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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 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
 
People in families, total (2) 		197,938 48,154 24.3 157,992 29,313 18.6 11,783 4,104 34.8 28,163 14,737 52.3
 
Householder 		64,145 14,208 22.2 50,180 7,958 15.9 4,196 1,400 33.4 9,769 4,850 49.6
Spouse (in married-couple family) (11) 50,027 7,918 15.8 50,027 7,918 15.8 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Related children under 18 years (14) 55,397 19,302 34.8 41,622 10,823 26.0 3,270 1,589 48.6 10,504 6,890 65.6
  Related children under 6 years 18,749 7,309 39.0 14,303 4,273 29.9 1,148 609 53.0 3,298 2,427 73.6
  Related children 6 to 17 years 36,648 11,993 32.7 27,319 6,550 24.0 2,122 980 46.2 7,206 4,462 61.9
Own children 18 years and over (15) 19,139 3,848 20.1 13,059 1,819 13.9 1,371 285 20.8 4,709 1,744 37.0
Other relatives 9,230 2,878 31.2 3,105 795 25.6 2,946 829 28.2 3,180 1,254 39.4

People in families, by householder's age:
 
    Total 		197,938 48,154 24.3 157,992 29,313 18.6 11,783 4,104 34.8 28,163 14,737 52.3
  Under 18 years 442 216 48.9 18 13 (B) 238 125 52.5 187 79 42.2
  18 to 24 years 7,008 3,717 53.0 3,023 1,452 48.0 1,574 712 45.2 2,411 1,553 64.4
  25 to 34 years 34,006 12,446 36.6 25,453 7,328 28.8 2,708 967 35.7 5,844 4,152 71.0
  35 to 44 years 50,940 13,424 26.4 41,687 8,472 20.3 2,394 954 39.8 6,859 3,998 58.3
  45 to 54 years 48,889 8,163 16.7 40,318 4,925 12.2 2,612 778 29.8 5,959 2,460 41.3
  55 to 64 years 30,073 4,799 16.0 25,696 3,331 13.0 1,251 375 30.0 3,127 1,094 35.0
  65 years and over 26,580 5,389 20.3 21,797 3,793 17.4 1,007 194 19.3 3,775 1,402 37.1

In families without related children by householder's age: (9)
 
    Total 		78,956 11,127 14.1 65,499 7,548 11.5 5,153 1,113 21.6 8,303 2,466 29.7
  Under 18 years 179 84 47.1 8 3 (B) 97 61 63.3 74 20 (B)
  18 to 24 years 2,102 536 25.5 862 191 22.2 761 235 30.8 479 110 23.0
  25 to 34 years 5,282 587 11.1 3,908 316 8.1 991 148 14.9 383 123 32.2
  35 to 44 years 5,791 908 15.7 4,408 470 10.7 618 132 21.3 765 306 40.0
  45 to 54 years 19,013 1,848 9.7 15,876 1,179 7.4 1,194 237 19.9 1,943 431 22.2
  55 to 64 years 22,893 2,767 12.1 20,286 2,040 10.1 787 193 24.5 1,820 534 29.3
  65 years and over 23,696 4,397 18.6 20,152 3,348 16.6 706 108 15.3 2,839 941 33.1

In families with related children under 18 years by householder's age: (9)
 
    Total 		118,982 37,027 31.1 92,493 21,765 23.5 6,630 2,991 45.1 19,859 12,271 61.8
  Under 18 years 264 132 50.2 10 10 (B) 141 64 45.2 113 59 52.1
  18 to 24 years 4,906 3,181 64.8 2,162 1,261 58.3 812 477 58.7 1,931 1,443 74.7
  25 to 34 years 28,723 11,859 41.3 21,545 7,012 32.5 1,717 819 47.7 5,461 4,028 73.8
  35 to 44 years 45,150 12,516 27.7 37,279 8,002 21.5 1,776 822 46.3 6,094 3,692 60.6
  45 to 54 years 29,876 6,315 21.1 24,442 3,746 15.3 1,418 541 38.2 4,017 2,028 50.5
  55 to 64 years 7,181 2,032 28.3 5,410 1,291 23.9 464 182 39.3 1,307 560 42.8
  65 years and over 2,883 992 34.4 1,646 444 27.0 301 86 28.6 937 461 49.3

In families with one related child under 18 years by householder's age: (9)
 
    Total 		41,094 9,615 23.4 29,734 4,305 14.5 3,316 1,275 38.4 8,044 4,035 50.2
  Under 18 years 114 46 40.1 5 5 (B) 75 29 (B) 34 12 (B)
  18 to 24 years 2,493 1,426 57.2 1,023 480 46.9 519 285 54.9 950 660 69.5
  25 to 34 years 8,431 2,135 25.3 6,159 960 15.6 773 295 38.1 1,499 880 58.7
  35 to 44 years 10,329 2,254 21.8 7,456 988 13.2 754 266 35.2 2,119 1,000 47.2
  45 to 54 years 14,072 2,373 16.9 11,069 1,162 10.5 742 235 31.7 2,261 976 43.2
  55 to 64 years 4,082 897 22.0 3,065 507 16.5 295 112 37.9 721 278 38.6
  65 years and over 1,573 485 30.8 956 203 21.3 157 53 33.9 460 228 49.7

In families with two or more related children under 18 years by householder's age: (9)
 
    Total 		77,888 27,412 35.2 62,760 17,460 27.8 3,314 1,716 51.8 11,815 8,236 69.7
  Under 18 years 150 87 57.8 5 5 (B) 66 35 (B) 79 47 59.4
  18 to 24 years 2,413 1,755 72.7 1,138 780 68.5 294 192 65.5 981 783 79.8
  25 to 34 years 20,292 9,724 47.9 15,386 6,052 39.3 944 524 55.5 3,962 3,148 79.5
  35 to 44 years 34,821 10,262 29.5 29,824 7,014 23.5 1,022 556 54.4 3,975 2,691 67.7
  45 to 54 years 15,804 3,942 24.9 13,373 2,584 19.3 675 305 45.2 1,755 1,052 59.9
  55 to 64 years 3,099 1,136 36.7 2,345 784 33.4 169 70 41.7 585 282 48.1
  65 years and over 1,310 507 38.7 690 241 34.9 144 33 22.7 477 233 48.9

In families with related children under 6 years by householder's age: (9)
 
    Total 		55,883 21,116 37.8 44,060 13,251 30.1 2,955 1,499 50.7 8,868 6,367 71.8
  Under 18 years 94 66 70.3 10 10 (B) 34 19 (B) 50 37 (B)
  18 to 24 years 4,067 2,814 69.2 2,012 1,190 59.1 415 304 73.3 1,639 1,320 80.5
  25 to 34 years 22,537 9,097 40.4 17,711 5,726 32.3 1,246 611 49.1 3,581 2,759 77.1
  35 to 44 years 20,004 5,877 29.4 17,606 4,309 24.5 607 316 52.0 1,791 1,252 69.9
  45 to 54 years 5,888 2,026 34.4 4,538 1,271 28.0 355 156 43.9 996 599 60.1
  55 to 64 years 2,282 852 37.3 1,599 558 34.9 159 50 31.6 524 243 46.4
  65 years and over 1,009 384 38.0 584 186 31.8 139 42 30.4 286 156 54.5

In families with one related child under 6 years by householder's age: (9)
 
    Total 		35,674 12,168 34.1 27,600 7,075 25.6 2,029 999 49.2 6,045 4,094 67.7
  Under 18 years 62 46 (B) 5 5 (B) 34 19 (B) 22 22 (B)
  18 to 24 years 2,403 1,585 65.9 1,103 589 53.4 312 240 76.8 988 756 76.6
  25 to 34 years 13,315 4,764 35.8 10,127 2,726 26.9 831 365 43.9 2,357 1,673 71.0
  35 to 44 years 13,126 3,632 27.7 11,314 2,482 21.9 447 226 50.6 1,366 924 67.6
  45 to 54 years 4,352 1,254 28.8 3,408 755 22.2 234 86 36.8 711 413 58.2
  55 to 64 years 1,682 606 36.0 1,197 391 32.6 94 34 36.5 390 181 46.3
  65 years and over 734 280 38.2 445 127 28.6 77 29 37.5 211 124 58.6

In families with two or more related children under 18 years by householder's age: (9)
 
    Total 		20,208 8,948 44.3 16,459 6,175 37.5 926 499 53.9 2,823 2,273 80.5
  Under 18 years 33 20 (B) 5 5 (B) 0 0 (X) 28 15 (B)
  18 to 24 years 1,664 1,229 73.9 909 601 66.1 103 65 62.5 651 564 86.6
  25 to 34 years 9,222 4,333 47.0 7,584 3,001 39.6 414 246 59.4 1,224 1,086 88.7
  35 to 44 years 6,878 2,245 32.6 6,292 1,827 29.0 160 90 56.0 426 328 77.1
  45 to 54 years 1,537 772 50.2 1,130 516 45.7 121 70 57.6 285 186 65.1
  55 to 64 years 600 246 40.9 401 168 41.8 65 16 (B) 134 62 46.4
  65 years and over 276 104 37.7 139 58 42.2 62 13 (B) 75 32 42.9

Poverty Footnotes

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