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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 185% of poverty (5) Percentage below 185% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 185% of poverty (5) Percentage below 185% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 185% of poverty (5) Percentage below 185% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 185% of poverty (5) Percentage below 185% of poverty (6)

White alone, not Hispanic
 
People in families, total (2) 		159,344 27,881 17.5 132,482 17,350 13.1 8,063 2,401 29.8 18,799 8,130 43.2
 
Householder 		54,450 9,310 17.1 44,281 5,406 12.2 3,069 902 29.4 7,100 3,002 42.3
Spouse (in married-couple family) (11) 44,038 5,391 12.2 44,038 5,391 12.2 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Related children under 18 years (14) 40,707 9,793 24.1 32,195 5,369 16.7 2,248 850 37.8 6,265 3,573 57.0
  Related children under 6 years 13,032 3,483 26.7 10,629 1,978 18.6 707 314 44.4 1,696 1,190 70.2
  Related children 6 to 17 years 27,675 6,310 22.8 21,566 3,392 15.7 1,540 536 34.8 4,569 2,383 52.2
Own children 18 years and over (15) 14,739 2,116 14.4 10,191 923 9.1 1,081 229 21.1 3,467 965 27.8
Other relatives 5,410 1,271 23.5 1,777 260 14.6 1,665 421 25.3 1,968 590 30.0

People in families, by householder's age:
 
    Total 		159,344 27,881 17.5 132,482 17,350 13.1 8,063 2,401 29.8 18,799 8,130 43.2
  Under 18 years 203 64 31.2 4 0 (B) 108 31 28.5 91 33 35.7
  18 to 24 years 4,212 1,841 43.7 2,070 730 35.3 908 291 32.1 1,233 819 66.4
  25 to 34 years 24,298 6,245 25.7 19,565 3,547 18.1 1,472 544 37.0 3,261 2,153 66.0
  35 to 44 years 40,765 7,047 17.3 34,484 4,389 12.7 1,792 541 30.2 4,489 2,117 47.2
  45 to 54 years 40,786 4,838 11.9 34,329 2,971 8.7 1,907 490 25.7 4,549 1,377 30.3
  55 to 64 years 25,575 3,229 12.6 22,569 2,379 10.5 1,029 250 24.3 1,977 600 30.4
  65 years and over 23,506 4,618 19.6 19,461 3,334 17.1 847 253 29.9 3,198 1,031 32.2

In families without related children by householder's age: (9)
 
    Total 		70,366 8,941 12.7 60,133 6,486 10.8 3,672 818 22.3 6,561 1,637 24.9
  Under 18 years 97 29 30.0 4 0 (B) 53 17 (B) 40 12 (B)
  18 to 24 years 1,699 285 16.8 813 96 11.8 576 101 17.6 310 87 28.1
  25 to 34 years 4,562 388 8.5 3,799 261 6.9 495 82 16.5 268 45 16.9
  35 to 44 years 4,823 612 12.7 3,890 359 9.2 409 70 17.2 523 182 34.8
  45 to 54 years 17,194 1,476 8.6 14,603 941 6.4 849 214 25.2 1,741 321 18.4
  55 to 64 years 20,582 2,254 11.0 18,736 1,800 9.6 659 162 24.6 1,187 293 24.7
  65 years and over 21,411 3,897 18.2 18,287 3,028 16.6 631 172 27.2 2,492 696 27.9

In families with related children under 18 years by householder's age: (9)
 
    Total 		88,978 18,940 21.3 72,349 10,863 15.0 4,391 1,583 36.0 12,238 6,493 53.1
  Under 18 years 107 34 32.3 0 0 (X) 55 14 (B) 51 21 (B)
  18 to 24 years 2,513 1,556 61.9 1,257 634 50.4 332 190 57.1 924 733 79.3
  25 to 34 years 19,736 5,857 29.7 15,767 3,286 20.8 976 462 47.4 2,993 2,108 70.4
  35 to 44 years 35,942 6,435 17.9 30,593 4,029 13.2 1,383 471 34.1 3,966 1,935 48.8
  45 to 54 years 23,592 3,362 14.2 19,726 2,030 10.3 1,058 276 26.1 2,808 1,056 37.6
  55 to 64 years 4,993 974 19.5 3,833 579 15.1 370 88 23.8 790 307 38.9
  65 years and over 2,096 721 34.4 1,174 305 26.0 216 81 37.7 706 335 47.4

In families with one related child under 18 years by householder's age: (9)
 
    Total 		31,918 5,276 16.5 23,981 2,194 9.2 2,309 716 31.0 5,628 2,366 42.0
  Under 18 years 71 20 (B) 0 0 (X) 46 14 (B) 25 6 (B)
  18 to 24 years 1,394 701 50.3 634 199 31.3 252 132 52.4 508 370 72.9
  25 to 34 years 6,478 1,198 18.5 4,945 456 9.2 540 213 39.5 993 528 53.2
  35 to 44 years 8,604 1,267 14.7 6,430 491 7.6 611 152 24.9 1,562 624 39.9
  45 to 54 years 11,310 1,278 11.3 9,076 640 7.0 578 141 24.3 1,655 498 30.1
  55 to 64 years 2,847 429 15.1 2,232 255 11.4 179 35 19.3 436 139 31.8
  65 years and over 1,214 383 31.5 664 153 23.1 102 29 28.9 448 200 44.7

In families with two or more related children under 18 years by householder's age: (9)
 
    Total 		57,059 13,663 23.9 48,368 8,669 17.9 2,082 867 41.6 6,610 4,128 62.4
  Under 18 years 35 14 (B) 0 0 (X) 9 0 (B) 27 14 (B)
  18 to 24 years 1,119 855 76.4 623 435 69.8 80 58 72.2 416 362 87.1
  25 to 34 years 13,258 4,659 35.1 10,822 2,830 26.1 436 249 57.1 2,000 1,580 79.0
  35 to 44 years 27,338 5,168 18.9 24,163 3,538 14.6 772 319 41.3 2,403 1,311 54.5
  45 to 54 years 12,282 2,083 17.0 10,650 1,390 13.1 480 136 28.3 1,153 558 48.4
  55 to 64 years 2,145 546 25.4 1,601 324 20.2 192 53 27.9 353 168 47.7
  65 years and over 882 339 38.4 510 152 29.8 114 52 45.6 258 134 52.1

In families with related children under 6 years by householder's age: (9)
 
    Total 		39,210 10,178 26.0 32,825 6,267 19.1 1,752 770 44.0 4,633 3,140 67.8
  Under 18 years 6 5 (B) 0 0 (X) 0 0 (X) 6 5 (B)
  18 to 24 years 2,249 1,457 64.8 1,216 624 51.3 214 145 67.4 819 689 84.1
  25 to 34 years 15,714 4,446 28.3 13,144 2,710 20.6 713 343 48.1 1,857 1,393 75.0
  35 to 44 years 15,271 2,665 17.4 13,942 1,969 14.1 383 153 40.0 945 542 57.3
  45 to 54 years 3,840 825 21.5 3,127 537 17.2 202 63 31.3 511 225 44.1
  55 to 64 years 1,398 416 29.8 1,027 267 26.0 149 19 12.7 222 130 58.7
  65 years and over 733 364 49.6 369 160 43.3 91 47 52.3 274 157 57.3

In families with one related child under 6 years by householder's age: (9)
 
    Total 		25,047 5,933 23.7 20,482 3,294 16.1 1,277 526 41.2 3,289 2,114 64.3
  Under 18 years 4 4 (B) 0 0 (X) 0 0 (X) 4 4 (B)
  18 to 24 years 1,346 740 55.0 644 208 32.2 183 113 61.7 520 420 80.8
  25 to 34 years 9,238 2,445 26.5 7,463 1,317 17.6 508 235 46.2 1,267 893 70.5
  35 to 44 years 10,088 1,613 16.0 9,062 1,102 12.2 296 91 30.6 730 421 57.7
  45 to 54 years 2,897 585 20.2 2,377 400 16.8 158 38 24.2 362 146 40.4
  55 to 64 years 905 268 29.6 659 150 22.7 66 14 (B) 180 104 57.7
  65 years and over 568 279 49.1 276 118 42.7 66 36 (B) 226 125 55.5

In families with two or more related children under 18 years by householder's age: (9)
 
    Total 		14,163 4,244 30.0 12,344 2,974 24.1 475 244 51.4 1,344 1,027 76.4
  Under 18 years 1 1 (B) 0 0 (X) 0 0 (X) 1 1 (B)
  18 to 24 years 902 717 79.4 572 416 72.8 32 32 (B) 299 269 89.9
  25 to 34 years 6,475 2,001 30.9 5,680 1,393 24.5 204 108 52.9 591 500 84.6
  35 to 44 years 5,183 1,051 20.3 4,880 868 17.8 87 63 72.0 215 121 56.1
  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

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