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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 600% of poverty (5) Percentage below 600% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 600% of poverty (5) Percentage below 600% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 600% of poverty (5) Percentage below 600% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 600% of poverty (5) Percentage below 600% of poverty (6)

White alone
 
People in families, with related
 children under 18 years, total (9) 		118,664 100,204 84.4 93,568 76,064 81.3 6,231 5,816 93.3 18,865 18,324 97.1
  Under 18 years 55,404 47,499 85.7 42,238 34,806 82.4 3,151 2,932 93.0 10,015 9,761 97.5
      Under 5 years 15,639 13,681 87.5 12,080 10,169 84.2 959 930 97.0 2,600 2,582 99.3
      5 to 17 years 39,764 33,818 85.0 30,157 24,637 81.7 2,192 2,002 91.3 7,415 7,179 96.8
  18 to 64 years 61,627 51,252 83.2 50,221 40,299 80.2 2,958 2,776 93.8 8,448 8,177 96.8
      18 to 24 years 8,197 7,383 90.1 5,793 5,024 86.7 565 549 97.2 1,839 1,810 98.4
      25 to 34 years 15,443 13,801 89.4 12,434 10,844 87.2 773 750 97.0 2,235 2,207 98.8
      35 to 44 years 21,377 17,398 81.4 18,256 14,412 78.9 830 772 93.0 2,291 2,214 96.6
      45 to 54 years 13,426 10,094 75.2 11,237 8,074 71.9 610 544 89.3 1,579 1,476 93.5
      55 to 59 years 2,136 1,688 79.0 1,691 1,288 76.1 123 106 86.5 322 294 91.2
      60 to 64 years 1,049 887 84.6 810 658 81.2 57 54 (B) 182 175 96.6
  65 years and over 1,633 1,453 89.0 1,109 959 86.5 122 109 89.4 402 385 95.9
      65 to 74 years 1,062 946 89.0 737 637 86.4 76 70 92.0 249 239 96.1
      75 years and over 570 508 89.0 372 322 86.7 46 39 (B) 153 146 95.7
Male 58,041 48,759 84.0 47,457 38,618 81.4 4,253 3,968 93.3 6,332 6,173 97.5
  Under 18 years 28,398 24,413 86.0 21,625 17,871 82.6 1,735 1,625 93.7 5,038 4,917 97.6
      Under 5 years 8,013 7,029 87.7 6,197 5,238 84.5 503 487 96.8 1,313 1,304 99.3
      5 to 17 years 20,385 17,384 85.3 15,428 12,633 81.9 1,232 1,138 92.4 3,725 3,613 97.0
  18 to 64 years 28,931 23,724 82.0 25,260 20,253 80.2 2,426 2,264 93.3 1,245 1,208 97.0
      18 to 24 years 3,882 3,464 89.2 2,914 2,512 86.2 378 373 98.5 589 579 98.3
      25 to 34 years 6,574 5,859 89.1 5,637 4,944 87.7 657 638 97.2 281 276 98.3
      35 to 44 years 9,892 7,962 80.5 9,012 7,146 79.3 722 666 92.2 157 150 95.1
      45 to 54 years 6,811 5,060 74.3 6,146 4,462 72.6 517 455 88.1 148 143 96.6
      55 to 59 years 1,197 914 76.4 1,043 785 75.3 102 86 83.9 52 43 (B)
      60 to 64 years 575 465 80.9 508 402 79.2 49 46 (B) 18 17 (B)
  65 years and over 712 623 87.4 572 495 86.5 92 80 86.6 48 48 (B)
      65 to 74 years 511 438 85.8 419 352 84.0 60 55 (B) 32 32 (B)
      75 years and over 201 184 91.5 153 143 93.4 32 25 (B) 16 16 (B)
Female 60,623 51,445 84.9 46,111 37,446 81.2 1,979 1,848 93.4 12,533 12,151 96.9
  Under 18 years 27,006 23,086 85.5 20,613 16,936 82.2 1,416 1,307 92.2 4,977 4,844 97.3
      Under 5 years 7,626 6,652 87.2 5,883 4,931 83.8 456 443 97.1 1,287 1,278 99.3
      5 to 17 years 19,380 16,434 84.8 14,730 12,004 81.5 961 864 89.9 3,690 3,566 96.7
  18 to 64 years 32,696 27,528 84.2 24,961 20,046 80.3 532 512 96.2 7,203 6,969 96.8
      18 to 24 years 4,315 3,920 90.8 2,879 2,512 87.3 186 176 94.6 1,250 1,231 98.5
      25 to 34 years 8,868 7,943 89.6 6,798 5,899 86.8 116 112 96.3 1,955 1,932 98.8
      35 to 44 years 11,485 9,436 82.2 9,243 7,265 78.6 108 106 98.4 2,134 2,065 96.8
      45 to 54 years 6,615 5,034 76.1 5,091 3,612 71.0 93 89 95.6 1,430 1,333 93.2
      55 to 59 years 938 773 82.4 648 502 77.5 20 20 (B) 270 251 92.9
      60 to 64 years 475 422 89.0 303 256 84.5 8 8 (B) 164 158 96.6
  65 years and over 921 831 90.3 537 464 86.5 30 30 (B) 354 337 95.4
      65 to 74 years 551 507 92.0 318 285 89.5 16 15 (B) 217 207 95.5
      75 years and over 369 323 87.6 218 179 82.1 14 14 (B) 137 130 95.2

Poverty Footnotes

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