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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)

White alone, not Hispanic
 
People in families, with related
 children under 18 years, total (9) 		88,978 64,270 72.2 72,349 49,116 67.9 4,391 3,745 85.3 12,238 11,409 93.2
  Under 18 years 40,735 30,236 74.2 32,195 22,411 69.6 2,264 1,932 85.3 6,276 5,893 93.9
      Under 5 years 10,814 8,230 76.1 8,795 6,283 71.4 625 579 92.6 1,394 1,368 98.1
      5 to 17 years 29,921 22,006 73.5 23,400 16,129 68.9 1,639 1,353 82.5 4,882 4,525 92.7
  18 to 64 years 47,070 33,106 70.3 39,352 26,108 66.3 2,031 1,732 85.3 5,686 5,265 92.6
      18 to 24 years 5,693 4,561 80.1 4,170 3,133 75.1 346 310 89.7 1,177 1,118 95.0
      25 to 34 years 10,952 8,643 78.9 9,034 6,808 75.4 523 485 92.7 1,395 1,350 96.8
      35 to 44 years 16,892 11,495 68.1 14,729 9,537 64.7 573 482 84.0 1,590 1,477 92.9
      45 to 54 years 11,114 6,785 61.0 9,491 5,414 57.0 456 357 78.3 1,167 1,015 86.9
      55 to 59 years 1,622 1,033 63.7 1,302 786 60.4 94 67 71.5 225 180 79.9
      60 to 64 years 797 588 73.8 626 431 68.8 39 32 (B) 131 126 95.6
  65 years and over 1,174 928 79.1 802 597 74.4 95 81 84.5 276 251 91.0
      65 to 74 years 759 601 79.2 534 397 74.4 58 51 (B) 167 153 91.6
      75 years and over 415 327 78.9 268 199 74.4 37 30 (B) 109 98 90.0
Male 43,540 31,098 71.4 36,629 24,876 67.9 3,040 2,595 85.4 3,871 3,627 93.7
  Under 18 years 20,915 15,601 74.6 16,495 11,531 69.9 1,249 1,079 86.4 3,172 2,991 94.3
      Under 5 years 5,540 4,270 77.1 4,496 3,257 72.4 337 310 92.2 707 702 99.4
      5 to 17 years 15,376 11,332 73.7 11,998 8,274 69.0 912 769 84.3 2,465 2,289 92.8
  18 to 64 years 22,100 15,097 68.3 19,704 13,022 66.1 1,717 1,455 84.8 679 620 91.2
      18 to 24 years 2,719 2,116 77.8 2,141 1,582 73.9 219 201 91.7 359 333 92.7
      25 to 34 years 4,549 3,534 77.7 3,976 3,006 75.6 451 418 92.7 122 111 90.9
      35 to 44 years 7,788 5,203 66.8 7,192 4,699 65.3 522 436 83.6 73 68 (B)
      45 to 54 years 5,673 3,369 59.4 5,188 2,985 57.6 406 311 76.6 79 73 91.5
      55 to 59 years 937 580 61.9 820 496 60.5 83 60 72.2 34 24 (B)
      60 to 64 years 434 295 67.9 387 254 65.6 36 30 (B) 11 11 (B)
  65 years and over 525 400 76.2 431 323 75.0 75 60 (B) 20 17 (B)
      65 to 74 years 378 285 75.2 321 234 72.9 46 39 (B) 12 11 (B)
      75 years and over 147 115 78.7 110 89 81.3 29 21 (B) 8 5 (B)
Female 45,438 33,172 73.0 35,720 24,240 67.9 1,351 1,150 85.1 8,367 7,782 93.0
  Under 18 years 19,820 14,634 73.8 15,700 10,880 69.3 1,015 852 83.9 3,105 2,902 93.5
      Under 5 years 5,274 3,960 75.1 4,299 3,025 70.4 288 268 93.1 688 666 96.9
      5 to 17 years 14,545 10,674 73.4 11,401 7,855 68.9 727 584 80.3 2,417 2,236 92.5
  18 to 64 years 24,970 18,009 72.1 19,649 13,086 66.6 315 277 88.0 5,006 4,646 92.8
      18 to 24 years 2,974 2,446 82.2 2,029 1,552 76.5 127 110 86.2 817 784 96.0
      25 to 34 years 6,403 5,108 79.8 5,058 3,802 75.2 72 67 (B) 1,273 1,239 97.4
      35 to 44 years 9,104 6,292 69.1 7,537 4,838 64.2 51 45 (B) 1,516 1,409 92.9
      45 to 54 years 5,442 3,416 62.8 4,304 2,428 56.4 50 46 (B) 1,088 942 86.6
      55 to 59 years 685 453 66.2 482 290 60.1 11 7 (B) 192 157 81.7
      60 to 64 years 363 294 81.0 239 177 74.1 3 2 (B) 120 115 95.2
  65 years and over 649 528 81.4 371 274 73.6 21 20 (B) 256 235 91.5
      65 to 74 years 381 317 83.1 213 163 76.6 12 12 (B) 155 141 91.1
      75 years and over 268 212 79.0 158 110 69.6 8 8 (B) 101 93 92.0

Poverty Footnotes

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