U.S. Department of Commerce
Current Population Survey (CPS)
A joint effort between the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the Census Bureau

Annual Social and Economic (ASEC) Supplement


There is also additional background information for this table group.

Contents for Table

POV05: People in Families by Relationship to Householder, Age of Householder, Number of Related Children Present, and Family Structure: 2008

For information on confidentiality protection, sampling error, nonsampling error, and definitions, see www.census.gov/apsd/techdoc/cps/cpsmar09.pdf [PDF].

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 175% of poverty (5) Percentage below 175% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 175% of poverty (5) Percentage below 175% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 175% of poverty (5) Percentage below 175% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 175% of poverty (5) Percentage below 175% of poverty (6)

White alone, not Hispanic
 
People in families, total (2) 		159,344 25,458 16.0 132,482 15,551 11.7 8,063 2,210 27.4 18,799 7,697 40.9
 
Householder 		54,450 8,464 15.5 44,281 4,805 10.9 3,069 826 26.9 7,100 2,833 39.9
Spouse (in married-couple family) (11) 44,038 4,796 10.9 44,038 4,796 10.9 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Related children under 18 years (14) 40,707 9,137 22.4 32,195 4,905 15.2 2,248 798 35.5 6,265 3,434 54.8
  Related children under 6 years 13,032 3,278 25.2 10,629 1,823 17.2 707 298 42.1 1,696 1,157 68.2
  Related children 6 to 17 years 27,675 5,859 21.2 21,566 3,082 14.3 1,540 500 32.5 4,569 2,277 49.8
Own children 18 years and over (15) 14,739 1,898 12.9 10,191 814 8.0 1,081 200 18.5 3,467 885 25.5
Other relatives 5,410 1,164 21.5 1,777 232 13.0 1,665 386 23.2 1,968 546 27.8

People in families, by householder's age:
 
    Total 		159,344 25,458 16.0 132,482 15,551 11.7 8,063 2,210 27.4 18,799 7,697 40.9
  Under 18 years 203 58 28.6 4 0 (B) 108 27 25.3 91 31 33.6
  18 to 24 years 4,212 1,764 41.9 2,070 699 33.8 908 278 30.7 1,233 787 63.8
  25 to 34 years 24,298 5,905 24.3 19,565 3,300 16.9 1,472 510 34.7 3,261 2,095 64.3
  35 to 44 years 40,765 6,405 15.7 34,484 3,916 11.4 1,792 486 27.1 4,489 2,003 44.6
  45 to 54 years 40,786 4,434 10.9 34,329 2,671 7.8 1,907 456 23.9 4,549 1,307 28.7
  55 to 64 years 25,575 2,916 11.4 22,569 2,160 9.6 1,029 224 21.7 1,977 533 27.0
  65 years and over 23,506 3,976 16.9 19,461 2,805 14.4 847 229 27.0 3,198 941 29.4

In families without related children by householder's age: (9)
 
    Total 		70,366 7,874 11.2 60,133 5,671 9.4 3,672 724 19.7 6,561 1,479 22.5
  Under 18 years 97 27 28.0 4 0 (B) 53 17 (B) 40 10 (B)
  18 to 24 years 1,699 273 16.1 813 87 10.7 576 99 17.2 310 87 28.1
  25 to 34 years 4,562 368 8.1 3,799 247 6.5 495 75 15.2 268 45 16.9
  35 to 44 years 4,823 530 11.0 3,890 311 8.0 409 46 11.3 523 173 33.0
  45 to 54 years 17,194 1,361 7.9 14,603 863 5.9 849 203 23.9 1,741 295 16.9
  55 to 64 years 20,582 2,005 9.7 18,736 1,628 8.7 659 136 20.6 1,187 241 20.3
  65 years and over 21,411 3,311 15.5 18,287 2,535 13.9 631 148 23.4 2,492 629 25.2

In families with related children under 18 years by householder's age: (9)
 
    Total 		88,978 17,584 19.8 72,349 9,880 13.7 4,391 1,486 33.8 12,238 6,218 50.8
  Under 18 years 107 31 29.1 0 0 (X) 55 10 (B) 51 21 (B)
  18 to 24 years 2,513 1,492 59.4 1,257 612 48.7 332 179 54.0 924 700 75.8
  25 to 34 years 19,736 5,538 28.1 15,767 3,053 19.4 976 435 44.5 2,993 2,050 68.5
  35 to 44 years 35,942 5,875 16.3 30,593 3,605 11.8 1,383 440 31.8 3,966 1,830 46.2
  45 to 54 years 23,592 3,073 13.0 19,726 1,808 9.2 1,058 252 23.8 2,808 1,012 36.0
  55 to 64 years 4,993 911 18.3 3,833 532 13.9 370 88 23.8 790 292 36.9
  65 years and over 2,096 665 31.7 1,174 270 23.1 216 81 37.7 706 313 44.3

In families with one related child under 18 years by householder's age: (9)
 
    Total 		31,918 4,928 15.4 23,981 2,009 8.4 2,309 664 28.8 5,628 2,255 40.1
  Under 18 years 71 17 (B) 0 0 (X) 46 10 (B) 25 6 (B)
  18 to 24 years 1,394 673 48.3 634 197 31.1 252 123 48.8 508 353 69.4
  25 to 34 years 6,478 1,117 17.2 4,945 422 8.5 540 194 36.0 993 501 50.4
  35 to 44 years 8,604 1,191 13.8 6,430 442 6.9 611 148 24.3 1,562 601 38.4
  45 to 54 years 11,310 1,163 10.3 9,076 571 6.3 578 124 21.4 1,655 469 28.3
  55 to 64 years 2,847 402 14.1 2,232 231 10.3 179 35 19.3 436 137 31.3
  65 years and over 1,214 365 30.1 664 145 21.9 102 29 28.9 448 190 42.4

In families with two or more related children under 18 years by householder's age: (9)
 
    Total 		57,059 12,656 22.2 48,368 7,872 16.3 2,082 822 39.5 6,610 3,962 59.9
  Under 18 years 35 14 (B) 0 0 (X) 9 0 (B) 27 14 (B)
  18 to 24 years 1,119 819 73.2 623 415 66.6 80 56 70.3 416 348 83.5
  25 to 34 years 13,258 4,421 33.3 10,822 2,631 24.3 436 241 55.2 2,000 1,549 77.5
  35 to 44 years 27,338 4,684 17.1 24,163 3,163 13.1 772 292 37.8 2,403 1,230 51.2
  45 to 54 years 12,282 1,909 15.5 10,650 1,237 11.6 480 128 26.8 1,153 544 47.2
  55 to 64 years 2,145 509 23.7 1,601 301 18.8 192 53 27.9 353 155 43.9
  65 years and over 882 300 34.0 510 125 24.5 114 52 45.6 258 123 47.7

In families with related children under 6 years by householder's age: (9)
 
    Total 		39,210 9,488 24.2 32,825 5,720 17.4 1,752 723 41.3 4,633 3,045 65.7
  Under 18 years 6 5 (B) 0 0 (X) 0 0 (X) 6 5 (B)
  18 to 24 years 2,249 1,397 62.1 1,216 602 49.5 214 139 64.9 819 656 80.1
  25 to 34 years 15,714 4,210 26.8 13,144 2,518 19.2 713 320 44.9 1,857 1,372 73.9
  35 to 44 years 15,271 2,405 15.8 13,942 1,752 12.6 383 144 37.7 945 510 53.9
  45 to 54 years 3,840 748 19.5 3,127 476 15.2 202 54 26.6 511 218 42.8
  55 to 64 years 1,398 386 27.7 1,027 237 23.1 149 19 12.7 222 130 58.7
  65 years and over 733 335 45.7 369 134 36.3 91 47 52.3 274 154 56.1

In families with one related child under 6 years by householder's age: (9)
 
    Total 		25,047 5,482 21.9 20,482 2,962 14.5 1,277 480 37.6 3,289 2,040 62.0
  Under 18 years 4 4 (B) 0 0 (X) 0 0 (X) 4 4 (B)
  18 to 24 years 1,346 697 51.8 644 196 30.4 183 107 58.7 520 394 75.9
  25 to 34 years 9,238 2,301 24.9 7,463 1,210 16.2 508 212 41.8 1,267 878 69.3
  35 to 44 years 10,088 1,484 14.7 9,062 1,005 11.1 296 82 27.6 730 397 54.4
  45 to 54 years 2,897 508 17.5 2,377 339 14.3 158 29 18.1 362 140 38.6
  55 to 64 years 905 238 26.3 659 120 18.2 66 14 (B) 180 104 57.7
  65 years and over 568 250 44.1 276 92 33.4 66 36 (B) 226 122 54.1

In families with two or more related children under 18 years by householder's age: (9)
 
    Total 		14,163 4,006 28.3 12,344 2,758 22.3 475 243 51.2 1,344 1,005 74.8
  Under 18 years 1 1 (B) 0 0 (X) 0 0 (X) 1 1 (B)
  18 to 24 years 902 700 77.6 572 407 71.1 32 32 (B) 299 262 87.6
  25 to 34 years 6,475 1,910 29.5 5,680 1,309 23.0 204 107 52.5 591 494 83.6
  35 to 44 years 5,183 921 17.8 4,880 746 15.3 87 63 72.0 215 112 52.1
  45 to 54 years 943 241 25.5 750 137 18.2 44 25 (B) 148 79 53.0
  55 to 64 years 492 149 30.2 368 118 32.0 83 5 5.8 42 26 (B)
  65 years and over 166 85 51.2 93 42 45.0 25 11 (B) 48 31 (B)

Poverty Footnotes

Source: U.S. Census Bureau
Contact: Demographic Call Center Staff at 301-763-2422 or 1-866-758-1060 (toll free)