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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, not Hispanic
Families, total (10)
(Counts of families are obtained
by counting the householder
from each family.) 		54,450 14,909 27.4 44,281 9,581 21.6 3,069 1,335 43.5 7,100 3,993 56.2

Householders by age:
 
  Total 		54,450 14,909 27.4 44,281 9,581 21.6 3,069 1,335 43.5 7,100 3,993 56.2
 Under 18 years 57 33 (B) 2 1 (B) 32 19 (B) 23 13 (B)
 18 to 24 years 1,649 944 57.2 764 354 46.4 348 161 46.4 537 428 79.6
 25 to 34 years 7,855 2,766 35.2 6,011 1,497 24.9 591 310 52.5 1,253 959 76.5
 35 to 44 years 11,168 3,045 27.3 8,918 1,774 19.9 658 300 45.5 1,591 971 61.1
 45 to 54 years 12,959 2,544 19.6 10,525 1,543 14.7 744 268 36.0 1,689 733 43.4
 55 to 64 years 10,285 2,017 19.6 9,147 1,577 17.2 374 133 35.6 765 307 40.1
 65 years and over 10,477 3,560 34.0 8,914 2,834 31.8 322 143 44.5 1,241 582 46.9

Families without related children by householder's age: (13)
 
  Total 		30,793 6,919 22.5 26,530 5,343 20.1 1,531 532 34.8 2,731 1,044 38.2
 Under 18 years 29 15 (B) 2 1 (B) 16 8 (B) 12 5 (B)
 18 to 24 years 769 246 32.1 402 116 28.9 235 74 31.3 131 57 43.2
 25 to 34 years 2,187 292 13.4 1,866 202 10.8 206 57 27.7 115 33 28.9
 35 to 44 years 2,082 419 20.1 1,704 258 15.2 170 57 33.4 207 104 50.3
 45 to 54 years 6,792 1,043 15.4 5,711 695 12.2 370 131 35.3 710 217 30.6
 55 to 64 years 8,998 1,622 18.0 8,207 1,346 16.4 274 98 35.6 517 178 34.5
 65 years and over 9,937 3,281 33.0 8,637 2,723 31.5 260 109 41.8 1,040 449 43.2

Families with related children under 18 years by householder's age: (13)
 
  Total 		23,657 7,990 33.8 17,750 4,239 23.9 1,538 803 52.2 4,368 2,949 67.5
 Under 18 years 28 19 (B) 0 0 (X) 16 11 (B) 12 7 (B)
 18 to 24 years 880 697 79.2 362 238 65.9 113 88 78.0 406 371 91.4
 25 to 34 years 5,668 2,473 43.6 4,144 1,295 31.2 385 253 65.7 1,139 926 81.3
 35 to 44 years 9,086 2,626 28.9 7,214 1,515 21.0 488 243 49.8 1,384 867 62.7
 45 to 54 years 6,167 1,502 24.4 4,814 849 17.6 374 138 36.8 979 516 52.7
 55 to 64 years 1,287 395 30.7 939 231 24.6 100 35 35.5 248 129 51.9
 65 years and over 540 278 51.6 277 111 39.9 62 34 (B) 201 133 66.3

Families with one related child under 18 years by householder's age: (13)
 
  Total 		10,508 3,158 30.1 7,127 1,222 17.1 967 479 49.6 2,415 1,457 60.3
 Under 18 years 20 15 (B) 0 0 (X) 14 11 (B) 6 3 (B)
 18 to 24 years 568 421 74.1 219 122 55.6 92 71 77.5 256 227 88.7
 25 to 34 years 2,417 816 33.7 1,666 300 18.0 248 153 61.9 504 363 72.0
 35 to 44 years 2,893 764 26.4 1,934 256 13.2 274 125 45.6 685 384 56.0
 45 to 54 years 3,425 760 22.2 2,516 358 14.2 243 79 32.5 666 323 48.5
 55 to 64 years 827 203 24.6 608 114 18.8 61 20 (B) 158 69 43.7
 65 years and over 358 179 50.0 183 72 39.3 35 19 (B) 140 88 62.8

Families with 2 or more related children under 18 years by householder's age: (13)
 
  Total 		13,148 4,833 36.8 10,624 3,017 28.4 572 324 56.6 1,953 1,492 76.4
 Under 18 years 8 4 (B) 0 0 (X) 2 0 (B) 6 4 (B)
 18 to 24 years 313 277 88.5 143 117 81.7 21 16 (B) 149 144 96.1
 25 to 34 years 3,251 1,658 51.0 2,478 995 40.2 138 100 72.5 635 563 88.6
 35 to 44 years 6,193 1,861 30.1 5,280 1,259 23.9 215 118 55.1 699 484 69.2
 45 to 54 years 2,742 742 27.1 2,298 490 21.3 131 59 44.7 313 193 61.7
 55 to 64 years 461 192 41.7 332 117 35.2 39 16 (B) 90 60 66.3
 65 years and over 181 99 54.6 94 39 41.1 26 15 (B) 61 45 (B)

Families with related children under 6 years by householder's age: (13)
 
  Total 		10,153 3,970 39.1 7,926 2,259 28.5 609 393 64.5 1,618 1,319 81.5
 Under 18 years 1 1 (B) 0 0 (X) 0 0 (X) 1 1 (B)
 18 to 24 years 809 658 81.3 353 233 65.9 83 73 87.9 374 353 94.4
 25 to 34 years 4,402 1,825 41.4 3,440 1,052 30.6 279 195 69.9 683 578 84.6
 35 to 44 years 3,605 941 26.1 3,181 668 21.0 125 63 50.8 299 209 69.9
 45 to 54 years 879 306 34.8 675 191 28.3 68 34 (B) 137 82 59.8
 55 to 64 years 291 131 45.1 204 78 38.5 33 12 (B) 54 41 (B)
 65 years and over 165 108 65.5 74 36 (B) 21 16 (B) 70 56 (B)

Families with one related child under 6 years by householder's age: (13)
 
  Total 		6,977 2,610 37.4 5,264 1,332 25.3 483 299 61.9 1,230 979 79.6
 Under 18 years 1 1 (B) 0 0 (X) 0 0 (X) 1 1 (B)
 18 to 24 years 554 435 78.4 222 128 57.5 72 62 (B) 260 245 94.1
 25 to 34 years 2,879 1,136 39.4 2,161 571 26.4 214 146 68.0 504 420 83.2
 35 to 44 years 2,500 632 25.3 2,149 417 19.4 103 45 43.5 248 170 68.6
 45 to 54 years 704 232 32.9 534 141 26.4 59 27 (B) 111 64 57.4
 55 to 64 years 202 87 43.1 138 47 33.7 19 7 (B) 44 33 (B)
 65 years and over 137 88 64.3 59 29 (B) 17 13 (B) 61 46 (B)

Familes with 2 or more related children under 6 years by householder's age: (13)
 
  Total 		3,176 1,360 42.8 2,662 927 34.8 125 93 74.3 388 340 87.5
 Under 18 years 0 0 (B) 0 0 (X) 0 0 (X) 0 0 (B)
 18 to 24 years 255 223 87.7 130 105 80.2 11 11 (B) 113 108 95.1
 25 to 34 years 1,523 689 45.2 1,279 481 37.6 65 50 (B) 179 158 88.3
 35 to 44 years 1,104 309 27.9 1,031 251 24.4 22 19 (B) 51 39 (B)
 45 to 54 years 176 74 42.4 141 50 35.8 9 6 (B) 26 18 (B)
 55 to 64 years 89 44 49.7 65 32 (B) 14 5 (B) 9 8 (B)
 65 years and over 29 20 (B) 15 8 (B) 4 3 (B) 10 9 (B)

Poverty Footnotes

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