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TABLE 16. Number of Children and Type of Family - Poverty Status of Families and Persons In Families In 1994 (Numbers in thousands)
All Races White Black Hispanic Origin
Below Poverty Level Below Poverty Level Below Poverty Level Below Poverty Level
Total NumberPercent of Total Total NumberPercent of Total Total NumberPercent of Total Total NumberPercent of Total
Persons In Families Householders of All Ages Total 221430 28985 13.1 182546 18474 10.1 28499 8447 29.6 24390 7357 30.2
No Related Children Under 18 77178 3862 5.0 67404 2895 4.3 7115 715 10.0 4931 605 12.3
With Related Children Under 18 144252 25123 17.4 115142 15579 13.5 21384 7732 36.2 19459 6752 34.7
1 46651 4883 10.5 37844 3148 8.3 6580 1374 20.9 5120 1058 20.7
2 or More 97600 20241 20.7 77299 12430 16.1 14804 6358 42.9 14339 5695 39.7
Mean 1.87 2.28 (B) 1.85 2.22 (B) 1.98 2.40 (B) 2.21 2.59 (B)
Standard Error .01 .03 (B) .01 .03 (B) .02 .05 (B) .02 .05 (B)
With Related Children Under 6 71385 15782 22.1 56229 9786 17.4 11043 4874 44.1 11656 4688 40.2
1 45471 8235 18.1 36031 5128 14.2 6872 2541 37.0 6965 2392 34.3
2 or More 25914 7547 29.1 20198 4659 23.1 4171 2333 55.9 4691 2296 49.0
Householders Under 25 Years
Total 10557 3807 36.1 7657 2155 28.1 2342 1455 62.1 2159 930 43.1
No Related Children Under 18 2211 175 7.9 1919 135 7.0 180 18 10.1 360 46 12.7
With Related Children Under 18 8345 3632 43.5 5738 2020 35.2 2162 1436 66.4 1799 884 49.2
1 3701 1142 30.9 2884 784 27.2 642 296 46.1 700 281 40.2
2 or More 4645 2490 53.6 2854 1236 43.3 1520 1141 75.0 1099 603 54.9
Mean 1.50 1.76 (B) 1.40 1.60 (B) 1.77 2.02 (B) 1.74 1.88 (B)
Standard Error .03 .05 (B) .03 .05 (B) .08 .12 (B) .03 .05 (B)
With Related Children Under 6 7838 3481 44.4 5404 1938 35.9 2027 1385 68.3 1710 849 49.6
1 4449 1490 33.5 3358 981 29.2 856 435 50.9 937 394 42.0
2 or More 3389 1991 58.7 2046 957 46.8 1171 950 81.1 773 455 58.9
Persons In Families Householders 25 to 34 Years Total 49053 9510 19.4 38988 5915 15.2 7509 2945 39.2 7548 2560 33.9
No Related Children Under 18 6675 210 3.2 5709 143 2.5 525 26 5.0 726 87 12.0
With Related Children Under 18 42378 9299 21.9 33279 5772 17.3 6984 2919 41.8 6823 2473 36.2
1 11672 1133 9.7 9639 738 7.7 1440 293 20.3 1406 228 16.2
2 or More 30706 8166 26.6 23640 5034 21.3 5543 2626 47.4 5417 2245 41.4
Mean 1.93 2.39 (B) 1.90 2.34 (B) 2.06 2.52 (B) 2.32 2.73 (B)
Standard Error .01 .04 (B) .01 .04 (B) .05 .10 (B) .03 .05 (B)
With Related Children Under 6 31646 6838 21.6 25415 4437 17.5 4541 1886 41.5 5507 2094 38.0
1 18605 3328 17.9 14952 2103 14.1 2706 1025 37.9 3078 928 30.2
2 or More 13041 3510 26.9 10463 2334 22.3 1835 861 47.0 2428 1166 48.0
Householders 35 to 44 Years
Total 68452 8736 12.8 56739 5893 10.4 8355 2181 26.1 7338 2403 32.8
No Related Children Under 18 7300 377 5.2 5975 270 4.5 1024 89 8.7 534 50 9.4
With Related Children Under 18 61152 8359 13.7 50764 5624 11.1 7331 2092 28.5 6805 2353 34.6
1 14786 1295 8.8 12058 843 7.0 2082 375 18.0 1254 228 18.2
2 or More 46366 7064 15.2 38706 4781 12.4 5249 1716 32.7 5551 2125 38.3
Mean 2.02 2.51 (B) 2.02 2.54 (B) 2.01 2.40 (B) 2.48 3.02 (B)
Standard Error .01 .05 (B) .01 .06 (B) .04 .09 (B) .04 .10 (B)
With Related Children Under 6 24607 4063 16.5 20350 2745 13.5 2839 1020 35.9 3323 1414 42.6
1 17032 2507 14.7 13895 1597 11.5 2171 712 32.8 2169 885 40.8
2 or More 7575 1556 20.5 6454 1148 17.8 668 309 46.3 1154 530 45.9
Persons In Families Householders 45 to 64 Years Total 67471 5041 7.5 56724 3275 5.8 7506 1327 17.7 5976 1211 20.3
No Related Children Under 18 37411 1801 4.8 32775 1374 4.2 3367 328 9.7 2262 277 12.3
With Related Children Under 18 30060 3240 10.8 23949 1901 7.9 4138 999 24.1 3714 934 25.1
1 15227 1076 7.1 12418 648 5.2 2054 330 16.1 1577 266 16.9
2 or More 14833 2164 14.6 11531 1253 10.9 2085 669 32.1 2137 668 31.2
Mean 1.63 2.13 (B) 1.57 1.92 (B) 1.95 2.53 (B) 1.84 2.09 (B)
Standard Error of Mean .01 .06 (B) .01 .07 (B) .03 .07 (B) .04 .11 (B)
With Related Children Under 6 6486 1166 18.0 4608 578 12.5 1341 465 34.7 1036 301 29.0
1 4858 796 16.4 3520 397 11.3 951 318 33.5 738 178 24.1
2 or More 1628 370 22.7 1089 181 16.7 391 147 37.6 299 123 41.0
Householders 65 Years and Over
Total 25897 1891 7.3 22438 1235 5.5 2789 540 19.4 1368 252 18.4
No Related Children Under 18 23581 1298 5.5 21026 974 4.6 2019 254 12.6 1050 144 13.7
With Related Children Under 18 2316 593 25.6 1413 262 18.5 769 286 37.2 319 108 33.9
Persons In Married Couple Families Householders of All Ages Total 175022 12871 7.4 152915 10172 6.7 13917 1414 10.2 17385 3971 22.8
No Related Children Under 18 64374 2385 3.7 57991 1997 3.4 4381 227 5.2 3437 323 9.4
With Related Children Under 18 110648 10485 9.5 94924 8175 8.6 9537 1187 12.4 13948 3649 26.2
1 34248 1672 4.9 29518 1282 4.3 3037 176 5.8 3557 526 14.8
2 or More 76400 8813 11.5 65406 6893 10.5 6500 1011 15.6 10390 3122 30.0
Mean 1.90 2.48 (B) 1.90 2.47 (B) 1.95 2.57 (B) 2.25 2.75 (B)
Standard Error .01 .05 (B) .01 .05 (B) .03 .17 (B) .02 .06 (B)
With Related Children Under 6 55099 6696 12.2 47160 5234 11.1 4654 760 16.3 8465 2632 31.1
1 35297 3233 9.2 30017 2412 8.0 3215 485 15.1 5082 1260 24.8
2 or More 19802 3463 17.5 17142 2822 16.5 1439 275 19.1 3384 1371 40.5
Householders Under 25 Years
Total 5777 973 16.8 5020 830 16.5 426 69 16.2 1205 366 30.4
No Related Children Under 18 1556 79 5.0 1420 67 4.7 82 5 6.5 216 17 7.9
With Related Children Under 18 4221 894 21.2 3599 763 21.2 344 64 18.6 989 349 35.3
1 2049 239 11.7 1805 197 10.9 136 13 9.4 419 98 23.3
2 or More 2172 655 30.2 1795 566 31.5 208 51 24.6 570 252 44.1
Mean 1.41 1.83 (B) 1.39 1.80 (B) 1.44 1.99 (B) 1.74 2.05 (B)
Standard Error .03 .08 (B) .04 .10 (B) .17 .00 (B) .02 .06 (B)
With Related Children Under 6 3998 871 21.8 3420 755 22.1 327 64 19.5 971 343 35.4
1 2465 325 13.2 2090 264 12.6 228 39 17.1 555 147 26.5
2 or More 1533 545 35.6 1330 491 36.9 99 25 25.2 416 196 47.3
Persons In Married Couple Families Householders 25 to 34 Years Total 37016 3677 9.9 31707 2813 8.9 3428 471 13.7 5371 1319 24.6
No Related Children Under 18 5655 102 1.8 4984 61 1.2 365 1 .2 473 32 6.8
With Related Children Under 18 31361 3575 11.4 26722 2752 10.3 3063 470 15.4 4898 1287 26.3
1 8494 365 4.3 7450 265 3.6 612 40 6.6 1048 130 12.4
2 or More 22868 3209 14.0 19273 2487 12.9 2451 430 17.5 3849 1157 30.1
Mean 1.94 2.55 (B) 1.93 2.48 (B) 2.08 3.04 (B) 2.29 2.77 (B)
Standard Error .02 .07 (B) .02 .07 (B) .07 .34 (B) .03 .06 (B)
With Related Children Under 6 24852 3028 12.2 21324 2331 10.9 2234 371 16.6 4087 1184 29.0
1 14470 1280 8.8 12421 965 7.8 1338 213 15.9 2292 465 20.3
2 or More 10381 1748 16.8 8903 1366 15.3 896 158 17.6 1794 718 40.0
Householders 35 to 44 Years
Total 54812 4274 7.8 47963 3439 7.2 4143 421 10.2 5292 1360 25.7
No Related Children Under 18 5585 174 3.1 4804 147 3.0 579 19 3.3 313 20 6.3
With Related Children Under 18 49226 4100 8.3 43158 3293 7.6 3564 402 11.3 4979 1340 26.9
1 10679 478 4.5 9315 375 4.0 881 59 6.7 775 109 14.0
2 or More 38547 3622 9.4 33843 2917 8.6 2683 343 12.8 4205 1231 29.3
Mean 2.08 2.77 (B) 2.08 2.83 (B) 2.04 2.41 (B) 2.57 3.25 (B)
Standard Error .01 .09 (B) .01 .09 (B) .05 .28 (B) .05 .14 (B)
With Related Children Under 6 20990 2186 10.4 18349 1738 9.5 1436 246 17.1 2592 882 34.0
1 14382 1219 8.5 12403 902 7.3 1151 181 15.7 1667 531 31.8
2 or More 6608 967 14.6 5946 836 14.1 285 65 22.9 925 351 38.0
Persons In Married Couple Families Householders 45 to 64 Years Total 56556 2927 5.2 49374 2288 4.6 4437 308 6.9 4547 795 17.5
No Related Children Under 18 31976 1214 3.8 28759 1049 3.6 2213 111 5.0 1672 173 10.4
With Related Children Under 18 24580 1714 7.0 20615 1239 6.0 2225 197 8.9 2875 621 21.6
1 12273 490 4.0 10440 377 3.6 1203 43 3.6 1182 154 13.1
2 or More 12307 1224 9.9 10175 862 8.5 1022 154 15.0 1693 467 27.6
Mean 1.62 2.16 (B) 1.59 2.13 (B) 1.76 2.31 (B) 1.89 2.27 (B)
Standard Error of Mean .02 .09 (B) .02 .11 (B) .04 .21 (B) .05 .16 (B)
With Related Children Under 6 4888 555 11.3 3833 369 9.6 556 77 13.9 766 211 27.6
1 3688 372 10.1 2917 252 8.6 414 51 12.2 539 118 21.8
2 or More 1200 183 15.2 916 116 12.7 142 27 18.7 227 94 41.3
Householders 65 Years and Over
Total 20862 1020 4.9 18852 801 4.3 1483 145 9.8 970 132 13.6
No Related Children Under 18 19601 818 4.2 18023 674 3.7 1141 91 8.0 762 81 10.6
With Related Children Under 18 1260 202 16.1 828 128 15.4 342 54 15.9 207 51 24.8
Persons In Families With Female Hhldr- No Spouse Present Householders of All Ages Total 37253 14380 38.6 22713 7228 31.8 12926 6489 50.2 5328 2920 54.8
No Related Children Under 18 9056 1067 11.8 6460 632 9.8 2204 365 16.6 856 182 21.3
With Related Children Under 18 28197 13313 47.2 16253 6596 40.6 10722 6124 57.1 4472 2738 61.2
1 9848 2828 28.7 6351 1613 25.4 3079 1086 35.3 1161 431 37.1
2 or More 18348 10485 57.1 9902 4983 50.3 7643 5038 65.9 3310 2307 69.7
Mean 1.84 2.21 (B) 1.72 2.05 (B) 2.04 2.40 (B) 2.21 2.52 (B)
Standard Error .02 .03 (B) .02 .04 (B) .03 .06 (B) .04 .07 (B)
With Related Children Under 6 13812 8362 60.5 7363 4136 56.2 5809 3857 66.4 2652 1870 70.5
1 8600 4582 53.3 4865 2441 50.2 3342 1933 57.8 1527 989 64.7
2 or More 5212 3780 72.5 2499 1694 67.8 2467 1924 78.0 1125 881 78.3
Householders Under 25 Years
Total 3865 2584 66.9 1952 1157 59.3 1745 1312 75.2 660 479 72.6
No Related Children Under 18 294 51 17.2 216 39 18.0 46 0 .0 54 22 41.1
With Related Children Under 18 3571 2534 71.0 1736 1118 64.4 1699 1312 77.2 607 457 75.4
1 1343 794 59.1 841 512 60.9 450 250 55.5 182 132 72.5
2 or More 2227 1739 78.1 895 606 67.7 1249 1062 85.1 424 325 76.6
Mean 1.61 1.77 (B) 1.45 1.55 (B) 1.83 2.06 (B) 1.85 1.94 (B)
Standard Error .05 .07 (B) .05 .07 (B) .09 .13 (B) .06 .07 (B)
With Related Children Under 6 3405 2458 72.2 1675 1089 65.0 1600 1266 79.1 578 445 77.0
1 1680 1053 62.7 1041 640 61.5 565 363 64.2 272 195 71.8
2 or More 1725 1405 81.5 634 449 70.8 1035 903 87.3 306 250 81.7
Persons In Families With Female Hhldr- No Spouse Present Householders 25 to 34 Years Total 9699 5318 54.8 5598 2751 49.1 3671 2341 63.8 1602 1086 67.8
No Related Children Under 18 351 41 11.7 234 25 10.6 86 16 18.8 31 10 31.1
With Related Children Under 18 9348 5277 56.5 5364 2726 50.8 3585 2325 64.8 1571 1076 68.5
1 2421 655 27.0 1631 389 23.9 679 229 33.7 254 84 33.0
2 or More 6927 4622 66.7 3733 2337 62.6 2905 2096 72.1 1317 992 75.3
Mean 1.96 2.37 (B) 1.86 2.29 (B) 2.11 2.50 (B) 2.49 2.79 (B)
Standard Error .03 .06 (B) .04 .06 (B) .07 .10 (B) .06 .09 (B)
With Related Children Under 6 5687 3505 61.6 3301 1900 57.6 2099 1442 68.7 1171 836 71.4
1 3473 1886 54.3 2052 1017 49.5 1250 784 62.8 639 414 64.7
2 or More 2213 1619 73.1 1249 884 70.8 850 658 77.4 531 422 79.5
Householders 35 to 44 Years
Total 11120 3963 35.6 6928 2169 31.3 3673 1601 43.6 1662 922 55.5
No Related Children Under 18 1088 123 11.3 689 75 11.0 338 43 12.8 109 17 15.3
With Related Children Under 18 10032 3840 38.3 6239 2094 33.6 3335 1558 46.7 1553 905 58.3
1 3338 752 22.5 2158 432 20.0 1043 293 28.0 397 107 27.1
2 or More 6694 3088 46.1 4081 1662 40.7 2292 1265 55.2 1156 798 69.0
Mean 1.89 2.34 (B) 1.80 2.24 (B) 2.04 2.44 (B) 2.29 2.79 (B)
Standard Error .03 .06 (B) .03 .08 (B) .06 .10 (B) .09 .15 (B)
With Related Children Under 6 3004 1687 56.2 1611 908 56.4 1212 697 57.5 649 491 75.6
1 2243 1177 52.5 1213 635 52.4 916 487 53.1 438 323 73.8
2 or More 762 510 66.9 398 273 68.6 296 210 71.0 212 168 79.5
Persons In Families With Female Hhldr- No Spouse Present Householders 45 to 64 Years Total 8622 1830 21.2 5415 765 14.1 2808 969 34.5 1089 347 31.9
No Related Children Under 18 4172 472 11.3 2929 227 7.7 1041 205 19.7 421 84 20.0
With Related Children Under 18 4450 1358 30.5 2485 538 21.7 1767 764 43.2 668 263 39.3
1 2354 516 21.9 1479 225 15.2 771 268 34.8 297 99 33.2
2 or More 2096 843 40.2 1006 313 31.1 996 496 49.7 371 164 44.3
Mean 1.69 2.13 (B) 1.44 1.67 (B) 2.13 2.56 (B) 1.75 1.81 (B)
Standard Error of Mean .03 .07 (B) .03 .10 (B) .05 .08 (B) .09 .15 (B)
With Related Children Under 6 1403 577 41.2 626 195 31.1 745 368 49.4 240 84 34.9
1 1032 410 39.7 482 134 27.8 523 264 50.4 175 55 31.2
2 or More 371 168 45.2 144 61 42.3 222 105 47.2 65 29 44.8
Householders 65 Years and Over
Total 3947 684 17.3 2820 386 13.7 1029 266 25.9 314 86 27.3
No Related Children Under 18 3151 380 12.1 2391 266 11.1 693 101 14.5 241 49 20.5
With Related Children Under 18 796 304 38.2 429 120 28.0 336 166 49.3 73 36 49.6
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
Contact: (hhes-info@census.gov) Income, Poverty, and Labor Force Information Staff
Last revised: November 18, 1996
URL: http://pubdb3.census.gov/macro/031995/pov/16_003.htm