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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, not Hispanic
 
People in families, with related
 children under 18 years, total (9) 		88,978 72,010 80.9 72,349 56,210 77.7 4,391 4,012 91.4 12,238 11,789 96.3
  Under 18 years 40,735 33,515 82.3 32,195 25,397 78.9 2,264 2,060 91.0 6,276 6,058 96.5
      Under 5 years 10,814 9,052 83.7 8,795 7,070 80.4 625 599 95.8 1,394 1,383 99.2
      5 to 17 years 29,921 24,463 81.8 23,400 18,327 78.3 1,639 1,461 89.1 4,882 4,675 95.8
  18 to 64 years 47,070 37,481 79.6 39,352 30,149 76.6 2,031 1,867 91.9 5,686 5,466 96.1
      18 to 24 years 5,693 4,961 87.1 4,170 3,475 83.3 346 331 95.5 1,177 1,156 98.2
      25 to 34 years 10,952 9,474 86.5 9,034 7,591 84.0 523 504 96.4 1,395 1,379 98.9
      35 to 44 years 16,892 13,230 78.3 14,729 11,179 75.9 573 523 91.2 1,590 1,529 96.1
      45 to 54 years 11,114 7,961 71.6 9,491 6,488 68.4 456 397 87.1 1,167 1,076 92.2
      55 to 59 years 1,622 1,201 74.0 1,302 925 71.0 94 77 82.4 225 198 88.0
      60 to 64 years 797 654 82.1 626 491 78.4 39 36 (B) 131 128 97.1
  65 years and over 1,174 1,014 86.4 802 665 82.9 95 84 88.2 276 265 96.0
      65 to 74 years 759 655 86.3 534 440 82.4 58 54 (B) 167 161 96.5
      75 years and over 415 359 86.6 268 224 83.8 37 31 (B) 109 104 95.2
Male 43,540 35,001 80.4 36,629 28,468 77.7 3,040 2,785 91.6 3,871 3,747 96.8
  Under 18 years 20,915 17,271 82.6 16,495 13,053 79.1 1,249 1,150 92.1 3,172 3,069 96.8
      Under 5 years 5,540 4,659 84.1 4,496 3,633 80.8 337 324 96.2 707 702 99.4
      5 to 17 years 15,376 12,612 82.0 11,998 9,419 78.5 912 826 90.6 2,465 2,367 96.0
  18 to 64 years 22,100 17,287 78.2 19,704 15,058 76.4 1,717 1,571 91.5 679 659 97.0
      18 to 24 years 2,719 2,339 86.0 2,141 1,772 82.8 219 213 97.4 359 353 98.3
      25 to 34 years 4,549 3,908 85.9 3,976 3,350 84.3 451 436 96.8 122 122 99.5
      35 to 44 years 7,788 6,020 77.3 7,192 5,476 76.1 522 473 90.6 73 71 (B)
      45 to 54 years 5,673 4,011 70.7 5,188 3,586 69.1 406 349 86.0 79 76 95.7
      55 to 59 years 937 674 72.0 820 582 70.9 83 67 80.1 34 26 (B)
      60 to 64 years 434 335 77.2 387 291 75.3 36 33 (B) 11 11 (B)
  65 years and over 525 442 84.2 431 358 83.2 75 64 (B) 20 20 (B)
      65 to 74 years 378 312 82.5 321 259 80.6 46 42 (B) 12 12 (B)
      75 years and over 147 130 88.4 110 99 90.7 29 22 (B) 8 8 (B)
Female 45,438 37,010 81.5 35,720 27,742 77.7 1,351 1,227 90.8 8,367 8,041 96.1
  Under 18 years 19,820 16,243 82.0 15,700 12,344 78.6 1,015 910 89.6 3,105 2,989 96.3
      Under 5 years 5,274 4,393 83.3 4,299 3,436 79.9 288 275 95.4 688 681 99.1
      5 to 17 years 14,545 11,850 81.5 11,401 8,908 78.1 727 635 87.3 2,417 2,308 95.5
  18 to 64 years 24,970 20,194 80.9 19,649 15,091 76.8 315 296 94.2 5,006 4,807 96.0
      18 to 24 years 2,974 2,623 88.2 2,029 1,702 83.9 127 117 92.2 817 803 98.2
      25 to 34 years 6,403 5,566 86.9 5,058 4,241 83.8 72 68 (B) 1,273 1,258 98.8
      35 to 44 years 9,104 7,210 79.2 7,537 5,703 75.7 51 50 (B) 1,516 1,458 96.1
      45 to 54 years 5,442 3,950 72.6 4,304 2,902 67.4 50 48 (B) 1,088 1,000 91.9
      55 to 59 years 685 526 76.9 482 343 71.2 11 11 (B) 192 173 90.0
      60 to 64 years 363 319 88.0 239 200 83.4 3 3 (B) 120 116 96.8
  65 years and over 649 572 88.2 371 307 82.5 21 20 (B) 256 245 95.7
      65 to 74 years 381 343 90.0 213 182 85.2 12 12 (B) 155 149 96.3
      75 years and over 268 229 85.6 158 125 78.9 8 8 (B) 101 96 94.9

Poverty Footnotes

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