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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 50% of poverty (5) Percentage below 50% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 50% of poverty (5) Percentage below 50% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 50% of poverty (5) Percentage below 50% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 50% of poverty (5) Percentage below 50% of poverty (6)

All races
 
People in families, with related
 children under 18 years, total (9) 		153,666 9,795 6.4 113,271 3,024 2.7 8,363 638 7.6 32,031 6,133 19.1
  Under 18 years 73,083 5,917 8.1 51,347 1,638 3.2 4,228 368 8.7 17,508 3,911 22.3
      Under 5 years 20,858 2,172 10.4 14,845 547 3.7 1,261 118 9.4 4,753 1,507 31.7
      5 to 17 years 52,224 3,745 7.2 36,502 1,091 3.0 2,967 250 8.4 12,755 2,404 18.9
  18 to 64 years 78,231 3,763 4.8 60,395 1,343 2.2 3,967 266 6.7 13,870 2,155 15.5
      18 to 24 years 10,994 834 7.6 6,984 164 2.4 792 45 5.7 3,218 625 19.4
      25 to 34 years 19,790 1,306 6.6 14,930 442 3.0 1,041 80 7.7 3,820 784 20.5
      35 to 44 years 26,559 947 3.6 21,850 418 1.9 1,084 76 7.1 3,626 453 12.5
      45 to 54 years 16,668 511 3.1 13,447 240 1.8 808 50 6.2 2,412 221 9.2
      55 to 59 years 2,771 116 4.2 2,111 56 2.6 167 11 6.7 494 49 9.9
      60 to 64 years 1,449 50 3.4 1,074 23 2.2 75 3 (B) 301 23 7.8
  65 years and over 2,352 114 4.9 1,529 43 2.8 169 4 2.2 654 68 10.4
      65 to 74 years 1,519 68 4.5 1,018 28 2.7 107 2 2.2 394 38 9.6
      75 years and over 833 46 5.6 511 15 3.0 62 1 (B) 259 30 11.5
Male 73,982 4,097 5.5 57,352 1,527 2.7 5,657 437 7.7 10,973 2,133 19.4
  Under 18 years 37,349 2,998 8.0 26,234 836 3.2 2,322 215 9.2 8,792 1,948 22.2
      Under 5 years 10,671 1,097 10.3 7,632 280 3.7 655 64 9.7 2,385 754 31.6
      5 to 17 years 26,677 1,901 7.1 18,602 556 3.0 1,668 151 9.1 6,407 1,194 18.6
  18 to 64 years 35,652 1,064 3.0 30,331 668 2.2 3,216 221 6.9 2,105 176 8.3
      18 to 24 years 5,096 226 4.4 3,507 75 2.1 538 34 6.3 1,051 117 11.2
      25 to 34 years 8,067 288 3.6 6,723 200 3.0 876 71 8.1 468 18 3.8
      35 to 44 years 11,942 277 2.3 10,763 207 1.9 938 63 6.7 241 7 3.1
      45 to 54 years 8,284 199 2.4 7,374 139 1.9 658 42 6.4 252 18 7.3
      55 to 59 years 1,528 57 3.7 1,316 35 2.7 143 8 5.9 69 13 (B)
      60 to 64 years 735 16 2.2 647 12 1.8 62 3 (B) 25 1 (B)
  65 years and over 981 36 3.6 787 24 3.1 119 2 1.4 76 10 13.0
      65 to 74 years 696 20 2.8 576 16 2.8 76 2 2.2 44 2 (B)
      75 years and over 286 16 5.7 211 8 3.9 43 0 (B) 32 8 (B)
Female 79,684 5,697 7.2 55,919 1,497 2.7 2,707 201 7.4 21,058 4,000 19.0
  Under 18 years 35,734 2,919 8.2 25,113 802 3.2 1,905 154 8.1 8,716 1,963 22.5
      Under 5 years 10,187 1,075 10.6 7,213 267 3.7 606 54 9.0 2,368 753 31.8
      5 to 17 years 25,547 1,844 7.2 17,900 535 3.0 1,299 99 7.6 6,348 1,210 19.1
  18 to 64 years 42,579 2,700 6.3 30,064 675 2.2 751 45 6.0 11,764 1,979 16.8
      18 to 24 years 5,897 608 10.3 3,477 90 2.6 253 11 4.4 2,167 507 23.4
      25 to 34 years 11,723 1,018 8.7 8,207 242 2.9 165 10 5.9 3,352 766 22.9
      35 to 44 years 14,617 670 4.6 11,087 211 1.9 145 14 9.5 3,385 445 13.2
      45 to 54 years 8,384 312 3.7 6,073 101 1.7 151 8 5.3 2,160 203 9.4
      55 to 59 years 1,243 59 4.7 794 21 2.6 24 3 (B) 425 36 8.4
      60 to 64 years 714 33 4.7 426 11 2.7 13 0 (B) 275 22 8.0
  65 years and over 1,371 79 5.7 743 19 2.6 51 2 (B) 578 58 10.0
      65 to 74 years 824 49 5.9 442 12 2.7 31 1 (B) 350 36 10.3
      75 years and over 547 30 5.5 301 7 2.3 19 1 (B) 227 22 9.6

Poverty Footnotes

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