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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
Persons In Families Householders of All Ages Total 223955 27376 12.2 184119 17621 9.6 28933 7993 27.6 26340 7515 28.5
No Related Children Under 18 78652 3712 4.7 68150 2713 4.0 7306 708 9.7 5443 534 9.8
With Related Children Under 18 145303 23664 16.3 115969 14907 12.9 21627 7286 33.7 20897 6981 33.4
1 47469 5223 11.0 38086 3325 8.7 6758 1585 23.5 5696 1170 20.5
2 or More 97834 18442 18.8 77883 11582 14.9 14869 5701 38.3 15201 5811 38.2
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 70117 14445 20.6 55285 9191 16.6 11100 4356 39.2 12253 4724 38.6
1 45483 8190 18.0 35570 5230 14.7 7451 2423 32.5 7611 2544 33.4
2 or More 24635 6255 25.4 19715 3961 20.1 3649 1934 53.0 4641 2180 47.0
Householders Under 25 Years
Total 10113 3371 33.3 7323 2069 28.3 2348 1194 50.9 2274 1024 45.1
No Related Children Under 18 2059 217 10.6 1729 166 9.6 219 38 17.6 315 45 14.4
With Related Children Under 18 8054 3153 39.2 5593 1903 34.0 2129 1156 54.3 1959 979 50.0
1 3722 1126 30.2 2704 720 26.6 836 363 43.4 822 329 40.0
2 or More 4332 2028 46.8 2890 1182 40.9 1293 793 61.3 1137 650 57.2
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 7600 3034 39.9 5329 1863 35.0 1996 1081 54.1 1859 962 51.7
1 4584 1492 32.5 3270 953 29.1 1125 477 42.4 1040 461 44.3
2 or More 3016 1542 51.1 2059 910 44.2 872 603 69.2 819 501 61.1
Persons In Families Householders 25 to 34 Years Total 48052 8949 18.6 38272 5759 15.0 7347 2652 36.1 8108 2546 31.4
No Related Children Under 18 6797 214 3.1 5734 157 2.7 544 21 3.9 773 22 2.8
With Related Children Under 18 41255 8735 21.2 32538 5602 17.2 6803 2631 38.7 7334 2524 34.4
1 11286 1140 10.1 9239 733 7.9 1424 333 23.4 1436 234 16.3
2 or More 29970 7595 25.3 23299 4869 20.9 5378 2298 42.7 5898 2291 38.8
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 31195 6379 20.4 25008 4213 16.8 4643 1762 38.0 5745 1982 34.5
1 18942 3345 17.7 15045 2248 14.9 3022 921 30.5 3271 940 28.7
2 or More 12254 3034 24.8 9963 1965 19.7 1621 841 51.9 2474 1042 42.1
Householders 35 to 44 Years
Total 70818 8231 11.6 58238 5395 9.3 8952 2267 25.3 8268 2503 30.3
No Related Children Under 18 7755 284 3.7 6342 214 3.4 1018 48 4.7 613 36 5.9
With Related Children Under 18 63063 7947 12.6 51896 5180 10.0 7935 2219 28.0 7655 2467 32.2
1 15992 1476 9.2 12829 903 7.0 2362 456 19.3 1597 317 19.8
2 or More 47072 6471 13.7 39067 4277 10.9 5572 1763 31.6 6058 2150 35.5
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 24647 3856 15.6 20186 2493 12.4 3034 1075 35.4 3546 1407 39.7
1 16666 2501 15.0 13428 1540 11.5 2205 734 33.3 2450 875 35.7
2 or More 7981 1356 17.0 6759 953 14.1 829 341 41.2 1096 531 48.5
Persons In Families Householders 45 to 64 Years Total 69466 5184 7.5 58000 3298 5.7 7751 1428 18.4 6274 1204 19.2
No Related Children Under 18 38497 1751 4.5 33321 1254 3.8 3547 337 9.5 2544 255 10.0
With Related Children Under 18 30969 3433 11.1 24679 2044 8.3 4204 1091 25.9 3730 949 25.4
1 15276 1293 8.5 12461 859 6.9 1849 359 19.4 1720 270 15.7
2 or More 15693 2140 13.6 12218 1185 9.7 2355 731 31.1 2010 679 33.8
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 6165 1056 17.1 4461 573 12.8 1249 370 29.6 1051 350 33.3
1 4892 766 15.6 3601 450 12.5 952 242 25.5 815 254 31.2
2 or More 1273 290 22.8 860 123 14.3 297 127 42.9 236 95 40.3
Householders 65 Years and Over
Total 25505 1642 6.4 22287 1100 4.9 2535 452 17.8 1417 237 16.7
No Related Children Under 18 23544 1246 5.3 21024 923 4.4 1979 263 13.3 1199 176 14.6
With Related Children Under 18 1961 396 20.2 1263 178 14.1 556 189 34.0 218 62 28.2
Persons In Married Couple Families Householders of All Ages Total 174421 11996 6.9 152156 9461 6.2 13761 1462 10.6 18909 4070 21.5
No Related Children Under 18 64242 2380 3.7 57668 1936 3.4 4264 279 6.6 3776 329 8.7
With Related Children Under 18 110179 9617 8.7 94487 7525 8.0 9496 1183 12.5 15134 3740 24.7
1 34204 1707 5.0 29418 1321 4.5 2799 197 7.1 3709 416 11.2
2 or More 75975 7909 10.4 65070 6204 9.5 6697 985 14.7 11425 3324 29.1
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 53872 6302 11.7 46017 5007 10.9 4757 725 15.2 9118 2784 30.5
1 34506 3490 10.1 28954 2628 9.1 3495 500 14.3 5554 1419 25.5
2 or More 19366 2811 14.5 17063 2379 13.9 1262 225 17.8 3563 1366 38.3
Householders Under 25 Years
Total 5099 839 16.5 4383 713 16.3 524 104 19.8 1161 375 32.3
No Related Children Under 18 1261 79 6.3 1142 68 6.0 82 11 13.1 143 27 19.3
With Related Children Under 18 3838 760 19.8 3241 644 19.9 442 93 21.0 1018 347 34.1
1 1762 242 13.8 1544 226 14.6 148 12 8.4 427 116 27.1
2 or More 2076 518 24.9 1697 418 24.6 294 80 27.4 591 231 39.1
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 3733 760 20.4 3143 644 20.5 435 93 21.3 983 347 35.3
1 2289 348 15.2 1948 311 16.0 247 30 12.0 578 181 31.3
2 or More 1445 412 28.5 1195 333 27.9 188 63 33.6 405 166 41.0
Persons In Married Couple Families Householders 25 to 34 Years Total 35594 3536 9.9 30862 2919 9.5 2921 283 9.7 5904 1427 24.2
No Related Children Under 18 5413 168 3.1 4851 139 2.9 244 7 3.0 461 19 4.0
With Related Children Under 18 30182 3368 11.2 26011 2780 10.7 2677 275 10.3 5443 1408 25.9
1 8319 366 4.4 7334 287 3.9 492 24 5.0 1002 95 9.5
2 or More 21863 3001 13.7 18677 2493 13.3 2185 251 11.5 4440 1312 29.6
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 24240 2773 11.4 20962 2300 11.0 2019 220 10.9 4483 1217 27.2
1 14356 1350 9.4 12188 1074 8.8 1428 144 10.1 2456 509 20.7
2 or More 9884 1422 14.4 8774 1226 14.0 591 76 12.8 2027 708 34.9
Householders 35 to 44 Years
Total 55980 3801 6.8 48557 2969 6.1 4465 455 10.2 6169 1486 24.1
No Related Children Under 18 5802 129 2.2 5071 116 2.3 471 7 1.4 395 22 5.5
With Related Children Under 18 50177 3672 7.3 43487 2853 6.6 3994 448 11.2 5774 1464 25.4
1 11418 426 3.7 9667 287 3.0 1117 52 4.7 994 87 8.7
2 or More 38760 3246 8.4 33819 2566 7.6 2876 396 13.8 4780 1377 28.8
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 20995 2209 10.5 18037 1704 9.4 1682 296 17.6 2833 999 35.3
1 13922 1359 9.8 11736 976 8.3 1269 218 17.2 1892 577 30.5
2 or More 7073 850 12.0 6301 728 11.6 413 78 18.8 940 422 44.8
Persons In Married Couple Families Householders 45 to 64 Years Total 57466 2879 5.0 49858 2092 4.2 4586 494 10.8 4663 646 13.8
No Related Children Under 18 32637 1173 3.6 28986 934 3.2 2390 141 5.9 1899 151 7.9
With Related Children Under 18 24829 1705 6.9 20873 1159 5.6 2196 353 16.1 2764 495 17.9
1 11957 608 5.1 10264 456 4.4 928 108 11.7 1212 107 8.8
2 or More 12872 1097 8.5 10608 703 6.6 1267 244 19.3 1552 388 25.0
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 4621 543 11.7 3674 342 9.3 555 117 21.0 791 217 27.4
1 3710 416 11.2 2930 250 8.5 490 109 22.2 605 148 24.4
2 or More 911 127 13.9 744 92 12.3 65 8 12.4 186 70 37.4
Householders 65 Years and Over
Total 20282 941 4.6 18495 768 4.2 1265 127 10.1 1013 137 13.6
No Related Children Under 18 19129 830 4.3 17619 679 3.9 1078 114 10.6 878 111 12.6
With Related Children Under 18 1153 111 9.7 876 89 10.1 187 14 7.3 135 27 19.7
Persons In Families With Female Hhldr- No Spouse Present Householders of All Ages Total 38584 13796 35.8 23744 7073 29.8 13193 6123 46.4 5641 3020 53.5
No Related Children Under 18 9785 1046 10.7 7032 578 8.2 2304 376 16.3 993 175 17.6
With Related Children Under 18 28798 12750 44.3 16712 6495 38.9 10889 5747 52.8 4648 2845 61.2
1 10220 3040 29.7 6401 1689 26.4 3388 1244 36.7 1490 648 43.5
2 or More 18578 9710 52.3 10312 4805 46.6 7501 4503 60.0 3158 2197 69.6
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 13290 7328 55.1 7052 3601 51.1 5719 3429 60.0 2400 1644 68.5
1 8897 4276 48.1 5015 2258 45.0 3559 1853 52.1 1550 951 61.4
2 or More 4392 3051 69.5 2037 1344 65.9 2160 1576 73.0 850 693 81.5
Householders Under 25 Years
Total 3982 2306 57.9 2149 1167 54.3 1656 1059 64.0 786 533 67.8
No Related Children Under 18 374 89 23.8 264 55 20.9 60 21 34.7 63 12 18.5
With Related Children Under 18 3608 2217 61.4 1886 1112 59.0 1596 1038 65.1 723 521 72.0
1 1571 809 51.5 872 432 49.5 629 343 54.6 284 174 61.2
2 or More 2037 1407 69.1 1014 680 67.1 967 695 71.9 439 347 79.0
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 3379 2116 62.6 1781 1085 60.9 1501 968 64.5 689 513 74.5
1 1970 1082 55.0 1061 588 55.5 835 444 53.1 374 246 65.7
2 or More 1410 1034 73.3 721 497 69.0 666 525 78.7 314 267 85.0
Persons In Families With Female Hhldr- No Spouse Present Householders 25 to 34 Years Total 9434 4840 51.3 5294 2455 46.4 3806 2218 58.3 1600 987 61.7
No Related Children Under 18 325 7 2.2 228 6 2.8 83 1 1.0 92 1 .7
With Related Children Under 18 9109 4833 53.1 5067 2448 48.3 3723 2217 59.5 1508 987 65.4
1 2158 647 30.0 1302 352 27.1 771 279 36.1 279 118 42.3
2 or More 6952 4186 60.2 3764 2096 55.7 2952 1938 65.7 1229 869 70.7
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 5563 3171 57.0 3020 1608 53.2 2329 1435 61.6 960 648 67.5
1 3659 1799 49.2 2143 1010 47.1 1419 748 52.7 592 351 59.3
2 or More 1904 1372 72.1 877 598 68.2 910 687 75.5 368 297 80.7
Householders 35 to 44 Years
Total 11890 4058 34.1 7411 2174 29.3 3963 1705 43.0 1693 918 54.2
No Related Children Under 18 1182 112 9.5 705 63 8.9 418 36 8.6 103 9 8.7
With Related Children Under 18 10708 3946 36.8 6705 2111 31.5 3545 1669 47.1 1590 909 57.1
1 3676 930 25.3 2494 549 22.0 1061 358 33.7 506 209 41.3
2 or More 7032 3016 42.9 4211 1562 37.1 2483 1311 52.8 1084 700 64.6
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 2977 1519 51.0 1635 713 43.6 1204 730 60.6 562 366 65.1
1 2259 1050 46.5 1313 502 38.3 842 489 58.1 439 270 61.4
2 or More 718 469 65.3 322 211 65.5 362 241 66.5 123 96 78.3
Persons In Families With Female Hhldr- No Spouse Present Householders 45 to 64 Years Total 9100 1974 21.7 5878 982 16.7 2726 842 30.9 1229 491 39.9
No Related Children Under 18 4344 474 10.9 3110 246 7.9 995 177 17.8 478 95 19.9
With Related Children Under 18 4756 1500 31.5 2768 736 26.6 1730 665 38.5 751 396 52.7
1 2462 536 21.7 1544 312 20.2 782 196 25.1 378 138 36.5
2 or More 2294 964 42.0 1225 424 34.6 948 469 49.5 372 258 69.2
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 1178 426 36.1 539 163 30.3 586 233 39.8 167 99 58.9
1 862 277 32.1 439 136 31.0 383 124 32.4 134 77 57.4
2 or More 317 149 47.1 100 27 27.3 203 109 53.7 33 21 64.7
Householders 65 Years and Over
Total 4177 619 14.8 3012 296 9.8 1042 299 28.7 334 92 27.6
No Related Children Under 18 3561 364 10.2 2725 209 7.7 747 141 18.9 257 59 22.9
With Related Children Under 18 617 255 41.3 286 87 30.4 295 158 53.5 76 33 43.7
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_003.htm