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POV05: People in Families by Relationship to Householder, Age of Householder, Number of Related Children Present, and Family Structure: 2009

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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2010 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 125% of poverty (5) Percentage below 125% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 125% of poverty (5) Percentage below 125% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 125% of poverty (5) Percentage below 125% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 125% of poverty (5) Percentage below 125% of poverty (6)

All races
 
People in families, total (2) 		249,384 41,144 16.5 188,001 19,119 10.2 16,067 3,733 23.2 45,315 18,292 40.4
 
Householder 		78,867 11,620 14.7 58,428 4,860 8.3 5,582 1,226 22.0 14,857 5,533 37.2
Spouse (in married-couple family) (11) 58,428 4,860 8.3 58,428 4,860 8.3 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Related children under 18 years (14) 73,410 18,857 25.7 50,964 7,742 15.2 4,539 1,571 34.6 17,907 9,544 53.3
  Related children under 6 years 25,104 7,437 29.6 17,705 3,187 18.0 1,617 640 39.6 5,782 3,611 62.4
  Related children 6 to 17 years 48,306 11,420 23.6 33,259 4,555 13.7 2,923 931 31.9 12,125 5,933 48.9
Own children 18 years and over (15) 25,296 3,304 13.1 16,057 1,146 7.1 1,766 226 12.8 7,473 1,931 25.8
Other relatives 13,382 2,504 18.7 4,124 510 12.4 4,180 709 17.0 5,079 1,284 25.3

People in families, by householder's age:
 
    Total 		249,384 41,144 16.5 188,001 19,119 10.2 16,067 3,733 23.2 45,315 18,292 40.4
  Under 18 years 727 220 30.2 25 5 (B) 334 81 24.3 367 134 36.4
  18 to 24 years 9,712 3,897 40.1 3,431 1,017 29.7 2,353 670 28.5 3,929 2,209 56.2
  25 to 34 years 44,894 12,090 26.9 30,995 5,290 17.1 3,615 951 26.3 10,284 5,849 56.9
  35 to 44 years 64,750 11,280 17.4 50,337 5,627 11.2 3,273 814 24.9 11,140 4,839 43.4
  45 to 54 years 60,752 6,887 11.3 48,109 3,370 7.0 3,495 730 20.9 9,148 2,787 30.5
  55 to 64 years 36,950 3,580 9.7 30,436 2,062 6.8 1,642 331 20.1 4,873 1,188 24.4
  65 years and over 31,597 3,190 10.1 24,668 1,748 7.1 1,355 156 11.5 5,575 1,286 23.1

In families without related children by householder's age: (9)
 
    Total 		94,692 7,212 7.6 75,268 4,035 5.4 6,971 902 12.9 12,453 2,276 18.3
  Under 18 years 258 51 20.0 11 0 (B) 140 33 23.4 106 19 17.6
  18 to 24 years 2,751 434 15.8 935 113 12.1 1,115 192 17.2 701 129 18.3
  25 to 34 years 6,810 502 7.4 4,688 239 5.1 1,389 154 11.1 733 109 14.8
  35 to 44 years 7,434 671 9.0 5,353 294 5.5 848 75 8.8 1,233 302 24.5
  45 to 54 years 23,118 1,476 6.4 18,576 771 4.2 1,562 212 13.6 2,981 493 16.6
  55 to 64 years 27,070 1,858 6.9 23,297 1,195 5.1 1,004 152 15.1 2,768 511 18.4
  65 years and over 27,251 2,220 8.1 22,408 1,422 6.3 913 85 9.3 3,930 713 18.2

In families with related children under 18 years by householder's age: (9)
 
    Total 		154,692 33,932 21.9 112,733 15,084 13.4 9,096 2,831 31.1 32,862 16,016 48.7
  Under 18 years 469 168 35.9 14 5 (B) 194 49 25.0 261 115 44.1
  18 to 24 years 6,961 3,463 49.7 2,495 904 36.2 1,239 478 38.6 3,227 2,081 64.5
  25 to 34 years 38,084 11,588 30.4 26,307 5,051 19.2 2,227 796 35.8 9,550 5,740 60.1
  35 to 44 years 57,316 10,609 18.5 44,984 5,333 11.9 2,425 739 30.5 9,907 4,537 45.8
  45 to 54 years 37,634 5,411 14.4 29,533 2,599 8.8 1,933 519 26.8 6,168 2,294 37.2
  55 to 64 years 9,881 1,722 17.4 7,139 867 12.1 638 179 28.1 2,104 677 32.2
  65 years and over 4,347 970 22.3 2,260 327 14.4 441 71 16.1 1,645 573 34.8

In families with one related child under 18 years by householder's age: (9)
 
    Total 		53,209 8,262 15.5 36,174 2,690 7.4 4,460 1,080 24.2 12,574 4,492 35.7
  Under 18 years 209 37 17.8 9 0 (B) 109 9 8.7 91 28 30.7
  18 to 24 years 3,446 1,464 42.5 1,186 321 27.0 712 252 35.4 1,549 892 57.6
  25 to 34 years 10,794 1,745 16.2 7,466 540 7.2 1,006 254 25.2 2,323 951 40.9
  35 to 44 years 13,512 1,904 14.1 9,195 644 7.0 997 209 21.0 3,320 1,052 31.7
  45 to 54 years 17,578 1,959 11.1 13,162 744 5.7 1,022 236 23.1 3,394 979 28.8
  55 to 64 years 5,422 688 12.7 3,962 316 8.0 391 91 23.3 1,069 281 26.3
  65 years and over 2,246 464 20.6 1,194 125 10.5 224 29 12.9 829 310 37.4

In families with two or more related children under 18 years by householder's age: (9)
 
    Total 		101,483 25,670 25.3 76,559 12,394 16.2 4,636 1,751 37.8 20,288 11,524 56.8
  Under 18 years 260 131 50.4 5 5 (B) 85 39 46.1 171 87 51.2
  18 to 24 years 3,515 1,999 56.9 1,310 584 44.6 527 227 43.0 1,679 1,189 70.8
  25 to 34 years 27,290 9,843 36.1 18,842 4,511 23.9 1,221 543 44.4 7,227 4,789 66.3
  35 to 44 years 43,804 8,705 19.9 35,789 4,689 13.1 1,429 531 37.1 6,586 3,485 52.9
  45 to 54 years 20,055 3,452 17.2 16,371 1,855 11.3 911 282 31.0 2,774 1,315 47.4
  55 to 64 years 4,458 1,034 23.2 3,177 550 17.3 247 88 35.7 1,035 396 38.2
  65 years and over 2,100 507 24.1 1,066 201 18.9 217 42 19.4 817 263 32.2

In families with related children under 6 years by householder's age: (9)
 
    Total 		73,317 20,201 27.6 54,195 9,693 17.9 4,097 1,513 36.9 15,024 8,994 59.9
  Under 18 years 135 67 49.6 14 5 (B) 47 13 (B) 74 49 (B)
  18 to 24 years 5,703 3,102 54.4 2,331 862 37.0 630 335 53.2 2,742 1,904 69.4
  25 to 34 years 29,454 8,855 30.1 21,528 4,168 19.4 1,649 627 38.0 6,277 4,061 64.7
  35 to 44 years 25,223 5,164 20.5 21,290 3,117 14.6 877 316 36.1 3,057 1,730 56.6
  45 to 54 years 8,106 1,895 23.4 6,043 1,025 17.0 487 135 27.8 1,577 736 46.6
  55 to 64 years 3,171 746 23.5 2,152 364 16.9 213 52 24.5 806 329 40.9
  65 years and over 1,525 372 24.4 838 152 18.2 194 35 17.8 493 185 37.5

In families with one related child under 6 years by householder's age: (9)
 
    Total 		46,784 11,085 23.7 34,015 4,803 14.1 2,773 908 32.7 9,996 5,374 53.8
  Under 18 years 90 39 43.2 9 0 (B) 35 1 (B) 46 38 (B)
  18 to 24 years 3,294 1,577 47.9 1,276 380 29.8 430 230 53.5 1,588 967 60.9
  25 to 34 years 17,429 4,521 25.9 12,309 1,839 14.9 1,106 367 33.2 4,014 2,315 57.7
  35 to 44 years 16,687 3,072 18.4 13,747 1,624 11.8 651 214 32.8 2,289 1,234 53.9
  45 to 54 years 5,812 1,128 19.4 4,415 617 14.0 318 58 18.3 1,078 453 42.0
  55 to 64 years 2,353 492 20.9 1,625 250 15.4 129 19 15.0 599 223 37.2
  65 years and over 1,119 256 22.9 633 93 14.7 103 19 18.0 383 144 37.7

In families with two or more related children under 18 years by householder's age: (9)
 
    Total 		26,533 9,116 34.4 20,180 4,891 24.2 1,324 605 45.7 5,029 3,620 72.0
  Under 18 years 45 28 (B) 5 5 (B) 12 12 (B) 28 11 (B)
  18 to 24 years 2,409 1,524 63.3 1,055 482 45.7 200 105 52.5 1,154 937 81.2
  25 to 34 years 12,025 4,335 36.0 9,219 2,329 25.3 543 260 47.8 2,263 1,746 77.1
  35 to 44 years 8,536 2,092 24.5 7,543 1,493 19.8 226 102 45.4 768 497 64.7
  45 to 54 years 2,294 767 33.4 1,628 408 25.1 168 77 45.7 498 282 56.6
  55 to 64 years 818 254 31.0 527 115 21.8 84 33 39.0 207 106 51.4
  65 years and over 406 116 28.5 205 59 28.9 91 16 17.6 110 41 36.9

Poverty Footnotes

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