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POV38: People 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)
People in poverty, total (1) None One Two Three Four Five Six Seven Eight or more

Below poverty level
 
One person (1) 		11,678 11,678 - - - - - - - -
  Under 65 9,659 9,659 - - - - - - - -
  65 and over 2,019 2,019 - - - - - - - -
 
Two people 		6,361 3,596 2,766 - - - - - - -
  Householder under 65 5,295 2,572 2,723 - - - - - - -
  Householder 65 and over 1,067 1,024 43 - - - - - - -
 
Three people 		6,241 897 1,976 3,367 - - - - - -
Four people 6,916 436 911 3,194 2,374 - - - - -
Five people 5,380 124 377 969 2,641 1,270 - - - -
Six people 3,071 51 117 323 660 1,462 457 - - -
Seven people 1,664 - 12 124 301 386 708 133 - -
Eight people 559 - 18 72 73 84 66 210 36 -
Nine or more people 1,007 - - - 88 130 170 249 203 167

Poverty Footnotes

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