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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 400% of poverty (5) Percentage below 400% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 400% of poverty (5) Percentage below 400% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 400% of poverty (5) Percentage below 400% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 400% of poverty (5) Percentage below 400% of poverty (6)

White alone
Families, total (10)
(Counts of families are obtained
by counting the householder
from each family.) 		64,183 34,993 54.5 50,779 24,567 48.4 3,999 2,794 69.9 9,405 7,632 81.1

Householders by age:
 
  Total 		64,183 34,993 54.5 50,779 24,567 48.4 3,999 2,794 69.9 9,405 7,632 81.1
 Under 18 years 108 89 82.3 3 2 (B) 57 47 (B) 48 40 (B)
 18 to 24 years 2,392 1,976 82.6 1,058 833 78.7 548 419 76.4 786 724 92.2
 25 to 34 years 10,329 6,681 64.7 7,580 4,295 56.7 887 678 76.4 1,863 1,708 91.7
 35 to 44 years 13,863 8,011 57.8 10,799 5,512 51.0 866 604 69.7 2,198 1,896 86.3
 45 to 54 years 14,835 6,780 45.7 11,872 4,683 39.4 861 549 63.7 2,102 1,548 73.7
 55 to 64 years 11,334 4,567 40.3 9,929 3,645 36.7 424 245 57.7 981 678 69.2
 65 years and over 11,322 6,888 60.8 9,537 5,598 58.7 357 253 70.9 1,427 1,037 72.6

Families without related children by householder's age: (13)
 
  Total 		33,942 15,293 45.1 28,681 11,920 41.6 1,965 1,188 60.4 3,295 2,185 66.3
 Under 18 years 46 34 (B) 3 2 (B) 23 18 (B) 19 14 (B)
 18 to 24 years 975 639 65.5 476 295 62.0 332 222 66.8 168 123 73.2
 25 to 34 years 2,602 853 32.8 2,097 587 28.0 346 187 54.1 159 78 49.5
 35 to 44 years 2,461 1,011 41.1 1,932 654 33.8 243 135 55.7 286 222 77.8
 45 to 54 years 7,508 2,800 37.3 6,237 2,020 32.4 424 257 60.7 847 523 61.7
 55 to 64 years 9,701 3,598 37.1 8,753 3,021 34.5 309 168 54.5 640 408 63.8
 65 years and over 10,648 6,358 59.7 9,183 5,341 58.2 289 200 69.3 1,177 817 69.4

Families with related children under 18 years by householder's age: (13)
 
  Total 		30,241 19,700 65.1 22,098 12,648 57.2 2,034 1,606 79.0 6,110 5,446 89.1
 Under 18 years 62 55 (B) 0 0 (X) 34 29 (B) 28 26 (B)
 18 to 24 years 1,417 1,337 94.3 583 538 92.4 216 197 91.3 618 602 97.3
 25 to 34 years 7,727 5,828 75.4 5,482 3,708 67.6 541 490 90.7 1,704 1,630 95.6
 35 to 44 years 11,402 7,000 61.4 8,867 4,858 54.8 623 468 75.2 1,912 1,674 87.5
 45 to 54 years 7,326 3,980 54.3 5,634 2,663 47.3 437 292 66.7 1,255 1,025 81.7
 55 to 64 years 1,632 970 59.4 1,176 624 53.0 115 76 66.2 341 270 79.2
 65 years and over 674 531 78.8 355 257 72.5 68 53 (B) 250 220 87.9

Families with one related child under 18 years by householder's age: (13)
 
  Total 		12,948 7,642 59.0 8,543 4,006 46.9 1,253 955 76.2 3,152 2,681 85.1
 Under 18 years 45 40 (B) 0 0 (X) 28 26 (B) 16 14 (B)
 18 to 24 years 877 805 91.7 344 306 89.0 160 141 88.2 372 357 95.8
 25 to 34 years 3,034 1,936 63.8 2,008 1,001 49.8 335 301 89.9 691 634 91.7
 35 to 44 years 3,532 1,970 55.8 2,316 1,001 43.2 338 233 69.0 879 736 83.7
 45 to 54 years 3,992 2,013 50.4 2,892 1,186 41.0 280 182 64.8 819 646 78.8
 55 to 64 years 1,029 546 53.1 756 355 47.0 70 43 (B) 203 148 72.8
 65 years and over 439 332 75.6 227 156 68.9 41 29 (B) 171 147 85.9

Families with 2 or more related children under 18 years by householder's age: (13)
 
  Total 		17,293 12,059 69.7 13,554 8,642 63.8 781 651 83.4 2,957 2,765 93.5
 Under 18 years 18 15 (B) 0 0 (X) 5 3 (B) 12 12 (B)
 18 to 24 years 540 532 98.6 238 232 97.3 56 56 (B) 246 245 99.6
 25 to 34 years 4,693 3,892 82.9 3,474 2,706 77.9 206 190 92.0 1,013 996 98.3
 35 to 44 years 7,870 5,030 63.9 6,551 3,857 58.9 285 235 82.5 1,034 938 90.8
 45 to 54 years 3,335 1,967 59.0 2,742 1,477 53.9 157 110 70.1 436 380 87.1
 55 to 64 years 603 424 70.2 420 268 63.9 45 33 (B) 138 122 88.6
 65 years and over 234 199 84.7 128 101 78.8 27 25 (B) 79 73 92.3

Families with related children under 6 years by householder's age: (13)
 
  Total 		13,567 9,494 70.0 10,243 6,398 62.5 854 745 87.3 2,470 2,350 95.2
 Under 18 years 15 15 (B) 0 0 (X) 7 7 (B) 8 8 (B)
 18 to 24 years 1,244 1,188 95.5 559 514 92.1 129 123 94.8 556 551 99.0
 25 to 34 years 5,938 4,347 73.2 4,483 2,948 65.7 394 367 93.1 1,060 1,032 97.4
 35 to 44 years 4,559 2,673 58.6 3,918 2,110 53.8 181 144 79.2 459 420 91.3
 45 to 54 years 1,188 798 67.1 899 558 62.1 82 60 73.4 207 179 86.4
 55 to 64 years 409 293 71.6 284 192 67.5 38 26 (B) 87 75 85.7
 65 years and over 215 181 84.2 100 76 76.3 22 18 (B) 93 87 93.4

Families with one related child under 6 years by householder's age: (13)
 
  Total 		9,354 6,337 67.7 6,825 4,011 58.8 670 577 86.2 1,859 1,749 94.1
 Under 18 years 13 13 (B) 0 0 (X) 5 5 (B) 8 8 (B)
 18 to 24 years 836 787 94.2 350 312 89.2 107 101 93.7 378 374 98.9
 25 to 34 years 3,891 2,711 69.7 2,811 1,679 59.7 300 279 93.0 780 752 96.5
 35 to 44 years 3,202 1,852 57.8 2,682 1,405 52.4 147 111 75.4 373 336 90.0
 45 to 54 years 942 619 65.8 703 422 60.0 69 52 (B) 170 146 85.7
 55 to 64 years 300 212 70.6 205 137 66.8 23 15 (B) 72 60 (B)
 65 years and over 170 143 84.2 74 55 (B) 17 14 (B) 78 73 94.2

Familes with 2 or more related children under 6 years by householder's age: (13)
 
  Total 		4,213 3,157 74.9 3,418 2,388 69.9 184 168 91.1 611 602 98.5
 Under 18 years 2 2 (B) 0 0 (X) 1 1 (B) 0 0 (B)
 18 to 24 years 408 401 98.2 209 202 96.9 22 22 (B) 178 177 99.4
 25 to 34 years 2,047 1,637 80.0 1,672 1,268 75.9 94 88 93.3 280 280 100.0
 35 to 44 years 1,356 821 60.5 1,236 705 57.0 34 33 (B) 86 84 97.3
 45 to 54 years 246 178 72.4 196 136 69.6 13 9 (B) 37 33 (B)
 55 to 64 years 109 81 74.6 79 55 69.5 14 11 (B) 15 15 (B)
 65 years and over 45 38 (B) 26 21 (B) 4 4 (B) 15 13 (B)

Poverty Footnotes

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