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POV04: Families by Age of Householder, Number of Children, and Family Structure: 2008

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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2009 Annual Social and Economic Supplement.

(Numbers in thousands)

  Families (total) (10) Married-couple families (11) Families with a male householder, no wife present Families with a female householder, no husband present
All income levels Below 125% of poverty (5) Percentage below 125% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 125% of poverty (5) Percentage below 125% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 125% of poverty (5) Percentage below 125% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 125% of poverty (5) Percentage below 125% of poverty (6)

White alone
Families, total (10)
(Counts of families are obtained
by counting the householder
from each family.) 		64,183 7,634 11.9 50,779 3,815 7.5 3,999 723 18.1 9,405 3,095 32.9

Householders by age:
 
  Total 		64,183 7,634 11.9 50,779 3,815 7.5 3,999 723 18.1 9,405 3,095 32.9
 Under 18 years 108 36 33.2 3 0 (B) 57 15 (B) 48 21 (B)
 18 to 24 years 2,392 788 33.0 1,058 211 20.0 548 132 24.0 786 445 56.7
 25 to 34 years 10,329 2,009 19.4 7,580 853 11.3 887 179 20.2 1,863 977 52.4
 35 to 44 years 13,863 1,817 13.1 10,799 895 8.3 866 156 18.0 2,198 767 34.9
 45 to 54 years 14,835 1,229 8.3 11,872 632 5.3 861 141 16.3 2,102 457 21.7
 55 to 64 years 11,334 829 7.3 9,929 593 6.0 424 62 14.6 981 175 17.8
 65 years and over 11,322 925 8.2 9,537 631 6.6 357 39 11.1 1,427 254 17.8

Families without related children by householder's age: (13)
 
  Total 		33,942 2,195 6.5 28,681 1,496 5.2 1,965 243 12.3 3,295 456 13.8
 Under 18 years 46 13 (B) 3 0 (B) 23 7 (B) 19 6 (B)
 18 to 24 years 975 116 11.9 476 28 5.9 332 52 15.8 168 36 21.2
 25 to 34 years 2,602 162 6.2 2,097 104 4.9 346 32 9.3 159 26 16.1
 35 to 44 years 2,461 179 7.3 1,932 88 4.6 243 25 10.3 286 66 23.0
 45 to 54 years 7,508 387 5.2 6,237 238 3.8 424 63 15.0 847 86 10.2
 55 to 64 years 9,701 584 6.0 8,753 471 5.4 309 41 13.1 640 73 11.4
 65 years and over 10,648 753 7.1 9,183 567 6.2 289 22 7.5 1,177 164 14.0

Families with related children under 18 years by householder's age: (13)
 
  Total 		30,241 5,439 18.0 22,098 2,319 10.5 2,034 481 23.6 6,110 2,639 43.2
 Under 18 years 62 23 (B) 0 0 (X) 34 8 (B) 28 15 (B)
 18 to 24 years 1,417 672 47.4 583 183 31.5 216 79 36.6 618 410 66.3
 25 to 34 years 7,727 1,847 23.9 5,482 749 13.7 541 147 27.2 1,704 951 55.8
 35 to 44 years 11,402 1,638 14.4 8,867 807 9.1 623 131 21.0 1,912 701 36.7
 45 to 54 years 7,326 842 11.5 5,634 394 7.0 437 77 17.7 1,255 370 29.5
 55 to 64 years 1,632 245 15.0 1,176 122 10.4 115 21 18.5 341 102 29.8
 65 years and over 674 172 25.5 355 64 18.1 68 18 (B) 250 90 35.8

Families with one related child under 18 years by householder's age: (13)
 
  Total 		12,948 1,896 14.6 8,543 546 6.4 1,253 262 20.9 3,152 1,087 34.5
 Under 18 years 45 14 (B) 0 0 (X) 28 6 (B) 16 8 (B)
 18 to 24 years 877 360 41.0 344 69 20.0 160 55 34.3 372 236 63.4
 25 to 34 years 3,034 493 16.3 2,008 126 6.3 335 78 23.3 691 289 41.8
 35 to 44 years 3,532 425 12.0 2,316 125 5.4 338 57 16.8 879 243 27.6
 45 to 54 years 3,992 377 9.5 2,892 129 4.4 280 48 17.2 819 200 24.5
 55 to 64 years 1,029 132 12.8 756 63 8.3 70 10 (B) 203 59 29.2
 65 years and over 439 94 21.5 227 34 15.1 41 8 (B) 171 52 30.4

Families with 2 or more related children under 18 years by householder's age: (13)
 
  Total 		17,293 3,544 20.5 13,554 1,774 13.1 781 218 27.9 2,957 1,552 52.5
 Under 18 years 18 9 (B) 0 0 (X) 5 2 (B) 12 7 (B)
 18 to 24 years 540 312 57.9 238 115 48.1 56 24 (B) 246 174 70.7
 25 to 34 years 4,693 1,354 28.9 3,474 623 17.9 206 69 33.4 1,013 663 65.4
 35 to 44 years 7,870 1,214 15.4 6,551 681 10.4 285 74 25.9 1,034 459 44.4
 45 to 54 years 3,335 464 13.9 2,742 266 9.7 157 29 18.5 436 170 39.0
 55 to 64 years 603 113 18.7 420 59 14.1 45 12 (B) 138 42 30.6
 65 years and over 234 77 32.9 128 30 23.4 27 10 (B) 79 38 47.6

Families with related children under 6 years by householder's age: (13)
 
  Total 		13,567 3,046 22.5 10,243 1,364 13.3 854 250 29.2 2,470 1,433 58.0
 Under 18 years 15 9 (B) 0 0 (X) 7 5 (B) 8 4 (B)
 18 to 24 years 1,244 625 50.2 559 180 32.1 129 59 45.2 556 387 69.6
 25 to 34 years 5,938 1,385 23.3 4,483 604 13.5 394 116 29.5 1,060 665 62.7
 35 to 44 years 4,559 667 14.6 3,918 390 10.0 181 47 25.7 459 230 50.1
 45 to 54 years 1,188 197 16.6 899 114 12.6 82 11 13.7 207 72 34.8
 55 to 64 years 409 88 21.4 284 48 16.9 38 4 (B) 87 36 41.2
 65 years and over 215 76 35.3 100 28 28.5 22 9 (B) 93 39 41.6

Families with one related child under 6 years by householder's age: (13)
 
  Total 		9,354 1,935 20.7 6,825 756 11.1 670 181 27.0 1,859 998 53.7
 Under 18 years 13 9 (B) 0 0 (X) 5 5 (B) 8 4 (B)
 18 to 24 years 836 373 44.6 350 78 22.3 107 47 43.6 378 248 65.6
 25 to 34 years 3,891 834 21.4 2,811 307 10.9 300 82 27.4 780 445 57.1
 35 to 44 years 3,202 455 14.2 2,682 244 9.1 147 31 20.9 373 181 48.3
 45 to 54 years 942 141 15.0 703 77 11.0 69 6 (B) 170 58 34.1
 55 to 64 years 300 63 21.0 205 29 14.1 23 4 (B) 72 30 (B)
 65 years and over 170 59 34.8 74 21 (B) 17 6 (B) 78 32 40.7

Familes with 2 or more related children under 6 years by householder's age: (13)
 
  Total 		4,213 1,111 26.4 3,418 607 17.8 184 69 37.4 611 435 71.3
 Under 18 years 2 0 (B) 0 0 (X) 1 0 (B) 0 0 (B)
 18 to 24 years 408 252 61.7 209 101 48.6 22 12 (B) 178 139 78.2
 25 to 34 years 2,047 551 26.9 1,672 297 17.8 94 34 36.1 280 220 78.5
 35 to 44 years 1,356 212 15.6 1,236 146 11.8 34 16 (B) 86 50 57.7
 45 to 54 years 246 55 22.5 196 36 18.6 13 5 (B) 37 14 (B)
 55 to 64 years 109 24 22.5 79 19 23.9 14 0 (B) 15 5 (B)
 65 years and over 45 17 (B) 26 7 (B) 4 2 (B) 15 7 (B)

Poverty Footnotes

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