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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	Number	Percent of Total	Total	Number	Percent of Total	Total	Number	Percent of Total	Total	Number	Percent of Total
Persons Who Worked- But Not Year-Round Full-Time Both Sexes	Total	42822	4644	10.8	13929	1420	10.2	8418	1427	17.0	20475	1797	8.8
	No Own Children Under 18	20359	1091	5.4	6031	334	5.5	2816	163	5.8	11511	594	5.2
	1 or More Own Children Under 18	22463	3553	15.8	7898	1086	13.7	5602	1264	22.6	8963	1203	13.4
	1 Child	9616	1218	12.7	4155	491	11.8	1925	310	16.1	3537	418	11.8
	2 or More Children	12847	2334	18.2	3743	595	15.9	3677	955	26.0	5426	784	14.5
	1 or More Own Children Under 6	8140	1886	23.2	1813	668	36.8	4030	849	21.1	2297	369	16.1
	1 Child	5642	1263	22.4	1305	442	33.9	2636	556	21.1	1701	266	15.6
	2 or More Children	2497	623	24.9	508	226	44.4	1394	293	21.0	595	104	17.4
	Male
	Total	17226	1739	10.1	6884	544	7.9	2858	427	14.9	7484	768	10.3
	No Own Children Under 18 Yrs	9670	592	6.1	3169	169	5.3	1525	110	7.2	4977	312	6.3
	1 or More Own Children Under 18	7556	1147	15.2	3716	375	10.1	1333	317	23.8	2507	455	18.2
	1 Child	3464	379	10.9	1945	159	8.2	492	81	16.5	1027	138	13.5
	2 or More Children	4092	768	18.8	1771	216	12.2	840	235	28.0	1481	317	21.4
	1 or More Own Children Under 6	2314	607	26.2	526	155	29.4	1010	250	24.8	778	202	25.9
	1 Child	1646	368	22.4	416	100	24.0	646	132	20.4	584	137	23.4
	2 or More Children	668	238	35.7	110	55	50.2	364	118	32.4	194	65	33.5
	Female
	Total	25596	2905	11.3	7045	876	12.4	5561	1001	18.0	12990	1029	7.9
	No Own Children Under 18 Yrs	10688	499	4.7	2863	165	5.8	1291	53	4.1	6534	282	4.3
	1 or More Own Children Under 18	14908	2406	16.1	4182	711	17.0	4269	948	22.2	6456	747	11.6
	1 Child	6153	840	13.6	2210	332	15.0	1432	228	15.9	2511	280	11.1
	2 or More Children	8755	1566	17.9	1972	379	19.2	2837	719	25.4	3946	467	11.8
	1 or More Own Children Under 6	5826	1279	22.0	1287	513	39.8	3020	599	19.8	1519	168	11.0
	1 Child	3997	895	22.4	889	342	38.5	1990	423	21.3	1118	129	11.6
	2 or More Children	1829	384	21.0	398	170	42.8	1030	175	17.0	401	38	9.6
Persons Who Did Not Work Both Sexes	Total	47444	8643	18.2	8905	2268	25.5	4935	1757	35.6	33605	4618	13.7
	No Own Children Under 18	30965	3617	11.7	2399	476	19.9	1408	373	26.5	27158	2767	10.2
	1 or More Own Children Under 18	16480	5026	30.5	6506	1792	27.5	3526	1383	39.2	6447	1850	28.7
	1 Child	6392	1646	25.7	2892	635	21.9	910	300	32.9	2591	711	27.5
	2 or More Children	10087	3380	33.5	3615	1157	32.0	2616	1084	41.4	3856	1139	29.5
	1 or More Own Children Under 6	6255	2380	38.1	1505	808	53.7	2642	936	35.4	2108	637	30.2
	1 Child	3962	1478	37.3	1004	498	49.6	1478	507	34.3	1479	474	32.0
	2 or More Children	2293	902	39.3	500	310	61.9	1164	429	36.9	629	163	26.0
	Male
	Total	18156	2914	16.0	4173	933	22.4	1018	393	38.6	12965	1587	12.2
	No Own Children Under 18 Yrs	13460	1523	11.3	1161	210	18.1	691	193	27.9	11607	1119	9.6
	1 or More Own Children Under 18	4696	1391	29.6	3012	723	24.0	326	200	61.4	1358	468	34.5
	1 Child	2105	499	23.7	1303	222	17.0	136	70	51.8	667	207	31.1
	2 or More Children	2591	892	34.4	1709	501	29.3	191	130	68.2	691	261	37.7
	1 or More Own Children Under 6	1013	481	47.5	420	206	48.9	201	118	58.7	392	157	40.1
	1 Child	752	317	42.2	305	129	42.2	133	62	47.1	314	126	40.1
	2 or More Children	261	164	62.7	115	77	66.9	68	55	81.4	78	31	40.0
	Female
	Total	29288	5729	19.6	4732	1335	28.2	3917	1364	34.8	20639	3030	14.7
	No Own Children Under 18 Yrs	17504	2094	12.0	1237	266	21.5	717	180	25.2	15550	1648	10.6
	1 or More Own Children Under 18	11784	3635	30.8	3495	1069	30.6	3200	1183	37.0	5089	1383	27.2
	1 Child	4287	1147	26.8	1589	413	26.0	774	230	29.6	1924	504	26.2
	2 or More Children	7497	2488	33.2	1906	656	34.4	2426	954	39.3	3166	878	27.8
	1 or More Own Children Under 6	5242	1900	36.2	1085	602	55.5	2441	818	33.5	1716	480	28.0
	1 Child	3210	1161	36.2	699	369	52.8	1345	444	33.0	1165	348	29.8
	2 or More Children	2032	738	36.3	385	233	60.4	1095	373	34.1	551	132	24.0
White Both Sexes	Total	136040	10049	7.4	22015	2433	11.0	25438	2559	10.1	88587	5057	5.7
	No Own Children Under 18	73051	3334	4.6	8992	515	5.7	8964	335	3.7	55095	2484	4.5
	1 or More Own Children Under 18	62989	6714	10.7	13022	1918	14.7	16474	2224	13.5	33492	2573	7.7
	1 Child	26387	2155	8.2	6769	793	11.7	6133	488	7.9	13485	874	6.5
	2 or More Children	36601	4560	12.5	6253	1125	18.0	10341	1737	16.8	20007	1698	8.5
	1 or More Own Children Under 6	24693	3503	14.2	3372	1046	31.0	12173	1590	13.1	9148	867	9.5
	1 Child	16948	2219	13.1	2385	680	28.5	7909	928	11.7	6654	610	9.2
	2 or More Children	7745	1285	16.6	987	366	37.1	4264	662	15.5	2494	257	10.3
	Male
	Total	66894	4056	6.1	11185	1004	9.0	12043	926	7.7	43666	2125	4.9
	No Own Children Under 18 Yrs	36973	1587	4.3	4809	252	5.2	5153	198	3.8	27011	1137	4.2
	1 or More Own Children Under 18	29921	2469	8.3	6376	752	11.8	6890	729	10.6	16655	988	5.9
	1 Child	12454	754	6.1	3311	291	8.8	2714	170	6.2	6430	294	4.6
	2 or More Children	17467	1715	9.8	3066	461	15.0	4176	559	13.4	10225	694	6.8
	1 or More Own Children Under 6	11734	1277	10.9	1224	286	23.4	5349	579	10.8	5161	411	8.0
	1 Child	7992	764	9.6	898	189	21.0	3408	296	8.7	3686	280	7.6
	2 or More Children	3741	512	13.7	326	97	29.8	1941	283	14.6	1474	132	8.9
	Female
	Total	69146	5993	8.7	10829	1429	13.2	13395	1633	12.2	44921	2931	6.5
	No Own Children Under 18 Yrs	36078	1747	4.8	4183	263	6.3	3811	138	3.6	28084	1347	4.8
	1 or More Own Children Under 18	33068	4245	12.8	6646	1166	17.5	9584	1495	15.6	16838	1584	9.4
	1 Child	13933	1400	10.1	3459	502	14.5	3419	318	9.3	7055	581	8.2
	2 or More Children	19135	2845	14.9	3187	664	20.8	6165	1177	19.1	9783	1004	10.3
	1 or More Own Children Under 6	12960	2227	17.2	2147	760	35.4	6825	1011	14.8	3988	456	11.4
	1 Child	8956	1454	16.2	1487	491	33.1	4501	633	14.1	2968	330	11.1
	2 or More Children	4004	772	19.3	661	269	40.7	2323	378	16.3	1020	126	12.3
Black Both Sexes	Total	19045	4052	21.3	4364	1282	29.4	4236	1014	23.9	10445	1756	16.8
	No Own Children Under 18	9601	1354	14.1	1699	270	15.9	1616	204	12.6	6287	880	14.0
	1 or More Own Children Under 18	9444	2697	28.6	2665	1011	37.9	2620	810	30.9	4159	876	21.1
	1 Child	4005	879	21.9	1239	355	28.7	889	181	20.4	1878	342	18.2
	2 or More Children	5440	1819	33.4	1427	656	46.0	1732	628	36.3	2281	535	23.4
	1 or More Own Children Under 6	3606	1286	35.7	912	515	56.5	1628	489	30.0	1066	283	26.5
	1 Child	2640	801	30.3	626	291	46.5	1163	293	25.2	851	217	25.5
	2 or More Children	965	485	50.3	286	224	78.4	465	196	42.1	215	66	30.6
	Male
	Total	8300	1278	15.4	2093	500	23.9	1715	233	13.6	4491	545	12.1
	No Own Children Under 18 Yrs	4698	564	12.0	927	115	12.4	969	122	12.6	2802	327	11.7
	1 or More Own Children Under 18	3602	714	19.8	1166	384	33.0	747	111	14.9	1689	219	13.0
	1 Child	1496	223	14.9	506	109	21.5	264	30	11.3	726	84	11.5
	2 or More Children	2106	492	23.3	660	275	41.7	483	82	16.9	964	135	14.0
	1 or More Own Children Under 6	1302	288	22.1	272	127	46.8	506	69	13.7	525	92	17.5
	1 Child	957	169	17.6	187	58	31.1	356	38	10.7	414	73	17.6
	2 or More Children	345	120	34.6	85	69	81.3	150	31	20.9	110	19	17.4
	Female
	Total	10746	2773	25.8	2271	782	34.4	2521	780	31.0	5954	1211	20.3
	No Own Children Under 18 Yrs	4903	791	16.1	772	155	20.1	647	82	12.7	3485	553	15.9
	1 or More Own Children Under 18	5843	1983	33.9	1500	627	41.8	1874	698	37.3	2469	658	26.6
	1 Child	2509	656	26.1	732	246	33.7	625	151	24.2	1152	258	22.4
	2 or More Children	3334	1327	39.8	767	381	49.6	1249	547	43.8	1317	400	30.3
	1 or More Own Children Under 6	2303	998	43.3	640	388	60.6	1122	419	37.4	541	191	35.2
	1 Child	1683	632	37.6	440	233	53.0	807	255	31.6	437	144	33.0
	2 or More Children	620	366	59.0	201	155	77.1	315	164	52.2	105	47	44.4
Persons of Hispanic Origin Both Sexes	Total	17207	3813	22.2	4138	1170	28.3	4635	1040	22.4	8434	1602	19.0
	No Own Children Under 18	6757	804	11.9	1282	197	15.4	1399	101	7.2	4076	506	12.4
	1 or More Own Children Under 18	10450	3009	28.8	2856	974	34.1	3236	939	29.0	4357	1096	25.2
	1 Child	3965	795	20.0	1365	356	26.0	991	157	15.8	1609	283	17.6
	2 or More Children	6484	2214	34.1	1491	618	41.5	2245	783	34.9	2748	814	29.6
	1 or More Own Children Under 6	4948	1657	33.5	1100	495	45.0	2374	693	29.2	1475	469	31.8
	1 Child	3367	1006	29.9	765	315	41.2	1502	372	24.8	1100	319	29.0
	2 or More Children	1582	651	41.1	335	180	53.6	871	321	36.8	375	150	40.0
	Male
	Total	8511	1568	18.4	2190	537	24.5	2298	395	17.2	4024	637	15.8
	No Own Children Under 18 Yrs	3567	367	10.3	756	99	13.1	879	62	7.0	1932	206	10.7
	1 or More Own Children Under 18	4944	1202	24.3	1434	438	30.6	1419	333	23.5	2092	430	20.6
	1 Child	1876	296	15.8	680	148	21.8	481	58	12.2	716	89	12.5
	2 or More Children	3068	906	29.5	754	290	38.5	938	275	29.3	1376	341	24.8
	1 or More Own Children Under 6	2366	671	28.4	467	183	39.2	1080	266	24.6	819	222	27.1
	1 Child	1608	399	24.8	326	120	36.8	681	132	19.4	601	146	24.3
	2 or More Children	757	272	36.0	141	63	44.7	399	134	33.5	217	75	34.7
	Female
	Total	8696	2245	25.8	1948	634	32.5	2337	645	27.6	4410	966	21.9
	No Own Children Under 18 Yrs	3190	437	13.7	525	98	18.6	520	40	7.6	2145	300	14.0
	1 or More Own Children Under 18	5505	1807	32.8	1423	536	37.6	1817	606	33.3	2266	666	29.4
	1 Child	2089	499	23.9	685	208	30.3	510	98	19.2	893	193	21.6
	2 or More Children	3416	1308	38.3	737	328	44.5	1307	508	38.9	1372	473	34.4
	1 or More Own Children Under 6	2583	986	38.2	633	312	49.3	1294	427	33.0	656	247	37.6
	1 Child	1758	608	34.6	439	195	44.5	821	240	29.2	498	172	34.5
	2 or More Children	824	378	45.9	194	116	60.0	472	187	39.6	158	75	47.3

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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_002.htm