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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 75% of poverty (5) Percentage below 75% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 75% of poverty (5) Percentage below 75% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 75% of poverty (5) Percentage below 75% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 75% of poverty (5) Percentage below 75% of poverty (6)

Black alone
Families, total (10)
(Counts of families are obtained
by counting the householder
from each family.) 		9,359 1,510 16.1 4,386 223 5.1 812 109 13.4 4,161 1,178 28.3

Householders by age:
 
  Total 		9,359 1,510 16.1 4,386 223 5.1 812 109 13.4 4,161 1,178 28.3
 Under 18 years 36 9 (B) 0 0 (X) 13 1 (B) 22 8 (B)
 18 to 24 years 591 217 36.7 74 15 (B) 124 16 12.7 393 186 47.4
 25 to 34 years 1,952 518 26.5 688 38 5.6 182 31 17.2 1,083 448 41.4
 35 to 44 years 2,295 364 15.8 1,048 56 5.3 186 31 16.7 1,061 277 26.1
 45 to 54 years 2,101 180 8.5 1,175 36 3.1 148 16 11.0 779 127 16.3
 55 to 64 years 1,315 119 9.0 805 44 5.5 93 9 9.4 417 66 15.8
 65 years and over 1,068 105 9.8 596 34 5.7 66 5 (B) 406 66 16.2

Families without related children by householder's age: (13)
 
  Total 		3,594 218 6.1 2,178 88 4.1 374 31 8.4 1,042 98 9.4
 Under 18 years 8 1 (B) 0 0 (X) 2 1 (B) 6 0 (B)
 18 to 24 years 134 15 11.0 28 6 (B) 63 2 (B) 44 6 (B)
 25 to 34 years 257 5 2.1 156 0 0.0 61 5 (B) 40 0 (B)
 35 to 44 years 446 31 7.0 240 7 3.0 62 7 (B) 145 17 11.8
 45 to 54 years 947 45 4.8 588 14 2.4 74 6 (B) 285 25 8.9
 55 to 64 years 926 51 5.5 631 29 4.6 60 5 (B) 236 17 7.3
 65 years and over 876 70 8.0 537 32 6.0 53 5 (B) 286 32 11.3

Families with related children under 18 years by householder's age: (13)
 
  Total 		5,765 1,292 22.4 2,208 135 6.1 438 78 17.7 3,119 1,080 34.6
 Under 18 years 27 8 (B) 0 0 (X) 11 0 (B) 16 8 (B)
 18 to 24 years 457 202 44.3 47 9 (B) 61 13 (B) 349 180 51.5
 25 to 34 years 1,695 512 30.2 532 38 7.2 121 26 21.3 1,042 448 43.0
 35 to 44 years 1,849 332 18.0 808 48 6.0 125 24 19.2 916 260 28.4
 45 to 54 years 1,155 134 11.6 588 22 3.7 73 10 (B) 494 102 20.6
 55 to 64 years 389 68 17.6 174 15 8.8 33 4 (B) 181 49 26.9
 65 years and over 192 35 18.1 59 2 (B) 13 0 (B) 119 33 27.9

Families with one related child under 18 years by householder's age: (13)
 
  Total 		2,515 442 17.6 844 38 4.5 257 38 14.9 1,414 366 25.9
 Under 18 years 16 2 (B) 0 0 (X) 6 0 (B) 10 2 (B)
 18 to 24 years 257 102 39.7 17 0 (B) 42 9 (B) 198 93 47.1
 25 to 34 years 585 127 21.6 176 10 5.8 76 15 19.0 333 102 30.6
 35 to 44 years 655 84 12.8 208 10 4.9 57 7 (B) 390 67 17.2
 45 to 54 years 649 66 10.2 297 7 2.4 46 6 (B) 306 53 17.4
 55 to 64 years 235 40 17.0 105 9 8.8 19 2 (B) 112 29 25.7
 65 years and over 117 22 18.6 41 1 (B) 10 0 (B) 66 20 (B)

Families with 2 or more related children under 18 years by householder's age: (13)
 
  Total 		3,250 850 26.1 1,364 97 7.1 181 39 21.8 1,705 714 41.9
 Under 18 years 11 6 (B) 0 0 (X) 5 0 (B) 6 6 (B)
 18 to 24 years 200 100 50.2 30 9 (B) 18 4 (B) 152 87 57.2
 25 to 34 years 1,110 386 34.7 355 28 7.9 45 11 (B) 710 346 48.8
 35 to 44 years 1,194 248 20.8 601 38 6.4 67 17 (B) 526 193 36.6
 45 to 54 years 506 68 13.5 291 15 5.1 27 5 (B) 188 49 25.9
 55 to 64 years 154 28 18.3 70 6 (B) 15 2 (B) 70 20 (B)
 65 years and over 75 13 (B) 18 0 (B) 4 0 (B) 53 13 (B)

Families with related children under 6 years by householder's age: (13)
 
  Total 		2,538 738 29.1 971 74 7.6 184 38 20.7 1,383 625 45.2
 Under 18 years 12 6 (B) 0 0 (X) 6 0 (B) 6 6 (B)
 18 to 24 years 379 186 49.2 40 9 (B) 33 10 (B) 305 167 54.8
 25 to 34 years 1,056 336 31.8 393 27 7.0 69 16 (B) 594 293 49.3
 35 to 44 years 627 138 22.1 317 24 7.7 44 9 (B) 265 105 39.7
 45 to 54 years 298 41 13.6 154 10 6.3 15 2 (B) 128 29 22.7
 55 to 64 years 110 19 17.3 49 4 (B) 10 2 (B) 50 14 (B)
 65 years and over 57 11 (B) 17 0 (B) 5 0 (B) 34 11 (B)

Families with one related child under 6 years by householder's age: (13)
 
  Total 		1,811 467 25.8 671 33 4.9 147 33 22.8 993 400 40.3
 Under 18 years 12 6 (B) 0 0 (X) 6 0 (B) 6 6 (B)
 18 to 24 years 253 116 45.8 19 0 (B) 27 10 (B) 207 106 51.2
 25 to 34 years 743 195 26.2 279 15 5.3 56 14 (B) 408 166 40.8
 35 to 44 years 446 91 20.4 208 6 3.0 35 7 (B) 202 78 38.6
 45 to 54 years 228 35 15.5 115 8 7.3 11 2 (B) 103 25 24.6
 55 to 64 years 80 16 20.0 36 4 (B) 8 2 (B) 36 11 (B)
 65 years and over 49 8 (B) 13 0 (B) 5 0 (B) 31 8 (B)

Familes with 2 or more related children under 6 years by householder's age: (13)
 
  Total 		728 271 37.2 301 41 13.7 37 5 (B) 390 225 57.6
 Under 18 years 0 0 (X) 0 0 (X) 0 0 (X) 0 0 (X)
 18 to 24 years 126 71 56.3 21 9 (B) 6 0 (B) 98 61 62.5
 25 to 34 years 313 142 45.2 114 13 11.0 13 3 (B) 186 127 68.1
 35 to 44 years 181 47 26.2 109 18 16.6 9 2 (B) 63 27 (B)
 45 to 54 years 70 5 (B) 39 1 (B) 5 0 (B) 26 4 (B)
 55 to 64 years 30 3 (B) 14 0 (B) 2 0 (B) 14 3 (B)
 65 years and over 8 3 (B) 4 0 (B) 1 0 (B) 3 3 (B)

Poverty Footnotes

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