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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 500% of poverty (5) Percentage below 500% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 500% of poverty (5) Percentage below 500% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 500% of poverty (5) Percentage below 500% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 500% of poverty (5) Percentage below 500% of poverty (6)

White A.O.I.C.
Families, total (10)
(Counts of families are obtained
by counting the householder
from each family.) 		65,029 43,065 66.2 51,341 31,342 61.0 4,080 3,262 80.0 9,609 8,462 88.1

Householders by age:
 
  Total 		65,029 43,065 66.2 51,341 31,342 61.0 4,080 3,262 80.0 9,609 8,462 88.1
 Under 18 years 110 102 93.0 3 3 (B) 58 55 (B) 48 44 (B)
 18 to 24 years 2,439 2,217 90.9 1,073 969 90.3 569 493 86.6 797 755 94.8
 25 to 34 years 10,525 7,999 76.0 7,700 5,385 69.9 908 782 86.1 1,917 1,832 95.6
 35 to 44 years 14,077 9,881 70.2 10,934 7,078 64.7 881 698 79.3 2,262 2,104 93.0
 45 to 54 years 14,997 8,793 58.6 11,987 6,356 53.0 873 668 76.5 2,137 1,770 82.8
 55 to 64 years 11,461 6,013 52.5 10,031 4,939 49.2 431 298 69.2 1,000 776 77.7
 65 years and over 11,420 8,059 70.6 9,614 6,611 68.8 359 268 74.6 1,447 1,180 81.5

Families without related children by householder's age: (13)
 
  Total 		34,289 19,568 57.1 28,936 15,547 53.7 1,994 1,443 72.4 3,359 2,578 76.7
 Under 18 years 48 44 (B) 3 3 (B) 24 24 (B) 20 16 (B)
 18 to 24 years 999 806 80.6 484 391 80.8 343 273 79.8 173 141 81.7
 25 to 34 years 2,648 1,324 50.0 2,124 942 44.4 356 262 73.5 168 120 71.4
 35 to 44 years 2,486 1,294 52.1 1,949 893 45.8 245 151 61.8 293 250 85.4
 45 to 54 years 7,583 3,827 50.5 6,296 2,872 45.6 427 317 74.2 860 638 74.2
 55 to 64 years 9,794 4,801 49.0 8,831 4,128 46.7 309 203 65.7 654 470 71.8
 65 years and over 10,731 7,473 69.6 9,248 6,317 68.3 290 212 73.2 1,193 943 79.1

Families with related children under 18 years by householder's age: (13)
 
  Total 		30,740 23,497 76.4 22,405 15,795 70.5 2,085 1,819 87.2 6,249 5,884 94.2
 Under 18 years 62 58 (B) 0 0 (X) 34 31 (B) 28 28 (B)
 18 to 24 years 1,440 1,412 98.1 589 578 98.2 226 220 97.0 624 614 98.4
 25 to 34 years 7,877 6,675 84.7 5,576 4,443 79.7 552 520 94.2 1,750 1,713 97.9
 35 to 44 years 11,591 8,586 74.1 8,986 6,185 68.8 636 547 86.0 1,970 1,854 94.1
 45 to 54 years 7,414 4,967 67.0 5,690 3,484 61.2 446 351 78.6 1,277 1,132 88.6
 55 to 64 years 1,667 1,212 72.7 1,200 811 67.6 122 95 78.0 346 307 88.7
 65 years and over 689 587 85.2 365 294 80.6 69 56 (B) 254 237 93.0

Families with one related child under 18 years by householder's age: (13)
 
  Total 		13,163 9,453 71.8 8,663 5,395 62.3 1,288 1,105 85.8 3,212 2,953 91.9
 Under 18 years 45 42 (B) 0 0 (X) 28 27 (B) 16 15 (B)
 18 to 24 years 890 865 97.2 347 338 97.4 169 162 95.9 375 366 97.6
 25 to 34 years 3,088 2,338 75.7 2,039 1,337 65.6 343 322 93.9 705 679 96.2
 35 to 44 years 3,603 2,511 69.7 2,355 1,390 59.0 346 287 83.0 902 834 92.4
 45 to 54 years 4,033 2,607 64.6 2,917 1,665 57.1 284 220 77.3 832 723 86.9
 55 to 64 years 1,053 716 68.0 771 486 63.1 75 55 (B) 207 174 84.3
 65 years and over 452 373 82.5 234 179 76.7 42 31 (B) 176 162 92.3

Families with 2 or more related children under 18 years by householder's age: (13)
 
  Total 		17,576 14,044 79.9 13,742 10,399 75.7 797 714 89.5 3,037 2,931 96.5
 Under 18 years 18 16 (B) 0 0 (X) 5 4 (B) 12 12 (B)
 18 to 24 years 549 547 99.5 242 240 99.3 58 58 (B) 250 249 99.6
 25 to 34 years 4,789 4,337 90.6 3,537 3,105 87.8 208 197 94.8 1,044 1,034 99.0
 35 to 44 years 7,988 6,075 76.1 6,630 4,795 72.3 290 260 89.5 1,067 1,020 95.6
 45 to 54 years 3,380 2,359 69.8 2,773 1,819 65.6 162 131 80.8 445 409 91.9
 55 to 64 years 615 497 80.8 429 325 75.7 47 40 (B) 139 132 95.2
 65 years and over 237 214 90.4 131 115 87.6 27 25 (B) 79 75 94.7

Families with related children under 6 years by householder's age: (13)
 
  Total 		13,805 11,036 79.9 10,397 7,746 74.5 874 816 93.3 2,533 2,474 97.7
 Under 18 years 15 15 (B) 0 0 (X) 7 7 (B) 8 8 (B)
 18 to 24 years 1,262 1,246 98.7 565 554 98.1 137 136 99.4 560 556 99.2
 25 to 34 years 6,041 4,999 82.7 4,555 3,545 77.8 402 383 95.4 1,084 1,071 98.8
 35 to 44 years 4,642 3,282 70.7 3,977 2,657 66.8 186 164 88.5 479 460 96.0
 45 to 54 years 1,206 931 77.2 909 661 72.7 82 71 85.8 215 200 93.1
 55 to 64 years 417 360 86.2 288 239 82.9 38 34 (B) 91 86 95.0
 65 years and over 221 203 91.6 103 90 87.3 23 20 (B) 95 93 97.1

Families with one related child under 6 years by householder's age: (13)
 
  Total 		9,514 7,450 78.3 6,926 4,966 71.7 686 636 92.7 1,902 1,848 97.2
 Under 18 years 13 13 (B) 0 0 (X) 5 5 (B) 8 8 (B)
 18 to 24 years 847 833 98.4 353 344 97.5 114 113 99.2 380 377 99.1
 25 to 34 years 3,948 3,156 79.9 2,849 2,081 73.0 305 292 95.5 794 783 98.7
 35 to 44 years 3,269 2,303 70.4 2,729 1,801 66.0 151 131 86.9 389 371 95.3
 45 to 54 years 953 722 75.8 708 502 71.0 69 57 (B) 176 162 92.0
 55 to 64 years 307 263 85.6 209 171 82.0 24 22 (B) 74 70 (B)
 65 years and over 177 160 90.8 78 66 85.2 18 16 (B) 81 78 96.5

Familes with 2 or more related children under 6 years by householder's age: (13)
 
  Total 		4,291 3,586 83.6 3,472 2,780 80.1 188 180 95.6 631 626 99.1
 Under 18 years 2 2 (B) 0 0 (X) 1 1 (B) 0 0 (B)
 18 to 24 years 415 413 99.4 212 210 99.2 23 23 (B) 180 179 99.4
 25 to 34 years 2,093 1,843 88.1 1,706 1,463 85.8 96 92 95.3 291 288 99.1
 35 to 44 years 1,373 979 71.3 1,248 857 68.6 35 33 (B) 90 89 99.0
 45 to 54 years 253 210 82.9 201 158 78.8 13 13 (B) 39 38 (B)
 55 to 64 years 110 97 87.9 79 68 85.2 14 13 (B) 16 16 (B)
 65 years and over 45 43 (B) 26 24 (B) 4 4 (B) 15 15 (B)

Poverty Footnotes

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