Table 17.  Poverty Status of Families in 2001 by Family Type and Age of Householder 55 Years and Over                                                                             34
            (Numbers in thousands)

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|Family type and poverty status        |              |             Age of Householder             |
|                                      |              |--------------------------------------------|
|                                      |              |              |              | 65 years and |
|                                      |    Total     |55 to 59 years|60 to 64 years|     over     |
|                                      |--------------+--------------+--------------+--------------|
|                                      |Number|Percent|Number|Percent|Number|Percent|Number|Percent|
|--------------------------------------+------+-------+------+-------+------+-------+------+-------|
|Total families 1/                     |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |
|  Total                               |22,141|  100.0| 6,030|  100.0| 4,470|  100.0|11,641|  100.0|
|  Below poverty level                 | 1,370|    6.2|   368|    6.1|   367|    8.2|   635|    5.5|
|  Above poverty level                 |20,771|   93.8| 5,662|   93.9| 4,104|   91.8|11,006|   94.5|
|Married-couple families               |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |
|  Total                               |18,516|  100.0| 5,142|  100.0| 3,781|  100.0| 9,593|  100.0|
|  Below poverty level                 |   888|    4.8|   243|    4.7|   255|    6.7|   390|    4.1|
|  Above poverty level                 |17,628|   95.2| 4,900|   95.3| 3,525|   93.3| 9,203|   95.9|
|Male householder, no spouse present   |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |
|  Total                               |   821|  100.0|   231|  100.0|   158|  100.0|   431|  100.0|
|  Below poverty level                 |    88|   10.7|    24|   10.3|    32|   20.1|    32|    7.4|
|  Above poverty level                 |   733|   89.3|   208|   89.7|   126|   79.9|   399|   92.6|
|Female householder, no spouse present |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |
|  Total                               | 2,805|  100.0|   657|  100.0|   532|  100.0| 1,616|  100.0|
|  Below poverty level                 |   394|   14.1|   102|   15.5|    80|   15.0|   213|   13.2|
|  Above poverty level                 | 2,411|   85.9|   555|   84.5|   452|   85.0| 1,404|   86.8|
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1/ Data in this table include families in group quarters.

SOURCE: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, March 2002, Special Populations Branch, Population Division.