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TABLE 9. Number of Children, Marital Status, and Work Experience In 1996 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 162704 15068 9.3 27775 3914 14.1 31378 3816 12.2 103550 7338 7.1
No Own Children Under 18 86353 5041 5.8 11296 853 7.6 11404 593 5.2 63653 3595 5.6
1 or More Own Children Under 18 76351 10027 13.1 16479 3061 18.6 19975 3223 16.1 39897 3743 9.4
1 Child 32137 3237 10.1 8426 1199 14.2 7452 729 9.8 16259 1308 8.0
2 or More Children 44214 6790 15.4 8053 1862 23.1 12523 2493 19.9 23637 2435 10.3
1 or More Own Children Under 6 29817 5118 17.2 4446 1622 36.5 14465 2221 15.4 10906 1276 11.7
1 Child 20697 3239 15.7 3146 1021 32.4 9526 1302 13.7 8025 917 11.4
2 or More Children 9120 1879 20.6 1300 601 46.3 4939 919 18.6 2881 359 12.4
Male
Total 78777 5758 7.3 13952 1592 11.4 14562 1251 8.6 50263 2915 5.8
No Own Children Under 18 Yrs 43469 2318 5.3 6047 404 6.7 6586 347 5.3 30835 1567 5.1
1 or More Own Children Under 18 35308 3440 9.7 7905 1188 15.0 7976 904 11.3 19427 1348 6.9
1 Child 14756 1058 7.2 3997 412 10.3 3162 224 7.1 7597 422 5.6
2 or More Children 20552 2382 11.6 3907 776 19.9 4814 680 14.1 11830 926 7.8
1 or More Own Children Under 6 13727 1703 12.4 1547 430 27.8 6117 697 11.4 6063 576 9.5
1 Child 9453 1023 10.8 1128 259 22.9 3933 359 9.1 4392 405 9.2
2 or More Children 4274 680 15.9 419 171 40.9 2184 338 15.5 1672 171 10.2
Female
Total 83927 9310 11.1 13823 2322 16.8 16817 2565 15.3 53288 4423 8.3
No Own Children Under 18 Yrs 42884 2723 6.4 5248 449 8.6 4818 246 5.1 32818 2028 6.2
1 or More Own Children Under 18 41043 6586 16.0 8574 1873 21.8 11999 2319 19.3 20470 2395 11.7
1 Child 17381 2178 12.5 4428 787 17.8 4290 506 11.8 8663 886 10.2
2 or More Children 23662 4408 18.6 4146 1086 26.2 7709 1813 23.5 11807 1509 12.8
1 or More Own Children Under 6 16090 3415 21.2 2899 1192 41.1 8348 1524 18.3 4843 699 14.4
1 Child 11244 2217 19.7 2018 762 37.8 5593 943 16.9 3633 512 14.1
2 or More Children 4846 1199 24.7 882 430 48.8 2755 581 21.1 1209 188 15.5
Persons With A Spouse Both Sexes Total 110573 6558 5.9 3759 547 14.5 21935 1761 8.0 84879 4250 5.0
No Own Children Under 18 59284 2520 4.3 1770 124 7.0 6016 215 3.6 51498 2181 4.2
1 or More Own Children Under 18 51289 4038 7.9 1990 422 21.2 15919 1546 9.7 33381 2069 6.2
1 Child 19535 1041 5.3 1121 188 16.7 5634 258 4.6 12780 596 4.7
2 or More Children 31755 2997 9.4 868 235 27.1 10285 1288 12.5 20601 1474 7.2
1 or More Own Children Under 6 23748 2407 10.1 1848 396 21.4 12355 1217 9.9 9545 794 8.3
1 Child 16049 1419 8.8 1179 215 18.2 7954 659 8.3 6916 545 7.9
2 or More Children 7699 989 12.8 670 181 27.1 4401 558 12.7 2629 249 9.5
Male
Total 55254 3213 5.8 1307 193 14.8 10006 809 8.1 43940 2211 5.0
No Own Children Under 18 Yrs 29679 1252 4.2 617 50 8.1 3018 122 4.0 26043 1081 4.1
1 or More Own Children Under 18 25575 1961 7.7 690 144 20.8 6988 687 9.8 17897 1130 6.3
1 Child 9753 508 5.2 414 68 16.3 2590 128 4.9 6749 313 4.6
2 or More Children 15823 1453 9.2 277 76 27.5 4398 559 12.7 11148 817 7.3
1 or More Own Children Under 6 11854 1183 10.0 633 134 21.1 5584 567 10.2 5637 482 8.5
1 Child 8017 700 8.7 429 74 17.2 3544 292 8.2 4045 334 8.3
2 or More Children 3837 483 12.6 204 60 29.3 2041 275 13.5 1592 148 9.3
Female
Total 55319 3345 6.0 2452 353 14.4 11929 952 8.0 40938 2040 5.0
No Own Children Under 18 Yrs 29605 1268 4.3 1153 74 6.4 2998 93 3.1 25455 1100 4.3
1 or More Own Children Under 18 25714 2077 8.1 1299 279 21.5 8931 859 9.6 15484 939 6.1
1 Child 9782 533 5.4 708 120 17.0 3044 130 4.3 6031 283 4.7
2 or More Children 15932 1544 9.7 591 159 26.9 5887 729 12.4 9453 657 6.9
1 or More Own Children Under 6 11894 1224 10.3 1215 263 21.6 6770 650 9.6 3908 312 8.0
1 Child 8032 719 8.9 750 141 18.8 4411 367 8.3 2872 210 7.3
2 or More Children 3862 506 13.1 465 121 26.1 2360 283 12.0 1037 101 9.8
Persons Without A Spouse Both Sexes Total 52130 8510 16.3 24016 3367 14.0 9443 2055 21.8 18672 3088 16.5
No Own Children Under 18 27069 2521 9.3 9526 729 7.6 5388 378 7.0 12155 1414 11.6
1 or More Own Children Under 18 25061 5989 23.9 14490 2639 18.2 4056 1677 41.3 6516 1673 25.7
1 Child 12602 2196 17.4 7304 1012 13.9 1818 472 25.9 3480 712 20.5
2 or More Children 12459 3793 30.4 7185 1627 22.6 2237 1205 53.9 3036 961 31.7
1 or More Own Children Under 6 6069 2711 44.7 2598 1226 47.2 2110 1003 47.5 1360 482 35.4
1 Child 4649 1821 39.2 1967 806 41.0 1572 643 40.9 1109 372 33.6
2 or More Children 1420 890 62.7 630 420 66.6 538 361 67.0 252 110 43.5
Male
Total 23522 2544 10.8 12645 1399 11.1 4555 442 9.7 6322 704 11.1
No Own Children Under 18 Yrs 13790 1065 7.7 5430 354 6.5 3568 225 6.3 4792 486 10.1
1 or More Own Children Under 18 9732 1479 15.2 7215 1045 14.5 988 217 21.9 1530 218 14.2
1 Child 5003 550 11.0 3584 345 9.6 571 96 16.8 848 109 12.9
2 or More Children 4729 929 19.7 3631 700 19.3 416 121 29.0 682 108 15.9
1 or More Own Children Under 6 1873 520 27.8 914 297 32.5 532 129 24.3 426 94 22.1
1 Child 1436 323 22.5 700 185 26.4 390 67 17.1 347 71 20.4
2 or More Children 437 197 45.2 214 111 52.1 143 63 43.8 79 23 29.4
Female
Total 28608 5965 20.9 11371 1969 17.3 4888 1613 33.0 12349 2384 19.3
No Own Children Under 18 Yrs 13279 1456 11.0 4096 375 9.1 1820 153 8.4 7363 928 12.6
1 or More Own Children Under 18 15329 4509 29.4 7275 1594 21.9 3068 1460 47.6 4986 1456 29.2
1 Child 7599 1646 21.7 3720 667 17.9 1247 376 30.1 2632 603 22.9
2 or More Children 7730 2864 37.0 3555 927 26.1 1821 1084 59.5 2354 853 36.2
1 or More Own Children Under 6 4196 2191 52.2 1684 929 55.2 1578 874 55.4 934 388 41.5
1 Child 3213 1498 46.6 1268 621 49.0 1183 576 48.7 762 301 39.6
2 or More Children 984 693 70.4 416 309 74.1 395 298 75.4 172 86 50.1
Family Householder Without A Spouse Both Sexes Total 16064 4489 27.9 1582 792 50.1 3713 1474 39.7 10769 2223 20.6
No Own Children Under 18 6831 918 13.4 489 92 18.8 633 43 6.7 5708 784 13.7
1 or More Own Children Under 18 9233 3571 38.7 1092 700 64.1 3080 1431 46.5 5061 1440 28.4
1 Child 4686 1354 28.9 671 356 53.0 1211 359 29.6 2803 640 22.8
2 or More Children 4547 2216 48.7 421 344 81.8 1869 1072 57.4 2257 800 35.4
1 or More Own Children Under 6 3663 1950 53.2 1030 667 64.8 1771 913 51.6 862 369 42.8
1 Child 2759 1280 46.4 714 400 56.1 1311 578 44.1 734 302 41.2
2 or More Children 904 669 74.1 316 267 84.4 460 336 73.0 128 67 52.4
Male
Total 3648 494 13.5 376 79 20.9 1001 164 16.4 2271 252 11.1
No Own Children Under 18 Yrs 2032 179 8.8 255 36 14.1 479 33 6.8 1298 110 8.5
1 or More Own Children Under 18 1616 315 19.5 121 42 35.1 522 131 25.1 973 142 14.6
1 Child 957 166 17.3 88 20 23.1 276 52 18.8 592 93 15.7
2 or More Children 659 150 22.7 33 22 67.6 246 79 32.2 380 49 12.8
1 or More Own Children Under 6 672 193 28.8 115 42 36.9 360 108 29.9 198 43 21.9
1 Child 511 115 22.5 86 20 23.6 263 54 20.4 162 41 25.2
2 or More Children 162 78 48.5 29 22 76.4 97 54 55.6 36 2 6.7
Female
Total 12416 3995 32.2 1205 713 59.2 2712 1310 48.3 8498 1972 23.2
No Own Children Under 18 Yrs 4798 740 15.4 234 56 23.9 154 10 6.5 4410 674 15.3
1 or More Own Children Under 18 7617 3255 42.7 971 657 67.7 2558 1300 50.8 4088 1298 31.7
1 Child 3729 1189 31.9 583 335 57.5 935 307 32.8 2211 546 24.7
2 or More Children 3888 2066 53.1 388 322 83.0 1623 993 61.2 1877 751 40.0
1 or More Own Children Under 6 2990 1756 58.7 915 625 68.3 1411 806 57.1 664 326 49.1
1 Child 2248 1165 51.8 628 380 60.5 1048 524 50.0 572 262 45.7
2 or More Children 742 591 79.6 287 245 85.2 363 282 77.7 92 64 70.1
Never Married Persons Who Are Family Hhlder Both Sexes Total 5222 2113 40.5 1391 696 50.0 2041 841 41.2 1790 576 32.2
No Own Children Under 18 1861 272 14.6 477 92 19.3 523 38 7.2 862 142 16.5
1 or More Own Children Under 18 3361 1841 54.8 915 604 66.0 1518 803 52.9 928 433 46.7
1 Child 1777 738 41.5 579 324 55.9 701 237 33.8 497 177 35.7
2 or More Children 1584 1103 69.6 336 281 83.6 817 567 69.3 431 256 59.4
1 or More Own Children Under 6 2103 1288 61.2 862 573 66.5 979 562 57.4 262 153 58.3
1 Child 1529 815 53.3 588 336 57.2 715 349 48.8 225 129 57.1
2 or More Children 574 473 82.4 274 237 86.4 264 213 80.6 36 24 65.7
Male
Total 1510 253 16.8 362 77 21.2 661 110 16.6 487 67 13.7
No Own Children Under 18 Yrs 999 98 9.8 250 36 14.4 405 30 7.3 344 32 9.4
1 or More Own Children Under 18 512 155 30.4 113 41 36.1 256 80 31.4 143 34 24.0
1 Child 311 74 23.7 80 19 23.3 150 33 21.9 81 22 27.6
2 or More Children 201 82 40.6 33 22 67.6 106 48 44.8 62 12 19.4
1 or More Own Children Under 6 371 133 35.9 107 41 38.1 211 74 35.1 52 18 35.1
1 Child 273 76 27.8 78 19 23.9 151 39 25.7 44 18 42.1
2 or More Children 97 57 58.8 29 22 76.4 60 35 58.9 9 0 .0
Female
Total 3712 1860 50.1 1029 619 60.2 1380 731 53.0 1303 509 39.1
No Own Children Under 18 Yrs 863 174 20.2 227 56 24.6 118 8 6.9 518 110 21.3
1 or More Own Children Under 18 2850 1685 59.1 802 564 70.3 1262 723 57.3 785 399 50.8
1 Child 1466 664 45.3 499 305 61.1 551 204 37.0 417 155 37.3
2 or More Children 1383 1022 73.9 303 259 85.3 711 519 73.0 369 244 66.1
1 or More Own Children Under 6 1732 1155 66.7 755 533 70.5 768 488 63.5 209 134 64.2
1 Child 1255 739 58.8 510 318 62.3 564 310 55.0 182 110 60.8
2 or More Children 477 416 87.3 245 215 87.6 204 178 87.0 27 24 86.8
Divorced or Separated Persons Who Are Family Hhlder Both Sexes Total 8165 1937 23.7 183 96 52.3 1622 615 38.0 6360 1226 19.3
No Own Children Under 18 2712 334 12.3 13 0 .0 106 5 4.7 2593 329 12.7
1 or More Own Children Under 18 5453 1603 29.4 170 96 56.2 1516 611 40.3 3767 897 23.8
1 Child 2638 539 20.4 86 32 37.2 500 119 23.9 2053 388 18.9
2 or More Children 2815 1064 37.8 84 64 75.5 1016 491 48.3 1714 509 29.7
1 or More Own Children Under 6 1493 632 42.3 163 94 57.3 768 341 44.3 562 198 35.2
1 Child 1172 438 37.4 122 64 52.1 579 220 38.0 470 155 32.9
2 or More Children 321 193 60.2 41 30 73.2 189 120 63.8 92 43 47.1
Male
Total 1725 202 11.7 14 2 12.4 326 54 16.5 1385 147 10.6
No Own Children Under 18 Yrs 691 55 8.0 6 0 .0 69 3 4.3 616 52 8.5
1 or More Own Children Under 18 1035 147 14.2 8 2 20.9 257 51 19.8 769 94 12.3
1 Child 605 81 13.4 8 2 20.9 125 19 15.4 472 60 12.7
2 or More Children 430 66 15.4 0 0 (B) 132 32 24.0 298 35 11.6
1 or More Own Children Under 6 287 60 20.9 8 2 20.9 139 34 24.2 140 25 17.7
1 Child 228 39 17.1 8 2 20.9 106 15 13.9 113 22 19.9
2 or More Children 60 21 35.6 0 0 (B) 33 19 57.7 27 2 8.9
Female
Total 6440 1735 26.9 169 94 55.6 1296 562 43.3 4975 1079 21.7
No Own Children Under 18 Yrs 2021 279 13.8 7 0 .0 36 2 5.5 1978 277 14.0
1 or More Own Children Under 18 4419 1456 33.0 162 94 58.0 1259 560 44.4 2997 803 26.8
1 Child 2034 458 22.5 78 30 39.0 375 100 26.7 1581 328 20.7
2 or More Children 2385 998 41.9 84 64 75.5 884 460 52.0 1416 475 33.5
1 or More Own Children Under 6 1206 572 47.4 155 92 59.3 629 307 48.8 422 173 41.0
1 Child 945 400 42.3 114 62 54.3 473 205 43.4 357 132 37.0
2 or More Children 262 172 65.9 41 30 73.2 156 102 65.1 65 41 63.1
Persons Who Worked During Year Both Sexes Total 115259 6425 5.6 18870 1646 8.7 26444 2059 7.8 69946 2720 3.9
No Own Children Under 18 55388 1424 2.6 8897 377 4.2 9995 219 2.2 36496 828 2.3
1 or More Own Children Under 18 59871 5001 8.4 9973 1269 12.7 16449 1839 11.2 33450 1892 5.7
1 Child 25745 1591 6.2 5534 565 10.2 6542 430 6.6 13669 596 4.4
2 or More Children 34126 3410 10.0 4439 704 15.9 9906 1410 14.2 19781 1296 6.6
1 or More Own Children Under 6 23562 2738 11.6 2942 815 27.7 11823 1285 10.9 8797 639 7.3
1 Child 16736 1761 10.5 2142 523 24.4 8048 795 9.9 6546 443 6.8
2 or More Children 6827 977 14.3 800 292 36.5 3775 490 13.0 2252 195 8.7
Male
Total 60620 2844 4.7 9779 659 6.7 13544 857 6.3 37298 1327 3.6
No Own Children Under 18 Yrs 30009 795 2.6 4886 194 4.0 5895 154 2.6 19228 447 2.3
1 or More Own Children Under 18 30612 2049 6.7 4893 465 9.5 7649 704 9.2 18069 880 4.9
1 Child 12650 559 4.4 2695 191 7.1 3026 153 5.1 6930 215 3.1
2 or More Children 17961 1490 8.3 2198 275 12.5 4623 550 11.9 11140 665 6.0
1 or More Own Children Under 6 12714 1222 9.6 1127 225 19.9 5916 579 9.8 5671 419 7.4
1 Child 8701 706 8.1 823 130 15.8 3800 296 7.8 4077 279 6.8
2 or More Children 4013 517 12.9 304 94 31.1 2116 282 13.4 1594 140 8.8
Female
Total 54639 3581 6.6 9091 986 10.9 12900 1201 9.3 32648 1393 4.3
No Own Children Under 18 Yrs 25379 629 2.5 4011 183 4.6 4101 66 1.6 17268 381 2.2
1 or More Own Children Under 18 29260 2952 10.1 5080 804 15.8 8799 1136 12.9 15381 1012 6.6
1 Child 13095 1032 7.9 2839 374 13.2 3516 276 7.9 6739 382 5.7
2 or More Children 16165 1920 11.9 2240 430 19.2 5283 859 16.3 8642 631 7.3
1 or More Own Children Under 6 10848 1516 14.0 1815 590 32.5 5907 706 12.0 3126 220 7.0
1 Child 8034 1056 13.1 1318 392 29.8 4248 499 11.7 2468 164 6.7
2 or More Children 2814 460 16.4 496 197 39.7 1659 207 12.5 658 55 8.4
Persons Who Worked Year-Round Full-Time Both Sexes Total 72437 1781 2.5 4941 226 4.6 18026 631 3.5 49471 924 1.9
No Own Children Under 18 35030 333 1.0 2866 43 1.5 7179 56 .8 24985 234 .9
1 or More Own Children Under 18 37408 1448 3.9 2075 183 8.8 10846 575 5.3 24487 690 2.8
1 Child 16129 372 2.3 1380 74 5.4 4617 120 2.6 10132 178 1.8
2 or More Children 21279 1076 5.1 695 109 15.7 6229 455 7.3 14355 511 3.6
1 or More Own Children Under 6 15423 852 5.5 1129 147 13.0 7793 436 5.6 6501 269 4.1
1 Child 11093 498 4.5 837 81 9.7 5412 240 4.4 4844 177 3.7
2 or More Children 4329 354 8.2 292 66 22.7 2381 196 8.3 1656 92 5.5
Male
Total 43394 1105 2.5 2895 115 4.0 10686 431 4.0 29813 560 1.9
No Own Children Under 18 Yrs 20338 203 1.0 1718 25 1.4 4370 44 1.0 14251 135 .9
1 or More Own Children Under 18 23056 902 3.9 1177 90 7.7 6317 387 6.1 15562 425 2.7
1 Child 9187 180 2.0 750 32 4.2 2534 72 2.9 5903 76 1.3
2 or More Children 13869 722 5.2 427 59 13.7 3783 315 8.3 9659 348 3.6
1 or More Own Children Under 6 10400 616 5.9 601 70 11.6 4906 328 6.7 4893 217 4.4
1 Child 7055 337 4.8 408 31 7.5 3154 164 5.2 3494 142 4.1
2 or More Children 3344 278 8.3 194 39 20.3 1752 164 9.4 1399 75 5.3
Female
Total 29043 676 2.3 2046 111 5.4 7339 200 2.7 19658 364 1.9
No Own Children Under 18 Yrs 14691 130 .9 1148 18 1.6 2809 13 .4 10733 99 .9
1 or More Own Children Under 18 14352 546 3.8 898 93 10.3 4530 188 4.1 8924 265 3.0
1 Child 6942 192 2.8 630 42 6.7 2084 48 2.3 4228 102 2.4
2 or More Children 7410 354 4.8 268 51 18.9 2446 140 5.7 4696 163 3.5
1 or More Own Children Under 6 5023 237 4.7 528 77 14.6 2887 108 3.7 1608 52 3.2
1 Child 4038 161 4.0 430 50 11.7 2258 76 3.3 1351 35 2.6
2 or More Children 985 76 7.7 98 27 27.3 629 32 5.1 257 17 6.6
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/9_001.htm