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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 185% of poverty (5) Percentage below 185% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 185% of poverty (5) Percentage below 185% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 185% of poverty (5) Percentage below 185% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 185% of poverty (5) Percentage below 185% of poverty (6)

All races
Families, total (10)
(Counts of families are obtained
by counting the householder
from each family.) 		78,874 19,119 24.2 59,137 9,770 16.5 5,255 1,775 33.8 14,482 7,574 52.3

Householders by age:
 
  Total 		78,874 19,119 24.2 59,137 9,770 16.5 5,255 1,775 33.8 14,482 7,574 52.3
 Under 18 years 170 94 55.4 3 0 (B) 82 40 49.0 84 54 63.9
 18 to 24 years 3,232 1,644 50.9 1,207 427 35.3 753 301 40.0 1,272 916 72.0
 25 to 34 years 13,355 4,658 34.9 9,028 2,006 22.2 1,190 437 36.7 3,137 2,215 70.6
 35 to 44 years 17,551 4,482 25.5 12,916 2,207 17.1 1,151 378 32.9 3,484 1,896 54.4
 45 to 54 years 18,120 3,077 17.0 13,981 1,554 11.1 1,075 324 30.1 3,063 1,199 39.1
 55 to 64 years 13,467 2,187 16.2 11,420 1,476 12.9 552 150 27.1 1,495 561 37.6
 65 years and over 12,980 2,977 22.9 10,581 2,100 19.8 452 145 32.0 1,947 733 37.6

Families without related children by householder's age: (13)
 
  Total 		39,912 6,324 15.8 32,647 4,275 13.1 2,579 642 24.9 4,686 1,407 30.0
 Under 18 years 70 27 (B) 3 0 (B) 34 12 (B) 33 15 (B)
 18 to 24 years 1,228 272 22.2 535 81 15.2 444 108 24.4 250 83 33.1
 25 to 34 years 3,220 365 11.4 2,506 226 9.0 475 89 18.8 239 51 21.2
 35 to 44 years 3,130 492 15.7 2,325 252 10.8 342 78 22.8 462 163 35.1
 45 to 54 years 8,966 1,061 11.8 7,226 604 8.4 532 153 28.8 1,208 304 25.2
 55 to 64 years 11,272 1,553 13.8 9,934 1,167 11.7 390 94 24.2 948 292 30.8
 65 years and over 12,026 2,553 21.2 10,118 1,945 19.2 362 107 29.5 1,547 501 32.4

Families with related children under 18 years by householder's age: (13)
 
  Total 		38,962 12,795 32.8 26,490 5,495 20.7 2,676 1,133 42.3 9,796 6,167 63.0
 Under 18 years 100 67 66.9 0 0 (X) 48 28 (B) 52 39 (B)
 18 to 24 years 2,005 1,372 68.4 673 345 51.4 310 193 62.3 1,022 833 81.5
 25 to 34 years 10,135 4,292 42.4 6,522 1,780 27.3 715 348 48.7 2,898 2,165 74.7
 35 to 44 years 14,421 3,990 27.7 10,591 1,956 18.5 808 300 37.2 3,022 1,734 57.4
 45 to 54 years 9,153 2,016 22.0 6,755 950 14.1 543 170 31.3 1,855 895 48.2
 55 to 64 years 2,195 634 28.9 1,486 309 20.8 162 55 34.1 546 270 49.4
 65 years and over 953 424 44.5 463 155 33.4 90 38 42.1 400 232 57.9

Families with one related child under 18 years by householder's age: (13)
 
  Total 		16,744 4,534 27.1 10,278 1,393 13.6 1,628 605 37.2 4,838 2,536 52.4
 Under 18 years 67 40 (B) 0 0 (X) 36 20 (B) 31 20 (B)
 18 to 24 years 1,210 746 61.6 381 146 38.5 225 129 57.4 605 470 77.7
 25 to 34 years 3,934 1,176 29.9 2,407 342 14.2 444 186 41.8 1,083 649 59.9
 35 to 44 years 4,594 1,046 22.8 2,823 324 11.5 425 117 27.6 1,347 604 44.9
 45 to 54 years 4,965 935 18.8 3,432 334 9.7 344 102 29.6 1,188 500 42.1
 55 to 64 years 1,374 339 24.6 946 157 16.6 99 30 30.6 330 151 45.9
 65 years and over 600 252 41.9 290 90 30.9 55 21 (B) 255 141 55.1

Families with 2 or more related children under 18 years by householder's age: (13)
 
  Total 		22,217 8,261 37.2 16,212 4,102 25.3 1,048 527 50.3 4,957 3,631 73.3
 Under 18 years 33 26 (B) 0 0 (X) 12 8 (B) 21 18 (B)
 18 to 24 years 794 626 78.8 292 199 68.2 85 64 75.2 417 363 87.0
 25 to 34 years 6,201 3,116 50.3 4,114 1,438 35.0 271 162 59.9 1,816 1,516 83.5
 35 to 44 years 9,827 2,944 30.0 7,769 1,632 21.0 383 183 47.7 1,675 1,130 67.5
 45 to 54 years 4,189 1,081 25.8 3,323 617 18.6 199 68 34.4 667 395 59.3
 55 to 64 years 821 295 36.0 541 152 28.0 63 25 (B) 217 119 54.7
 65 years and over 354 173 48.9 173 65 37.5 35 17 (B) 145 91 62.8

Families with related children under 6 years by householder's age: (13)
 
  Total 		17,532 6,782 38.7 12,295 3,136 25.5 1,122 567 50.5 4,115 3,080 74.8
 Under 18 years 30 27 (B) 0 0 (X) 13 11 (B) 17 16 (B)
 18 to 24 years 1,719 1,230 71.6 637 331 51.9 181 128 70.6 901 772 85.6
 25 to 34 years 7,551 3,071 40.7 5,300 1,428 26.9 493 260 52.7 1,758 1,384 78.7
 35 to 44 years 5,749 1,574 27.4 4,712 939 19.9 246 101 41.0 791 534 67.5
 45 to 54 years 1,613 515 31.9 1,143 270 23.6 105 36 34.1 365 209 57.3
 55 to 64 years 564 205 36.3 365 109 29.9 52 14 (B) 147 82 55.4
 65 years and over 305 161 52.6 138 59 42.9 32 17 (B) 136 84 62.2

Families with one related child under 6 years by householder's age: (13)
 
  Total 		12,154 4,418 36.4 8,226 1,823 22.2 883 421 47.6 3,045 2,175 71.4
 Under 18 years 28 27 (B) 0 0 (X) 11 11 (B) 17 16 (B)
 18 to 24 years 1,146 767 66.9 388 157 40.5 147 98 67.1 611 511 83.6
 25 to 34 years 4,999 1,914 38.3 3,357 785 23.4 379 189 49.8 1,263 941 74.5
 35 to 44 years 4,064 1,065 26.2 3,234 582 18.0 199 71 35.8 631 412 65.4
 45 to 54 years 1,251 376 30.0 875 187 21.3 86 26 30.2 290 163 56.3
 55 to 64 years 419 144 34.3 268 73 27.3 35 11 (B) 116 60 51.8
 65 years and over 247 126 50.9 103 39 38.2 26 15 (B) 117 72 61.2

Familes with 2 or more related children under 6 years by householder's age: (13)
 
  Total 		5,378 2,364 44.0 4,069 1,313 32.3 239 146 61.1 1,070 905 84.6
 Under 18 years 2 0 (B) 0 0 (X) 1 0 (B) 0 0 (B)
 18 to 24 years 573 463 80.9 249 174 69.6 34 29 (B) 289 260 89.9
 25 to 34 years 2,553 1,157 45.3 1,943 643 33.1 114 71 62.2 495 443 89.5
 35 to 44 years 1,684 508 30.2 1,477 357 24.2 47 30 (B) 160 121 75.7
 45 to 54 years 362 139 38.3 268 83 31.0 19 10 (B) 75 46 (B)
 55 to 64 years 145 61 41.9 97 36 37.3 17 3 (B) 31 21 (B)
 65 years and over 59 35 (B) 34 20 (B) 6 3 (B) 18 13 (B)

Poverty Footnotes

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