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POV05: People in Families by Relationship to Householder, Age of Householder, Number of Related Children Present, 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)

  People in families (total) (2) People in married-couple families (11) People in families with a male householder, no wife present People in families with a female householder, no husband present
All income levels Below 100% of poverty (5) Percentage below 100% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 100% of poverty (5) Percentage below 100% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 100% of poverty (5) Percentage below 100% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 100% of poverty (5) Percentage below 100% of poverty (6)

White alone, not Hispanic
 
People in families, total (2) 		159,344 10,138 6.4 132,482 5,125 3.9 8,063 967 12.0 18,799 4,046 21.5
 
Householder 		54,450 3,383 6.2 44,281 1,545 3.5 3,069 365 11.9 7,100 1,473 20.7
Spouse (in married-couple family) (11) 44,038 1,534 3.5 44,038 1,534 3.5 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Related children under 18 years (14) 40,707 4,059 10.0 32,195 1,720 5.3 2,248 354 15.8 6,265 1,985 31.7
  Related children under 6 years 13,032 1,497 11.5 10,629 627 5.9 707 125 17.6 1,696 745 44.0
  Related children 6 to 17 years 27,675 2,563 9.3 21,566 1,093 5.1 1,540 230 14.9 4,569 1,240 27.1
Own children 18 years and over (15) 14,739 685 4.6 10,191 254 2.5 1,081 88 8.1 3,467 343 9.9
Other relatives 5,410 477 8.8 1,777 72 4.1 1,665 160 9.6 1,968 245 12.5

People in families, by householder's age:
 
    Total 		159,344 10,138 6.4 132,482 5,125 3.9 8,063 967 12.0 18,799 4,046 21.5
  Under 18 years 203 27 13.5 4 0 (B) 108 15 13.5 91 13 14.0
  18 to 24 years 4,212 938 22.3 2,070 284 13.7 908 132 14.5 1,233 523 42.4
  25 to 34 years 24,298 2,491 10.3 19,565 1,004 5.1 1,472 194 13.2 3,261 1,294 39.7
  35 to 44 years 40,765 2,642 6.5 34,484 1,359 3.9 1,792 252 14.1 4,489 1,031 23.0
  45 to 54 years 40,786 1,793 4.4 34,329 993 2.9 1,907 217 11.4 4,549 583 12.8
  55 to 64 years 25,575 1,149 4.5 22,569 817 3.6 1,029 100 9.7 1,977 233 11.8
  65 years and over 23,506 1,097 4.7 19,461 668 3.4 847 58 6.9 3,198 370 11.6

In families without related children by householder's age: (9)
 
    Total 		70,366 2,633 3.7 60,133 1,750 2.9 3,672 331 9.0 6,561 552 8.4
  Under 18 years 97 13 13.8 4 0 (B) 53 9 (B) 40 4 (B)
  18 to 24 years 1,699 143 8.4 813 28 3.4 576 66 11.5 310 48 15.6
  25 to 34 years 4,562 158 3.5 3,799 97 2.6 495 37 7.4 268 24 9.1
  35 to 44 years 4,823 248 5.1 3,890 129 3.3 409 29 7.1 523 90 17.2
  45 to 54 years 17,194 522 3.0 14,603 317 2.2 849 102 12.0 1,741 104 6.0
  55 to 64 years 20,582 749 3.6 18,736 608 3.2 659 66 10.0 1,187 74 6.3
  65 years and over 21,411 800 3.7 18,287 572 3.1 631 21 3.4 2,492 207 8.3

In families with related children under 18 years by householder's age: (9)
 
    Total 		88,978 7,505 8.4 72,349 3,375 4.7 4,391 636 14.5 12,238 3,493 28.5
  Under 18 years 107 14 13.2 0 0 (X) 55 6 (B) 51 8 (B)
  18 to 24 years 2,513 796 31.7 1,257 256 20.3 332 65 19.6 924 475 51.4
  25 to 34 years 19,736 2,333 11.8 15,767 907 5.8 976 157 16.1 2,993 1,269 42.4
  35 to 44 years 35,942 2,395 6.7 30,593 1,231 4.0 1,383 223 16.1 3,966 941 23.7
  45 to 54 years 23,592 1,270 5.4 19,726 676 3.4 1,058 116 10.9 2,808 478 17.0
  55 to 64 years 4,993 400 8.0 3,833 209 5.4 370 33 9.0 790 158 20.0
  65 years and over 2,096 297 14.2 1,174 97 8.2 216 37 17.1 706 164 23.2

In families with one related child under 18 years by householder's age: (9)
 
    Total 		31,918 2,135 6.7 23,981 644 2.7 2,309 276 11.9 5,628 1,215 21.6
  Under 18 years 71 6 (B) 0 0 (X) 46 6 (B) 25 0 (B)
  18 to 24 years 1,394 333 23.9 634 58 9.1 252 45 18.0 508 230 45.2
  25 to 34 years 6,478 513 7.9 4,945 130 2.6 540 74 13.7 993 310 31.2
  35 to 44 years 8,604 481 5.6 6,430 127 2.0 611 67 11.0 1,562 287 18.3
  45 to 54 years 11,310 457 4.0 9,076 191 2.1 578 59 10.2 1,655 206 12.5
  55 to 64 years 2,847 199 7.0 2,232 93 4.2 179 15 8.5 436 91 20.9
  65 years and over 1,214 146 12.0 664 45 6.8 102 9 9.3 448 92 20.4

In families with two or more related children under 18 years by householder's age: (9)
 
    Total 		57,059 5,370 9.4 48,368 2,731 5.6 2,082 361 17.3 6,610 2,278 34.5
  Under 18 years 35 8 (B) 0 0 (X) 9 0 (B) 27 8 (B)
  18 to 24 years 1,119 463 41.4 623 198 31.8 80 20 24.7 416 245 58.9
  25 to 34 years 13,258 1,820 13.7 10,822 777 7.2 436 83 19.0 2,000 959 48.0
  35 to 44 years 27,338 1,914 7.0 24,163 1,103 4.6 772 156 20.2 2,403 654 27.2
  45 to 54 years 12,282 813 6.6 10,650 485 4.6 480 56 11.7 1,153 272 23.6
  55 to 64 years 2,145 201 9.4 1,601 116 7.2 192 18 9.5 353 67 19.0
  65 years and over 882 151 17.1 510 52 10.1 114 27 24.0 258 72 27.9

In families with related children under 6 years by householder's age: (9)
 
    Total 		39,210 4,146 10.6 32,825 1,925 5.9 1,752 310 17.7 4,633 1,911 41.3
  Under 18 years 6 1 (B) 0 0 (X) 0 0 (X) 6 1 (B)
  18 to 24 years 2,249 761 33.9 1,216 253 20.8 214 59 27.6 819 449 54.9
  25 to 34 years 15,714 1,763 11.2 13,144 750 5.7 713 112 15.8 1,857 900 48.5
  35 to 44 years 15,271 1,020 6.7 13,942 598 4.3 383 100 26.1 945 322 34.1
  45 to 54 years 3,840 308 8.0 3,127 191 6.1 202 17 8.6 511 100 19.5
  55 to 64 years 1,398 149 10.7 1,027 79 7.7 149 3 1.8 222 67 30.3
  65 years and over 733 143 19.6 369 53 14.4 91 18 20.4 274 72 26.3

In families with one related child under 6 years by householder's age: (9)
 
    Total 		25,047 2,347 9.4 20,482 892 4.4 1,277 202 15.8 3,289 1,253 38.1
  Under 18 years 4 0 (B) 0 0 (X) 0 0 (X) 4 0 (B)
  18 to 24 years 1,346 359 26.7 644 63 9.7 183 46 25.4 520 250 48.1
  25 to 34 years 9,238 980 10.6 7,463 347 4.6 508 76 15.0 1,267 556 43.9
  35 to 44 years 10,088 599 5.9 9,062 292 3.2 296 49 16.5 730 258 35.3
  45 to 54 years 2,897 205 7.1 2,377 122 5.1 158 10 6.5 362 72 20.0
  55 to 64 years 905 99 11.0 659 33 5.0 66 3 (B) 180 64 35.3
  65 years and over 568 105 18.6 276 35 12.7 66 17 (B) 226 53 23.6

In families with two or more related children under 18 years by householder's age: (9)
 
    Total 		14,163 1,799 12.7 12,344 1,033 8.4 475 108 22.8 1,344 658 49.0
  Under 18 years 1 1 (B) 0 0 (X) 0 0 (X) 1 1 (B)
  18 to 24 years 902 403 44.6 572 190 33.3 32 13 (B) 299 200 66.8
  25 to 34 years 6,475 783 12.1 5,680 403 7.1 204 36 17.6 591 344 58.2
  35 to 44 years 5,183 422 8.1 4,880 306 6.3 87 51 58.7 215 64 29.9
  45 to 54 years 943 103 11.0 750 69 9.2 44 7 (B) 148 27 18.4
  55 to 64 years 492 50 10.1 368 46 12.5 83 0 0.0 42 4 (B)
  65 years and over 166 38 23.0 93 18 19.4 25 1 (B) 48 19 (B)

Poverty Footnotes

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