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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 500% of poverty (5) Percentage below 500% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 500% of poverty (5) Percentage below 500% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 500% of poverty (5) Percentage below 500% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 500% of poverty (5) Percentage below 500% of poverty (6)

All races
 
People in families, with related
 children under 18 years, total (9) 		153,666 121,209 78.9 113,271 83,094 73.4 8,363 7,483 89.5 32,031 30,633 95.6
  Under 18 years 73,083 59,194 81.0 51,347 38,541 75.1 4,228 3,788 89.6 17,508 16,865 96.3
      Under 5 years 20,858 17,181 82.4 14,845 11,343 76.4 1,261 1,193 94.6 4,753 4,645 97.7
      5 to 17 years 52,224 42,013 80.4 36,502 27,198 74.5 2,967 2,595 87.5 12,755 12,220 95.8
  18 to 64 years 78,231 60,025 76.7 60,395 43,318 71.7 3,967 3,547 89.4 13,870 13,160 94.9
      18 to 24 years 10,994 9,487 86.3 6,984 5,637 80.7 792 739 93.4 3,218 3,111 96.7
      25 to 34 years 19,790 16,568 83.7 14,930 11,888 79.6 1,041 981 94.3 3,820 3,699 96.8
      35 to 44 years 26,559 19,533 73.5 21,850 15,136 69.3 1,084 955 88.1 3,626 3,443 95.0
      45 to 54 years 16,668 11,270 67.6 13,447 8,412 62.6 808 672 83.1 2,412 2,187 90.7
      55 to 59 years 2,771 2,014 72.7 2,111 1,447 68.6 167 133 79.8 494 434 87.9
      60 to 64 years 1,449 1,152 79.5 1,074 798 74.4 75 67 (B) 301 287 95.4
  65 years and over 2,352 1,991 84.6 1,529 1,235 80.8 169 148 87.4 654 608 93.0
      65 to 74 years 1,519 1,292 85.0 1,018 825 81.0 107 95 88.9 394 372 94.4
      75 years and over 833 699 83.9 511 410 80.3 62 53 (B) 259 235 90.8
Male 73,982 57,721 78.0 57,352 42,130 73.5 5,657 5,052 89.3 10,973 10,539 96.0
  Under 18 years 37,349 30,303 81.1 26,234 19,726 75.2 2,322 2,095 90.2 8,792 8,482 96.5
      Under 5 years 10,671 8,813 82.6 7,632 5,867 76.9 655 614 93.8 2,385 2,332 97.8
      5 to 17 years 26,677 21,490 80.6 18,602 13,860 74.5 1,668 1,481 88.8 6,407 6,150 96.0
  18 to 64 years 35,652 26,608 74.6 30,331 21,764 71.8 3,216 2,858 88.9 2,105 1,986 94.3
      18 to 24 years 5,096 4,314 84.6 3,507 2,794 79.7 538 509 94.6 1,051 1,011 96.2
      25 to 34 years 8,067 6,679 82.8 6,723 5,414 80.5 876 829 94.6 468 435 93.1
      35 to 44 years 11,942 8,579 71.8 10,763 7,532 70.0 938 819 87.2 241 228 94.7
      45 to 54 years 8,284 5,429 65.5 7,374 4,665 63.3 658 532 80.9 252 232 92.0
      55 to 59 years 1,528 1,059 69.4 1,316 891 67.7 143 113 78.9 69 55 (B)
      60 to 64 years 735 548 74.5 647 468 72.2 62 56 (B) 25 24 (B)
  65 years and over 981 811 82.6 787 639 81.3 119 99 83.7 76 72 94.5
      65 to 74 years 696 566 81.4 576 458 79.5 76 66 86.9 44 43 (B)
      75 years and over 286 244 85.5 211 181 86.1 43 34 (B) 32 29 (B)
Female 79,684 63,488 79.7 55,919 40,964 73.3 2,707 2,431 89.8 21,058 20,093 95.4
  Under 18 years 35,734 28,891 80.8 25,113 18,815 74.9 1,905 1,693 88.8 8,716 8,383 96.2
      Under 5 years 10,187 8,368 82.1 7,213 5,476 75.9 606 578 95.4 2,368 2,313 97.7
      5 to 17 years 25,547 20,523 80.3 17,900 13,338 74.5 1,299 1,115 85.8 6,348 6,070 95.6
  18 to 64 years 42,579 33,417 78.5 30,064 21,553 71.7 751 689 91.8 11,764 11,175 95.0
      18 to 24 years 5,897 5,173 87.7 3,477 2,843 81.8 253 230 90.8 2,167 2,100 96.9
      25 to 34 years 11,723 9,889 84.4 8,207 6,474 78.9 165 152 92.3 3,352 3,264 97.4
      35 to 44 years 14,617 10,954 74.9 11,087 7,604 68.6 145 136 93.5 3,385 3,215 95.0
      45 to 54 years 8,384 5,841 69.7 6,073 3,747 61.7 151 139 92.6 2,160 1,955 90.5
      55 to 59 years 1,243 955 76.8 794 556 70.0 24 21 (B) 425 379 89.1
      60 to 64 years 714 605 84.7 426 331 77.6 13 11 (B) 275 262 95.3
  65 years and over 1,371 1,180 86.1 743 596 80.2 51 49 (B) 578 536 92.8
      65 to 74 years 824 726 88.1 442 367 82.9 31 29 (B) 350 329 94.1
      75 years and over 547 454 83.1 301 229 76.2 19 19 (B) 227 206 90.7

Poverty Footnotes

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