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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 200% of poverty (5) Percentage below 200% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 200% of poverty (5) Percentage below 200% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 200% of poverty (5) Percentage below 200% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 200% of poverty (5) Percentage below 200% of poverty (6)

All races
Families, total (10)
(Counts of families are obtained
by counting the householder
from each family.) 		78,874 20,969 26.6 59,137 11,021 18.6 5,255 1,938 36.9 14,482 8,011 55.3

Householders by age:
 
  Total 		78,874 20,969 26.6 59,137 11,021 18.6 5,255 1,938 36.9 14,482 8,011 55.3
 Under 18 years 170 102 59.9 3 0 (B) 82 44 54.1 84 57 67.9
 18 to 24 years 3,232 1,734 53.6 1,207 480 39.8 753 324 43.0 1,272 929 73.1
 25 to 34 years 13,355 4,996 37.4 9,028 2,205 24.4 1,190 483 40.6 3,137 2,308 73.6
 35 to 44 years 17,551 4,879 27.8 12,916 2,453 19.0 1,151 422 36.7 3,484 2,004 57.5
 45 to 54 years 18,120 3,455 19.1 13,981 1,802 12.9 1,075 341 31.7 3,063 1,311 42.8
 55 to 64 years 13,467 2,415 17.9 11,420 1,642 14.4 552 167 30.2 1,495 606 40.6
 65 years and over 12,980 3,388 26.1 10,581 2,438 23.0 452 155 34.4 1,947 795 40.8

Families without related children by householder's age: (13)
 
  Total 		39,912 7,144 17.9 32,647 4,873 14.9 2,579 711 27.6 4,686 1,560 33.3
 Under 18 years 70 30 (B) 3 0 (B) 34 14 (B) 33 16 (B)
 18 to 24 years 1,228 317 25.9 535 104 19.5 444 122 27.6 250 91 36.3
 25 to 34 years 3,220 405 12.6 2,506 246 9.8 475 103 21.6 239 56 23.5
 35 to 44 years 3,130 536 17.1 2,325 274 11.8 342 89 25.9 462 174 37.6
 45 to 54 years 8,966 1,192 13.3 7,226 675 9.3 532 160 30.0 1,208 357 29.5
 55 to 64 years 11,272 1,733 15.4 9,934 1,303 13.1 390 109 28.0 948 321 33.9
 65 years and over 12,026 2,930 24.4 10,118 2,270 22.4 362 115 31.7 1,547 545 35.3

Families with related children under 18 years by householder's age: (13)
 
  Total 		38,962 13,826 35.5 26,490 6,148 23.2 2,676 1,226 45.8 9,796 6,451 65.9
 Under 18 years 100 72 72.0 0 0 (X) 48 31 (B) 52 41 (B)
 18 to 24 years 2,005 1,416 70.7 673 376 55.9 310 202 65.1 1,022 839 82.0
 25 to 34 years 10,135 4,591 45.3 6,522 1,958 30.0 715 380 53.2 2,898 2,252 77.7
 35 to 44 years 14,421 4,343 30.1 10,591 2,180 20.6 808 334 41.3 3,022 1,830 60.6
 45 to 54 years 9,153 2,263 24.7 6,755 1,127 16.7 543 181 33.4 1,855 955 51.5
 55 to 64 years 2,195 682 31.1 1,486 339 22.8 162 58 35.6 546 285 52.2
 65 years and over 953 458 48.1 463 167 36.1 90 41 45.5 400 250 62.4

Families with one related child under 18 years by householder's age: (13)
 
  Total 		16,744 4,953 29.6 10,278 1,595 15.5 1,628 663 40.8 4,838 2,695 55.7
 Under 18 years 67 46 (B) 0 0 (X) 36 23 (B) 31 23 (B)
 18 to 24 years 1,210 774 64.0 381 168 44.1 225 134 59.7 605 472 78.0
 25 to 34 years 3,934 1,287 32.7 2,407 382 15.9 444 210 47.3 1,083 695 64.2
 35 to 44 years 4,594 1,146 25.0 2,823 361 12.8 425 135 31.7 1,347 651 48.3
 45 to 54 years 4,965 1,060 21.3 3,432 411 12.0 344 106 30.8 1,188 543 45.7
 55 to 64 years 1,374 364 26.5 946 172 18.2 99 33 33.1 330 160 48.5
 65 years and over 600 276 46.0 290 102 35.2 55 23 (B) 255 151 59.2

Families with 2 or more related children under 18 years by householder's age: (13)
 
  Total 		22,217 8,873 39.9 16,212 4,553 28.1 1,048 563 53.7 4,957 3,757 75.8
 Under 18 years 33 26 (B) 0 0 (X) 12 8 (B) 21 18 (B)
 18 to 24 years 794 642 80.9 292 208 71.3 85 68 79.5 417 367 87.9
 25 to 34 years 6,201 3,304 53.3 4,114 1,576 38.3 271 170 62.9 1,816 1,557 85.8
 35 to 44 years 9,827 3,197 32.5 7,769 1,819 23.4 383 199 51.9 1,675 1,179 70.4
 45 to 54 years 4,189 1,204 28.7 3,323 716 21.6 199 75 38.0 667 412 61.8
 55 to 64 years 821 317 38.7 541 167 30.9 63 25 (B) 217 125 57.7
 65 years and over 354 182 51.5 173 65 37.8 35 18 (B) 145 99 68.1

Families with related children under 6 years by householder's age: (13)
 
  Total 		17,532 7,233 41.3 12,295 3,464 28.2 1,122 610 54.3 4,115 3,160 76.8
 Under 18 years 30 28 (B) 0 0 (X) 13 11 (B) 17 17 (B)
 18 to 24 years 1,719 1,270 73.9 637 360 56.5 181 135 74.4 901 776 86.1
 25 to 34 years 7,551 3,273 43.3 5,300 1,566 29.6 493 284 57.6 1,758 1,422 80.9
 35 to 44 years 5,749 1,706 29.7 4,712 1,044 22.2 246 109 44.2 791 553 69.9
 45 to 54 years 1,613 572 35.5 1,143 317 27.7 105 39 36.9 365 217 59.4
 55 to 64 years 564 214 37.9 365 117 32.1 52 14 (B) 147 83 56.3
 65 years and over 305 170 55.7 138 59 42.9 32 19 (B) 136 93 68.2

Families with one related child under 6 years by householder's age: (13)
 
  Total 		12,154 4,726 38.9 8,226 2,034 24.7 883 450 50.9 3,045 2,243 73.7
 Under 18 years 28 28 (B) 0 0 (X) 11 11 (B) 17 17 (B)
 18 to 24 years 1,146 796 69.4 388 180 46.4 147 102 69.6 611 514 84.0
 25 to 34 years 4,999 2,046 40.9 3,357 859 25.6 379 207 54.7 1,263 979 77.5
 35 to 44 years 4,064 1,151 28.3 3,234 650 20.1 199 77 38.5 631 424 67.2
 45 to 54 years 1,251 424 33.9 875 227 25.9 86 27 31.9 290 170 58.7
 55 to 64 years 419 150 35.9 268 78 29.1 35 11 (B) 116 62 53.0
 65 years and over 247 132 53.5 103 39 38.2 26 15 (B) 117 78 66.5

Familes with 2 or more related children under 6 years by householder's age: (13)
 
  Total 		5,378 2,507 46.6 4,069 1,430 35.1 239 160 66.9 1,070 917 85.7
 Under 18 years 2 0 (B) 0 0 (X) 1 0 (B) 0 0 (B)
 18 to 24 years 573 475 82.8 249 180 72.3 34 32 (B) 289 262 90.5
 25 to 34 years 2,553 1,227 48.1 1,943 707 36.4 114 77 67.2 495 443 89.5
 35 to 44 years 1,684 555 32.9 1,477 394 26.7 47 32 (B) 160 129 80.5
 45 to 54 years 362 148 40.9 268 90 33.7 19 11 (B) 75 47 (B)
 55 to 64 years 145 64 43.9 97 39 40.2 17 3 (B) 31 21 (B)
 65 years and over 59 38 (B) 34 20 (B) 6 4 (B) 18 15 (B)

Poverty Footnotes

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