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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)

White alone, not Hispanic
Families, total (10)
(Counts of families are obtained
by counting the householder
from each family.) 		54,450 9,310 17.1 44,281 5,406 12.2 3,069 902 29.4 7,100 3,002 42.3

Householders by age:
 
  Total 		54,450 9,310 17.1 44,281 5,406 12.2 3,069 902 29.4 7,100 3,002 42.3
 Under 18 years 57 20 (B) 2 0 (B) 32 11 (B) 23 9 (B)
 18 to 24 years 1,649 713 43.2 764 210 27.4 348 121 34.8 537 382 71.1
 25 to 34 years 7,855 1,879 23.9 6,011 879 14.6 591 212 35.9 1,253 788 62.9
 35 to 44 years 11,168 1,877 16.8 8,918 988 11.1 658 177 26.8 1,591 713 44.8
 45 to 54 years 12,959 1,527 11.8 10,525 837 8.0 744 193 25.9 1,689 498 29.5
 55 to 64 years 10,285 1,287 12.5 9,147 969 10.6 374 92 24.5 765 226 29.6
 65 years and over 10,477 2,006 19.1 8,914 1,524 17.1 322 97 30.0 1,241 385 31.1

Families without related children by householder's age: (13)
 
  Total 		30,793 4,044 13.1 26,530 3,006 11.3 1,531 358 23.4 2,731 681 24.9
 Under 18 years 29 12 (B) 2 0 (B) 16 6 (B) 12 5 (B)
 18 to 24 years 769 137 17.9 402 47 11.8 235 49 20.9 131 41 31.0
 25 to 34 years 2,187 183 8.4 1,866 127 6.8 206 35 16.8 115 22 19.2
 35 to 44 years 2,082 264 12.7 1,704 163 9.5 170 31 18.4 207 70 33.9
 45 to 54 years 6,792 609 9.0 5,711 382 6.7 370 97 26.1 710 130 18.3
 55 to 64 years 8,998 1,037 11.5 8,207 836 10.2 274 69 25.1 517 131 25.4
 65 years and over 9,937 1,803 18.1 8,637 1,451 16.8 260 71 27.3 1,040 281 27.0

Families with related children under 18 years by householder's age: (13)
 
  Total 		23,657 5,266 22.3 17,750 2,401 13.5 1,538 544 35.3 4,368 2,321 53.1
 Under 18 years 28 9 (B) 0 0 (X) 16 4 (B) 12 4 (B)
 18 to 24 years 880 575 65.4 362 162 44.8 113 72 63.8 406 341 84.1
 25 to 34 years 5,668 1,696 29.9 4,144 752 18.2 385 178 46.1 1,139 766 67.3
 35 to 44 years 9,086 1,613 17.8 7,214 825 11.4 488 145 29.8 1,384 643 46.4
 45 to 54 years 6,167 918 14.9 4,814 455 9.4 374 96 25.7 979 368 37.6
 55 to 64 years 1,287 251 19.5 939 133 14.2 100 23 22.7 248 95 38.2
 65 years and over 540 203 37.7 277 74 26.5 62 26 (B) 201 104 51.9

Families with one related child under 18 years by householder's age: (13)
 
  Total 		10,508 2,046 19.5 7,127 648 9.1 967 312 32.3 2,415 1,086 45.0
 Under 18 years 20 6 (B) 0 0 (X) 14 4 (B) 6 1 (B)
 18 to 24 years 568 329 58.0 219 68 31.2 92 55 60.2 256 205 80.2
 25 to 34 years 2,417 518 21.4 1,666 149 9.0 248 100 40.2 504 269 53.4
 35 to 44 years 2,893 475 16.4 1,934 137 7.1 274 66 24.0 685 272 39.7
 45 to 54 years 3,425 451 13.2 2,516 178 7.1 243 60 24.7 666 213 32.0
 55 to 64 years 827 136 16.4 608 70 11.5 61 13 (B) 158 53 33.6
 65 years and over 358 131 36.6 183 46 25.0 35 14 (B) 140 72 51.1

Families with 2 or more related children under 18 years by householder's age: (13)
 
  Total 		13,148 3,220 24.5 10,624 1,753 16.5 572 232 40.5 1,953 1,235 63.2
 Under 18 years 8 3 (B) 0 0 (X) 2 0 (B) 6 3 (B)
 18 to 24 years 313 246 78.7 143 94 65.7 21 16 (B) 149 136 90.9
 25 to 34 years 3,251 1,178 36.2 2,478 603 24.3 138 78 56.7 635 497 78.3
 35 to 44 years 6,193 1,139 18.4 5,280 689 13.0 215 80 37.2 699 370 53.0
 45 to 54 years 2,742 467 17.0 2,298 277 12.1 131 36 27.5 313 155 49.4
 55 to 64 years 461 115 24.9 332 63 19.0 39 10 (B) 90 42 46.4
 65 years and over 181 72 39.8 94 28 29.6 26 12 (B) 61 33 (B)

Families with related children under 6 years by householder's age: (13)
 
  Total 		10,153 2,724 26.8 7,926 1,332 16.8 609 274 45.1 1,618 1,118 69.1
 Under 18 years 1 1 (B) 0 0 (X) 0 0 (X) 1 1 (B)
 18 to 24 years 809 546 67.4 353 160 45.3 83 60 72.1 374 326 87.3
 25 to 34 years 4,402 1,230 27.9 3,440 607 17.7 279 133 47.6 683 490 71.8
 35 to 44 years 3,605 586 16.3 3,181 378 11.9 125 44 35.3 299 164 54.7
 45 to 54 years 879 185 21.0 675 101 15.0 68 21 (B) 137 63 46.2
 55 to 64 years 291 90 31.1 204 54 26.3 33 5 (B) 54 32 (B)
 65 years and over 165 86 51.9 74 31 (B) 21 13 (B) 70 42 (B)

Families with one related child under 6 years by householder's age: (13)
 
  Total 		6,977 1,762 25.3 5,264 750 14.2 483 205 42.4 1,230 807 65.6
 Under 18 years 1 1 (B) 0 0 (X) 0 0 (X) 1 1 (B)
 18 to 24 years 554 341 61.5 222 71 32.0 72 49 (B) 260 222 85.1
 25 to 34 years 2,879 760 26.4 2,161 324 15.0 214 97 45.2 504 339 67.3
 35 to 44 years 2,500 387 15.5 2,149 223 10.4 103 29 28.0 248 136 54.6
 45 to 54 years 704 139 19.8 534 75 14.1 59 16 (B) 111 48 43.1
 55 to 64 years 202 62 30.8 138 32 23.2 19 4 (B) 44 26 (B)
 65 years and over 137 71 52.0 59 24 (B) 17 11 (B) 61 36 (B)

Familes with 2 or more related children under 6 years by householder's age: (13)
 
  Total 		3,176 963 30.3 2,662 582 21.9 125 69 55.4 388 311 80.1
 Under 18 years 0 0 (B) 0 0 (X) 0 0 (X) 0 0 (B)
 18 to 24 years 255 205 80.3 130 89 68.1 11 11 (B) 113 105 92.4
 25 to 34 years 1,523 470 30.9 1,279 283 22.1 65 36 (B) 179 151 84.4
 35 to 44 years 1,104 199 18.0 1,031 156 15.1 22 15 (B) 51 28 (B)
 45 to 54 years 176 46 25.9 141 26 18.2 9 5 (B) 26 15 (B)
 55 to 64 years 89 28 31.6 65 21 (B) 14 1 (B) 9 6 (B)
 65 years and over 29 15 (B) 15 7 (B) 4 2 (B) 10 6 (B)

Poverty Footnotes

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