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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 250% of poverty (5) Percentage below 250% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 250% of poverty (5) Percentage below 250% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 250% of poverty (5) Percentage below 250% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 250% of poverty (5) Percentage below 250% of poverty (6)

White alone
Families, total (10)
(Counts of families are obtained
by counting the householder
from each family.) 		64,183 20,767 32.4 50,779 13,095 25.8 3,999 1,876 46.9 9,405 5,795 61.6

Householders by age:
 
  Total 		64,183 20,767 32.4 50,779 13,095 25.8 3,999 1,876 46.9 9,405 5,795 61.6
 Under 18 years 108 74 68.6 3 1 (B) 57 39 (B) 48 34 (B)
 18 to 24 years 2,392 1,483 62.0 1,058 558 52.7 548 292 53.3 786 634 80.6
 25 to 34 years 10,329 4,425 42.8 7,580 2,470 32.6 887 475 53.5 1,863 1,481 79.5
 35 to 44 years 13,863 4,705 33.9 10,799 2,807 26.0 866 428 49.4 2,198 1,471 66.9
 45 to 54 years 14,835 3,539 23.9 11,872 2,168 18.3 861 332 38.6 2,102 1,039 49.4
 55 to 64 years 11,334 2,500 22.1 9,929 1,908 19.2 424 151 35.5 981 441 45.0
 65 years and over 11,322 4,039 35.7 9,537 3,184 33.4 357 160 44.7 1,427 696 48.7

Families without related children by householder's age: (13)
 
  Total 		33,942 8,256 24.3 28,681 6,198 21.6 1,965 713 36.3 3,295 1,346 40.8
 Under 18 years 46 28 (B) 3 1 (B) 23 16 (B) 19 11 (B)
 18 to 24 years 975 349 35.8 476 146 30.7 332 126 38.0 168 77 45.7
 25 to 34 years 2,602 441 16.9 2,097 288 13.7 346 104 30.1 159 48 30.5
 35 to 44 years 2,461 564 22.9 1,932 325 16.8 243 89 36.7 286 150 52.4
 45 to 54 years 7,508 1,312 17.5 6,237 868 13.9 424 151 35.7 847 293 34.6
 55 to 64 years 9,701 1,891 19.5 8,753 1,543 17.6 309 103 33.4 640 244 38.2
 65 years and over 10,648 3,672 34.5 9,183 3,026 33.0 289 123 42.7 1,177 523 44.4

Families with related children under 18 years by householder's age: (13)
 
  Total 		30,241 12,511 41.4 22,098 6,897 31.2 2,034 1,163 57.2 6,110 4,450 72.8
 Under 18 years 62 47 (B) 0 0 (X) 34 23 (B) 28 23 (B)
 18 to 24 years 1,417 1,134 80.0 583 411 70.6 216 166 76.8 618 557 90.1
 25 to 34 years 7,727 3,985 51.6 5,482 2,182 39.8 541 370 68.5 1,704 1,432 84.1
 35 to 44 years 11,402 4,141 36.3 8,867 2,481 28.0 623 339 54.4 1,912 1,321 69.1
 45 to 54 years 7,326 2,227 30.4 5,634 1,300 23.1 437 181 41.4 1,255 746 59.4
 55 to 64 years 1,632 609 37.3 1,176 365 31.0 115 47 41.2 341 197 57.8
 65 years and over 674 368 54.6 355 158 44.5 68 37 (B) 250 173 69.1

Families with one related child under 18 years by householder's age: (13)
 
  Total 		12,948 4,634 35.8 8,543 1,918 22.4 1,253 675 53.9 3,152 2,041 64.8
 Under 18 years 45 34 (B) 0 0 (X) 28 22 (B) 16 13 (B)
 18 to 24 years 877 657 74.9 344 213 61.9 160 119 74.3 372 325 87.3
 25 to 34 years 3,034 1,205 39.7 2,008 472 23.5 335 218 65.2 691 514 74.5
 35 to 44 years 3,532 1,120 31.7 2,316 425 18.4 338 163 48.4 879 531 60.4
 45 to 54 years 3,992 1,071 26.8 2,892 525 18.2 280 105 37.3 819 441 53.9
 55 to 64 years 1,029 315 30.6 756 184 24.3 70 28 (B) 203 103 50.9
 65 years and over 439 232 52.9 227 98 43.4 41 21 (B) 171 113 66.0

Families with 2 or more related children under 18 years by householder's age: (13)
 
  Total 		17,293 7,876 45.5 13,554 4,980 36.7 781 488 62.5 2,957 2,409 81.4
 Under 18 years 18 12 (B) 0 0 (X) 5 2 (B) 12 11 (B)
 18 to 24 years 540 477 88.3 238 198 83.2 56 47 (B) 246 232 94.3
 25 to 34 years 4,693 2,780 59.2 3,474 1,709 49.2 206 152 74.0 1,013 918 90.6
 35 to 44 years 7,870 3,022 38.4 6,551 2,056 31.4 285 175 61.5 1,034 790 76.4
 45 to 54 years 3,335 1,156 34.7 2,742 775 28.3 157 77 48.8 436 305 70.0
 55 to 64 years 603 295 48.9 420 181 43.1 45 20 (B) 138 94 68.0
 65 years and over 234 135 57.7 128 60 46.5 27 16 (B) 79 60 75.9

Families with related children under 6 years by householder's age: (13)
 
  Total 		13,567 6,452 47.6 10,243 3,774 36.8 854 589 68.9 2,470 2,090 84.6
 Under 18 years 15 13 (B) 0 0 (X) 7 6 (B) 8 8 (B)
 18 to 24 years 1,244 1,022 82.2 559 393 70.4 129 110 85.3 556 518 93.3
 25 to 34 years 5,938 2,973 50.1 4,483 1,753 39.1 394 288 73.0 1,060 932 88.0
 35 to 44 years 4,559 1,581 34.7 3,918 1,119 28.6 181 108 59.7 459 353 76.9
 45 to 54 years 1,188 516 43.4 899 333 37.0 82 44 52.9 207 139 67.4
 55 to 64 years 409 202 49.5 284 123 43.4 38 17 (B) 87 63 71.8
 65 years and over 215 145 67.6 100 52 52.1 22 17 (B) 93 76 82.5

Families with one related child under 6 years by householder's age: (13)
 
  Total 		9,354 4,275 45.7 6,825 2,286 33.5 670 448 66.9 1,859 1,541 82.9
 Under 18 years 13 13 (B) 0 0 (X) 5 5 (B) 8 8 (B)
 18 to 24 years 836 661 79.1 350 222 63.3 107 90 83.8 378 349 92.4
 25 to 34 years 3,891 1,861 47.8 2,811 970 34.5 300 215 71.5 780 676 86.7
 35 to 44 years 3,202 1,089 34.0 2,682 731 27.2 147 79 53.4 373 280 75.1
 45 to 54 years 942 392 41.6 703 244 34.6 69 35 (B) 170 113 66.7
 55 to 64 years 300 144 48.0 205 82 39.9 23 12 (B) 72 51 (B)
 65 years and over 170 114 67.5 74 38 (B) 17 13 (B) 78 63 81.6

Familes with 2 or more related children under 6 years by householder's age: (13)
 
  Total 		4,213 2,178 51.7 3,418 1,488 43.5 184 140 76.2 611 549 90.0
 Under 18 years 2 0 (B) 0 0 (X) 1 0 (B) 0 0 (B)
 18 to 24 years 408 361 88.4 209 172 82.3 22 20 (B) 178 169 95.2
 25 to 34 years 2,047 1,112 54.3 1,672 783 46.8 94 73 77.6 280 257 91.6
 35 to 44 years 1,356 491 36.2 1,236 389 31.4 34 30 (B) 86 73 84.9
 45 to 54 years 246 124 50.2 196 89 45.5 13 8 (B) 37 26 (B)
 55 to 64 years 109 58 53.6 79 42 52.5 14 5 (B) 15 12 (B)
 65 years and over 45 31 (B) 26 14 (B) 4 4 (B) 15 13 (B)

Poverty Footnotes

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