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TABLE 9. Number of Children, Marital Status, and Work Experience In 1995 of Persons 16 Years and Over (Numbers in thousands)
16 Years and Over 16 to 24 Years 25 to 34 Years 35 Years and Over
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 Both Sexes Total 161280 14871 9.2 27393 4012 14.6 31984 3839 12.0 101903 7020 6.9
No Own Children Under 18 85826 4974 5.8 10931 882 8.1 11985 596 5.0 62910 3495 5.6
1 or More Own Children Under 18 75453 9898 13.1 16462 3130 19.0 19998 3243 16.2 38993 3525 9.0
1 Child 31585 3113 9.9 8491 1216 14.3 7554 715 9.5 15540 1183 7.6
2 or More Children 43868 6785 15.5 7972 1915 24.0 12444 2528 20.3 23453 2342 10.0
1 or More Own Children Under 6 29926 5134 17.2 4564 1646 36.1 14525 2302 15.8 10838 1186 10.9
1 Child 20728 3167 15.3 3189 953 29.9 9463 1341 14.2 8076 872 10.8
2 or More Children 9199 1967 21.4 1375 692 50.4 5062 961 19.0 2762 313 11.3
Male
Total 77856 5613 7.2 13757 1650 12.0 14857 1226 8.2 49242 2737 5.6
No Own Children Under 18 Yrs 42971 2220 5.2 5796 424 7.3 6818 311 4.6 30357 1486 4.9
1 or More Own Children Under 18 34885 3393 9.7 7961 1227 15.4 8039 915 11.4 18885 1252 6.6
1 Child 14613 1034 7.1 4136 445 10.8 3344 224 6.7 7132 365 5.1
2 or More Children 20272 2359 11.6 3825 782 20.4 4695 691 14.7 11752 886 7.5
1 or More Own Children Under 6 13669 1744 12.8 1669 518 31.0 6093 715 11.7 5906 511 8.7
1 Child 9474 1086 11.5 1253 331 26.5 3882 376 9.7 4339 378 8.7
2 or More Children 4195 658 15.7 417 187 44.8 2211 338 15.3 1567 133 8.5
Female
Total 83424 9258 11.1 13636 2362 17.3 17127 2614 15.3 52662 4283 8.1
No Own Children Under 18 Yrs 42856 2753 6.4 5134 458 8.9 5168 285 5.5 32553 2010 6.2
1 or More Own Children Under 18 40568 6505 16.0 8501 1904 22.4 11959 2328 19.5 20108 2273 11.3
1 Child 16972 2079 12.3 4354 771 17.7 4210 491 11.7 8408 817 9.7
2 or More Children 23596 4426 18.8 4147 1133 27.3 7749 1837 23.7 11700 1456 12.4
1 or More Own Children Under 6 16258 3389 20.8 2894 1128 39.0 8431 1587 18.8 4932 674 13.7
1 Child 11254 2081 18.5 1937 622 32.1 5580 965 17.3 3737 494 13.2
2 or More Children 5004 1309 26.2 958 506 52.8 2851 623 21.8 1195 180 15.1
Persons With A Spouse Both Sexes Total 110456 6455 5.8 4072 631 15.5 22166 1684 7.6 84217 4140 4.9
No Own Children Under 18 59490 2453 4.1 1828 115 6.3 6214 157 2.5 51449 2182 4.2
1 or More Own Children Under 18 50966 4002 7.9 2244 517 23.0 15953 1527 9.6 32768 1958 6.0
1 Child 19258 980 5.1 1385 222 16.0 5713 248 4.3 12160 510 4.2
2 or More Children 31708 3022 9.5 859 294 34.3 10240 1279 12.5 20609 1448 7.0
1 or More Own Children Under 6 24022 2430 10.1 2056 484 23.5 12441 1227 9.9 9524 719 7.5
1 Child 16370 1420 8.7 1364 236 17.3 7977 667 8.4 7030 517 7.4
2 or More Children 7652 1010 13.2 693 248 35.8 4464 560 12.5 2495 202 8.1
Male
Total 55126 3157 5.7 1518 246 16.2 10155 769 7.6 43453 2143 4.9
No Own Children Under 18 Yrs 29725 1213 4.1 682 48 7.0 3109 79 2.6 25935 1085 4.2
1 or More Own Children Under 18 25401 1944 7.7 837 198 23.6 7046 689 9.8 17518 1057 6.0
1 Child 9606 481 5.0 522 84 16.0 2722 130 4.8 6363 268 4.2
2 or More Children 15794 1464 9.3 315 114 36.3 4324 560 12.9 11155 789 7.1
1 or More Own Children Under 6 11979 1186 9.9 753 181 24.1 5668 589 10.4 5558 415 7.5
1 Child 8176 701 8.6 512 86 16.8 3584 311 8.7 4081 304 7.4
2 or More Children 3803 485 12.8 241 95 39.5 2084 279 13.4 1478 111 7.5
Female
Total 55330 3298 6.0 2554 386 15.1 12011 915 7.6 40765 1997 4.9
No Own Children Under 18 Yrs 29765 1241 4.2 1146 67 5.8 3105 78 2.5 25514 1096 4.3
1 or More Own Children Under 18 25565 2057 8.0 1408 319 22.6 8906 837 9.4 15251 901 5.9
1 Child 9651 499 5.2 863 139 16.0 2991 118 4.0 5797 242 4.2
2 or More Children 15914 1558 9.8 544 180 33.1 5915 719 12.2 9454 659 7.0
1 or More Own Children Under 6 12043 1244 10.3 1304 303 23.2 6773 638 9.4 3966 304 7.7
1 Child 8194 720 8.8 852 150 17.6 4393 356 8.1 2949 213 7.2
2 or More Children 3849 525 13.6 451 153 33.8 2380 281 11.8 1017 91 9.0
Persons Without A Spouse Both Sexes Total 50824 8416 16.6 23320 3381 14.5 9817 2155 22.0 17686 2880 16.3
No Own Children Under 18 26336 2520 9.6 9102 767 8.4 5772 439 7.6 11462 1314 11.5
1 or More Own Children Under 18 24488 5896 24.1 14218 2614 18.4 4045 1716 42.4 6224 1566 25.2
1 Child 12327 2133 17.3 7106 993 14.0 1841 467 25.4 3380 673 19.9
2 or More Children 12161 3763 30.9 7112 1620 22.8 2204 1249 56.7 2844 894 31.4
1 or More Own Children Under 6 5904 2703 45.8 2507 1162 46.3 2083 1075 51.6 1314 467 35.5
1 Child 4357 1747 40.1 1825 717 39.3 1486 674 45.3 1046 356 34.0
2 or More Children 1547 957 61.8 682 444 65.2 598 401 67.1 267 111 41.5
Male
Total 22730 2456 10.8 12239 1405 11.5 4702 457 9.7 5789 595 10.3
No Own Children Under 18 Yrs 13245 1008 7.6 5114 376 7.4 3709 232 6.2 4422 400 9.0
1 or More Own Children Under 18 9485 1448 15.3 7125 1029 14.4 993 225 22.7 1367 194 14.2
1 Child 5006 553 11.0 3615 361 10.0 622 94 15.1 769 97 12.7
2 or More Children 4478 895 20.0 3510 667 19.0 371 131 35.3 598 97 16.2
1 or More Own Children Under 6 1690 558 33.0 917 337 36.7 425 125 29.4 347 96 27.8
1 Child 1298 386 29.7 741 245 33.1 298 66 22.0 258 75 28.9
2 or More Children 392 173 44.1 176 91 52.0 127 60 46.9 89 22 24.3
Female
Total 28094 5960 21.2 11081 1976 17.8 5115 1698 33.2 11897 2286 19.2
No Own Children Under 18 Yrs 13091 1512 11.6 3988 391 9.8 2063 207 10.1 7040 914 13.0
1 or More Own Children Under 18 15003 4448 29.6 7093 1585 22.3 3052 1491 48.8 4857 1372 28.2
1 Child 7321 1580 21.6 3491 632 18.1 1219 373 30.6 2611 575 22.0
2 or More Children 7682 2868 37.3 3602 953 26.4 1834 1118 61.0 2247 797 35.5
1 or More Own Children Under 6 4215 2145 50.9 1591 825 51.9 1658 950 57.3 966 370 38.3
1 Child 3060 1361 44.5 1084 472 43.5 1188 608 51.2 788 281 35.7
2 or More Children 1155 784 67.9 506 353 69.7 470 342 72.6 178 89 50.1
Family Householder Without A Spouse Both Sexes Total 15484 4366 28.2 1451 761 52.4 3649 1497 41.0 10384 2108 20.3
No Own Children Under 18 6514 909 14.0 419 85 20.2 603 55 9.1 5492 770 14.0
1 or More Own Children Under 18 8970 3456 38.5 1032 676 65.5 3046 1442 47.3 4892 1339 27.4
1 Child 4557 1283 28.2 612 326 53.3 1231 366 29.7 2715 591 21.8
2 or More Children 4413 2174 49.3 420 350 83.4 1816 1076 59.3 2178 748 34.3
1 or More Own Children Under 6 3545 1927 54.4 962 635 65.9 1738 941 54.2 844 351 41.6
1 Child 2576 1207 46.9 610 342 56.1 1255 592 47.2 711 272 38.3
2 or More Children 970 720 74.3 352 292 83.0 484 349 72.2 134 79 58.8
Male
Total 3335 458 13.7 379 106 28.0 838 135 16.1 2117 217 10.2
No Own Children Under 18 Yrs 1789 146 8.2 233 41 17.5 377 30 7.9 1180 76 6.4
1 or More Own Children Under 18 1546 312 20.2 147 65 44.6 461 105 22.8 938 141 15.0
1 Child 954 180 18.9 118 48 40.4 274 55 20.2 562 77 13.7
2 or More Children 592 132 22.2 28 18 62.1 188 50 26.8 376 64 16.9
1 or More Own Children Under 6 598 187 31.3 140 61 43.9 271 68 25.0 187 58 31.1
1 Child 471 131 27.7 115 46 40.2 209 44 21.0 147 40 27.4
2 or More Children 127 57 44.7 24 15 61.4 62 24 38.3 40 18 44.6
Female
Total 12149 3908 32.2 1072 655 61.1 2811 1362 48.4 8267 1892 22.9
No Own Children Under 18 Yrs 4725 763 16.2 187 44 23.6 226 25 11.2 4312 694 16.1
1 or More Own Children Under 18 7424 3145 42.4 885 611 69.0 2585 1336 51.7 3954 1198 30.3
1 Child 3603 1103 30.6 494 278 56.3 957 310 32.4 2153 514 23.9
2 or More Children 3821 2042 53.4 391 332 84.9 1628 1026 63.0 1802 684 38.0
1 or More Own Children Under 6 2947 1740 59.0 823 573 69.7 1467 874 59.6 657 293 44.5
1 Child 2104 1076 51.1 495 296 59.8 1045 548 52.4 564 232 41.2
2 or More Children 843 664 78.7 328 277 84.6 422 326 77.2 93 61 65.0
Never Married Persons Who Are Family Hhlder Both Sexes Total 4659 1906 40.9 1205 622 51.7 1857 788 42.4 1597 496 31.1
No Own Children Under 18 1736 261 15.0 395 77 19.6 512 45 8.8 829 138 16.6
1 or More Own Children Under 18 2923 1645 56.3 810 545 67.3 1345 742 55.2 767 358 46.6
1 Child 1471 611 41.5 504 281 55.7 560 188 33.6 407 142 34.8
2 or More Children 1452 1034 71.3 307 264 86.2 785 554 70.6 360 216 60.0
1 or More Own Children Under 6 1871 1174 62.8 767 517 67.4 893 542 60.7 211 116 54.8
1 Child 1298 702 54.1 509 297 58.3 622 325 52.2 167 80 48.2
2 or More Children 573 473 82.4 257 220 85.5 272 217 80.0 44 35 79.6
Male
Total 1277 232 18.2 352 99 28.1 506 79 15.6 419 54 13.0
No Own Children Under 18 Yrs 838 88 10.5 225 41 18.0 321 28 8.6 291 20 6.9
1 or More Own Children Under 18 439 144 32.8 127 58 46.0 185 51 27.7 127 34 27.0
1 Child 285 87 30.7 107 46 43.2 105 22 20.7 73 19 26.6
2 or More Children 154 56 36.6 20 12 60.8 80 29 36.9 54 15 27.5
1 or More Own Children Under 6 321 117 36.5 122 54 44.1 145 44 30.6 53 19 35.1
1 Child 247 77 31.1 104 42 40.4 97 22 22.4 46 13 28.7
2 or More Children 75 40 54.3 18 12 65.5 48 23 47.1 8 6 72.2
Female
Total 3382 1674 49.5 853 524 61.4 1351 709 52.5 1178 441 37.5
No Own Children Under 18 Yrs 898 172 19.2 169 37 21.6 191 18 9.3 538 118 21.9
1 or More Own Children Under 18 2484 1501 60.4 684 487 71.2 1161 691 59.6 640 323 50.5
1 Child 1186 523 44.1 397 234 59.1 455 167 36.6 334 122 36.6
2 or More Children 1298 978 75.4 287 252 88.0 705 525 74.4 306 201 65.7
1 or More Own Children Under 6 1550 1057 68.2 644 463 71.9 748 498 66.5 157 97 61.5
1 Child 1051 625 59.5 405 255 62.9 525 303 57.7 121 67 55.6
2 or More Children 499 432 86.6 239 208 87.0 223 195 87.1 36 29 81.3
Divorced or Separated Persons Who Are Family Hhlder Both Sexes Total 8031 2028 25.3 242 138 56.9 1730 683 39.5 6058 1208 19.9
No Own Children Under 18 2434 328 13.5 25 7 30.1 87 10 11.3 2322 311 13.4
1 or More Own Children Under 18 5597 1700 30.4 217 130 60.0 1643 673 41.0 3736 897 24.0
1 Child 2812 620 22.0 105 45 43.0 648 167 25.8 2059 408 19.8
2 or More Children 2785 1080 38.8 112 85 75.8 995 506 50.9 1677 489 29.1
1 or More Own Children Under 6 1610 722 44.9 195 117 60.2 811 381 47.0 604 224 37.1
1 Child 1226 482 39.3 101 45 45.0 609 255 41.9 515 181 35.2
2 or More Children 384 240 62.5 94 72 76.6 201 125 62.2 89 43 48.2
Male
Total 1625 186 11.5 27 7 26.6 321 50 15.5 1276 129 10.1
No Own Children Under 18 Yrs 589 35 6.0 7 0 .0 56 2 3.9 526 33 6.3
1 or More Own Children Under 18 1036 151 14.6 20 7 36.3 266 48 18.0 750 96 12.8
1 Child 618 81 13.1 11 2 14.1 162 27 16.6 445 53 11.9
2 or More Children 418 70 16.7 9 6 65.1 104 21 20.2 305 43 14.2
1 or More Own Children Under 6 266 66 25.0 17 7 42.1 118 20 16.6 131 40 30.2
1 Child 216 50 23.2 11 4 38.6 106 19 17.5 99 27 27.6
2 or More Children 50 16 32.3 6 3 48.8 12 1 8.5 33 12 37.8
Female
Total 6406 1842 28.8 215 130 60.8 1409 633 44.9 4782 1079 22.6
No Own Children Under 18 Yrs 1845 293 15.9 17 7 42.9 32 8 24.4 1796 278 15.5
1 or More Own Children Under 18 4561 1549 34.0 197 123 62.4 1377 625 45.4 2986 801 26.8
1 Child 2194 539 24.6 94 44 46.5 486 140 28.8 1614 355 22.0
2 or More Children 2367 1010 42.7 103 79 76.8 892 485 54.4 1372 446 32.5
1 or More Own Children Under 6 1344 656 48.8 177 110 61.9 693 361 52.1 473 185 39.0
1 Child 1010 432 42.8 90 41 45.8 504 237 47.0 417 154 37.0
2 or More Children 334 224 67.0 88 69 78.5 190 124 65.5 57 31 54.2
Persons Who Worked During Year Both Sexes Total 113688 6400 5.6 18665 1664 8.9 26866 2095 7.8 68157 2641 3.9
No Own Children Under 18 54477 1526 2.8 8488 397 4.7 10463 281 2.7 35526 848 2.4
1 or More Own Children Under 18 59211 4874 8.2 10178 1268 12.5 16403 1813 11.1 32630 1793 5.5
1 Child 25360 1494 5.9 5703 550 9.6 6658 434 6.5 12998 510 3.9
2 or More Children 33850 3380 10.0 4474 717 16.0 9744 1379 14.2 19632 1284 6.5
1 or More Own Children Under 6 23567 2625 11.1 2993 774 25.9 11736 1230 10.5 8839 621 7.0
1 Child 16729 1622 9.7 2186 441 20.2 7921 724 9.1 6622 457 6.9
2 or More Children 6838 1002 14.7 807 333 41.2 3815 506 13.3 2216 164 7.4
Male
Total 59836 2899 4.8 9756 758 7.8 13790 902 6.5 36290 1239 3.4
No Own Children Under 18 Yrs 29471 816 2.8 4632 233 5.0 6046 164 2.7 18794 419 2.2
1 or More Own Children Under 18 30364 2083 6.9 5124 525 10.2 7745 739 9.5 17496 820 4.7
1 Child 12555 545 4.3 2882 218 7.6 3229 170 5.3 6444 157 2.4
2 or More Children 17809 1538 8.6 2241 306 13.7 4516 569 12.6 11052 663 6.0
1 or More Own Children Under 6 12746 1265 9.9 1266 295 23.3 5910 594 10.1 5570 376 6.8
1 Child 8774 733 8.4 940 163 17.4 3779 304 8.0 4056 266 6.6
2 or More Children 3972 532 13.4 327 132 40.4 2132 291 13.6 1514 110 7.3
Female
Total 53852 3501 6.5 8910 906 10.2 13075 1192 9.1 31867 1402 4.4
No Own Children Under 18 Yrs 25006 710 2.8 3856 163 4.2 4418 118 2.7 16732 429 2.6
1 or More Own Children Under 18 28846 2791 9.7 5054 743 14.7 8658 1075 12.4 15135 973 6.4
1 Child 12805 949 7.4 2821 332 11.8 3430 265 7.7 6555 352 5.4
2 or More Children 16041 1842 11.5 2233 411 18.4 5228 810 15.5 8580 621 7.2
1 or More Own Children Under 6 10821 1359 12.6 1727 479 27.8 5826 636 10.9 3269 245 7.5
1 Child 7956 889 11.2 1246 278 22.3 4143 420 10.2 2567 191 7.4
2 or More Children 2865 470 16.4 480 201 41.8 1683 215 12.8 702 54 7.7
Persons Who Worked Year-Round Full-Time Both Sexes Total 71039 1942 2.7 5088 254 5.0 18177 680 3.7 47774 1008 2.1
No Own Children Under 18 34409 362 1.1 2923 36 1.2 7411 54 .7 24076 273 1.1
1 or More Own Children Under 18 36630 1580 4.3 2165 218 10.1 10766 626 5.8 23698 735 3.1
1 Child 15799 428 2.7 1427 95 6.7 4627 140 3.0 9745 193 2.0
2 or More Children 20831 1151 5.5 738 123 16.7 6140 486 7.9 13953 542 3.9
1 or More Own Children Under 6 15273 850 5.6 1178 152 12.9 7642 431 5.6 6452 266 4.1
1 Child 11038 516 4.7 894 72 8.1 5258 235 4.5 4885 209 4.3
2 or More Children 4235 333 7.9 284 80 28.0 2384 196 8.2 1567 57 3.7
Male
Total 42712 1092 2.6 3084 163 5.3 10752 383 3.6 28876 547 1.9
No Own Children Under 18 Yrs 19960 192 1.0 1760 22 1.2 4384 35 .8 13815 136 1.0
1 or More Own Children Under 18 22752 900 4.0 1323 141 10.7 6368 348 5.5 15061 411 2.7
1 Child 9017 199 2.2 853 63 7.3 2643 60 2.3 5521 77 1.4
2 or More Children 13735 701 5.1 470 79 16.8 3725 288 7.7 9540 334 3.5
1 or More Own Children Under 6 10359 588 5.7 706 108 15.3 4908 294 6.0 4745 185 3.9
1 Child 7135 336 4.7 519 53 10.3 3150 145 4.6 3467 137 4.0
2 or More Children 3224 251 7.8 187 55 29.3 1758 149 8.5 1278 48 3.7
Female
Total 28327 850 3.0 2004 91 4.5 7425 298 4.0 18898 461 2.4
No Own Children Under 18 Yrs 14450 170 1.2 1162 14 1.2 3027 19 .6 10260 137 1.3
1 or More Own Children Under 18 13877 679 4.9 842 77 9.1 4398 278 6.3 8637 324 3.8
1 Child 6781 229 3.4 574 32 5.7 1983 80 4.0 4225 116 2.8
2 or More Children 7096 450 6.3 268 44 16.5 2415 198 8.2 4413 208 4.7
1 or More Own Children Under 6 4914 262 5.3 472 44 9.3 2734 137 5.0 1707 81 4.7
1 Child 3902 180 4.6 375 19 5.1 2108 90 4.3 1419 71 5.0
2 or More Children 1011 82 8.1 97 25 25.6 626 47 7.6 288 10 3.4
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/9_001.htm