Poverty 38--Part 1

Current Population Survey (CPS)

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Annual Social and Economic (ASEC) Supplement

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POV38: People in Poverty by Size of Family and Number of Related Children: 2007

[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	10,189	10,189	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Under 65	7,971	7,971	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
65 and over	2,218	2,218	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Two people	5,721	3,099	2,622	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Householder under 65	4,605	2,079	2,526	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Householder 65 and over	1,117	1,020	97	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Three people	5,203	742	1,627	2,833	-	-	-	-	-	-
Four people	5,889	283	670	2,486	2,450	-	-	-	-	-
Five people	4,804	71	362	767	2,355	1,249	-	-	-	-
Six people	2,404	9	61	132	449	1,281	472	-	-	-
Seven people	1,346	13	33	43	217	320	524	197	-	-
Eight people	520	-	-	-	28	136	135	161	60	-
Nine or more people	621	-	-	-	15	71	126	144	155	110

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2008 Annual Social and Economic Supplement.

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