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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 135% of poverty (5) Percentage below 135% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 135% of poverty (5) Percentage below 135% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 135% of poverty (5) Percentage below 135% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 135% of poverty (5) Percentage below 135% of poverty (6)

All races
 
People in families, total (2) 		249,384 45,330 18.2 188,001 21,728 11.6 16,067 4,071 25.3 45,315 19,530 43.1
 
Householder 		78,867 12,834 16.3 58,428 5,575 9.5 5,582 1,344 24.1 14,857 5,916 39.8
Spouse (in married-couple family) (11) 58,428 5,575 9.5 58,428 5,575 9.5 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Related children under 18 years (14) 73,410 20,364 27.7 50,964 8,624 16.9 4,539 1,687 37.2 17,907 10,053 56.1
  Related children under 6 years 25,104 7,981 31.8 17,705 3,532 19.9 1,617 675 41.7 5,782 3,774 65.3
  Related children 6 to 17 years 48,306 12,383 25.6 33,259 5,092 15.3 2,923 1,012 34.6 12,125 6,279 51.8
Own children 18 years and over (15) 25,296 3,734 14.8 16,057 1,363 8.5 1,766 251 14.2 7,473 2,120 28.4
Other relatives 13,382 2,823 21.1 4,124 591 14.3 4,180 790 18.9 5,079 1,442 28.4

People in families, by householder's age:
 
    Total 		249,384 45,330 18.2 188,001 21,728 11.6 16,067 4,071 25.3 45,315 19,530 43.1
  Under 18 years 727 239 32.9 25 10 (B) 334 81 24.3 367 148 40.4
  18 to 24 years 9,712 4,150 42.7 3,431 1,095 31.9 2,353 721 30.6 3,929 2,334 59.4
  25 to 34 years 44,894 13,098 29.2 30,995 5,866 18.9 3,615 1,048 29.0 10,284 6,184 60.1
  35 to 44 years 64,750 12,271 19.0 50,337 6,240 12.4 3,273 890 27.2 11,140 5,141 46.1
  45 to 54 years 60,752 7,682 12.6 48,109 3,899 8.1 3,495 788 22.5 9,148 2,995 32.7
  55 to 64 years 36,950 4,140 11.2 30,436 2,499 8.2 1,642 352 21.4 4,873 1,289 26.5
  65 years and over 31,597 3,750 11.9 24,668 2,120 8.6 1,355 192 14.2 5,575 1,439 25.8

In families without related children by householder's age: (9)
 
    Total 		94,692 8,336 8.8 75,268 4,768 6.3 6,971 1,014 14.5 12,453 2,555 20.5
  Under 18 years 258 51 20.0 11 0 (B) 140 33 23.4 106 19 17.6
  18 to 24 years 2,751 458 16.7 935 123 13.1 1,115 204 18.3 701 132 18.8
  25 to 34 years 6,810 588 8.6 4,688 274 5.9 1,389 187 13.5 733 126 17.2
  35 to 44 years 7,434 757 10.2 5,353 325 6.1 848 100 11.8 1,233 332 26.9
  45 to 54 years 23,118 1,706 7.4 18,576 933 5.0 1,562 224 14.4 2,981 549 18.4
  55 to 64 years 27,070 2,175 8.0 23,297 1,432 6.1 1,004 172 17.2 2,768 571 20.6
  65 years and over 27,251 2,601 9.5 22,408 1,680 7.5 913 94 10.3 3,930 826 21.0

In families with related children under 18 years by householder's age: (9)
 
    Total 		154,692 36,994 23.9 112,733 16,961 15.0 9,096 3,058 33.6 32,862 16,975 51.7
  Under 18 years 469 188 40.1 14 10 (B) 194 49 25.0 261 130 49.6
  18 to 24 years 6,961 3,692 53.0 2,495 972 39.0 1,239 518 41.8 3,227 2,202 68.2
  25 to 34 years 38,084 12,510 32.8 26,307 5,592 21.3 2,227 861 38.7 9,550 6,058 63.4
  35 to 44 years 57,316 11,514 20.1 44,984 5,916 13.2 2,425 790 32.6 9,907 4,809 48.5
  45 to 54 years 37,634 5,976 15.9 29,533 2,965 10.0 1,933 564 29.2 6,168 2,446 39.7
  55 to 64 years 9,881 1,964 19.9 7,139 1,067 14.9 638 179 28.1 2,104 719 34.2
  65 years and over 4,347 1,150 26.4 2,260 439 19.4 441 98 22.1 1,645 613 37.2

In families with one related child under 18 years by householder's age: (9)
 
    Total 		53,209 9,155 17.2 36,174 3,153 8.7 4,460 1,183 26.5 12,574 4,818 38.3
  Under 18 years 209 57 27.2 9 5 (B) 109 9 8.7 91 42 46.7
  18 to 24 years 3,446 1,552 45.0 1,186 341 28.8 712 259 36.3 1,549 952 61.5
  25 to 34 years 10,794 1,966 18.2 7,466 634 8.5 1,006 294 29.3 2,323 1,037 44.7
  35 to 44 years 13,512 2,073 15.3 9,195 730 7.9 997 225 22.5 3,320 1,118 33.7
  45 to 54 years 17,578 2,154 12.3 13,162 844 6.4 1,022 258 25.3 3,394 1,051 31.0
  55 to 64 years 5,422 805 14.8 3,962 417 10.5 391 91 23.3 1,069 297 27.8
  65 years and over 2,246 549 24.4 1,194 182 15.2 224 47 21.0 829 320 38.6

In families with two or more related children under 18 years by householder's age: (9)
 
    Total 		101,483 27,839 27.4 76,559 13,807 18.0 4,636 1,874 40.4 20,288 12,157 59.9
  Under 18 years 260 131 50.4 5 5 (B) 85 39 46.1 171 87 51.2
  18 to 24 years 3,515 2,140 60.9 1,310 631 48.2 527 259 49.2 1,679 1,250 74.5
  25 to 34 years 27,290 10,545 38.6 18,842 4,958 26.3 1,221 567 46.4 7,227 5,020 69.5
  35 to 44 years 43,804 9,441 21.6 35,789 5,186 14.5 1,429 565 39.6 6,586 3,690 56.0
  45 to 54 years 20,055 3,821 19.1 16,371 2,121 13.0 911 305 33.5 2,774 1,395 50.3
  55 to 64 years 4,458 1,160 26.0 3,177 650 20.5 247 88 35.7 1,035 422 40.7
  65 years and over 2,100 601 28.6 1,066 257 24.1 217 51 23.3 817 293 35.8

In families with related children under 6 years by householder's age: (9)
 
    Total 		73,317 21,799 29.7 54,195 10,775 19.9 4,097 1,612 39.3 15,024 9,412 62.6
  Under 18 years 135 72 53.5 14 10 (B) 47 13 (B) 74 49 (B)
  18 to 24 years 5,703 3,273 57.4 2,331 931 39.9 630 342 54.3 2,742 2,000 73.0
  25 to 34 years 29,454 9,536 32.4 21,528 4,625 21.5 1,649 658 39.9 6,277 4,254 67.8
  35 to 44 years 25,223 5,518 21.9 21,290 3,393 15.9 877 351 40.0 3,057 1,774 58.0
  45 to 54 years 8,106 2,110 26.0 6,043 1,170 19.4 487 153 31.5 1,577 787 49.9
  55 to 64 years 3,171 845 26.7 2,152 443 20.6 213 52 24.5 806 350 43.4
  65 years and over 1,525 444 29.1 838 203 24.2 194 43 22.2 493 198 40.2

In families with one related child under 6 years by householder's age: (9)
 
    Total 		46,784 12,072 25.8 34,015 5,453 16.0 2,773 982 35.4 9,996 5,636 56.4
  Under 18 years 90 44 49.1 9 5 (B) 35 1 (B) 46 38 (B)
  18 to 24 years 3,294 1,681 51.0 1,276 408 32.0 430 237 55.1 1,588 1,036 65.3
  25 to 34 years 17,429 4,899 28.1 12,309 2,078 16.9 1,106 386 34.9 4,014 2,435 60.7
  35 to 44 years 16,687 3,299 19.8 13,747 1,812 13.2 651 236 36.2 2,289 1,251 54.7
  45 to 54 years 5,812 1,293 22.3 4,415 724 16.4 318 76 24.0 1,078 493 45.7
  55 to 64 years 2,353 538 22.9 1,625 294 18.1 129 19 15.0 599 225 37.6
  65 years and over 1,119 317 28.3 633 133 20.9 103 27 26.2 383 157 41.1

In families with two or more related children under 18 years by householder's age: (9)
 
    Total 		26,533 9,727 36.7 20,180 5,322 26.4 1,324 630 47.5 5,029 3,776 75.1
  Under 18 years 45 28 (B) 5 5 (B) 12 12 (B) 28 11 (B)
  18 to 24 years 2,409 1,592 66.1 1,055 523 49.6 200 105 52.5 1,154 964 83.5
  25 to 34 years 12,025 4,638 38.6 9,219 2,547 27.6 543 272 50.1 2,263 1,818 80.3
  35 to 44 years 8,536 2,219 26.0 7,543 1,581 21.0 226 115 50.8 768 523 68.1
  45 to 54 years 2,294 817 35.6 1,628 446 27.4 168 77 45.7 498 294 59.0
  55 to 64 years 818 307 37.5 527 149 28.3 84 33 39.0 207 125 60.3
  65 years and over 406 127 31.2 205 70 34.3 91 16 17.6 110 41 36.9

Poverty Footnotes

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