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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 150% of poverty (5) Percentage below 150% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 150% of poverty (5) Percentage below 150% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 150% of poverty (5) Percentage below 150% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 150% of poverty (5) Percentage below 150% of poverty (6)

White alone, not Hispanic
 
People in families, total (2) 		159,344 19,565 12.3 132,482 11,263 8.5 8,063 1,735 21.5 18,799 6,567 34.9
 
Householder 		54,450 6,423 11.8 44,281 3,369 7.6 3,069 659 21.5 7,100 2,395 33.7
Spouse (in married-couple family) (11) 44,038 3,362 7.6 44,038 3,362 7.6 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Related children under 18 years (14) 40,707 7,459 18.3 32,195 3,770 11.7 2,248 637 28.3 6,265 3,053 48.7
  Related children under 6 years 13,032 2,663 20.4 10,629 1,371 12.9 707 234 33.0 1,696 1,058 62.4
  Related children 6 to 17 years 27,675 4,796 17.3 21,566 2,399 11.1 1,540 403 26.1 4,569 1,995 43.7
Own children 18 years and over (15) 14,739 1,397 9.5 10,191 575 5.6 1,081 144 13.3 3,467 678 19.6
Other relatives 5,410 924 17.1 1,777 188 10.6 1,665 296 17.8 1,968 441 22.4

People in families, by householder's age:
 
    Total 		159,344 19,565 12.3 132,482 11,263 8.5 8,063 1,735 21.5 18,799 6,567 34.9
  Under 18 years 203 46 22.6 4 0 (B) 108 19 18.0 91 26 28.9
  18 to 24 years 4,212 1,514 35.9 2,070 567 27.4 908 226 24.8 1,233 721 58.5
  25 to 34 years 24,298 4,638 19.1 19,565 2,367 12.1 1,472 390 26.5 3,261 1,881 57.7
  35 to 44 years 40,765 5,184 12.7 34,484 3,042 8.8 1,792 392 21.9 4,489 1,749 39.0
  45 to 54 years 40,786 3,388 8.3 34,329 1,965 5.7 1,907 369 19.4 4,549 1,054 23.2
  55 to 64 years 25,575 2,092 8.2 22,569 1,504 6.7 1,029 184 17.9 1,977 403 20.4
  65 years and over 23,506 2,703 11.5 19,461 1,818 9.3 847 154 18.2 3,198 732 22.9

In families without related children by householder's age: (9)
 
    Total 		70,366 5,459 7.8 60,133 3,800 6.3 3,672 562 15.3 6,561 1,097 16.7
  Under 18 years 97 19 19.9 4 0 (B) 53 9 (B) 40 10 (B)
  18 to 24 years 1,699 232 13.6 813 56 6.9 576 89 15.5 310 86 27.8
  25 to 34 years 4,562 270 5.9 3,799 182 4.8 495 57 11.6 268 31 11.6
  35 to 44 years 4,823 432 9.0 3,890 241 6.2 409 40 9.7 523 151 28.9
  45 to 54 years 17,194 987 5.7 14,603 611 4.2 849 166 19.6 1,741 210 12.1
  55 to 64 years 20,582 1,353 6.6 18,736 1,099 5.9 659 115 17.4 1,187 139 11.7
  65 years and over 21,411 2,165 10.1 18,287 1,610 8.8 631 86 13.6 2,492 470 18.9

In families with related children under 18 years by householder's age: (9)
 
    Total 		88,978 14,106 15.9 72,349 7,464 10.3 4,391 1,173 26.7 12,238 5,470 44.7
  Under 18 years 107 27 25.0 0 0 (X) 55 10 (B) 51 16 (B)
  18 to 24 years 2,513 1,282 51.0 1,257 511 40.7 332 136 41.1 924 635 68.7
  25 to 34 years 19,736 4,368 22.1 15,767 2,185 13.9 976 332 34.1 2,993 1,850 61.8
  35 to 44 years 35,942 4,752 13.2 30,593 2,801 9.2 1,383 353 25.5 3,966 1,598 40.3
  45 to 54 years 23,592 2,401 10.2 19,726 1,354 6.9 1,058 203 19.2 2,808 844 30.1
  55 to 64 years 4,993 739 14.8 3,833 405 10.6 370 70 18.9 790 265 33.5
  65 years and over 2,096 538 25.7 1,174 208 17.7 216 68 31.5 706 262 37.1

In families with one related child under 18 years by householder's age: (9)
 
    Total 		31,918 3,905 12.2 23,981 1,449 6.0 2,309 541 23.4 5,628 1,915 34.0
  Under 18 years 71 17 (B) 0 0 (X) 46 10 (B) 25 6 (B)
  18 to 24 years 1,394 546 39.1 634 140 22.1 252 100 39.6 508 306 60.3
  25 to 34 years 6,478 900 13.9 4,945 310 6.3 540 155 28.7 993 435 43.8
  35 to 44 years 8,604 972 11.3 6,430 334 5.2 611 116 19.0 1,562 522 33.4
  45 to 54 years 11,310 881 7.8 9,076 400 4.4 578 106 18.4 1,655 374 22.6
  55 to 64 years 2,847 308 10.8 2,232 158 7.1 179 30 16.5 436 120 27.6
  65 years and over 1,214 281 23.2 664 107 16.1 102 24 23.3 448 151 33.6

In families with two or more related children under 18 years by householder's age: (9)
 
    Total 		57,059 10,201 17.9 48,368 6,015 12.4 2,082 632 30.3 6,610 3,555 53.8
  Under 18 years 35 10 (B) 0 0 (X) 9 0 (B) 27 10 (B)
  18 to 24 years 1,119 736 65.8 623 371 59.6 80 37 45.9 416 329 79.0
  25 to 34 years 13,258 3,468 26.2 10,822 1,876 17.3 436 177 40.6 2,000 1,415 70.7
  35 to 44 years 27,338 3,780 13.8 24,163 2,467 10.2 772 236 30.6 2,403 1,076 44.8
  45 to 54 years 12,282 1,520 12.4 10,650 953 9.0 480 97 20.2 1,153 470 40.8
  55 to 64 years 2,145 431 20.1 1,601 246 15.4 192 40 21.0 353 144 40.8
  65 years and over 882 256 29.0 510 101 19.8 114 44 38.8 258 111 43.1

In families with related children under 6 years by householder's age: (9)
 
    Total 		39,210 7,636 19.5 32,825 4,307 13.1 1,752 560 32.0 4,633 2,768 59.7
  Under 18 years 6 1 (B) 0 0 (X) 0 0 (X) 6 1 (B)
  18 to 24 years 2,249 1,213 54.0 1,216 508 41.8 214 111 51.9 819 594 72.5
  25 to 34 years 15,714 3,296 21.0 13,144 1,784 13.6 713 244 34.2 1,857 1,268 68.2
  35 to 44 years 15,271 1,963 12.9 13,942 1,370 9.8 383 122 31.9 945 470 49.7
  45 to 54 years 3,840 583 15.2 3,127 364 11.6 202 30 14.9 511 188 36.9
  55 to 64 years 1,398 321 23.0 1,027 179 17.5 149 19 12.7 222 123 55.4
  65 years and over 733 260 35.4 369 101 27.4 91 34 37.5 274 125 45.7

In families with one related child under 6 years by householder's age: (9)
 
    Total 		25,047 4,305 17.2 20,482 2,115 10.3 1,277 366 28.7 3,289 1,823 55.4
  Under 18 years 4 0 (B) 0 0 (X) 0 0 (X) 4 0 (B)
  18 to 24 years 1,346 580 43.1 644 145 22.6 183 84 46.0 520 351 67.5
  25 to 34 years 9,238 1,804 19.5 7,463 836 11.2 508 173 34.0 1,267 795 62.8
  35 to 44 years 10,088 1,170 11.6 9,062 739 8.2 296 60 20.1 730 371 50.8
  45 to 54 years 2,897 372 12.9 2,377 247 10.4 158 13 8.5 362 112 31.0
  55 to 64 years 905 190 21.0 659 80 12.1 66 14 (B) 180 96 53.5
  65 years and over 568 189 33.2 276 68 24.6 66 22 (B) 226 98 43.5

In families with two or more related children under 18 years by householder's age: (9)
 
    Total 		14,163 3,331 23.5 12,344 2,192 17.8 475 194 40.9 1,344 945 70.3
  Under 18 years 1 1 (B) 0 0 (X) 0 0 (X) 1 1 (B)
  18 to 24 years 902 633 70.2 572 363 63.4 32 27 (B) 299 243 81.4
  25 to 34 years 6,475 1,491 23.0 5,680 948 16.7 204 71 34.8 591 472 80.0
  35 to 44 years 5,183 793 15.3 4,880 631 12.9 87 63 72.0 215 99 46.2
  45 to 54 years 943 210 22.3 750 118 15.7 44 17 (B) 148 76 51.1
  55 to 64 years 492 131 26.6 368 100 27.1 83 5 5.8 42 26 (B)
  65 years and over 166 71 43.0 93 33 35.5 25 11 (B) 48 27 (B)

Poverty Footnotes

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