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POV32: Mean Number of Persons Per Family, by Family Structure, Age of Householder and Poverty Status: 2008
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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2009 Annual Social and Economic Supplement.
| |
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 |
Standard error (19) |
Below 200% of poverty (5) |
Standard error (19) |
All income levels |
Standard error (19) |
Below 200% of poverty (5) |
Standard error (19) |
All income levels |
Standard error (19) |
Below 200% of poverty (5) |
Standard error (19) |
All income levels |
Standard error (19) |
Below 200% of poverty (5) |
Standard error (19) |
White alone (12) |
|---|
(Counts of families are obtained by counting the householder from each family.) |
|---|
Householders by age: (10),(26) |
|---|
Total
|
3.10
|
0.01
|
3.38
|
0.03
|
3.16
|
0.01
|
3.60
|
0.04
|
2.83
|
0.05
|
2.94
|
0.08
|
2.93
|
0.03
|
3.09
|
0.05
|
|
Under 18 years
|
3.82
|
0.30
|
(B)
|
0.44
|
(B)
|
1.16
|
(B)
|
0.00
|
(B)
|
0.44
|
(B)
|
0.67
|
(B)
|
0.44
|
(B)
|
0.57
|
|
18 to 24 years
|
2.95
|
0.07
|
3.08
|
0.10
|
3.02
|
0.11
|
3.62
|
0.20
|
2.96
|
0.15
|
2.82
|
0.21
|
2.86
|
0.12
|
2.81
|
0.14
|
|
25 to 34 years
|
3.37
|
0.03
|
3.75
|
0.06
|
3.51
|
0.04
|
4.32
|
0.09
|
2.82
|
0.11
|
2.93
|
0.17
|
3.05
|
0.07
|
3.20
|
0.09
|
|
35 to 44 years
|
3.80
|
0.03
|
4.08
|
0.06
|
4.02
|
0.03
|
4.66
|
0.09
|
2.86
|
0.10
|
3.16
|
0.19
|
3.12
|
0.06
|
3.34
|
0.09
|
|
45 to 54 years
|
3.29
|
0.03
|
3.54
|
0.07
|
3.40
|
0.03
|
3.97
|
0.10
|
2.70
|
0.09
|
2.80
|
0.19
|
2.88
|
0.06
|
3.02
|
0.10
|
|
55 to 64 years
|
2.59
|
0.03
|
2.75
|
0.08
|
2.56
|
0.03
|
2.72
|
0.09
|
2.78
|
0.16
|
2.75
|
0.31
|
2.82
|
0.10
|
2.87
|
0.16
|
|
65 years and over
|
2.30
|
0.03
|
2.38
|
0.06
|
2.23
|
0.03
|
2.25
|
0.06
|
2.78
|
0.18
|
2.87
|
0.31
|
2.65
|
0.09
|
2.77
|
0.15
|
Age of householders with related children under 18 years: (13),(27) |
|---|
Total
|
3.96
|
0.02
|
4.01
|
0.04
|
4.26
|
0.02
|
4.73
|
0.06
|
3.08
|
0.07
|
3.21
|
0.11
|
3.18
|
0.04
|
3.25
|
0.05
|
|
Under 18 years
|
(B)
|
0.42
|
(B)
|
0.58
|
(B)
|
0.00
|
(B)
|
0.00
|
(B)
|
0.60
|
(B)
|
0.91
|
(B)
|
0.57
|
(B)
|
0.74
|
|
18 to 24 years
|
3.38
|
0.10
|
3.27
|
0.12
|
3.78
|
0.17
|
4.01
|
0.24
|
3.51
|
0.24
|
3.09
|
0.27
|
2.97
|
0.14
|
2.85
|
0.15
|
|
25 to 34 years
|
3.76
|
0.04
|
3.89
|
0.06
|
4.05
|
0.05
|
4.58
|
0.10
|
2.82
|
0.12
|
2.99
|
0.18
|
3.11
|
0.08
|
3.22
|
0.09
|
|
35 to 44 years
|
4.11
|
0.03
|
4.28
|
0.07
|
4.39
|
0.04
|
4.96
|
0.10
|
2.94
|
0.11
|
3.30
|
0.20
|
3.20
|
0.07
|
3.40
|
0.09
|
|
45 to 54 years
|
4.01
|
0.04
|
4.10
|
0.09
|
4.28
|
0.04
|
4.81
|
0.14
|
3.02
|
0.12
|
3.27
|
0.26
|
3.13
|
0.08
|
3.22
|
0.12
|
|
55 to 64 years
|
4.13
|
0.08
|
4.27
|
0.18
|
4.34
|
0.10
|
4.81
|
0.25
|
3.66
|
0.32
|
(B)
|
0.54
|
3.54
|
0.18
|
3.49
|
0.25
|
|
65 years and over
|
4.10
|
0.14
|
3.89
|
0.21
|
4.48
|
0.19
|
4.42
|
0.32
|
(B)
|
0.42
|
(B)
|
0.63
|
3.64
|
0.22
|
3.47
|
0.30
|
Poverty Footnotes
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
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