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POV37: Families in Poverty by Size of Family and Number of Related Children: 2009

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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2010 Annual Social and Economic Supplement.

(Numbers in thousands)

    Number of related children under 18 years (28)
Families in poverty None One Two Three Four Five Six Seven Eight or more

Below poverty level
 
One person 		11,678 11,678 - - - - - - - -
  Under 65 9,659 9,659 - - - - - - - -
  65 and over 2,019 2,019 - - - - - - - -
 
Two people 		3,119 1,754 1,366 - - - - - - -
  Householder under 65 2,600 1,255 1,345 - - - - - - -
  Householder 65 and over 520 499 20 - - - - - - -
 
Three people 		2,039 277 637 1,125 - - - - - -
Four people 1,691 100 213 781 596 - - - - -
Five people 1,053 24 71 183 520 255 - - - -
Six people 493 7 18 49 104 237 77 - - -
Seven people 228 - 2 16 40 53 98 19 - -
Eight people 67 - 2 9 8 10 8 25 5 -
Nine or more people 102 - - - 9 12 18 26 21 17

Poverty Footnotes

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