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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 600% of poverty (5) Percentage below 600% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 600% of poverty (5) Percentage below 600% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 600% of poverty (5) Percentage below 600% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 600% of poverty (5) Percentage below 600% of poverty (6)

White alone
Families, total (10)
(Counts of families are obtained
by counting the householder
from each family.) 		64,183 48,165 75.0 50,779 35,990 70.9 3,999 3,475 86.9 9,405 8,700 92.5

Householders by age:
 
  Total 		64,183 48,165 75.0 50,779 35,990 70.9 3,999 3,475 86.9 9,405 8,700 92.5
 Under 18 years 108 106 97.9 3 3 (B) 57 55 (B) 48 47 (B)
 18 to 24 years 2,392 2,260 94.5 1,058 998 94.3 548 499 91.1 786 763 97.0
 25 to 34 years 10,329 8,626 83.5 7,580 6,000 79.2 887 818 92.2 1,863 1,809 97.1
 35 to 44 years 13,863 10,969 79.1 10,799 8,095 75.0 866 763 88.1 2,198 2,111 96.1
 45 to 54 years 14,835 10,274 69.3 11,872 7,679 64.7 861 721 83.8 2,102 1,874 89.1
 55 to 64 years 11,334 7,101 62.7 9,929 5,941 59.8 424 325 76.6 981 835 85.1
 65 years and over 11,322 8,829 78.0 9,537 7,274 76.3 357 294 82.2 1,427 1,262 88.4

Families without related children by householder's age: (13)
 
  Total 		33,942 22,816 67.2 28,681 18,422 64.2 1,965 1,597 81.2 3,295 2,798 84.9
 Under 18 years 46 45 (B) 3 3 (B) 23 23 (B) 19 19 (B)
 18 to 24 years 975 854 87.5 476 420 88.3 332 285 85.9 168 148 88.4
 25 to 34 years 2,602 1,658 63.7 2,097 1,242 59.2 346 292 84.3 159 125 78.5
 35 to 44 years 2,461 1,576 64.0 1,932 1,123 58.1 243 190 78.3 286 263 92.0
 45 to 54 years 7,508 4,676 62.3 6,237 3,628 58.2 424 342 80.6 847 706 83.4
 55 to 64 years 9,701 5,780 59.6 8,753 5,037 57.5 309 230 74.4 640 513 80.3
 65 years and over 10,648 8,228 77.3 9,183 6,969 75.9 289 235 81.4 1,177 1,024 87.0

Families with related children under 18 years by householder's age: (13)
 
  Total 		30,241 25,348 83.8 22,098 17,568 79.5 2,034 1,878 92.3 6,110 5,902 96.6
 Under 18 years 62 61 (B) 0 0 (X) 34 32 (B) 28 28 (B)
 18 to 24 years 1,417 1,406 99.2 583 578 99.1 216 214 99.0 618 615 99.4
 25 to 34 years 7,727 6,968 90.2 5,482 4,758 86.8 541 526 97.2 1,704 1,684 98.8
 35 to 44 years 11,402 9,394 82.4 8,867 6,973 78.6 623 573 91.9 1,912 1,849 96.7
 45 to 54 years 7,326 5,598 76.4 5,634 4,051 71.9 437 380 86.8 1,255 1,168 93.0
 55 to 64 years 1,632 1,320 80.9 1,176 904 76.9 115 95 82.7 341 321 94.2
 65 years and over 674 601 89.3 355 305 85.9 68 59 (B) 250 238 95.0

Families with one related child under 18 years by householder's age: (13)
 
  Total 		12,948 10,407 80.4 8,543 6,258 73.3 1,253 1,149 91.7 3,152 3,000 95.2
 Under 18 years 45 43 (B) 0 0 (X) 28 27 (B) 16 16 (B)
 18 to 24 years 877 868 98.9 344 341 98.9 160 158 98.7 372 369 99.0
 25 to 34 years 3,034 2,539 83.7 2,008 1,537 76.5 335 326 97.4 691 676 97.8
 35 to 44 years 3,532 2,785 78.8 2,316 1,643 70.9 338 307 90.9 879 835 95.0
 45 to 54 years 3,992 2,986 74.8 2,892 1,988 68.7 280 243 86.9 819 754 92.1
 55 to 64 years 1,029 802 77.9 756 559 74.0 70 56 (B) 203 187 92.1
 65 years and over 439 384 87.5 227 191 84.2 41 31 (B) 171 162 94.5

Families with 2 or more related children under 18 years by householder's age: (13)
 
  Total 		17,293 14,941 86.4 13,554 11,310 83.4 781 729 93.3 2,957 2,903 98.1
 Under 18 years 18 18 (B) 0 0 (X) 5 5 (B) 12 12 (B)
 18 to 24 years 540 539 99.7 238 237 99.4 56 56 (B) 246 246 100.0
 25 to 34 years 4,693 4,429 94.4 3,474 3,221 92.7 206 200 96.9 1,013 1,008 99.5
 35 to 44 years 7,870 6,609 84.0 6,551 5,330 81.4 285 265 93.2 1,034 1,013 98.0
 45 to 54 years 3,335 2,612 78.3 2,742 2,063 75.2 157 136 86.8 436 413 94.8
 55 to 64 years 603 518 85.9 420 345 82.0 45 39 (B) 138 134 97.3
 65 years and over 234 217 92.6 128 114 89.0 27 27 (B) 79 76 96.0

Families with related children under 6 years by householder's age: (13)
 
  Total 		13,567 11,710 86.3 10,243 8,444 82.4 854 822 96.3 2,470 2,444 99.0
 Under 18 years 15 15 (B) 0 0 (X) 7 7 (B) 8 8 (B)
 18 to 24 years 1,244 1,239 99.6 559 554 99.1 129 129 100.0 556 556 100.0
 25 to 34 years 5,938 5,263 88.6 4,483 3,821 85.2 394 385 97.7 1,060 1,056 99.6
 35 to 44 years 4,559 3,613 79.3 3,918 2,995 76.5 181 170 93.5 459 448 97.6
 45 to 54 years 1,188 1,000 84.2 899 723 80.4 82 75 91.2 207 202 97.9
 55 to 64 years 409 377 92.3 284 259 91.2 38 36 (B) 87 83 94.8
 65 years and over 215 202 94.1 100 91 91.0 22 20 (B) 93 91 98.1

Families with one related child under 6 years by householder's age: (13)
 
  Total 		9,354 7,968 85.2 6,825 5,494 80.5 670 641 95.7 1,859 1,834 98.6
 Under 18 years 13 13 (B) 0 0 (X) 5 5 (B) 8 8 (B)
 18 to 24 years 836 832 99.6 350 347 99.0 107 107 100.0 378 378 100.0
 25 to 34 years 3,891 3,381 86.9 2,811 2,311 82.2 300 294 98.0 780 776 99.5
 35 to 44 years 3,202 2,525 78.9 2,682 2,027 75.6 147 135 92.1 373 363 97.1
 45 to 54 years 942 782 83.0 703 555 78.9 69 62 (B) 170 166 97.5
 55 to 64 years 300 276 91.8 205 187 91.2 23 21 (B) 72 68 (B)
 65 years and over 170 159 93.5 74 67 (B) 17 16 (B) 78 76 97.8

Familes with 2 or more related children under 6 years by householder's age: (13)
 
  Total 		4,213 3,741 88.8 3,418 2,950 86.3 184 181 98.4 611 610 99.9
 Under 18 years 2 2 (B) 0 0 (X) 1 1 (B) 0 0 (B)
 18 to 24 years 408 407 99.7 209 207 99.3 22 22 (B) 178 178 100.0
 25 to 34 years 2,047 1,882 91.9 1,672 1,510 90.3 94 91 97.0 280 280 100.0
 35 to 44 years 1,356 1,088 80.2 1,236 969 78.4 34 34 (B) 86 85 99.4
 45 to 54 years 246 218 88.6 196 168 85.6 13 13 (B) 37 37 (B)
 55 to 64 years 109 101 93.5 79 72 91.1 14 14 (B) 15 15 (B)
 65 years and over 45 43 (B) 26 24 (B) 4 4 (B) 15 15 (B)

Poverty Footnotes

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