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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 300% of poverty (5) Percentage below 300% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 300% of poverty (5) Percentage below 300% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 300% of poverty (5) Percentage below 300% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 300% of poverty (5) Percentage below 300% of poverty (6)

White alone, not Hispanic
Families, total (10)
(Counts of families are obtained
by counting the householder
from each family.) 		54,450 19,237 35.3 44,281 13,057 29.5 3,069 1,567 51.0 7,100 4,613 65.0

Householders by age:
 
  Total 		54,450 19,237 35.3 44,281 13,057 29.5 3,069 1,567 51.0 7,100 4,613 65.0
 Under 18 years 57 35 (B) 2 2 (B) 32 20 (B) 23 13 (B)
 18 to 24 years 1,649 1,078 65.4 764 430 56.3 348 188 54.1 537 460 85.6
 25 to 34 years 7,855 3,454 44.0 6,011 2,042 34.0 591 354 59.9 1,253 1,058 84.4
 35 to 44 years 11,168 3,977 35.6 8,918 2,519 28.2 658 348 52.8 1,591 1,110 69.8
 45 to 54 years 12,959 3,423 26.4 10,525 2,197 20.9 744 326 43.8 1,689 900 53.3
 55 to 64 years 10,285 2,625 25.5 9,147 2,090 22.8 374 164 44.0 765 371 48.5
 65 years and over 10,477 4,645 44.3 8,914 3,777 42.4 322 167 51.7 1,241 701 56.5

Families without related children by householder's age: (13)
 
  Total 		30,793 9,129 29.6 26,530 7,167 27.0 1,531 649 42.4 2,731 1,313 48.1
 Under 18 years 29 16 (B) 2 2 (B) 16 8 (B) 12 6 (B)
 18 to 24 years 769 331 43.0 402 159 39.4 235 96 40.6 131 76 58.2
 25 to 34 years 2,187 407 18.6 1,866 286 15.3 206 74 36.2 115 47 40.7
 35 to 44 years 2,082 492 23.6 1,704 314 18.4 170 63 36.8 207 116 56.0
 45 to 54 years 6,792 1,460 21.5 5,711 998 17.5 370 160 43.3 710 301 42.4
 55 to 64 years 8,998 2,114 23.5 8,207 1,776 21.6 274 118 42.9 517 221 42.8
 65 years and over 9,937 4,309 43.4 8,637 3,634 42.1 260 131 50.1 1,040 545 52.4

Families with related children under 18 years by householder's age: (13)
 
  Total 		23,657 10,108 42.7 17,750 5,890 33.2 1,538 917 59.6 4,368 3,300 75.6
 Under 18 years 28 19 (B) 0 0 (X) 16 11 (B) 12 7 (B)
 18 to 24 years 880 748 85.0 362 272 75.1 113 93 82.2 406 384 94.5
 25 to 34 years 5,668 3,047 53.7 4,144 1,756 42.4 385 280 72.6 1,139 1,011 88.8
 35 to 44 years 9,086 3,485 38.4 7,214 2,205 30.6 488 285 58.4 1,384 994 71.8
 45 to 54 years 6,167 1,963 31.8 4,814 1,199 24.9 374 165 44.2 979 599 61.1
 55 to 64 years 1,287 510 39.6 939 314 33.4 100 47 46.8 248 150 60.3
 65 years and over 540 336 62.2 277 144 51.9 62 36 (B) 201 156 77.6

Families with one related child under 18 years by householder's age: (13)
 
  Total 		10,508 3,987 37.9 7,127 1,784 25.0 967 538 55.7 2,415 1,665 68.9
 Under 18 years 20 15 (B) 0 0 (X) 14 11 (B) 6 3 (B)
 18 to 24 years 568 456 80.2 219 143 65.3 92 73 78.9 256 240 93.5
 25 to 34 years 2,417 1,027 42.5 1,666 441 26.5 248 170 68.5 504 416 82.6
 35 to 44 years 2,893 1,006 34.8 1,934 416 21.5 274 146 53.3 685 444 64.8
 45 to 54 years 3,425 995 29.0 2,516 522 20.7 243 96 39.7 666 377 56.5
 55 to 64 years 827 272 32.9 608 167 27.6 61 23 (B) 158 82 51.7
 65 years and over 358 217 60.5 183 94 51.4 35 19 (B) 140 103 73.8

Families with 2 or more related children under 18 years by householder's age: (13)
 
  Total 		13,148 6,120 46.5 10,624 4,105 38.6 572 379 66.3 1,953 1,636 83.8
 Under 18 years 8 4 (B) 0 0 (X) 2 0 (B) 6 4 (B)
 18 to 24 years 313 292 93.5 143 129 90.2 21 20 (B) 149 144 96.3
 25 to 34 years 3,251 2,020 62.1 2,478 1,315 53.0 138 110 80.0 635 595 93.7
 35 to 44 years 6,193 2,479 40.0 5,280 1,789 33.9 215 140 65.0 699 550 78.8
 45 to 54 years 2,742 968 35.3 2,298 677 29.5 131 69 52.7 313 222 70.9
 55 to 64 years 461 238 51.8 332 147 44.2 39 24 (B) 90 68 75.5
 65 years and over 181 119 65.6 94 50 52.8 26 17 (B) 61 53 (B)

Families with related children under 6 years by householder's age: (13)
 
  Total 		10,153 4,917 48.4 7,926 3,053 38.5 609 437 71.8 1,618 1,427 88.2
 Under 18 years 1 1 (B) 0 0 (X) 0 0 (X) 1 1 (B)
 18 to 24 years 809 707 87.4 353 266 75.4 83 76 91.6 374 365 97.7
 25 to 34 years 4,402 2,274 51.7 3,440 1,427 41.5 279 215 77.0 683 632 92.6
 35 to 44 years 3,605 1,273 35.3 3,181 965 30.3 125 75 60.3 299 233 77.9
 45 to 54 years 879 380 43.2 675 253 37.4 68 37 (B) 137 90 66.0
 55 to 64 years 291 156 53.5 204 95 46.6 33 18 (B) 54 43 (B)
 65 years and over 165 126 76.3 74 48 (B) 21 16 (B) 70 62 (B)

Families with one related child under 6 years by householder's age: (13)
 
  Total 		6,977 3,229 46.3 5,264 1,823 34.6 483 336 69.4 1,230 1,071 87.0
 Under 18 years 1 1 (B) 0 0 (X) 0 0 (X) 1 1 (B)
 18 to 24 years 554 472 85.1 222 149 67.2 72 65 (B) 260 258 98.9
 25 to 34 years 2,879 1,407 48.9 2,161 783 36.2 214 162 75.4 504 463 91.8
 35 to 44 years 2,500 859 34.4 2,149 613 28.5 103 57 55.0 248 190 76.4
 45 to 54 years 704 288 40.9 534 185 34.7 59 31 (B) 111 72 65.0
 55 to 64 years 202 100 49.7 138 56 40.7 19 9 (B) 44 35 (B)
 65 years and over 137 102 74.4 59 36 (B) 17 13 (B) 61 53 (B)

Familes with 2 or more related children under 6 years by householder's age: (13)
 
  Total 		3,176 1,688 53.1 2,662 1,230 46.2 125 102 81.1 388 356 91.7
 Under 18 years 0 0 (B) 0 0 (X) 0 0 (X) 0 0 (B)
 18 to 24 years 255 235 92.4 130 117 89.4 11 11 (B) 113 108 95.1
 25 to 34 years 1,523 867 56.9 1,279 644 50.3 65 53 (B) 179 169 94.7
 35 to 44 years 1,104 414 37.5 1,031 352 34.1 22 19 (B) 51 44 (B)
 45 to 54 years 176 92 52.3 141 67 48.0 9 6 (B) 26 18 (B)
 55 to 64 years 89 55 62.2 65 38 (B) 14 9 (B) 9 8 (B)
 65 years and over 29 24 (B) 15 12 (B) 4 3 (B) 10 10 (B)

Poverty Footnotes

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