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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 75% of poverty (5) Percentage below 75% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 75% of poverty (5) Percentage below 75% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 75% of poverty (5) Percentage below 75% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 75% of poverty (5) Percentage below 75% of poverty (6)

White alone
 
People in families, with related
 children under 18 years, total (9) 		118,664 10,213 8.6 93,568 4,461 4.8 6,231 706 11.3 18,865 5,046 26.7
  Under 18 years 55,404 5,894 10.6 42,238 2,385 5.6 3,151 411 13.1 10,015 3,098 30.9
      Under 5 years 15,639 2,140 13.7 12,080 854 7.1 959 154 16.1 2,600 1,131 43.5
      5 to 17 years 39,764 3,755 9.4 30,157 1,531 5.1 2,192 257 11.7 7,415 1,967 26.5
  18 to 64 years 61,627 4,187 6.8 50,221 2,021 4.0 2,958 288 9.7 8,448 1,878 22.2
      18 to 24 years 8,197 846 10.3 5,793 314 5.4 565 54 9.5 1,839 479 26.0
      25 to 34 years 15,443 1,419 9.2 12,434 674 5.4 773 89 11.5 2,235 656 29.4
      35 to 44 years 21,377 1,120 5.2 18,256 611 3.3 830 81 9.8 2,291 428 18.7
      45 to 54 years 13,426 611 4.6 11,237 325 2.9 610 49 8.1 1,579 237 15.0
      55 to 59 years 2,136 144 6.7 1,691 75 4.4 123 12 9.6 322 57 17.6
      60 to 64 years 1,049 47 4.5 810 22 2.7 57 3 (B) 182 22 12.0
  65 years and over 1,633 132 8.1 1,109 55 4.9 122 7 5.4 402 71 17.6
      65 to 74 years 1,062 67 6.4 737 31 4.2 76 3 4.1 249 33 13.3
      75 years and over 570 65 11.3 372 23 6.3 46 3 (B) 153 38 24.8
Male 58,041 4,503 7.8 47,457 2,272 4.8 4,253 472 11.1 6,332 1,758 27.8
  Under 18 years 28,398 3,040 10.7 21,625 1,224 5.7 1,735 229 13.2 5,038 1,588 31.5
      Under 5 years 8,013 1,096 13.7 6,197 425 6.9 503 86 17.0 1,313 585 44.6
      5 to 17 years 20,385 1,944 9.5 15,428 799 5.2 1,232 143 11.6 3,725 1,003 26.9
  18 to 64 years 28,931 1,421 4.9 25,260 1,017 4.0 2,426 239 9.9 1,245 164 13.2
      18 to 24 years 3,882 274 7.1 2,914 148 5.1 378 36 9.4 589 90 15.2
      25 to 34 years 6,574 415 6.3 5,637 318 5.6 657 78 11.9 281 19 6.7
      35 to 44 years 9,892 391 4.0 9,012 308 3.4 722 67 9.3 157 16 9.9
      45 to 54 years 6,811 249 3.7 6,146 178 2.9 517 44 8.6 148 26 17.7
      55 to 59 years 1,197 73 6.1 1,043 49 4.7 102 11 10.5 52 13 (B)
      60 to 64 years 575 19 3.4 508 15 3.0 49 3 (B) 18 1 (B)
  65 years and over 712 41 5.8 572 31 5.5 92 4 4.3 48 6 (B)
      65 to 74 years 511 22 4.2 419 18 4.3 60 2 (B) 32 1 (B)
      75 years and over 201 20 9.9 153 13 8.6 32 1 (B) 16 5 (B)
Female 60,623 5,710 9.4 46,111 2,189 4.7 1,979 234 11.8 12,533 3,288 26.2
  Under 18 years 27,006 2,854 10.6 20,613 1,162 5.6 1,416 183 12.9 4,977 1,510 30.3
      Under 5 years 7,626 1,044 13.7 5,883 429 7.3 456 69 15.1 1,287 546 42.4
      5 to 17 years 19,380 1,810 9.3 14,730 733 5.0 961 114 11.9 3,690 964 26.1
  18 to 64 years 32,696 2,766 8.5 24,961 1,004 4.0 532 48 9.1 7,203 1,713 23.8
      18 to 24 years 4,315 573 13.3 2,879 166 5.8 186 18 9.6 1,250 389 31.1
      25 to 34 years 8,868 1,004 11.3 6,798 356 5.2 116 11 9.3 1,955 637 32.6
      35 to 44 years 11,485 729 6.3 9,243 303 3.3 108 14 12.8 2,134 412 19.3
      45 to 54 years 6,615 362 5.5 5,091 146 2.9 93 5 5.1 1,430 211 14.7
      55 to 59 years 938 71 7.6 648 26 4.0 20 1 (B) 270 44 16.2
      60 to 64 years 475 27 5.8 303 7 2.3 8 0 (B) 164 21 12.5
  65 years and over 921 91 9.8 537 23 4.3 30 3 (B) 354 65 18.3
      65 to 74 years 551 46 8.3 318 13 4.2 16 1 (B) 217 32 14.8
      75 years and over 369 45 12.1 218 10 4.6 14 2 (B) 137 33 23.8

Poverty Footnotes

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