years 804 538 66.8 639 403 63.0 93 79 85.5 73 55 (B)
      55 to 59 years 183 116 63.4 146 87 59.8 28 24 (B) 9 5 (B)
      60 to 64 years 100 73 73.2 87 62 71.2 7 6 (B) 6 6 (B)
  65 years and over 128 104 81.1 95 74 77.7 13 12 (B) 19 18 (B)
      65 to 74 years 87 70 80.4 67 52 (B) 9 8 (B) 11 10 (B)
      75 years and over 41 34 (B) 28 22 (B) 5 4 (B) 9 9 (B)
Female 12,163 10,411 85.6 4,678 3,339 71.4 454 399 87.9 7,031 6,673 94.9
  Under 18 years 5,455 4,779 87.6 2,124 1,602 75.4 302 269 89.0 3,029 2,908 96.0
      Under 5 years 1,535 1,384 90.2 579 467 80.5 94 83 88.4 862 835 96.8
      5 to 17 years 3,920 3,395 86.6 1,545 1,135 73.5 209 186 89.3 2,167 2,074 95.7
  18 to 64 years 6,476 5,428 83.8 2,490 1,690 67.9 144 122 85.0 3,842 3,616 94.1
      18 to 24 years 1,180 1,060 89.8 347 266 76.8 45 39 (B) 789 755 95.7
      25 to 34 years 1,919 1,661 86.5 677 482 71.3 33 28 (B) 1,210 1,150 95.1
      35 to 44 years 1,877 1,534 81.7 833 552 66.3 22 16 (B) 1,022 967 94.6
      45 to 54 years 1,150 883 76.7 514 305 59.3 41 38 (B) 596 540 90.6
      55 to 59 years 201 164 81.6 66 45 (B) 2 2 (B) 133 117 88.0
      60 to 64 years 148 127 86.0 55 41 (B) 2 0 (B) 92 87 94.8
  65 years and over 233 204 87.6 64 47 (B) 8 8 (B) 161 149 92.4
      65 to 74 years 141 127 89.8 43 33 (B) 4 4 (B) 95 90 94.9
      75 years and over 91 77 84.0 21 14 (B) 4 4 (B) 66 59 (B)

Poverty Footnotes

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