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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)

Black alone
 
People in families, with related
 children under 18 years, total (9) 		21,672 3,063 14.1 9,551 377 4.0 1,403 145 10.3 10,719 2,541 23.7
  Under 18 years 11,025 1,892 17.2 4,290 188 4.4 706 86 12.2 6,029 1,617 26.8
      Under 5 years 3,118 695 22.3 1,202 64 5.4 205 24 11.8 1,711 606 35.4
      5 to 17 years 7,907 1,197 15.1 3,088 124 4.0 502 62 12.3 4,318 1,011 23.4
  18 to 64 years 10,287 1,140 11.1 5,103 185 3.6 675 59 8.8 4,509 897 19.9
      18 to 24 years 1,997 332 16.6 676 33 4.9 149 9 6.1 1,172 289 24.7
      25 to 34 years 2,812 390 13.9 1,274 57 4.5 183 22 11.9 1,354 312 23.0
      35 to 44 years 2,892 262 9.1 1,647 56 3.4 171 19 11.0 1,074 187 17.4
      45 to 54 years 1,955 106 5.4 1,152 21 1.8 134 7 5.2 668 78 11.7
      55 to 59 years 383 28 7.4 211 13 6.0 30 1 (B) 142 15 10.4
      60 to 64 years 248 22 8.7 142 5 3.3 9 2 (B) 97 16 15.9
  65 years and over 360 31 8.6 159 4 2.8 21 0 (B) 180 27 14.8
      65 to 74 years 228 18 7.8 110 2 1.6 12 0 (B) 105 16 15.3
      75 years and over 132 13 10.0 49 3 (B) 9 0 (B) 75 11 (B)
Male 9,509 1,198 12.6 4,873 172 3.5 949 120 12.7 3,687 906 24.6
  Under 18 years 5,570 958 17.2 2,165 82 3.8 404 63 15.5 3,001 814 27.1
      Under 5 years 1,583 327 20.7 623 17 2.7 111 14 13.0 849 296 34.8
      5 to 17 years 3,987 631 15.8 1,543 65 4.2 293 48 16.5 2,151 518 24.1
  18 to 64 years 3,811 232 6.1 2,613 87 3.3 531 58 10.8 667 88 13.1
      18 to 24 years 817 90 11.0 330 11 3.3 104 8 7.5 384 71 18.6
      25 to 34 years 892 55 6.1 597 24 4.0 150 22 14.6 144 9 6.1
      35 to 44 years 1,015 48 4.7 814 27 3.3 149 19 12.6 52 2 (B)
      45 to 54 years 804 23 2.8 639 12 1.9 93 7 7.4 73 4 (B)
      55 to 59 years 183 12 6.7 146 10 6.8 28 1 (B) 9 2 (B)
      60 to 64 years 100 5 4.8 87 3 3.8 7 2 (B) 6 0 (B)
  65 years and over 128 7 5.7 95 3 3.0 13 0 (B) 19 4 (B)
      65 to 74 years 87 3 4.0 67 2 (B) 9 0 (B) 11 2 (B)
      75 years and over 41 4 (B) 28 1 (B) 5 0 (B) 9 3 (B)
Female 12,163 1,865 15.3 4,678 206 4.4 454 25 5.5 7,031 1,635 23.3
  Under 18 years 5,455 934 17.1 2,124 107 5.0 302 23 7.7 3,029 804 26.5
      Under 5 years 1,535 368 24.0 579 47 8.2 94 10 10.3 862 311 36.0
      5 to 17 years 3,920 566 14.4 1,545 59 3.8 209 14 6.5 2,167 493 22.8
  18 to 64 years 6,476 908 14.0 2,490 98 3.9 144 2 1.1 3,842 809 21.1
      18 to 24 years 1,180 242 20.5 347 22 6.5 45 1 (B) 789 218 27.6
      25 to 34 years 1,919 335 17.5 677 33 4.8 33 0 (B) 1,210 303 25.0
      35 to 44 years 1,877 215 11.4 833 30 3.6 22 0 (B) 1,022 185 18.1
      45 to 54 years 1,150 83 7.2 514 9 1.7 41 0 (B) 596 75 12.5
      55 to 59 years 201 16 8.0 66 3 (B) 2 0 (B) 133 13 9.9
      60 to 64 years 148 17 11.4 55 1 (B) 2 0 (B) 92 16 17.0
  65 years and over 233 24 10.2 64 2 (B) 8 0 (B) 161 22 13.8
      65 to 74 years 141 14 10.2 43 0 (B) 4 0 (B) 95 14 15.0
      75 years and over 91 9 10.2 21 1 (B) 4 0 (B) 66 8 (B)

Poverty Footnotes

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