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TABLE 16. Number of Children and Type of Family - Poverty Status of Families and Persons In Families In 1996 (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 70241 7708 11.0 58934 5059 8.6 8455 2206 26.1 6631 1748 26.4
No Related Children Under 18 33037 1577 4.8 29108 1196 4.1 2760 264 9.6 1942 200 10.3
With Related Children Under 18 37204 6131 16.5 29826 3863 13.0 5695 1941 34.1 4689 1549 33.0
1 15452 2031 13.1 12382 1290 10.4 2347 633 27.0 1699 410 24.1
2 or More 21752 4100 18.9 17444 2573 14.7 3348 1309 39.1 2991 1139 38.1
Mean 1.87 2.24 (B) 1.84 2.21 (B) 1.93 2.25 (B) 2.21 2.64 (B)
Standard Error .01 .03 (B) .01 .03 (B) .02 .05 (B) .02 .04 (B)
With Related Children Under 6 17129 3505 20.5 13645 2234 16.4 2732 1085 39.7 2611 972 37.2
1 11976 2220 18.5 9489 1431 15.1 1950 670 34.4 1760 579 32.9
2 or More 5153 1285 24.9 4156 802 19.3 782 415 53.1 851 394 46.3
Householders Under 25 Years
Total 2964 1008 34.0 2204 621 28.2 635 351 55.2 545 241 44.2
No Related Children Under 18 937 104 11.1 800 81 10.1 94 17 17.8 127 20 15.9
With Related Children Under 18 2027 904 44.6 1404 540 38.5 541 334 61.7 419 221 52.7
1 1204 448 37.2 852 274 32.2 292 156 53.2 235 104 44.4
2 or More 823 456 55.5 552 266 48.1 249 179 71.7 184 116 63.3
Mean 1.53 1.73 (B) 1.49 1.66 (B) 1.65 1.86 (B) 1.80 1.94 (B)
Standard Error .03 .04 (B) .03 .06 (B) .05 .08 (B) .04 .05 (B)
With Related Children Under 6 1829 848 46.4 1300 525 40.4 472 295 62.6 385 214 55.4
1 1214 493 40.6 873 314 36.0 296 159 53.5 241 117 48.4
2 or More 615 355 57.7 427 211 49.4 175 137 78.0 145 97 67.0
All Families Householders 25 to 34 Years Total 13737 2293 16.7 11128 1467 13.2 1982 701 35.4 1905 543 28.5
No Related Children Under 18 3170 100 3.2 2709 77 2.8 233 10 4.3 309 10 3.2
With Related Children Under 18 10568 2193 20.7 8419 1391 16.5 1749 691 39.5 1597 533 33.4
1 3902 472 12.1 3173 296 9.3 552 148 26.9 454 88 19.3
2 or More 6666 1721 25.8 5246 1095 20.9 1198 543 45.3 1143 445 38.9
Mean 1.93 2.44 (B) 1.89 2.42 (B) 2.07 2.41 (B) 2.36 2.93 (B)
Standard Error .01 .04 (B) .02 .05 (B) .04 .09 (B) .02 .04 (B)
With Related Children Under 6 7723 1519 19.7 6302 999 15.9 1123 439 39.1 1211 392 32.3
1 5142 911 17.7 4161 606 14.6 790 265 33.5 771 211 27.3
2 or More 2582 608 23.6 2141 393 18.3 333 174 52.4 441 181 41.1
Householders 35 to 44 Years
Total 19026 2080 10.9 15686 1381 8.8 2437 572 23.5 1925 549 28.5
No Related Children Under 18 3273 130 4.0 2694 95 3.5 416 24 5.7 210 15 7.0
With Related Children Under 18 15753 1950 12.4 12991 1286 9.9 2021 548 27.1 1715 535 31.2
1 5282 575 10.9 4253 365 8.6 783 171 21.8 497 114 22.8
2 or More 10471 1375 13.1 8738 921 10.5 1238 377 30.5 1218 421 34.6
Mean 1.99 2.38 (B) 1.99 2.40 (B) 1.98 2.32 (B) 2.38 2.81 (B)
Standard Error .01 .05 (B) .01 .06 (B) .04 .10 (B) .03 .07 (B)
With Related Children Under 6 5706 826 14.5 4708 541 11.5 703 227 32.3 742 279 37.7
1 4099 583 14.2 3348 372 11.1 530 165 31.2 533 185 34.6
2 or More 1607 243 15.1 1360 170 12.5 173 62 35.6 209 95 45.3
All Families Householders 45 to 64 Years Total 23380 1663 7.1 19946 1116 5.6 2481 424 17.1 1736 328 18.9
No Related Children Under 18 15197 721 4.7 13388 533 4.0 1288 129 10.0 839 86 10.2
With Related Children Under 18 8184 942 11.5 6557 583 8.9 1194 295 24.7 896 242 27.0
1 4634 460 9.9 3780 310 8.2 621 127 20.4 475 97 20.3
2 or More 3550 483 13.6 2777 273 9.8 573 168 29.4 422 146 34.6
Mean 1.64 2.06 (B) 1.59 1.89 (B) 1.79 2.19 (B) 1.82 2.26 (B)
Standard Error of Mean .01 .07 (B) .02 .07 (B) .05 .14 (B) .04 .12 (B)
With Related Children Under 6 1689 266 15.8 1228 153 12.5 368 93 25.2 253 81 31.9
1 1389 199 14.4 1027 126 12.2 285 62 21.7 201 61 30.4
2 or More 300 67 22.2 201 28 13.7 83 31 37.4 52 20 38.0
Householders 65 Years and Over
Total 11133 664 6.0 9971 474 4.8 919 158 17.2 519 87 16.7
No Related Children Under 18 10460 522 5.0 9517 412 4.3 729 85 11.7 457 69 15.1
With Related Children Under 18 673 142 21.1 454 63 13.8 190 73 38.2 62 18 28.8
Married Couple Families Householders of All Ages Total 53604 3010 5.6 47650 2416 5.1 3851 352 9.1 4520 815 18.0
No Related Children Under 18 27420 1046 3.8 24893 867 3.5 1677 112 6.7 1396 128 9.2
With Related Children Under 18 26184 1964 7.5 22757 1548 6.8 2174 239 11.0 3124 687 22.0
1 10011 496 5.0 8723 385 4.4 789 56 7.0 993 120 12.1
2 or More 16173 1468 9.1 14034 1163 8.3 1385 184 13.3 2131 567 26.6
Mean 1.91 2.56 (B) 1.89 2.56 (B) 1.96 2.53 (B) 2.30 3.03 (B)
Standard Error .01 .05 (B) .01 .05 (B) .04 .17 (B) .02 .05 (B)
With Related Children Under 6 12441 1211 9.7 10815 978 9.0 1043 131 12.6 1814 488 26.9
1 8489 718 8.5 7288 554 7.6 778 93 11.9 1193 271 22.7
2 or More 3951 494 12.5 3527 423 12.0 265 39 14.6 621 217 34.9
Householders Under 25 Years
Total 1333 187 14.1 1184 160 13.5 114 22 19.2 242 70 28.8
No Related Children Under 18 589 38 6.5 534 31 5.9 42 7 16.4 67 14 20.2
With Related Children Under 18 744 149 20.0 650 129 19.8 72 15 20.9 175 56 32.2
1 418 63 15.0 373 61 16.4 33 1 3.7 105 29 28.0
2 or More 327 86 26.4 277 68 24.4 39 14 35.3 70 27 38.4
Mean 1.55 1.89 (B) 1.52 1.83 (B) 1.78 2.40 (B) 1.79 2.13 (B)
Standard Error .05 .13 (B) .05 .14 (B) .18 .56 (B) .07 .18 (B)
With Related Children Under 6 720 149 20.7 628 129 20.5 70 15 21.5 166 56 33.9
1 451 72 15.9 398 69 17.4 37 1 3.2 114 37 32.6
2 or More 269 77 28.8 230 59 25.9 33 14 41.8 52 19 36.8
Married Couple Families Householders 25 to 34 Years Total 9902 764 7.7 8737 634 7.3 727 59 8.1 1317 263 20.0
No Related Children Under 18 2638 81 3.1 2357 68 2.9 129 3 2.7 214 8 3.8
With Related Children Under 18 7264 682 9.4 6380 566 8.9 598 55 9.3 1103 255 23.1
1 2607 111 4.2 2333 83 3.6 147 9 6.3 282 26 9.3
2 or More 4656 572 12.3 4047 483 11.9 451 46 10.2 821 229 27.9
Mean 1.93 2.67 (B) 1.91 2.68 (B) 2.05 2.35 (B) 2.38 3.10 (B)
Standard Error .02 .08 (B) .02 .07 (B) .07 .40 (B) .02 .00 (B)
With Related Children Under 6 5795 551 9.5 5114 462 9.0 448 44 9.7 903 215 23.8
1 3726 297 8.0 3250 235 7.2 322 34 10.7 546 98 18.0
2 or More 2070 254 12.3 1865 227 12.2 127 9 7.2 357 117 32.8
Householders 35 to 44 Years
Total 14255 777 5.5 12456 610 4.9 1106 88 8.0 1349 273 20.3
No Related Children Under 18 2491 62 2.5 2186 53 2.4 202 4 2.0 143 8 5.7
With Related Children Under 18 11764 715 6.1 10270 557 5.4 904 84 9.3 1206 265 22.0
1 3433 130 3.8 2930 89 3.0 321 16 5.1 290 29 10.0
2 or More 8330 585 7.0 7339 468 6.4 583 68 11.7 916 236 25.8
Mean 2.06 2.86 (B) 2.06 2.90 (B) 2.06 3.01 (B) 2.52 3.34 (B)
Standard Error .01 .07 (B) .01 .09 (B) .06 .17 (B) .04 .09 (B)
With Related Children Under 6 4699 401 8.5 4086 311 7.6 355 48 13.4 556 173 31.0
1 3294 263 8.0 2828 192 6.8 274 36 13.2 386 105 27.3
2 or More 1405 138 9.8 1259 119 9.5 82 12 14.1 170 67 39.6
Married Couple Families Householders 45 to 64 Years Total 19019 884 4.6 16848 674 4.0 1428 142 10.0 1233 157 12.7
No Related Children Under 18 12936 498 3.9 11656 402 3.5 876 61 7.0 624 51 8.2
With Related Children Under 18 6083 386 6.3 5192 272 5.2 552 81 14.7 609 106 17.4
1 3323 174 5.2 2890 133 4.6 261 29 11.1 298 33 11.2
2 or More 2760 212 7.7 2302 139 6.0 291 52 18.0 311 72 23.3
Mean 1.65 2.17 (B) 1.62 2.05 (B) 1.74 2.11 (B) 1.89 2.66 (B)
Standard Error of Mean .02 .12 (B) .02 .11 (B) .07 .35 (B) .06 .21 (B)
With Related Children Under 6 1142 105 9.2 925 71 7.7 149 25 16.8 180 43 24.1
1 954 80 8.4 768 53 7.0 128 21 16.4 141 30 21.3
2 or More 188 24 12.9 157 18 11.2 21 4 19.3 39 13 34.0
Householders 65 Years and Over
Total 9095 398 4.4 8426 337 4.0 477 40 8.4 380 53 13.9
No Related Children Under 18 8766 367 4.2 8160 312 3.8 428 37 8.6 348 47 13.6
With Related Children Under 18 329 31 9.4 266 25 9.4 49 4 7.4 32 5 16.3
Families With Female Hhldr- No Spouse Present Householders of All Ages Total 12790 4167 32.6 8339 2276 27.3 3947 1724 43.7 1617 823 50.9
No Related Children Under 18 3833 412 10.7 2838 244 8.6 827 131 15.9 344 64 18.5
With Related Children Under 18 8957 3755 41.9 5501 2032 36.9 3120 1593 51.0 1274 760 59.7
1 4223 1333 31.6 2733 764 28.0 1339 527 39.4 546 250 45.9
2 or More 4734 2421 51.2 2769 1268 45.8 1781 1066 59.8 728 509 70.0
Mean 1.81 2.13 (B) 1.72 2.02 (B) 1.96 2.24 (B) 2.06 2.34 (B)
Standard Error .02 .03 (B) .02 .04 (B) .03 .05 (B) .03 .05 (B)
With Related Children Under 6 3807 2053 53.9 2168 1090 50.3 1505 892 59.3 617 415 67.2
1 2820 1360 48.2 1687 768 45.5 1045 550 52.7 439 268 61.1
2 or More 986 693 70.3 481 322 67.0 460 341 74.2 178 146 82.2
Householders Under 25 Years
Total 1245 742 59.6 727 396 54.6 458 317 69.1 212 139 65.5
No Related Children Under 18 161 40 25.0 119 27 22.8 21 7 31.7 23 5 20.9
With Related Children Under 18 1084 702 64.7 607 369 60.8 437 310 70.9 189 134 70.9
1 635 357 56.1 371 190 51.2 236 151 63.9 102 62 60.7
2 or More 449 345 76.9 236 179 75.8 201 159 79.1 87 72 82.9
Mean 1.56 1.70 (B) 1.49 1.62 (B) 1.65 1.82 (B) 1.81 1.93 (B)
Standard Error .04 .05 (B) .05 .06 (B) .06 .08 (B) .03 .00 (B)
With Related Children Under 6 972 655 67.4 559 360 64.5 384 275 71.6 176 131 74.4
1 660 399 60.5 390 227 58.1 246 155 63.3 106 69 65.3
2 or More 312 255 82.0 169 134 79.2 138 119 86.3 69 61 88.3
Families With Female Hhldr- No Spouse Present Householders 25 to 34 Years Total 2802 1360 48.5 1658 723 43.6 1060 596 56.2 418 249 59.6
No Related Children Under 18 120 3 2.5 84 3 3.6 30 0 .0 25 0 1.1
With Related Children Under 18 2682 1357 50.6 1573 720 45.8 1030 596 57.9 394 249 63.2
1 953 304 32.0 581 169 29.0 343 129 37.7 113 52 46.2
2 or More 1729 1053 60.9 993 552 55.6 687 467 68.0 280 196 70.1
Mean 2.01 2.36 (B) 1.91 2.27 (B) 2.12 2.43 (B) 2.42 2.77 (B)
Standard Error .03 .05 (B) .04 .06 (B) .06 .09 (B) .07 .10 (B)
With Related Children Under 6 1508 848 56.3 877 458 52.2 587 363 61.9 233 154 65.9
1 1109 552 49.8 680 324 47.7 406 218 53.8 163 97 59.4
2 or More 398 296 74.4 197 134 68.0 181 145 79.9 70 57 81.0
Householders 35 to 44 Years
Total 3769 1175 31.2 2457 678 27.6 1152 453 39.3 458 245 53.5
No Related Children Under 18 480 49 10.3 285 25 8.9 166 17 10.5 33 4 13.2
With Related Children Under 18 3289 1126 34.2 2172 653 30.0 986 435 44.1 425 241 56.6
1 1483 394 26.5 1042 244 23.4 392 140 35.7 170 75 43.9
2 or More 1806 732 40.5 1130 409 36.2 594 295 49.8 255 166 65.2
Mean 1.81 2.15 (B) 1.73 2.05 (B) 1.97 2.24 (B) 2.06 2.29 (B)
Standard Error .03 .06 (B) .03 .07 (B) .06 .11 (B) .05 .09 (B)
With Related Children Under 6 818 381 46.6 478 203 42.5 304 164 54.2 143 91 63.4
1 665 288 43.3 408 158 38.8 230 120 52.2 117 69 59.4
2 or More 154 93 60.7 70 45 64.0 73 44 60.4 26 21 81.4
Families With Female Hhldr- No Spouse Present Householders 45 to 64 Years Total 3326 656 19.7 2259 358 15.8 909 252 27.7 410 158 38.5
No Related Children Under 18 1687 185 11.0 1245 103 8.3 356 61 17.3 170 33 19.3
With Related Children Under 18 1639 471 28.8 1014 254 25.1 553 190 34.4 240 125 52.1
1 985 224 22.7 636 137 21.5 308 79 25.7 142 56 39.2
2 or More 654 248 37.9 378 118 31.1 245 111 45.5 98 69 70.7
Mean 1.67 2.08 (B) 1.54 1.82 (B) 1.87 2.33 (B) 1.71 1.99 (B)
Standard Error of Mean .03 .08 (B) .03 .09 (B) .07 .16 (B) .07 .12 (B)
With Related Children Under 6 431 133 30.8 222 60 27.2 190 61 32.3 58 35 60.0
1 330 94 28.6 182 52 28.4 135 37 27.2 48 29 61.1
2 or More 102 39 38.2 41 9 21.7 55 24 44.9 10 5 54.8
Householders 65 Years and Over
Total 1648 233 14.2 1239 121 9.8 368 107 28.9 119 33 27.3
No Related Children Under 18 1386 135 9.7 1104 85 7.7 254 46 18.0 93 22 23.1
With Related Children Under 18 262 99 37.7 135 36 26.4 115 61 53.1 26 11 42.5
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
Contact: Housing and Household Economic Statistics Information Staff at (301)763-3242
Last revised: July 28, 2004
URL: http://pubdb3.census.gov/macro/031997/pov/16_001.htm