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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, not Hispanic
Families, total (10)
(Counts of families are obtained
by counting the householder
from each family.) 		54,450 39,276 72.1 44,281 30,196 68.2 3,069 2,610 85.0 7,100 6,469 91.1

Householders by age:
 
  Total 		54,450 39,276 72.1 44,281 30,196 68.2 3,069 2,610 85.0 7,100 6,469 91.1
 Under 18 years 57 56 (B) 2 2 (B) 32 32 (B) 23 22 (B)
 18 to 24 years 1,649 1,538 93.3 764 711 93.1 348 310 89.1 537 517 96.2
 25 to 34 years 7,855 6,295 80.1 6,011 4,545 75.6 591 539 91.3 1,253 1,210 96.6
 35 to 44 years 11,168 8,487 76.0 8,918 6,397 71.7 658 573 87.1 1,591 1,517 95.3
 45 to 54 years 12,959 8,619 66.5 10,525 6,531 62.1 744 611 82.2 1,689 1,477 87.4
 55 to 64 years 10,285 6,210 60.4 9,147 5,292 57.9 374 282 75.5 765 636 83.2
 65 years and over 10,477 8,070 77.0 8,914 6,718 75.4 322 262 81.4 1,241 1,090 87.8

Families without related children by householder's age: (13)
 
  Total 		30,793 20,180 65.5 26,530 16,687 62.9 1,531 1,212 79.2 2,731 2,281 83.5
 Under 18 years 29 28 (B) 2 2 (B) 16 16 (B) 12 11 (B)
 18 to 24 years 769 666 86.7 402 354 88.0 235 199 84.7 131 113 86.2
 25 to 34 years 2,187 1,315 60.1 1,866 1,065 57.0 206 165 80.2 115 85 74.4
 35 to 44 years 2,082 1,262 60.6 1,704 946 55.5 170 129 76.0 207 187 90.5
 45 to 54 years 6,792 4,091 60.2 5,711 3,220 56.4 370 292 78.9 710 579 81.6
 55 to 64 years 8,998 5,221 58.0 8,207 4,612 56.2 274 202 73.8 517 406 78.7
 65 years and over 9,937 7,596 76.4 8,637 6,488 75.1 260 209 80.2 1,040 899 86.5

Families with related children under 18 years by householder's age: (13)
 
  Total 		23,657 19,096 80.7 17,750 13,510 76.1 1,538 1,398 90.9 4,368 4,188 95.9
 Under 18 years 28 28 (B) 0 0 (X) 16 16 (B) 12 12 (B)
 18 to 24 years 880 872 99.0 362 357 98.8 113 111 98.2 406 404 99.5
 25 to 34 years 5,668 4,980 87.9 4,144 3,480 84.0 385 375 97.2 1,139 1,125 98.8
 35 to 44 years 9,086 7,224 79.5 7,214 5,451 75.6 488 444 91.0 1,384 1,329 96.1
 45 to 54 years 6,167 4,528 73.4 4,814 3,311 68.8 374 319 85.4 979 897 91.7
 55 to 64 years 1,287 990 76.9 939 680 72.4 100 80 80.0 248 230 92.7
 65 years and over 540 474 87.8 277 230 83.0 62 54 (B) 201 190 94.7

Families with one related child under 18 years by householder's age: (13)
 
  Total 		10,508 8,150 77.6 7,127 4,991 70.0 967 874 90.4 2,415 2,286 94.6
 Under 18 years 20 20 (B) 0 0 (X) 14 14 (B) 6 6 (B)
 18 to 24 years 568 560 98.7 219 216 98.6 92 90 97.7 256 254 99.2
 25 to 34 years 2,417 1,960 81.1 1,666 1,224 73.5 248 240 97.0 504 495 98.3
 35 to 44 years 2,893 2,212 76.5 1,934 1,314 68.0 274 248 90.7 685 650 94.9
 45 to 54 years 3,425 2,476 72.3 2,516 1,665 66.2 243 207 85.5 666 604 90.7
 55 to 64 years 827 612 74.0 608 421 69.3 61 47 (B) 158 144 90.9
 65 years and over 358 310 86.4 183 150 81.9 35 27 (B) 140 133 94.7

Families with 2 or more related children under 18 years by householder's age: (13)
 
  Total 		13,148 10,946 83.2 10,624 8,519 80.2 572 525 91.8 1,953 1,902 97.4
 Under 18 years 8 8 (B) 0 0 (X) 2 2 (B) 6 6 (B)
 18 to 24 years 313 311 99.6 143 141 99.0 21 21 (B) 149 149 100.0
 25 to 34 years 3,251 3,020 92.9 2,478 2,256 91.0 138 134 97.5 635 630 99.2
 35 to 44 years 6,193 5,012 80.9 5,280 4,137 78.4 215 196 91.3 699 679 97.2
 45 to 54 years 2,742 2,052 74.8 2,298 1,647 71.7 131 112 85.3 313 293 93.7
 55 to 64 years 461 378 82.1 332 259 78.0 39 33 (B) 90 86 95.8
 65 years and over 181 164 90.5 94 80 84.9 26 26 (B) 61 58 (B)

Families with related children under 6 years by householder's age: (13)
 
  Total 		10,153 8,431 83.0 7,926 6,252 78.9 609 581 95.5 1,618 1,598 98.7
 Under 18 years 1 1 (B) 0 0 (X) 0 0 (X) 1 1 (B)
 18 to 24 years 809 805 99.5 353 349 98.8 83 83 100.0 374 374 100.0
 25 to 34 years 4,402 3,781 85.9 3,440 2,828 82.2 279 273 97.7 683 680 99.5
 35 to 44 years 3,605 2,719 75.4 3,181 2,315 72.8 125 115 92.0 299 289 96.6
 45 to 54 years 879 707 80.4 675 512 75.9 68 61 (B) 137 134 98.0
 55 to 64 years 291 265 91.2 204 183 89.8 33 31 (B) 54 51 (B)
 65 years and over 165 153 92.4 74 65 (B) 21 19 (B) 70 69 (B)

Families with one related child under 6 years by householder's age: (13)
 
  Total 		6,977 5,695 81.6 5,264 4,027 76.5 483 458 94.7 1,230 1,209 98.3
 Under 18 years 1 1 (B) 0 0 (X) 0 0 (X) 1 1 (B)
 18 to 24 years 554 552 99.5 222 220 98.7 72 72 (B) 260 260 100.0
 25 to 34 years 2,879 2,408 83.6 2,161 1,697 78.5 214 209 97.7 504 501 99.4
 35 to 44 years 2,500 1,869 74.7 2,149 1,538 71.5 103 93 90.4 248 238 95.9
 45 to 54 years 704 557 79.2 534 397 74.4 59 51 (B) 111 108 97.5
 55 to 64 years 202 183 90.7 138 124 90.0 19 17 (B) 44 42 (B)
 65 years and over 137 126 91.9 59 51 (B) 17 16 (B) 61 59 (B)

Familes with 2 or more related children under 6 years by householder's age: (13)
 
  Total 		3,176 2,736 86.2 2,662 2,224 83.6 125 124 98.6 388 388 100.0
 Under 18 years 0 0 (B) 0 0 (X) 0 0 (X) 0 0 (B)
 18 to 24 years 255 253 99.5 130 129 98.9 11 11 (B) 113 113 100.0
 25 to 34 years 1,523 1,373 90.2 1,279 1,131 88.4 65 63 (B) 179 179 100.0
 35 to 44 years 1,104 850 77.0 1,031 778 75.4 22 22 (B) 51 51 (B)
 45 to 54 years 176 150 85.2 141 115 81.6 9 9 (B) 26 26 (B)
 55 to 64 years 89 82 92.3 65 58 (B) 14 14 (B) 9 9 (B)
 65 years and over 29 27 (B) 15 13 (B) 4 4 (B) 10 10 (B)

Poverty Footnotes

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