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TABLE 9. Number of Children, Marital Status, and Work Experience In 1997 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 163738 14128 8.6 27764 3689 13.3 30805 3563 11.6 105170 6876 6.5
No Own Children Under 18 87292 4745 5.4 11238 862 7.7 11117 511 4.6 64938 3372 5.2
1 or More Own Children Under 18 76447 9383 12.3 16526 2827 17.1 19688 3052 15.5 40232 3504 8.7
1 Child 32017 2975 9.3 8449 1131 13.4 7238 663 9.2 16330 1180 7.2
2 or More Children 44430 6409 14.4 8077 1696 21.0 12450 2389 19.2 23902 2324 9.7
1 or More Own Children Under 6 29926 4714 15.8 4358 1437 33.0 14346 2128 14.8 11222 1148 10.2
1 Child 20702 2932 14.2 3079 907 29.5 9289 1235 13.3 8334 790 9.5
2 or More Children 9224 1781 19.3 1280 531 41.5 5057 893 17.7 2887 358 12.4
Male
Total 79333 5251 6.6 14010 1551 11.1 14311 1078 7.5 51013 2622 5.1
No Own Children Under 18 Yrs 43800 2148 4.9 6021 460 7.6 6341 276 4.4 31438 1412 4.5
1 or More Own Children Under 18 35533 3103 8.7 7988 1091 13.7 7970 802 10.1 19575 1211 6.2
1 Child 14780 926 6.3 4020 390 9.7 3139 190 6.0 7621 347 4.5
2 or More Children 20753 2177 10.5 3968 701 17.7 4831 612 12.7 11954 864 7.2
1 or More Own Children Under 6 13849 1488 10.7 1584 391 24.7 6150 615 10.0 6115 483 7.9
1 Child 9521 855 9.0 1179 249 21.1 3906 313 8.0 4436 293 6.6
2 or More Children 4329 633 14.6 406 142 34.9 2245 302 13.5 1678 190 11.3
Female
Total 84405 8878 10.5 13754 2139 15.5 16494 2485 15.1 54157 4253 7.9
No Own Children Under 18 Yrs 43492 2597 6.0 5216 402 7.7 4776 235 4.9 33500 1960 5.9
1 or More Own Children Under 18 40914 6280 15.3 8538 1737 20.3 11718 2250 19.2 20657 2294 11.1
1 Child 17237 2049 11.9 4429 742 16.8 4099 473 11.6 8709 834 9.6
2 or More Children 23677 4231 17.9 4109 995 24.2 7620 1777 23.3 11948 1460 12.2
1 or More Own Children Under 6 16077 3226 20.1 2774 1047 37.7 8196 1513 18.5 5107 665 13.0
1 Child 11181 2077 18.6 1900 658 34.6 5383 922 17.1 3898 497 12.8
2 or More Children 4896 1148 23.5 874 389 44.5 2813 591 21.0 1209 168 13.9
Persons With A Spouse Both Sexes Total 111979 6066 5.4 3733 472 12.7 21620 1635 7.6 86625 3959 4.6
No Own Children Under 18 60391 2390 4.0 1628 90 5.5 5983 195 3.3 52780 2105 4.0
1 or More Own Children Under 18 51587 3677 7.1 2104 383 18.2 15637 1440 9.2 33846 1854 5.5
1 Child 19480 866 4.4 1228 171 13.9 5389 212 3.9 12862 483 3.8
2 or More Children 32107 2811 8.8 876 212 24.2 10248 1228 12.0 20983 1371 6.5
1 or More Own Children Under 6 24018 2166 9.0 1914 363 19.0 12304 1139 9.3 9800 664 6.8
1 Child 16170 1159 7.2 1222 179 14.7 7760 564 7.3 7188 416 5.8
2 or More Children 7848 1008 12.8 692 184 26.6 4544 576 12.7 2612 248 9.5
Male
Total 55981 2961 5.3 1296 170 13.1 10039 755 7.5 44646 2035 4.6
No Own Children Under 18 Yrs 30274 1190 3.9 615 35 5.7 3028 105 3.5 26631 1050 3.9
1 or More Own Children Under 18 25707 1771 6.9 681 135 19.8 7011 651 9.3 18015 985 5.5
1 Child 9718 417 4.3 419 60 14.4 2552 116 4.6 6748 241 3.6
2 or More Children 15989 1353 8.5 262 75 28.5 4460 534 12.0 11267 744 6.6
1 or More Own Children Under 6 11992 1057 8.8 610 129 21.1 5673 518 9.1 5708 410 7.2
1 Child 8078 564 7.0 409 68 16.7 3541 251 7.1 4128 244 5.9
2 or More Children 3914 493 12.6 201 61 30.2 2132 267 12.5 1580 166 10.5
Female
Total 55997 3106 5.5 2437 302 12.4 11581 880 7.6 41979 1924 4.6
No Own Children Under 18 Yrs 30117 1199 4.0 1014 54 5.4 2955 90 3.0 26149 1055 4.0
1 or More Own Children Under 18 25880 1906 7.4 1423 248 17.4 8626 790 9.2 15831 869 5.5
1 Child 9762 448 4.6 810 110 13.6 2838 96 3.4 6115 242 4.0
2 or More Children 16118 1458 9.0 614 137 22.4 5788 694 12.0 9716 627 6.5
1 or More Own Children Under 6 12026 1110 9.2 1304 234 18.0 6631 622 9.4 4092 254 6.2
1 Child 8092 595 7.4 813 111 13.7 4219 312 7.4 3060 172 5.6
2 or More Children 3933 515 13.1 491 123 25.1 2411 309 12.8 1031 82 8.0
Persons Without A Spouse Both Sexes Total 51760 8062 15.6 24031 3217 13.4 9185 1928 21.0 18544 2917 15.7
No Own Children Under 18 26901 2356 8.8 9609 772 8.0 5134 317 6.2 12158 1266 10.4
1 or More Own Children Under 18 24859 5707 23.0 14422 2445 17.0 4051 1611 39.8 6386 1650 25.8
1 Child 12537 2109 16.8 7221 961 13.3 1848 451 24.4 3468 698 20.1
2 or More Children 12323 3597 29.2 7201 1484 20.6 2202 1161 52.7 2919 953 32.6
1 or More Own Children Under 6 5908 2547 43.1 2444 1074 43.9 2042 989 48.4 1422 484 34.1
1 Child 4532 1774 39.1 1857 728 39.2 1528 671 43.9 1146 375 32.7
2 or More Children 1377 774 56.2 587 347 59.0 514 318 61.8 276 110 39.7
Male
Total 23352 2290 9.8 12714 1381 10.9 4271 322 7.5 6366 587 9.2
No Own Children Under 18 Yrs 13526 958 7.1 5406 425 7.9 3313 171 5.2 4807 362 7.5
1 or More Own Children Under 18 9826 1333 13.6 7307 956 13.1 959 151 15.7 1560 226 14.5
1 Child 5062 508 10.0 3601 329 9.1 588 73 12.4 873 106 12.1
2 or More Children 4764 824 17.3 3706 627 16.9 371 78 20.9 687 120 17.4
1 or More Own Children Under 6 1857 432 23.2 974 262 26.9 477 97 20.3 406 73 18.0
1 Child 1443 291 20.2 770 181 23.5 364 61 16.9 308 49 15.8
2 or More Children 415 140 33.8 204 81 39.5 113 36 31.6 98 24 24.7
Female
Total 28408 5772 20.3 11317 1837 16.2 4913 1606 32.7 12178 2330 19.1
No Own Children Under 18 Yrs 13375 1398 10.5 4203 348 8.3 1821 145 8.0 7351 905 12.3
1 or More Own Children Under 18 15034 4374 29.1 7115 1489 20.9 3092 1460 47.2 4827 1425 29.5
1 Child 7475 1601 21.4 3619 632 17.4 1261 377 29.9 2595 592 22.8
2 or More Children 7559 2773 36.7 3495 857 24.5 1831 1083 59.1 2232 833 37.3
1 or More Own Children Under 6 4051 2116 52.2 1470 813 55.3 1565 892 57.0 1016 411 40.5
1 Child 3089 1483 48.0 1087 547 50.3 1164 610 52.4 838 326 38.9
2 or More Children 962 633 65.8 383 266 69.4 401 282 70.3 178 85 48.0
Family Householder Without A Spouse Both Sexes Total 15946 4319 27.1 1608 758 47.2 3618 1450 40.1 10720 2111 19.7
No Own Children Under 18 6831 863 12.6 569 94 16.6 550 48 8.6 5713 721 12.6
1 or More Own Children Under 18 9115 3457 37.9 1040 664 63.9 3068 1403 45.7 5007 1390 27.8
1 Child 4720 1286 27.3 638 349 54.7 1264 350 27.7 2818 587 20.8
2 or More Children 4395 2171 49.4 402 315 78.4 1804 1052 58.3 2189 803 36.7
1 or More Own Children Under 6 3615 1879 52.0 953 607 63.7 1739 900 51.8 923 372 40.3
1 Child 2734 1272 46.5 648 372 57.5 1289 597 46.3 797 303 38.0
2 or More Children 881 607 68.9 305 234 76.9 450 304 67.4 125 69 54.8
Male
Total 3689 478 13.0 527 114 21.7 813 126 15.5 2349 238 10.1
No Own Children Under 18 Yrs 1984 161 8.1 344 52 15.1 356 28 7.9 1284 81 6.3
1 or More Own Children Under 18 1705 317 18.6 183 62 34.1 457 97 21.3 1065 157 14.8
1 Child 1077 170 15.8 136 37 26.8 283 49 17.3 658 85 12.9
2 or More Children 629 147 23.3 47 26 55.1 174 48 27.9 408 72 17.8
1 or More Own Children Under 6 718 188 26.2 173 60 34.6 340 86 25.2 205 42 20.6
1 Child 557 123 22.1 128 37 28.5 261 55 21.3 168 31 18.5
2 or More Children 161 65 40.2 44 23 52.4 80 30 38.0 37 11 30.2
Female
Total 12257 3841 31.3 1081 644 59.6 2805 1325 47.2 8371 1872 22.4
No Own Children Under 18 Yrs 4848 701 14.5 225 43 19.0 193 19 10.0 4430 639 14.4
1 or More Own Children Under 18 7410 3140 42.4 856 601 70.2 2611 1305 50.0 3942 1233 31.3
1 Child 3643 1116 30.6 502 313 62.3 981 301 30.7 2160 502 23.2
2 or More Children 3767 2024 53.7 355 289 81.4 1630 1004 61.6 1781 731 41.0
1 or More Own Children Under 6 2896 1691 58.4 780 547 70.1 1399 815 58.2 717 329 45.9
1 Child 2177 1149 52.8 519 336 64.6 1029 541 52.6 629 272 43.2
2 or More Children 720 542 75.3 261 211 81.0 370 273 73.8 89 57 64.9
Never Married Persons Who Are Family Hhlder Both Sexes Total 5434 2048 37.7 1460 680 46.5 2107 855 40.6 1866 513 27.5
No Own Children Under 18 1943 254 13.1 561 93 16.5 487 43 8.8 895 118 13.2
1 or More Own Children Under 18 3491 1794 51.4 899 587 65.2 1620 812 50.1 971 395 40.7
1 Child 1822 727 39.9 558 315 56.4 739 237 32.0 525 176 33.5
2 or More Children 1668 1067 63.9 341 272 79.7 881 576 65.3 446 219 49.2
1 or More Own Children Under 6 2134 1218 57.1 835 544 65.1 1019 563 55.3 280 111 39.7
1 Child 1560 811 52.0 570 338 59.2 754 383 50.8 236 91 38.4
2 or More Children 575 407 70.9 265 206 77.9 266 180 67.9 44 20 46.5
Male
Total 1606 280 17.5 508 108 21.3 571 97 17.0 527 75 14.3
No Own Children Under 18 Yrs 1045 108 10.3 339 50 14.8 317 27 8.5 390 31 7.8
1 or More Own Children Under 18 561 172 30.7 170 58 34.2 254 70 27.4 137 45 32.7
1 Child 365 97 26.7 127 35 27.1 163 37 23.0 75 25 34.0
2 or More Children 196 75 38.3 42 23 55.3 91 32 35.4 62 19 31.0
1 or More Own Children Under 6 443 136 30.8 160 55 34.6 218 65 29.9 65 16 24.5
1 Child 330 86 26.0 120 35 28.7 162 40 24.9 48 11 23.0
2 or More Children 113 50 44.7 40 21 52.4 56 25 44.1 17 5 28.9
Female
Total 3828 1768 46.2 952 571 60.0 1536 758 49.4 1339 438 32.7
No Own Children Under 18 Yrs 898 146 16.3 223 43 19.1 170 16 9.4 505 88 17.4
1 or More Own Children Under 18 2930 1622 55.3 730 529 72.5 1366 742 54.3 834 350 42.0
1 Child 1457 630 43.2 431 280 65.1 576 199 34.6 451 150 33.4
2 or More Children 1472 992 67.3 299 248 83.1 790 543 68.8 383 200 52.2
1 or More Own Children Under 6 1691 1082 64.0 675 489 72.3 801 498 62.2 214 95 44.3
1 Child 1229 725 59.0 450 303 67.3 592 343 57.9 187 79 42.4
2 or More Children 462 357 77.2 225 186 82.3 209 156 74.3 27 16 57.6
Divorced or Separated Persons Who Are Family Hhlder Both Sexes Total 7815 1882 24.1 146 77 52.6 1449 585 40.4 6220 1220 19.6
No Own Children Under 18 2653 317 11.9 7 2 21.2 59 5 7.7 2587 311 12.0
1 or More Own Children Under 18 5162 1565 30.3 139 75 54.3 1390 580 41.7 3633 910 25.0
1 Child 2598 504 19.4 80 34 42.8 505 110 21.7 2012 360 17.9
2 or More Children 2564 1061 41.4 59 41 70.0 885 471 53.2 1621 550 33.9
1 or More Own Children Under 6 1399 635 45.4 115 61 52.6 697 333 47.8 587 241 41.0
1 Child 1103 444 40.2 78 35 44.8 514 210 40.9 512 199 38.9
2 or More Children 296 191 64.6 38 26 68.7 183 123 67.4 75 42 55.7
Male
Total 1711 172 10.1 19 6 31.8 236 29 12.2 1455 138 9.5
No Own Children Under 18 Yrs 640 36 5.6 5 2 28.8 39 1 3.0 595 33 5.6
1 or More Own Children Under 18 1071 136 12.7 14 5 33.0 197 28 14.0 861 104 12.1
1 Child 663 65 9.8 9 2 22.3 120 11 9.6 534 51 9.6
2 or More Children 408 72 17.6 5 3 53.0 77 16 21.0 327 53 16.2
1 or More Own Children Under 6 258 52 20.0 13 5 35.0 117 21 17.8 128 26 20.5
1 Child 210 37 17.7 8 2 24.5 93 15 16.3 108 20 18.5
2 or More Children 48 14 29.7 5 3 53.0 23 6 23.6 20 6 31.4
Female
Total 6104 1709 28.0 127 71 55.7 1213 556 45.8 4765 1083 22.7
No Own Children Under 18 Yrs 2013 281 13.9 2 0 .0 20 3 17.2 1992 277 13.9
1 or More Own Children Under 18 4091 1429 34.9 125 71 56.6 1193 553 46.3 2773 805 29.0
1 Child 1935 439 22.7 71 32 45.3 385 98 25.5 1479 308 20.9
2 or More Children 2156 990 45.9 54 38 71.5 808 454 56.2 1294 497 38.4
1 or More Own Children Under 6 1141 584 51.1 102 56 54.9 580 313 53.9 459 215 46.8
1 Child 894 407 45.5 69 33 47.2 420 195 46.4 404 179 44.4
2 or More Children 248 177 71.3 33 23 70.9 160 118 73.8 55 36 64.5
Persons Who Worked During Year Both Sexes Total 116334 6303 5.4 18903 1599 8.5 26303 2012 7.6 71127 2692 3.8
No Own Children Under 18 55831 1398 2.5 8693 369 4.2 9798 218 2.2 37340 811 2.2
1 or More Own Children Under 18 60503 4905 8.1 10210 1230 12.0 16506 1794 10.9 33787 1882 5.6
1 Child 25890 1585 6.1 5645 568 10.1 6461 415 6.4 13784 602 4.4
2 or More Children 34613 3320 9.6 4565 662 14.5 10045 1379 13.7 20003 1280 6.4
1 or More Own Children Under 6 24083 2596 10.8 3023 769 25.4 11907 1227 10.3 9153 599 6.5
1 Child 16997 1643 9.7 2164 472 21.8 7956 747 9.4 6878 424 6.2
2 or More Children 7085 953 13.4 859 297 34.6 3951 481 12.2 2275 175 7.7
Male
Total 61090 2612 4.3 9741 671 6.9 13428 776 5.8 37921 1164 3.1
No Own Children Under 18 Yrs 30098 718 2.4 4717 225 4.8 5740 128 2.2 19641 366 1.9
1 or More Own Children Under 18 30992 1893 6.1 5024 446 8.9 7688 649 8.4 18280 798 4.4
1 Child 12719 519 4.1 2712 175 6.5 3025 150 5.0 6982 193 2.8
2 or More Children 18273 1375 7.5 2312 271 11.7 4664 498 10.7 11298 606 5.4
1 or More Own Children Under 6 12962 1094 8.4 1195 220 18.4 5979 513 8.6 5788 361 6.2
1 Child 8904 630 7.1 866 128 14.8 3828 274 7.2 4211 228 5.4
2 or More Children 4058 464 11.4 330 92 27.8 2151 239 11.1 1577 133 8.4
Female
Total 55244 3692 6.7 9162 928 10.1 12875 1235 9.6 33206 1528 4.6
No Own Children Under 18 Yrs 25733 680 2.6 3976 144 3.6 4058 91 2.2 17699 445 2.5
1 or More Own Children Under 18 29511 3012 10.2 5187 784 15.1 8817 1145 13.0 15507 1083 7.0
1 Child 13171 1066 8.1 2933 393 13.4 3436 264 7.7 6802 409 6.0
2 or More Children 16340 1946 11.9 2253 391 17.3 5381 881 16.4 8705 674 7.7
1 or More Own Children Under 6 11120 1502 13.5 1828 549 30.1 5928 714 12.0 3365 239 7.1
1 Child 8093 1013 12.5 1298 344 26.5 4128 472 11.4 2667 197 7.4
2 or More Children 3027 489 16.2 529 205 38.8 1800 241 13.4 698 42 6.1
Persons Who Worked Year-Round Full-Time Both Sexes Total 74031 1822 2.5 5063 232 4.6 18237 665 3.6 50732 925 1.8
No Own Children Under 18 35807 315 .9 2911 30 1.0 7157 56 .8 25740 229 .9
1 or More Own Children Under 18 38224 1507 3.9 2152 202 9.4 11080 609 5.5 24992 696 2.8
1 Child 16481 427 2.6 1407 121 8.6 4646 129 2.8 10427 178 1.7
2 or More Children 21743 1080 5.0 745 81 10.9 6433 480 7.5 14565 518 3.6
1 or More Own Children Under 6 15911 844 5.3 1217 165 13.5 7913 412 5.2 6781 267 3.9
1 Child 11474 528 4.6 882 102 11.6 5460 242 4.4 5132 184 3.6
2 or More Children 4437 316 7.1 335 62 18.6 2453 170 6.9 1649 83 5.1
Male
Total 44116 1069 2.4 2894 131 4.5 10731 388 3.6 30490 550 1.8
No Own Children Under 18 Yrs 20571 192 .9 1713 26 1.5 4295 34 .8 14564 132 .9
1 or More Own Children Under 18 23544 877 3.7 1181 104 8.8 6436 354 5.5 15926 418 2.6
1 Child 9319 209 2.2 742 48 6.4 2520 72 2.8 6058 90 1.5
2 or More Children 14225 668 4.7 440 57 12.9 3916 283 7.2 9869 328 3.3
1 or More Own Children Under 6 10670 579 5.4 627 88 14.0 5055 285 5.6 4988 206 4.1
1 Child 7319 333 4.6 430 42 9.8 3239 154 4.8 3650 137 3.7
2 or More Children 3351 246 7.3 197 46 23.2 1816 131 7.2 1338 70 5.2
Female
Total 29916 753 2.5 2168 101 4.6 7505 277 3.7 20242 376 1.9
No Own Children Under 18 Yrs 15236 123 .8 1198 3 .3 2862 22 .8 11176 97 .9
1 or More Own Children Under 18 14679 630 4.3 971 97 10.0 4643 255 5.5 9066 278 3.1
1 Child 7161 218 3.0 666 73 11.0 2126 57 2.7 4369 88 2.0
2 or More Children 7518 412 5.5 305 24 7.9 2517 198 7.8 4696 190 4.1
1 or More Own Children Under 6 5241 265 5.1 590 77 13.0 2858 127 4.5 1793 61 3.4
1 Child 4155 195 4.7 452 60 13.3 2221 88 4.0 1482 47 3.2
2 or More Children 1086 70 6.4 138 17 12.1 637 39 6.2 311 14 4.4
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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