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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)

Black alone
Families, total (10)
(Counts of families are obtained
by counting the householder
from each family.) 		9,359 5,163 55.2 4,386 1,537 35.0 812 474 58.4 4,161 3,152 75.8

Householders by age:
 
  Total 		9,359 5,163 55.2 4,386 1,537 35.0 812 474 58.4 4,161 3,152 75.8
 Under 18 years 36 32 (B) 0 0 (X) 13 12 (B) 22 21 (B)
 18 to 24 years 591 436 73.8 74 41 (B) 124 63 50.5 393 333 84.7
 25 to 34 years 1,952 1,377 70.5 688 318 46.3 182 107 58.8 1,083 951 87.9
 35 to 44 years 2,295 1,242 54.1 1,048 332 31.7 186 117 62.6 1,061 793 74.7
 45 to 54 years 2,101 922 43.9 1,175 325 27.6 148 91 61.7 779 506 65.0
 55 to 64 years 1,315 580 44.1 805 251 31.2 93 48 51.6 417 280 67.2
 65 years and over 1,068 574 53.8 596 269 45.2 66 37 (B) 406 268 66.0

Families without related children by householder's age: (13)
 
  Total 		3,594 1,388 38.6 2,178 653 30.0 374 170 45.4 1,042 565 54.3
 Under 18 years 8 5 (B) 0 0 (X) 2 1 (B) 6 4 (B)
 18 to 24 years 134 60 44.4 28 12 (B) 63 22 (B) 44 25 (B)
 25 to 34 years 257 72 28.0 156 33 21.0 61 22 (B) 40 17 (B)
 35 to 44 years 446 142 31.9 240 50 20.9 62 25 (B) 145 67 46.4
 45 to 54 years 947 331 35.0 588 146 24.8 74 46 (B) 285 140 49.2
 55 to 64 years 926 341 36.9 631 178 28.2 60 26 (B) 236 137 58.1
 65 years and over 876 436 49.8 537 234 43.6 53 28 (B) 286 174 60.9

Families with related children under 18 years by householder's age: (13)
 
  Total 		5,765 3,775 65.5 2,208 885 40.1 438 304 69.5 3,119 2,586 82.9
 Under 18 years 27 27 (B) 0 0 (X) 11 11 (B) 16 16 (B)
 18 to 24 years 457 377 82.4 47 29 (B) 61 40 (B) 349 308 88.0
 25 to 34 years 1,695 1,305 77.0 532 286 53.8 121 84 69.7 1,042 935 89.7
 35 to 44 years 1,849 1,099 59.5 808 282 34.9 125 92 73.6 916 725 79.2
 45 to 54 years 1,155 590 51.1 588 179 30.5 73 45 (B) 494 366 74.1
 55 to 64 years 389 238 61.2 174 73 42.1 33 22 (B) 181 143 79.0
 65 years and over 192 138 71.9 59 35 (B) 13 9 (B) 119 94 78.4

Families with one related child under 18 years by householder's age: (13)
 
  Total 		2,515 1,489 59.2 844 265 31.4 257 161 62.6 1,414 1,063 75.2
 Under 18 years 16 16 (B) 0 0 (X) 6 6 (B) 10 10 (B)
 18 to 24 years 257 198 77.0 17 4 (B) 42 24 (B) 198 170 85.9
 25 to 34 years 585 392 67.0 176 65 37.0 76 52 68.3 333 275 82.6
 35 to 44 years 655 342 52.2 208 48 23.1 57 31 (B) 390 263 67.6
 45 to 54 years 649 325 50.1 297 82 27.7 46 29 (B) 306 214 69.8
 55 to 64 years 235 137 58.1 105 42 40.3 19 13 (B) 112 82 73.1
 65 years and over 117 79 67.5 41 24 (B) 10 6 (B) 66 50 (B)

Families with 2 or more related children under 18 years by householder's age: (13)
 
  Total 		3,250 2,286 70.3 1,364 619 45.4 181 143 79.3 1,705 1,523 89.4
 Under 18 years 11 11 (B) 0 0 (X) 5 5 (B) 6 6 (B)
 18 to 24 years 200 179 89.4 30 25 (B) 18 16 (B) 152 138 90.8
 25 to 34 years 1,110 913 82.2 355 220 62.1 45 32 (B) 710 660 93.0
 35 to 44 years 1,194 758 63.4 601 234 39.0 67 61 (B) 526 462 87.8
 45 to 54 years 506 266 52.5 291 97 33.4 27 16 (B) 188 152 81.0
 55 to 64 years 154 101 65.9 70 31 (B) 15 9 (B) 70 62 (B)
 65 years and over 75 59 (B) 18 12 (B) 4 4 (B) 53 44 (B)

Families with related children under 6 years by householder's age: (13)
 
  Total 		2,538 1,832 72.1 971 464 47.7 184 141 76.5 1,383 1,227 88.7
 Under 18 years 12 12 (B) 0 0 (X) 6 6 (B) 6 6 (B)
 18 to 24 years 379 332 87.6 40 27 (B) 33 28 (B) 305 277 90.7
 25 to 34 years 1,056 798 75.6 393 205 52.1 69 55 (B) 594 538 90.7
 35 to 44 years 627 408 65.1 317 144 45.2 44 33 (B) 265 232 87.3
 45 to 54 years 298 177 59.3 154 61 39.4 15 10 (B) 128 106 82.7
 55 to 64 years 110 66 60.1 49 19 (B) 10 5 (B) 50 41 (B)
 65 years and over 57 39 (B) 17 8 (B) 5 4 (B) 34 27 (B)

Families with one related child under 6 years by householder's age: (13)
 
  Total 		1,811 1,239 68.5 671 268 39.9 147 112 76.0 993 860 86.6
 Under 18 years 12 12 (B) 0 0 (X) 6 6 (B) 6 6 (B)
 18 to 24 years 253 216 85.2 19 6 (B) 27 22 (B) 207 188 90.9
 25 to 34 years 743 532 71.6 279 126 45.0 56 45 (B) 408 361 88.6
 35 to 44 years 446 267 59.9 208 72 34.5 35 26 (B) 202 169 83.4
 45 to 54 years 228 139 60.9 115 47 40.9 11 7 (B) 103 85 82.8
 55 to 64 years 80 42 52.8 36 12 (B) 8 3 (B) 36 27 (B)
 65 years and over 49 32 (B) 13 5 (B) 5 3 (B) 31 23 (B)

Familes with 2 or more related children under 6 years by householder's age: (13)
 
  Total 		728 592 81.3 301 196 65.1 37 29 (B) 390 367 94.2
 Under 18 years 0 0 (X) 0 0 (X) 0 0 (X) 0 0 (X)
 18 to 24 years 126 116 92.4 21 21 (B) 6 6 (B) 98 89 90.3
 25 to 34 years 313 266 85.1 114 79 69.4 13 10 (B) 186 177 95.3
 35 to 44 years 181 141 77.8 109 72 65.8 9 6 (B) 63 63 (B)
 45 to 54 years 70 38 (B) 39 14 (B) 5 3 (B) 26 21 (B)
 55 to 64 years 30 24 (B) 14 7 (B) 2 2 (B) 14 14 (B)
 65 years and over 8 7 (B) 4 3 (B) 1 1 (B) 3 3 (B)

Poverty Footnotes

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