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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)

Black alone
 
People in families, with related
 children under 18 years, total (9) 		21,672 19,627 90.6 9,551 7,864 82.3 1,403 1,312 93.5 10,719 10,452 97.5
  Under 18 years 11,025 10,206 92.6 4,290 3,636 84.8 706 662 93.7 6,029 5,908 98.0
      Under 5 years 3,118 2,917 93.5 1,202 1,048 87.2 205 194 94.9 1,711 1,675 97.8
      5 to 17 years 7,907 7,289 92.2 3,088 2,588 83.8 502 468 93.2 4,318 4,234 98.1
  18 to 64 years 10,287 9,081 88.3 5,103 4,083 80.0 675 630 93.4 4,509 4,368 96.9
      18 to 24 years 1,997 1,866 93.4 676 582 86.1 149 141 95.2 1,172 1,142 97.4
      25 to 34 years 2,812 2,577 91.7 1,274 1,084 85.1 183 177 96.4 1,354 1,317 97.2
      35 to 44 years 2,892 2,526 87.3 1,647 1,320 80.1 171 158 92.4 1,074 1,048 97.5
      45 to 54 years 1,955 1,577 80.7 1,152 827 71.7 134 120 89.5 668 631 94.4
      55 to 59 years 383 317 82.9 211 158 74.6 30 26 (B) 142 134 94.4
      60 to 64 years 248 218 87.7 142 113 79.5 9 9 (B) 97 96 98.5
  65 years and over 360 340 94.4 159 145 91.6 21 20 (B) 180 175 97.2
      65 to 74 years 228 216 94.6 110 101 91.6 12 12 (B) 105 103 97.7
      75 years and over 132 124 94.0 49 44 (B) 9 8 (B) 75 72 (B)
Male 9,509 8,484 89.2 4,873 3,991 81.9 949 887 93.5 3,687 3,605 97.8
  Under 18 years 5,570 5,124 92.0 2,165 1,806 83.4 404 379 93.9 3,001 2,938 97.9
      Under 5 years 1,583 1,469 92.8 623 537 86.2 111 105 94.9 849 827 97.4
      5 to 17 years 3,987 3,655 91.7 1,543 1,270 82.3 293 274 93.5 2,151 2,111 98.1
  18 to 64 years 3,811 3,243 85.1 2,613 2,098 80.3 531 496 93.4 667 649 97.2
      18 to 24 years 817 762 93.3 330 286 86.6 104 99 95.6 384 378 98.4
      25 to 34 years 892 802 89.9 597 518 86.8 150 147 97.8 144 137 94.8
      35 to 44 years 1,015 839 82.6 814 651 79.9 149 138 92.6 52 50 (B)
      45 to 54 years 804 620 77.1 639 470 73.6 93 81 87.1 73 69 (B)
      55 to 59 years 183 140 76.9 146 107 73.7 28 24 (B) 9 9 (B)
      60 to 64 years 100 80 79.5 87 66 76.3 7 7 (B) 6 6 (B)
  65 years and over 128 117 91.5 95 87 91.6 13 12 (B) 19 18 (B)
      65 to 74 years 87 78 90.3 67 61 (B) 9 8 (B) 11 10 (B)
      75 years and over 41 39 (B) 28 26 (B) 5 4 (B) 9 9 (B)
Female 12,163 11,143 91.6 4,678 3,872 82.8 454 425 93.5 7,031 6,846 97.4
  Under 18 years 5,455 5,082 93.2 2,124 1,829 86.1 302 283 93.5 3,029 2,970 98.1
      Under 5 years 1,535 1,447 94.3 579 511 88.2 94 89 94.8 862 847 98.3
      5 to 17 years 3,920 3,635 92.7 1,545 1,318 85.3 209 194 92.9 2,167 2,123 98.0
  18 to 64 years 6,476 5,838 90.2 2,490 1,985 79.7 144 134 93.2 3,842 3,719 96.8
      18 to 24 years 1,180 1,104 93.5 347 297 85.6 45 42 (B) 789 765 97.0
      25 to 34 years 1,919 1,775 92.5 677 565 83.6 33 30 (B) 1,210 1,180 97.5
      35 to 44 years 1,877 1,687 89.9 833 669 80.4 22 20 (B) 1,022 998 97.6
      45 to 54 years 1,150 957 83.2 514 357 69.5 41 39 (B) 596 562 94.3
      55 to 59 years 201 177 88.3 66 50 (B) 2 2 (B) 133 125 94.1
      60 to 64 years 148 138 93.3 55 47 (B) 2 2 (B) 92 90 98.4
  65 years and over 233 223 96.0 64 58 (B) 8 8 (B) 161 157 97.5
      65 to 74 years 141 137 97.3 43 40 (B) 4 4 (B) 95 93 98.6
      75 years and over 91 86 93.9 21 18 (B) 4 4 (B) 66 63 (B)

Poverty Footnotes

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