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TABLE 16. Number of Children and Type of Family - Poverty Status of Families and Persons In Families In 1995 (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
All Families Householders of All Ages Total 69597 7532 10.8 58872 4994 8.5 8055 2127 26.4 6287 1695 27.0
No Related Children Under 18 32878 1556 4.7 29159 1155 4.0 2715 306 11.3 1865 225 12.1
With Related Children Under 18 36719 5976 16.3 29713 3839 12.9 5340 1821 34.1 4422 1470 33.2
1 15046 1869 12.4 12168 1261 10.4 2199 512 23.3 1556 371 23.8
2 or More 21674 4106 18.9 17545 2578 14.7 3141 1309 41.7 2866 1099 38.4
Mean 1.89 2.34 (B) 1.85 2.24 (B) 2.06 2.50 (B) 2.26 2.67 (B)
Standard Error .01 .02 (B) .01 .03 (B) .02 .05 (B) .02 .04 (B)
With Related Children Under 6 17247 3607 20.9 13783 2281 16.5 2636 1133 43.0 2457 940 38.2
1 11976 2179 18.2 9602 1405 14.6 1813 670 36.9 1564 499 31.9
2 or More 5271 1428 27.1 4181 876 20.9 823 463 56.3 893 440 49.3
Householders Under 25 Years
Total 3019 1017 33.7 2336 666 28.5 544 299 54.9 582 261 44.8
No Related Children Under 18 909 106 11.7 761 74 9.8 100 22 22.1 155 35 22.5
With Related Children Under 18 2110 911 43.2 1575 592 37.6 445 277 62.2 428 226 52.8
1 1250 407 32.6 997 293 29.4 197 90 45.5 209 94 44.8
2 or More 860 504 58.6 578 299 51.7 248 187 75.5 218 132 60.5
Mean 1.61 1.93 (B) 1.47 1.73 (B) 2.08 2.37 (B) 1.89 2.06 (B)
Standard Error .03 .05 (B) .03 .06 (B) .06 .10 (B) .03 .06 (B)
With Related Children Under 6 1926 862 44.8 1454 568 39.1 393 254 64.6 379 210 55.5
1 1255 443 35.3 994 309 31.1 209 108 51.9 217 100 45.9
2 or More 671 419 62.4 460 259 56.3 184 145 79.0 162 111 68.4
All Families Householders 25 to 34 Years Total 13727 2286 16.7 11209 1457 13.0 1950 719 36.9 1847 571 30.9
No Related Children Under 18 3246 88 2.7 2795 58 2.1 268 17 6.2 316 26 8.2
With Related Children Under 18 10481 2198 21.0 8414 1399 16.6 1682 702 41.8 1531 545 35.6
1 3947 479 12.1 3205 331 10.3 576 132 22.9 475 97 20.4
2 or More 6534 1719 26.3 5209 1068 20.5 1106 571 51.6 1056 448 42.5
Mean 1.94 2.49 (B) 1.91 2.43 (B) 2.04 2.54 (B) 2.39 2.94 (B)
Standard Error .01 .04 (B) .02 .05 (B) .04 .08 (B) .02 .05 (B)
With Related Children Under 6 7639 1565 20.5 6262 988 15.8 1062 493 46.4 1156 428 37.0
1 5009 917 18.3 4083 581 14.2 724 303 41.8 675 213 31.5
2 or More 2630 649 24.7 2179 407 18.7 338 190 56.4 481 215 44.7
Householders 35 to 44 Years
Total 18504 1959 10.6 15408 1301 8.4 2286 536 23.5 1789 473 26.5
No Related Children Under 18 3228 150 4.7 2689 102 3.8 412 41 10.0 219 21 9.6
With Related Children Under 18 15276 1809 11.8 12720 1199 9.4 1874 495 26.4 1570 452 28.8
1 4869 474 9.7 3941 308 7.8 713 145 20.3 411 78 18.9
2 or More 10407 1335 12.8 8778 890 10.1 1162 351 30.2 1159 375 32.3
Mean 2.03 2.52 (B) 2.01 2.45 (B) 2.11 2.55 (B) 2.46 2.94 (B)
Standard Error .01 .05 (B) .01 .05 (B) .03 .10 (B) .03 .07 (B)
With Related Children Under 6 5802 830 14.3 4774 537 11.3 737 240 32.5 682 228 33.4
1 4265 600 14.1 3510 397 11.3 555 167 30.2 494 146 29.6
2 or More 1538 230 15.0 1264 141 11.1 182 73 39.8 188 82 43.4
All Families Householders 45 to 64 Years Total 23043 1653 7.2 19744 1127 5.7 2385 422 17.7 1550 298 19.2
No Related Children Under 18 14842 725 4.9 13184 550 4.2 1222 131 10.7 740 82 11.1
With Related Children Under 18 8201 928 11.3 6560 577 8.8 1163 291 25.0 810 216 26.7
1 4596 450 9.8 3751 294 7.8 614 121 19.7 417 92 22.2
2 or More 3604 478 13.3 2809 283 10.1 549 170 31.0 393 124 31.4
Mean 1.66 2.09 (B) 1.59 1.91 (B) 2.02 2.49 (B) 1.86 2.18 (B)
Standard Error of Mean .01 .06 (B) .02 .07 (B) .04 .11 (B) .04 .12 (B)
With Related Children Under 6 1664 307 18.5 1155 167 14.5 388 127 32.7 216 62 28.6
1 1288 195 15.1 916 108 11.8 278 77 27.6 160 33 20.5
2 or More 376 113 30.0 239 59 24.6 111 50 45.5 56 29 52.0
Householders 65 Years and Over
Total 11306 618 5.5 10174 443 4.4 890 151 17.0 519 92 17.8
No Related Children Under 18 10654 487 4.6 9731 371 3.8 713 95 13.4 435 61 14.1
With Related Children Under 18 652 130 20.0 443 72 16.2 176 56 31.6 84 31 36.9
Married Couple Families Householders of All Ages Total 53570 2982 5.6 47877 2443 5.1 3713 314 8.5 4247 803 18.9
No Related Children Under 18 27537 1021 3.7 25214 860 3.4 1594 105 6.6 1345 147 10.9
With Related Children Under 18 26034 1961 7.5 22663 1583 7.0 2119 209 9.9 2902 657 22.6
1 9859 474 4.8 8496 381 4.5 887 49 5.5 938 139 14.8
2 or More 16175 1486 9.2 14167 1202 8.5 1232 161 13.0 1963 517 26.3
Mean 1.91 2.54 (B) 1.90 2.52 (B) 1.97 2.60 (B) 2.31 2.91 (B)
Standard Error .01 .04 (B) .01 .05 (B) .03 .10 (B) .02 .05 (B)
With Related Children Under 6 12598 1235 9.8 10961 1017 9.3 1010 123 12.2 1690 464 27.4
1 8628 720 8.3 7474 582 7.8 719 82 11.4 1074 246 22.9
2 or More 3970 516 13.0 3486 434 12.5 291 42 14.3 616 218 35.4
Householders Under 25 Years
Total 1531 238 15.5 1383 208 15.1 105 20 19.5 294 93 31.5
No Related Children Under 18 599 38 6.3 556 32 5.8 34 5 15.5 90 17 19.2
With Related Children Under 18 932 200 21.5 827 176 21.3 71 15 21.4 204 75 36.9
1 581 84 14.4 519 74 14.3 44 7 15.5 108 37 34.2
2 or More 351 116 33.2 308 101 32.9 27 8 31.0 95 38 40.0
Mean 1.45 1.77 (B) 1.43 1.73 (B) 1.60 2.10 (B) 1.77 1.84 (B)
Standard Error .03 .08 (B) .04 .09 (B) .10 .00 (B) .04 .03 (B)
With Related Children Under 6 901 198 21.9 801 175 21.9 70 14 19.5 192 75 39.3
1 606 90 14.9 537 81 15.0 51 7 13.3 117 42 35.6
2 or More 295 108 36.5 263 94 35.8 18 7 37.1 75 34 45.1
Married Couple Families Householders 25 to 34 Years Total 9960 718 7.2 8858 612 6.9 697 45 6.5 1286 280 21.8
No Related Children Under 18 2747 50 1.8 2462 38 1.5 167 4 2.4 248 19 7.7
With Related Children Under 18 7213 668 9.3 6396 574 9.0 530 41 7.8 1038 261 25.2
1 2651 114 4.3 2319 96 4.1 198 8 4.2 308 37 12.0
2 or More 4562 554 12.1 4077 478 11.7 332 33 9.9 730 224 30.7
Mean 1.92 2.67 (B) 1.93 2.69 (B) 1.82 2.30 (B) 2.39 3.09 (B)
Standard Error .02 .07 (B) .02 .07 (B) .06 .22 (B) .03 .03 (B)
With Related Children Under 6 5735 559 9.7 5121 472 9.2 366 39 10.6 836 225 27.0
1 3641 295 8.1 3238 252 7.8 234 23 10.0 470 101 21.4
2 or More 2095 263 12.6 1882 219 11.7 133 15 11.5 366 125 34.1
Householders 35 to 44 Years
Total 13897 778 5.6 12238 610 5.0 1054 95 9.0 1188 221 18.6
No Related Children Under 18 2452 83 3.4 2185 67 3.1 184 12 6.3 128 10 8.2
With Related Children Under 18 11445 695 6.1 10053 544 5.4 870 84 9.6 1060 211 19.9
1 3087 120 3.9 2656 87 3.3 295 21 7.1 221 25 11.3
2 or More 8358 575 6.9 7396 457 6.2 574 63 10.9 839 186 22.1
Mean 2.09 2.80 (B) 2.08 2.78 (B) 2.16 2.61 (B) 2.59 3.34 (B)
Standard Error .01 .08 (B) .01 .09 (B) .04 .09 (B) .04 .11 (B)
With Related Children Under 6 4752 355 7.5 4131 291 7.0 388 37 9.6 515 131 25.4
1 3423 256 7.5 2973 203 6.8 291 30 10.3 374 86 23.0
2 or More 1329 99 7.5 1158 88 7.6 97 7 7.5 141 45 31.8
Married Couple Families Householders 45 to 64 Years Total 18902 884 4.7 16763 702 4.2 1392 111 7.9 1104 159 14.4
No Related Children Under 18 12774 527 4.1 11605 443 3.8 809 51 6.3 547 55 10.0
With Related Children Under 18 6128 356 5.8 5159 259 5.0 583 60 10.2 557 104 18.7
1 3331 139 4.2 2847 106 3.7 303 12 4.1 275 38 14.0
2 or More 2797 217 7.8 2312 152 6.6 280 47 16.9 282 66 23.3
Mean 1.65 2.26 (B) 1.61 2.19 (B) 1.90 2.89 (B) 1.90 2.39 (B)
Standard Error of Mean .02 .10 (B) .02 .11 (B) .05 .31 (B) .05 .15 (B)
With Related Children Under 6 1101 110 10.0 836 69 8.3 165 30 18.3 138 31 22.2
1 880 69 7.9 676 42 6.1 125 18 14.5 106 16 14.6
2 or More 221 41 18.4 160 28 17.2 41 12 29.8 32 15 47.6
Householders 65 Years and Over
Total 9280 364 3.9 8634 311 3.6 465 43 9.2 375 51 13.5
No Related Children Under 18 8964 324 3.6 8406 280 3.3 400 33 8.3 333 45 13.6
With Related Children Under 18 316 40 12.8 229 31 13.5 65 10 14.7 43 5 12.5
Families With Female Hhldr- No Spouse Present Householders of All Ages Total 12514 4057 32.4 8284 2200 26.6 3769 1701 45.1 1604 792 49.4
No Related Children Under 18 3763 423 11.2 2730 220 8.1 885 168 19.0 322 57 17.8
With Related Children Under 18 8751 3634 41.5 5554 1980 35.6 2884 1533 53.2 1283 735 57.3
1 4021 1186 29.5 2766 728 26.3 1115 418 37.4 489 194 39.7
2 or More 4730 2448 51.8 2788 1252 44.9 1769 1115 63.1 793 541 68.2
Mean 1.90 2.30 (B) 1.75 2.10 (B) 2.16 2.52 (B) 2.20 2.51 (B)
Standard Error .02 .03 (B) .02 .04 (B) .03 .05 (B) .03 .05 (B)
With Related Children Under 6 3846 2138 55.6 2225 1104 49.6 1477 956 64.8 633 422 66.6
1 2711 1298 47.9 1632 701 43.0 989 558 56.4 383 215 56.0
2 or More 1135 840 74.0 594 403 67.9 487 398 81.8 250 207 82.8
Householders Under 25 Years
Total 1093 669 61.2 662 374 56.6 370 260 70.3 193 132 68.1
No Related Children Under 18 130 38 29.1 79 19 23.6 31 9 30.2 22 7 34.4
With Related Children Under 18 963 631 65.5 582 356 61.1 339 251 74.0 172 124 72.3
1 504 266 52.8 350 176 50.2 126 76 60.2 68 39 57.3
2 or More 460 365 79.4 232 180 77.5 213 175 82.2 103 85 82.2
Mean 1.83 2.05 (B) 1.60 1.81 (B) 2.23 2.41 (B) 2.13 2.31 (B)
Standard Error .05 .07 (B) .05 .08 (B) .08 .11 (B) .04 .06 (B)
With Related Children Under 6 857 595 69.4 517 337 65.1 301 233 77.5 149 112 75.4
1 509 299 58.8 339 184 54.1 141 98 69.5 70 41 57.7
2 or More 348 296 84.9 178 153 86.0 160 135 84.7 79 72 91.2
Families With Female Hhldr- No Spouse Present Householders 25 to 34 Years Total 2904 1425 49.0 1727 744 43.1 1097 641 58.4 435 268 61.8
No Related Children Under 18 182 16 8.7 113 9 7.5 56 5 9.2 24 3 10.4
With Related Children Under 18 2723 1409 51.7 1614 735 45.6 1040 635 61.1 410 266 64.8
1 964 305 31.6 637 192 30.1 307 107 34.9 124 53 42.9
2 or More 1759 1104 62.8 977 543 55.6 733 528 72.0 287 213 74.3
Mean 2.05 2.47 (B) 1.94 2.32 (B) 2.20 2.58 (B) 2.48 2.81 (B)
Standard Error .03 .06 (B) .04 .07 (B) .06 .09 (B) .06 .09 (B)
With Related Children Under 6 1585 931 58.7 909 466 51.2 633 435 68.7 260 188 72.1
1 1118 571 51.1 651 291 44.7 447 269 60.2 155 101 65.3
2 or More 467 359 76.9 258 175 67.7 186 166 89.1 105 86 82.2
Householders 35 to 44 Years
Total 3660 1073 29.3 2445 613 25.1 1079 417 38.7 509 236 46.3
No Related Children Under 18 488 49 10.1 296 23 7.8 173 23 13.4 54 9 17.5
With Related Children Under 18 3172 1024 32.3 2149 590 27.4 905 394 43.6 456 226 49.7
1 1439 323 22.4 1018 197 19.3 369 117 31.7 166 50 30.2
2 or More 1734 701 40.4 1131 393 34.7 536 277 51.7 289 176 60.9
Mean 1.87 2.37 (B) 1.77 2.19 (B) 2.10 2.56 (B) 2.21 2.57 (B)
Standard Error .03 .06 (B) .03 .07 (B) .05 .12 (B) .06 .09 (B)
With Related Children Under 6 863 420 48.6 506 210 41.4 317 190 59.8 150 89 59.6
1 698 308 44.2 429 168 39.1 243 131 53.8 105 55 52.2
2 or More 165 111 67.5 77 42 54.5 74 59 79.9 45 35 77.1
Families With Female Hhldr- No Spouse Present Householders 45 to 64 Years Total 3226 669 20.8 2213 353 15.9 873 288 33.0 346 118 34.0
No Related Children Under 18 1592 177 11.1 1161 87 7.5 369 80 21.7 137 22 16.1
With Related Children Under 18 1634 493 30.1 1052 266 25.3 504 208 41.3 208 95 45.8
1 973 254 26.2 672 150 22.3 262 93 35.5 115 44 38.8
2 or More 662 238 36.0 381 117 30.6 242 115 47.5 94 51 54.4
Mean 1.75 2.04 (B) 1.53 1.72 (B) 2.19 2.44 (B) 1.74 1.97 (B)
Standard Error of Mean .03 .08 (B) .03 .10 (B) .07 .12 (B) .09 .17 (B)
With Related Children Under 6 461 170 36.8 247 84 34.1 195 83 42.3 64 25 39.7
1 324 105 32.5 179 57 31.6 132 49 37.0 46 15 32.3
2 or More 137 64 46.8 68 28 40.8 63 34 53.6 18 10 59.0
Householders 65 Years and Over
Total 1631 221 13.5 1236 116 9.4 350 95 27.0 122 39 31.8
No Related Children Under 18 1372 143 10.5 1080 83 7.7 255 50 19.7 85 16 18.7
With Related Children Under 18 259 77 29.9 156 33 20.9 96 44 46.4 36 23 62.4
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/031996/pov/16_001.htm