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TABLE 16. Number of Children and Type of Family - Poverty Status of Families and Persons In Families In 1997 (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 70884 7324 10.3 59515 4990 8.4 8408 1985 23.6 6961 1721 24.7
No Related Children Under 18 33457 1440 4.3 29456 1095 3.7 2761 264 9.6 2051 229 11.2
With Related Children Under 18 37427 5884 15.7 30060 3895 13.0 5647 1721 30.5 4910 1492 30.4
1 15593 1881 12.1 12581 1316 10.5 2261 508 22.5 1733 385 22.2
2 or More 21834 4003 18.3 17479 2579 14.8 3386 1213 35.8 3176 1106 34.8
Mean 1.87 2.28 (B) 1.84 2.20 (B) 1.95 2.32 (B) 2.17 2.57 (B)
Standard Error .01 .03 (B) .01 .03 (B) .02 .06 (B) .02 .04 (B)
With Related Children Under 6 17164 3344 19.5 13807 2292 16.6 2555 909 35.6 2735 930 34.0
1 11936 2058 17.2 9566 1421 14.9 1806 560 31.0 1820 531 29.2
2 or More 5228 1286 24.6 4241 870 20.5 749 350 46.7 915 399 43.6
Householders Under 25 Years
Total 3018 952 31.6 2270 609 26.8 630 318 50.4 626 232 37.0
No Related Children Under 18 978 73 7.4 809 49 6.0 110 21 19.1 151 17 11.5
With Related Children Under 18 2041 880 43.1 1461 560 38.3 521 297 57.1 475 214 45.1
1 1180 407 34.5 879 275 31.2 262 120 45.9 226 71 31.5
2 or More 861 473 55.0 582 286 49.1 259 177 68.4 249 143 57.5
Mean 1.51 1.71 (B) 1.44 1.62 (B) 1.68 1.85 (B) 1.79 2.04 (B)
Standard Error .03 .06 (B) .04 .07 (B) .07 .12 (B) .05 .10 (B)
With Related Children Under 6 1806 779 43.2 1332 527 39.6 431 235 54.5 420 200 47.5
1 1177 432 36.7 890 302 33.9 260 121 46.6 233 89 38.2
2 or More 628 348 55.3 442 225 51.0 171 114 66.6 187 111 59.2
All Families Householders 25 to 34 Years Total 13639 2204 16.2 10965 1496 13.6 2054 603 29.4 1944 540 27.8
No Related Children Under 18 3097 102 3.3 2585 63 2.4 305 21 6.8 303 21 6.8
With Related Children Under 18 10542 2102 19.9 8381 1433 17.1 1749 583 33.3 1641 519 31.6
1 3898 479 12.3 3167 352 11.1 533 106 20.0 464 95 20.6
2 or More 6644 1622 24.4 5213 1081 20.7 1216 476 39.2 1177 424 36.0
Mean 1.96 2.52 (B) 1.91 2.38 (B) 2.15 2.68 (B) 2.31 2.78 (B)
Standard Error .01 .05 (B) .02 .05 (B) .04 .11 (B) .02 .06 (B)
With Related Children Under 6 7693 1466 19.1 6269 1015 16.2 1097 385 35.1 1235 382 31.0
1 5016 883 17.6 4050 606 15.0 746 247 33.1 777 212 27.3
2 or More 2677 582 21.7 2219 409 18.4 351 138 39.2 458 170 37.2
Householders 35 to 44 Years
Total 18872 1982 10.5 15603 1323 8.5 2352 557 23.7 2002 522 26.1
No Related Children Under 18 3296 125 3.8 2713 82 3.0 405 35 8.6 239 19 7.9
With Related Children Under 18 15576 1858 11.9 12890 1241 9.6 1948 522 26.8 1763 503 28.5
1 5145 497 9.7 4211 336 8.0 708 149 21.1 502 120 23.8
2 or More 10431 1361 13.0 8679 905 10.4 1239 373 30.1 1261 383 30.4
Mean 2.00 2.41 (B) 1.99 2.45 (B) 1.96 2.19 (B) 2.37 2.73 (B)
Standard Error .01 .05 (B) .01 .06 (B) .03 .10 (B) .03 .07 (B)
With Related Children Under 6 5746 758 13.2 4780 527 11.0 635 183 28.8 756 241 31.9
1 4210 494 11.7 3478 345 9.9 496 121 24.4 543 146 26.9
2 or More 1536 265 17.2 1302 183 14.0 139 62 44.4 213 96 44.9
All Families Householders 45 to 64 Years Total 24085 1507 6.3 20604 1106 5.4 2455 314 12.8 1842 329 17.9
No Related Children Under 18 15574 637 4.1 13779 524 3.8 1252 85 6.8 909 99 10.9
With Related Children Under 18 8512 871 10.2 6826 583 8.5 1204 229 19.0 933 230 24.6
1 4926 415 8.4 3994 307 7.7 656 97 14.7 494 90 18.2
2 or More 3586 456 12.7 2832 276 9.7 548 132 24.2 438 140 31.9
Mean 1.61 2.08 (B) 1.58 1.88 (B) 1.73 2.32 (B) 1.82 2.30 (B)
Standard Error of Mean .01 .07 (B) .01 .08 (B) .04 .13 (B) .05 .14 (B)
With Related Children Under 6 1688 283 16.8 1280 197 15.4 315 74 23.6 290 97 33.6
1 1352 216 16.0 1026 150 14.6 252 56 22.1 239 76 32.0
2 or More 336 67 19.9 253 47 18.4 63 19 29.5 52 21 40.9
Householders 65 Years and Over
Total 11270 678 6.0 10072 457 4.5 916 193 21.1 547 99 18.1
No Related Children Under 18 10513 503 4.8 9570 379 4.0 690 102 14.8 448 73 16.4
With Related Children Under 18 757 174 23.0 502 78 15.6 226 91 40.2 98 26 26.1
Married Couple Families Householders of All Ages Total 54321 2821 5.2 48070 2312 4.8 3921 312 8.0 4804 836 17.4
No Related Children Under 18 27892 958 3.4 25287 796 3.1 1646 107 6.5 1511 144 9.5
With Related Children Under 18 26430 1863 7.1 22783 1516 6.7 2275 205 9.0 3293 692 21.0
1 10057 447 4.4 8669 383 4.4 811 47 5.8 1049 158 15.0
2 or More 16372 1416 8.6 14114 1132 8.0 1464 157 10.8 2244 534 23.8
Mean 1.90 2.55 (B) 1.89 2.45 (B) 1.97 2.64 (B) 2.22 2.69 (B)
Standard Error .01 .05 (B) .01 .05 (B) .03 .16 (B) .02 .06 (B)
With Related Children Under 6 12600 1128 9.0 10902 939 8.6 1023 110 10.7 1912 456 23.9
1 8542 613 7.2 7369 506 6.9 697 69 9.9 1276 252 19.8
2 or More 4058 515 12.7 3533 434 12.3 326 41 12.5 636 204 32.0
Householders Under 25 Years
Total 1373 181 13.2 1221 165 13.5 111 15 13.7 300 90 30.1
No Related Children Under 18 553 24 4.4 500 18 3.5 32 7 20.7 80 6 7.7
With Related Children Under 18 820 157 19.1 722 147 20.4 79 9 10.9 220 84 38.2
1 469 56 11.9 417 54 12.9 39 2 5.4 105 29 27.4
2 or More 351 101 28.8 305 94 30.7 40 7 16.2 115 55 48.2
Mean 1.50 1.96 (B) 1.45 1.87 (B) 1.81 2.86 (B) 1.78 2.08 (B)
Standard Error .05 .15 (B) .05 .15 (B) .19 .76 (B) .07 .19 (B)
With Related Children Under 6 793 152 19.1 698 142 20.4 76 9 11.3 211 82 38.7
1 505 65 12.8 447 61 13.6 44 4 9.5 118 37 31.1
2 or More 289 87 30.1 251 82 32.5 32 4 13.8 92 45 48.4
Married Couple Families Householders 25 to 34 Years Total 9886 710 7.2 8557 586 6.8 858 61 7.1 1345 246 18.3
No Related Children Under 18 2619 67 2.6 2269 50 2.2 196 4 2.2 219 16 7.4
With Related Children Under 18 7266 642 8.8 6288 536 8.5 662 57 8.6 1126 230 20.4
1 2565 112 4.4 2221 92 4.2 190 9 4.7 300 36 12.1
2 or More 4701 530 11.3 4068 443 10.9 472 48 10.1 826 194 23.4
Mean 1.95 2.71 (B) 1.92 2.51 (B) 2.11 3.21 (B) 2.27 2.72 (B)
Standard Error .02 .09 (B) .02 .08 (B) .06 .31 (B) .02 .06 (B)
With Related Children Under 6 5818 516 8.9 5079 434 8.5 472 45 9.4 926 196 21.1
1 3651 266 7.3 3193 228 7.1 283 27 9.6 581 109 18.7
2 or More 2167 251 11.6 1885 206 10.9 189 17 9.2 344 87 25.2
Householders 35 to 44 Years
Total 14180 718 5.1 12382 581 4.7 1066 87 8.2 1427 269 18.8
No Related Children Under 18 2502 57 2.3 2199 48 2.2 180 9 4.7 160 11 6.7
With Related Children Under 18 11678 661 5.7 10183 533 5.2 886 78 8.9 1267 258 20.4
1 3342 113 3.4 2902 96 3.3 269 13 5.0 313 52 16.5
2 or More 8335 549 6.6 7281 437 6.0 616 65 10.5 954 206 21.6
Mean 2.06 2.77 (B) 2.05 2.78 (B) 2.05 2.43 (B) 2.45 2.95 (B)
Standard Error .01 .08 (B) .01 .09 (B) .05 .29 (B) .04 .10 (B)
With Related Children Under 6 4694 314 6.7 4097 252 6.2 300 31 10.4 563 126 22.4
1 3365 177 5.3 2913 136 4.7 236 22 9.5 398 67 16.9
2 or More 1329 137 10.3 1183 116 9.8 64 9 13.6 164 59 36.0
Married Couple Families Householders 45 to 64 Years Total 19675 791 4.0 17454 653 3.7 1369 81 5.9 1320 158 12.0
No Related Children Under 18 13339 445 3.3 12109 383 3.2 789 43 5.4 691 49 7.1
With Related Children Under 18 6335 346 5.5 5344 269 5.0 579 38 6.6 629 109 17.4
1 3476 142 4.1 2961 123 4.2 285 16 5.7 306 38 12.5
2 or More 2859 204 7.1 2384 146 6.1 294 22 7.6 323 71 21.9
Mean 1.63 2.22 (B) 1.61 2.12 (B) 1.70 2.19 (B) 1.89 2.54 (B)
Standard Error of Mean .02 .12 (B) .02 .14 (B) .05 .20 (B) .06 .24 (B)
With Related Children Under 6 1192 124 10.4 962 100 10.4 146 15 10.0 194 49 25.2
1 940 90 9.6 758 70 9.2 117 12 10.3 160 36 22.7
2 or More 252 33 13.2 204 30 14.7 29 3 8.7 35 13 37.0
Householders 65 Years and Over
Total 9208 421 4.6 8456 327 3.9 518 68 13.1 412 73 17.6
No Related Children Under 18 8878 364 4.1 8210 297 3.6 448 45 10.1 360 62 17.1
With Related Children Under 18 330 57 17.2 246 30 12.1 69 23 32.8 52 11 21.2
Families With Female Hhldr- No Spouse Present Householders of All Ages Total 12652 3995 31.6 8308 2305 27.7 3926 1563 39.8 1612 767 47.6
No Related Children Under 18 3830 382 10.0 2806 236 8.4 865 127 14.6 319 66 20.7
With Related Children Under 18 8822 3614 41.0 5502 2069 37.6 3060 1436 46.9 1292 701 54.2
1 4214 1226 29.1 2832 776 27.4 1259 419 33.3 494 186 37.7
2 or More 4608 2388 51.8 2670 1292 48.4 1801 1017 56.5 798 515 64.5
Mean 1.83 2.19 (B) 1.75 2.08 (B) 1.96 2.31 (B) 2.16 2.50 (B)
Standard Error .02 .03 (B) .02 .04 (B) .03 .06 (B) .04 .06 (B)
With Related Children Under 6 3636 1979 54.4 2157 1164 54.0 1384 758 54.8 631 400 63.4
1 2671 1286 48.1 1610 787 48.8 993 464 46.7 404 230 56.9
2 or More 965 693 71.8 546 378 69.1 391 294 75.2 227 170 75.2
Householders Under 25 Years
Total 1095 650 59.4 613 353 57.6 429 276 64.4 179 102 56.7
No Related Children Under 18 168 20 12.0 103 6 6.2 43 14 31.5 16 3 16.4
With Related Children Under 18 927 630 68.0 510 346 68.0 385 263 68.1 164 99 60.5
1 504 296 58.8 298 182 61.0 186 102 55.1 58 25 43.3
2 or More 424 334 78.9 212 164 77.7 199 160 80.3 106 74 69.8
Mean 1.57 1.68 (B) 1.46 1.52 (B) 1.70 1.87 (B) 1.95 2.13 (B)
Standard Error .05 .07 (B) .06 .08 (B) .08 .12 (B) .09 .11 (B)
With Related Children Under 6 803 558 69.5 453 323 71.3 329 218 66.5 140 91 65.5
1 513 324 63.1 306 204 66.6 194 111 57.3 64 36 56.6
2 or More 290 234 80.8 147 120 81.2 134 107 79.7 76 55 73.0
Families With Female Hhldr- No Spouse Present Householders 25 to 34 Years Total 2887 1363 47.2 1725 814 47.2 1084 514 47.4 435 258 59.2
No Related Children Under 18 159 13 8.4 76 1 1.9 74 10 13.2 17 1 8.5
With Related Children Under 18 2728 1349 49.5 1649 812 49.3 1010 504 49.9 418 256 61.3
1 1004 312 31.1 670 219 32.7 306 86 28.2 113 47 41.7
2 or More 1724 1037 60.1 979 593 60.6 705 418 59.3 306 209 68.5
Mean 2.06 2.48 (B) 1.96 2.35 (B) 2.20 2.64 (B) 2.51 2.88 (B)
Standard Error .03 .06 (B) .04 .06 (B) .06 .12 (B) .07 .10 (B)
With Related Children Under 6 1484 855 57.6 882 510 57.8 561 321 57.2 239 157 66.0
1 1069 556 52.0 619 329 53.1 420 211 50.2 145 83 57.2
2 or More 415 299 72.0 263 181 68.9 142 110 77.8 93 74 79.6
Householders 35 to 44 Years
Total 3637 1153 31.7 2371 653 27.6 1146 455 39.7 461 239 51.9
No Related Children Under 18 479 56 11.7 280 27 9.5 166 22 13.5 35 5 15.1
With Related Children Under 18 3157 1097 34.7 2091 627 30.0 981 433 44.1 426 234 54.9
1 1401 342 24.4 988 207 21.0 384 130 34.0 151 64 42.5
2 or More 1756 755 43.0 1103 420 38.0 597 302 50.6 275 170 61.7
Mean 1.85 2.23 (B) 1.81 2.24 (B) 1.91 2.16 (B) 2.20 2.48 (B)
Standard Error .03 .06 (B) .03 .08 (B) .05 .11 (B) .06 .10 (B)
With Related Children Under 6 854 402 47.1 536 245 45.7 296 143 48.4 168 108 64.1
1 685 285 41.6 444 184 41.4 227 92 40.7 125 73 58.5
2 or More 169 117 69.4 92 61 65.9 69 51 73.5 43 34 80.3
Families With Female Hhldr- No Spouse Present Householders 45 to 64 Years Total 3358 605 18.0 2299 368 16.0 921 210 22.8 419 144 34.4
No Related Children Under 18 1698 168 9.9 1245 127 10.2 379 32 8.6 173 45 26.0
With Related Children Under 18 1660 436 26.3 1054 242 22.9 542 177 32.7 246 99 40.3
1 1093 226 20.7 734 144 19.6 316 75 23.7 152 43 28.3
2 or More 567 210 37.1 319 98 30.7 226 103 45.4 93 56 59.8
Mean 1.60 2.02 (B) 1.47 1.64 (B) 1.81 2.42 (B) 1.67 2.02 (B)
Standard Error of Mean .03 .09 (B) .03 .09 (B) .06 .16 (B) .07 .16 (B)
With Related Children Under 6 390 135 34.6 228 76 33.4 153 57 37.1 74 39 53.0
1 326 109 33.3 197 66 33.6 120 41 34.0 62 34 54.5
2 or More 64 27 41.3 30 10 32.2 33 16 48.3 11 5 44.3
Householders 65 Years and Over
Total 1676 225 13.4 1301 117 9.0 345 107 31.1 117 24 20.7
No Related Children Under 18 1327 124 9.3 1103 75 6.8 204 48 23.8 79 12 14.8
With Related Children Under 18 349 101 28.9 198 41 20.9 142 59 41.7 39 13 32.7
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
Contact: Housing and Household Economic Statistics Information Staff at (301)763-3242
Last revised: July 20, 2004
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