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POV32: Mean Number of Persons Per Family, by Family Structure, Age of Householder and Poverty Status: 2009
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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2010 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 185% of poverty (5) |
Standard error (19) |
All income levels |
Standard error (19) |
Below 185% of poverty (5) |
Standard error (19) |
All income levels |
Standard error (19) |
Below 185% of poverty (5) |
Standard error (19) |
All income levels |
Standard error (19) |
Below 185% of poverty (5) |
Standard error (19) |
Black alone (12) |
|---|
(Counts of families are obtained by counting the householder from each family.) |
|---|
Householders by age: (10),(26) |
|---|
Total
|
3.35
|
0.04
|
3.51
|
0.06
|
3.53
|
0.06
|
3.96
|
0.14
|
2.90
|
0.10
|
3.01
|
0.16
|
3.26
|
0.06
|
3.41
|
0.07
|
|
Under 18 years
|
(B)
|
0.52
|
(B)
|
0.64
|
(B)
|
1.31
|
(B)
|
1.31
|
(B)
|
0.80
|
(B)
|
1.49
|
(B)
|
0.69
|
(B)
|
0.74
|
|
18 to 24 years
|
2.90
|
0.15
|
2.89
|
0.17
|
(B)
|
0.42
|
(B)
|
0.67
|
3.10
|
0.38
|
(B)
|
0.52
|
2.80
|
0.17
|
2.79
|
0.19
|
|
25 to 34 years
|
3.45
|
0.09
|
3.60
|
0.13
|
3.87
|
0.17
|
4.61
|
0.38
|
2.72
|
0.21
|
2.82
|
0.30
|
3.31
|
0.12
|
3.41
|
0.14
|
|
35 to 44 years
|
3.70
|
0.08
|
3.95
|
0.15
|
4.16
|
0.13
|
4.81
|
0.36
|
2.84
|
0.20
|
3.01
|
0.30
|
3.44
|
0.12
|
3.78
|
0.17
|
|
45 to 54 years
|
3.43
|
0.08
|
3.62
|
0.14
|
3.64
|
0.11
|
4.11
|
0.29
|
3.07
|
0.23
|
3.31
|
0.38
|
3.24
|
0.12
|
3.45
|
0.18
|
|
55 to 64 years
|
3.04
|
0.09
|
3.19
|
0.17
|
3.04
|
0.11
|
3.20
|
0.27
|
2.81
|
0.24
|
(B)
|
0.38
|
3.09
|
0.16
|
3.25
|
0.24
|
|
65 years and over
|
2.93
|
0.09
|
3.11
|
0.16
|
2.59
|
0.11
|
2.71
|
0.21
|
2.85
|
0.29
|
(B)
|
0.54
|
3.41
|
0.16
|
3.51
|
0.24
|
Age of householders with related children under 18 years: (13),(27) |
|---|
Total
|
3.85
|
0.05
|
3.83
|
0.08
|
4.54
|
0.10
|
5.00
|
0.22
|
3.17
|
0.15
|
3.27
|
0.21
|
3.46
|
0.07
|
3.56
|
0.09
|
|
Under 18 years
|
(B)
|
0.76
|
(B)
|
0.93
|
(B)
|
0.00
|
(B)
|
0.00
|
(B)
|
1.28
|
(B)
|
2.47
|
(B)
|
0.91
|
(B)
|
0.99
|
|
18 to 24 years
|
3.04
|
0.18
|
2.97
|
0.19
|
(B)
|
0.52
|
(B)
|
0.71
|
(B)
|
0.66
|
(B)
|
0.76
|
2.85
|
0.19
|
2.82
|
0.20
|
|
25 to 34 years
|
3.66
|
0.10
|
3.69
|
0.13
|
4.36
|
0.21
|
4.85
|
0.40
|
2.76
|
0.25
|
2.92
|
0.34
|
3.39
|
0.12
|
3.45
|
0.14
|
|
35 to 44 years
|
3.98
|
0.10
|
4.16
|
0.16
|
4.62
|
0.16
|
5.34
|
0.42
|
3.01
|
0.24
|
3.11
|
0.34
|
3.57
|
0.14
|
3.92
|
0.18
|
|
45 to 54 years
|
4.03
|
0.12
|
4.11
|
0.20
|
4.60
|
0.18
|
5.21
|
0.44
|
3.32
|
0.31
|
(B)
|
0.53
|
3.58
|
0.16
|
3.75
|
0.23
|
|
55 to 64 years
|
4.09
|
0.21
|
3.98
|
0.31
|
4.55
|
0.30
|
(B)
|
0.59
|
(B)
|
0.47
|
(B)
|
0.63
|
3.70
|
0.32
|
3.74
|
0.39
|
|
65 years and over
|
4.55
|
0.31
|
4.48
|
0.42
|
(B)
|
0.65
|
(B)
|
0.86
|
(B)
|
0.81
|
(B)
|
1.54
|
4.34
|
0.37
|
4.28
|
0.50
|
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