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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 130% of poverty (5) Percentage below 130% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 130% of poverty (5) Percentage below 130% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 130% of poverty (5) Percentage below 130% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 130% of poverty (5) Percentage below 130% of poverty (6)

Black alone
Families, total (10)
(Counts of families are obtained
by counting the householder
from each family.) 		9,359 2,763 29.5 4,386 537 12.2 812 237 29.1 4,161 1,990 47.8

Householders by age:
 
  Total 		9,359 2,763 29.5 4,386 537 12.2 812 237 29.1 4,161 1,990 47.8
 Under 18 years 36 23 (B) 0 0 (X) 13 11 (B) 22 12 (B)
 18 to 24 years 591 312 52.8 74 29 (B) 124 23 18.5 393 260 66.2
 25 to 34 years 1,952 872 44.7 688 118 17.1 182 57 31.5 1,083 697 64.4
 35 to 44 years 2,295 635 27.7 1,048 120 11.5 186 53 28.7 1,061 461 43.5
 45 to 54 years 2,101 390 18.6 1,175 85 7.2 148 42 28.5 779 263 33.8
 55 to 64 years 1,315 263 20.0 805 91 11.3 93 25 26.8 417 148 35.4
 65 years and over 1,068 267 25.0 596 95 15.9 66 25 (B) 406 148 36.4

Families without related children by householder's age: (13)
 
  Total 		3,594 529 14.7 2,178 198 9.1 374 75 19.9 1,042 256 24.6
 Under 18 years 8 3 (B) 0 0 (X) 2 1 (B) 6 2 (B)
 18 to 24 years 134 29 21.3 28 10 (B) 63 7 (B) 44 11 (B)
 25 to 34 years 257 11 4.1 156 3 1.8 61 5 (B) 40 2 (B)
 35 to 44 years 446 56 12.5 240 10 4.1 62 13 (B) 145 33 22.8
 45 to 54 years 947 113 12.0 588 32 5.5 74 19 (B) 285 62 21.9
 55 to 64 years 926 129 13.9 631 65 10.3 60 11 (B) 236 53 22.5
 65 years and over 876 188 21.5 537 78 14.6 53 18 (B) 286 92 32.1

Families with related children under 18 years by householder's age: (13)
 
  Total 		5,765 2,234 38.8 2,208 339 15.3 438 162 37.0 3,119 1,734 55.6
 Under 18 years 27 20 (B) 0 0 (X) 11 10 (B) 16 10 (B)
 18 to 24 years 457 283 62.0 47 19 (B) 61 16 (B) 349 249 71.3
 25 to 34 years 1,695 861 50.8 532 115 21.6 121 52 42.8 1,042 695 66.6
 35 to 44 years 1,849 579 31.3 808 110 13.6 125 40 32.4 916 428 46.8
 45 to 54 years 1,155 277 24.0 588 53 9.0 73 23 (B) 494 201 40.7
 55 to 64 years 389 134 34.6 174 26 14.9 33 14 (B) 181 95 52.3
 65 years and over 192 79 40.9 59 16 (B) 13 7 (B) 119 56 46.7

Families with one related child under 18 years by householder's age: (13)
 
  Total 		2,515 779 31.0 844 95 11.3 257 83 32.5 1,414 600 42.4
 Under 18 years 16 9 (B) 0 0 (X) 6 5 (B) 10 4 (B)
 18 to 24 years 257 140 54.3 17 4 (B) 42 11 (B) 198 124 62.9
 25 to 34 years 585 222 37.9 176 29 16.7 76 28 36.9 333 164 49.4
 35 to 44 years 655 148 22.6 208 16 7.8 57 10 (B) 390 121 31.1
 45 to 54 years 649 138 21.3 297 22 7.3 46 15 (B) 306 101 33.0
 55 to 64 years 235 82 34.7 105 14 13.5 19 9 (B) 112 58 52.2
 65 years and over 117 41 34.7 41 10 (B) 10 4 (B) 66 27 (B)

Families with 2 or more related children under 18 years by householder's age: (13)
 
  Total 		3,250 1,456 44.8 1,364 243 17.8 181 78 43.4 1,705 1,134 66.5
 Under 18 years 11 11 (B) 0 0 (X) 5 5 (B) 6 6 (B)
 18 to 24 years 200 144 72.0 30 15 (B) 18 4 (B) 152 125 82.2
 25 to 34 years 1,110 640 57.6 355 86 24.1 45 24 (B) 710 530 74.7
 35 to 44 years 1,194 431 36.1 601 94 15.7 67 30 (B) 526 307 58.4
 45 to 54 years 506 139 27.5 291 31 10.7 27 8 (B) 188 100 53.3
 55 to 64 years 154 53 34.4 70 12 (B) 15 5 (B) 70 36 (B)
 65 years and over 75 38 (B) 18 6 (B) 4 3 (B) 53 29 (B)

Families with related children under 6 years by householder's age: (13)
 
  Total 		2,538 1,181 46.5 971 193 19.9 184 71 38.8 1,383 917 66.3
 Under 18 years 12 12 (B) 0 0 (X) 6 6 (B) 6 6 (B)
 18 to 24 years 379 261 69.0 40 19 (B) 33 12 (B) 305 230 75.4
 25 to 34 years 1,056 535 50.7 393 82 20.8 69 32 (B) 594 422 71.0
 35 to 44 years 627 224 35.7 317 60 18.8 44 13 (B) 265 151 56.8
 45 to 54 years 298 91 30.6 154 22 14.3 15 2 (B) 128 68 52.6
 55 to 64 years 110 31 28.6 49 5 (B) 10 3 (B) 50 23 (B)
 65 years and over 57 26 (B) 17 6 (B) 5 3 (B) 34 17 (B)

Families with one related child under 6 years by householder's age: (13)
 
  Total 		1,811 754 41.7 671 104 15.5 147 61 41.2 993 590 59.4
 Under 18 years 12 12 (B) 0 0 (X) 6 6 (B) 6 6 (B)
 18 to 24 years 253 165 65.1 19 6 (B) 27 12 (B) 207 146 70.7
 25 to 34 years 743 336 45.2 279 54 19.4 56 24 (B) 408 258 63.3
 35 to 44 years 446 132 29.5 208 23 10.8 35 11 (B) 202 98 48.6
 45 to 54 years 228 66 29.1 115 15 12.8 11 2 (B) 103 50 48.6
 55 to 64 years 80 23 28.9 36 4 (B) 8 3 (B) 36 16 (B)
 65 years and over 49 20 (B) 13 3 (B) 5 3 (B) 31 14 (B)

Familes with 2 or more related children under 6 years by householder's age: (13)
 
  Total 		728 427 58.7 301 89 29.7 37 11 (B) 390 327 83.8
 Under 18 years 0 0 (X) 0 0 (X) 0 0 (X) 0 0 (X)
 18 to 24 years 126 96 76.8 21 13 (B) 6 0 (B) 98 84 85.2
 25 to 34 years 313 199 63.6 114 28 24.2 13 8 (B) 186 164 88.0
 35 to 44 years 181 92 50.9 109 37 34.1 9 3 (B) 63 53 (B)
 45 to 54 years 70 25 (B) 39 7 (B) 5 0 (B) 26 18 (B)
 55 to 64 years 30 8 (B) 14 2 (B) 2 0 (B) 14 6 (B)
 65 years and over 8 6 (B) 4 3 (B) 1 0 (B) 3 3 (B)

Poverty Footnotes

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