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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)

Black alone
 
People in families, with related
 children under 18 years, total (9) 		21,672 4,706 21.7 9,551 605 6.3 1,403 240 17.1 10,719 3,862 36.0
  Under 18 years 11,025 2,856 25.9 4,290 297 6.9 706 136 19.2 6,029 2,423 40.2
      Under 5 years 3,118 973 31.2 1,202 93 7.7 205 35 17.2 1,711 845 49.4
      5 to 17 years 7,907 1,883 23.8 3,088 204 6.6 502 100 20.0 4,318 1,578 36.6
  18 to 64 years 10,287 1,799 17.5 5,103 303 5.9 675 102 15.1 4,509 1,394 30.9
      18 to 24 years 1,997 493 24.7 676 54 8.0 149 27 18.2 1,172 412 35.1
      25 to 34 years 2,812 634 22.5 1,274 95 7.4 183 27 14.8 1,354 512 37.8
      35 to 44 years 2,892 405 14.0 1,647 86 5.2 171 30 17.7 1,074 289 26.9
      45 to 54 years 1,955 180 9.2 1,152 41 3.5 134 13 9.9 668 126 18.9
      55 to 59 years 383 49 12.8 211 15 7.3 30 3 (B) 142 31 21.8
      60 to 64 years 248 37 15.0 142 11 8.0 9 2 (B) 97 24 25.0
  65 years and over 360 51 14.2 159 5 3.4 21 2 (B) 180 44 24.5
      65 to 74 years 228 29 12.6 110 3 2.5 12 0 (B) 105 26 24.6
      75 years and over 132 22 17.0 49 3 (B) 9 2 (B) 75 18 (B)
Male 9,509 1,871 19.7 4,873 291 6.0 949 172 18.1 3,687 1,408 38.2
  Under 18 years 5,570 1,456 26.1 2,165 130 6.0 404 84 20.8 3,001 1,242 41.4
      Under 5 years 1,583 482 30.5 623 35 5.6 111 17 15.0 849 431 50.7
      5 to 17 years 3,987 974 24.4 1,543 95 6.2 293 67 23.0 2,151 811 37.7
  18 to 64 years 3,811 407 10.7 2,613 158 6.1 531 88 16.5 667 161 24.2
      18 to 24 years 817 159 19.5 330 23 7.0 104 19 18.2 384 118 30.6
      25 to 34 years 892 107 12.0 597 50 8.3 150 27 18.1 144 30 20.9
      35 to 44 years 1,015 74 7.3 814 39 4.8 149 27 18.2 52 8 (B)
      45 to 54 years 804 41 5.1 639 27 4.2 93 10 11.2 73 4 (B)
      55 to 59 years 183 16 8.5 146 11 7.6 28 3 (B) 9 2 (B)
      60 to 64 years 100 10 10.0 87 8 9.7 7 2 (B) 6 0 (B)
  65 years and over 128 8 6.6 95 3 3.0 13 0 (B) 19 6 (B)
      65 to 74 years 87 5 5.2 67 2 (B) 9 0 (B) 11 3 (B)
      75 years and over 41 4 (B) 28 1 (B) 5 0 (B) 9 3 (B)
Female 12,163 2,835 23.3 4,678 314 6.7 454 68 14.9 7,031 2,453 34.9
  Under 18 years 5,455 1,400 25.7 2,124 167 7.9 302 52 17.1 3,029 1,182 39.0
      Under 5 years 1,535 491 32.0 579 58 10.1 94 19 19.9 862 414 48.0
      5 to 17 years 3,920 909 23.2 1,545 108 7.0 209 33 15.8 2,167 767 35.4
  18 to 64 years 6,476 1,392 21.5 2,490 144 5.8 144 15 10.1 3,842 1,233 32.1
      18 to 24 years 1,180 334 28.3 347 31 9.0 45 8 (B) 789 294 37.3
      25 to 34 years 1,919 527 27.4 677 45 6.6 33 0 (B) 1,210 482 39.8
      35 to 44 years 1,877 332 17.7 833 47 5.7 22 3 (B) 1,022 281 27.5
      45 to 54 years 1,150 139 12.1 514 14 2.7 41 3 (B) 596 122 20.5
      55 to 59 years 201 34 16.8 66 4 (B) 2 0 (B) 133 29 22.0
      60 to 64 years 148 27 18.4 55 3 (B) 2 0 (B) 92 24 26.6
  65 years and over 233 43 18.4 64 3 (B) 8 2 (B) 161 39 24.1
      65 to 74 years 141 24 17.2 43 1 (B) 4 0 (B) 95 23 24.3
      75 years and over 91 19 20.4 21 1 (B) 4 2 (B) 66 16 (B)

Poverty Footnotes

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