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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 Who Worked- But Not Year-Round Full-Time Both Sexes Total 42303 4482 10.6 13840 1368 9.9 8067 1347 16.7 20396 1767 8.7
No Own Children Under 18 20024 1084 5.4 5782 340 5.9 2641 162 6.1 11600 581 5.0
1 or More Own Children Under 18 22279 3398 15.3 8058 1028 12.8 5426 1185 21.8 8795 1185 13.5
1 Child 9410 1158 12.3 4238 447 10.6 1814 286 15.8 3357 424 12.6
2 or More Children 12870 2240 17.4 3820 581 15.2 3612 899 24.9 5438 761 14.0
1 or More Own Children Under 6 8171 1752 21.4 1806 604 33.5 3994 815 20.4 2372 332 14.0
1 Child 5523 1115 20.2 1282 370 28.9 2496 504 20.2 1745 240 13.8
2 or More Children 2649 637 24.0 524 234 44.7 1498 311 20.7 627 92 14.7
Male
Total 16974 1543 9.1 6846 540 7.9 2697 388 14.4 7431 614 8.3
No Own Children Under 18 Yrs 9526 527 5.5 3004 199 6.6 1445 94 6.5 5077 234 4.6
1 or More Own Children Under 18 7448 1017 13.6 3842 342 8.9 1252 294 23.5 2354 380 16.2
1 Child 3399 310 9.1 1971 128 6.5 505 79 15.6 924 103 11.2
2 or More Children 4048 707 17.5 1872 214 11.4 747 216 28.8 1429 277 19.4
1 or More Own Children Under 6 2292 515 22.5 568 132 23.2 924 229 24.8 800 154 19.3
1 Child 1585 297 18.7 436 86 19.8 589 120 20.4 561 91 16.2
2 or More Children 707 218 30.8 132 46 34.6 335 109 32.4 239 63 26.4
Female
Total 25329 2939 11.6 6994 827 11.8 5370 959 17.8 12965 1153 8.9
No Own Children Under 18 Yrs 10497 557 5.3 2778 141 5.1 1196 68 5.7 6523 348 5.3
1 or More Own Children Under 18 14831 2382 16.1 4216 686 16.3 4174 890 21.3 6442 805 12.5
1 Child 6010 848 14.1 2268 320 14.1 1310 207 15.8 2433 321 13.2
2 or More Children 8821 1533 17.4 1948 367 18.8 2864 683 23.8 4009 484 12.1
1 or More Own Children Under 6 5879 1237 21.0 1238 473 38.2 3070 586 19.1 1572 178 11.3
1 Child 3938 818 20.8 846 284 33.6 1907 384 20.2 1185 150 12.6
2 or More Children 1941 419 21.6 392 189 48.2 1163 202 17.4 387 29 7.4
Persons Who Did Not Work Both Sexes Total 47405 7825 16.5 8861 2090 23.6 4501 1551 34.5 34042 4184 12.3
No Own Children Under 18 31461 3347 10.6 2545 493 19.4 1319 293 22.2 27597 2561 9.3
1 or More Own Children Under 18 15944 4478 28.1 6316 1597 25.3 3182 1258 39.5 6445 1623 25.2
1 Child 6126 1390 22.7 2804 563 20.1 777 248 32.0 2546 578 22.7
2 or More Children 9817 3088 31.5 3513 1034 29.4 2405 1010 42.0 3899 1044 26.8
1 or More Own Children Under 6 5843 2118 36.2 1336 668 50.0 2439 901 37.0 2069 548 26.5
1 Child 3704 1289 34.8 915 435 47.5 1333 489 36.7 1457 366 25.1
2 or More Children 2139 829 38.7 421 234 55.6 1106 413 37.3 612 182 29.8
Male
Total 18243 2639 14.5 4269 879 20.6 883 301 34.1 13092 1458 11.1
No Own Children Under 18 Yrs 13703 1429 10.4 1304 235 18.0 601 148 24.7 11797 1046 8.9
1 or More Own Children Under 18 4541 1210 26.6 2965 645 21.7 281 153 54.4 1295 412 31.8
1 Child 2061 407 19.8 1308 214 16.4 114 39 34.4 639 154 24.1
2 or More Children 2480 803 32.4 1657 430 26.0 167 114 68.0 656 259 39.4
1 or More Own Children Under 6 887 394 44.5 389 171 43.9 171 102 59.3 327 122 37.3
1 Child 617 225 36.5 313 121 38.6 78 39 49.8 226 65 28.9
2 or More Children 270 170 62.7 76 50 65.9 94 63 67.2 101 57 56.2
Female
Total 29161 5186 17.8 4592 1211 26.4 3619 1250 34.5 20951 2725 13.0
No Own Children Under 18 Yrs 17758 1918 10.8 1240 258 20.8 718 145 20.2 15800 1515 9.6
1 or More Own Children Under 18 11403 3268 28.7 3351 953 28.4 2901 1105 38.1 5150 1210 23.5
1 Child 4065 983 24.2 1496 349 23.3 663 209 31.5 1907 425 22.3
2 or More Children 7338 2286 31.1 1856 604 32.5 2238 896 40.0 3243 786 24.2
1 or More Own Children Under 6 4956 1724 34.8 946 498 52.6 2268 800 35.3 1742 426 24.5
1 Child 3088 1065 34.5 602 314 52.2 1255 450 35.8 1231 301 24.4
2 or More Children 1869 659 35.3 345 184 53.3 1012 350 34.6 511 126 24.6
White Both Sexes Total 136795 9720 7.1 22009 2370 10.8 24836 2474 10.0 89950 4877 5.4
No Own Children Under 18 73915 3158 4.3 8951 487 5.4 8734 270 3.1 56230 2401 4.3
1 or More Own Children Under 18 62880 6562 10.4 13057 1882 14.4 16101 2204 13.7 33721 2476 7.3
1 Child 26295 2118 8.1 6789 782 11.5 5913 492 8.3 13592 844 6.2
2 or More Children 36585 4444 12.1 6268 1100 17.5 10188 1712 16.8 20129 1632 8.1
1 or More Own Children Under 6 24835 3398 13.7 3343 987 29.5 12026 1572 13.1 9467 838 8.9
1 Child 17033 2079 12.2 2356 617 26.2 7708 897 11.6 6968 564 8.1
2 or More Children 7802 1319 16.9 986 370 37.5 4317 675 15.6 2499 274 11.0
Male
Total 67334 3847 5.7 11246 1035 9.2 11798 819 6.9 44290 1993 4.5
No Own Children Under 18 Yrs 37361 1457 3.9 4840 264 5.5 5018 152 3.0 27503 1041 3.8
1 or More Own Children Under 18 29973 2390 8.0 6406 771 12.0 6780 667 9.8 16787 952 5.7
1 Child 12445 726 5.8 3303 288 8.7 2642 153 5.8 6500 285 4.4
2 or More Children 17528 1664 9.5 3104 483 15.6 4138 515 12.4 10287 667 6.5
1 or More Own Children Under 6 11832 1192 10.1 1251 292 23.3 5330 526 9.9 5251 374 7.1
1 Child 8083 685 8.5 921 177 19.3 3375 278 8.2 3788 229 6.0
2 or More Children 3749 507 13.5 331 115 34.7 1955 247 12.7 1463 145 9.9
Female
Total 69461 5874 8.5 10763 1335 12.4 13038 1655 12.7 45660 2884 6.3
No Own Children Under 18 Yrs 36554 1701 4.7 4111 223 5.4 3716 118 3.2 28726 1360 4.7
1 or More Own Children Under 18 32907 4172 12.7 6651 1111 16.7 9321 1536 16.5 16934 1525 9.0
1 Child 13850 1393 10.1 3487 494 14.2 3271 339 10.4 7092 559 7.9
2 or More Children 19057 2780 14.6 3165 617 19.5 6051 1197 19.8 9842 966 9.8
1 or More Own Children Under 6 13003 2206 17.0 2091 695 33.2 6696 1047 15.6 4216 464 11.0
1 Child 8950 1394 15.6 1436 440 30.6 4333 619 14.3 3181 335 10.5
2 or More Children 4053 812 20.0 655 255 39.0 2363 428 18.1 1035 129 12.4
Black Both Sexes Total 19072 3634 19.1 4435 1162 26.2 4202 872 20.7 10434 1600 15.3
No Own Children Under 18 9496 1307 13.8 1715 322 18.8 1543 180 11.7 6237 805 12.9
1 or More Own Children Under 18 9576 2327 24.3 2720 841 30.9 2659 691 26.0 4197 795 18.9
1 Child 3920 761 19.4 1230 328 26.6 882 136 15.4 1808 297 16.4
2 or More Children 5656 1566 27.7 1490 513 34.4 1776 555 31.3 2390 498 20.8
1 or More Own Children Under 6 3513 1068 30.4 889 400 45.0 1610 438 27.2 1013 230 22.7
1 Child 2541 715 28.1 628 256 40.8 1095 286 26.1 818 173 21.2
2 or More Children 971 353 36.3 261 145 55.3 515 152 29.4 195 57 29.0
Male
Total 8253 1087 13.2 2110 445 21.1 1675 181 10.8 4469 461 10.3
No Own Children Under 18 Yrs 4545 561 12.4 905 169 18.7 854 92 10.7 2786 301 10.8
1 or More Own Children Under 18 3709 525 14.2 1205 276 22.9 821 89 10.9 1683 160 9.5
1 Child 1474 175 11.9 502 101 20.1 301 24 7.9 672 50 7.5
2 or More Children 2234 350 15.7 703 175 24.9 520 65 12.6 1011 109 10.8
1 or More Own Children Under 6 1297 206 15.9 278 80 28.6 541 59 10.8 478 68 14.2
1 Child 927 129 13.9 218 60 27.6 339 28 8.2 370 41 11.1
2 or More Children 370 77 20.8 60 19 32.5 202 31 15.2 108 27 24.7
Female
Total 10819 2547 23.5 2325 717 30.8 2527 691 27.3 5966 1139 19.1
No Own Children Under 18 Yrs 4951 745 15.1 810 152 18.8 689 89 12.9 3451 504 14.6
1 or More Own Children Under 18 5868 1802 30.7 1515 565 37.3 1838 602 32.8 2514 635 25.3
1 Child 2446 586 24.0 728 227 31.2 582 112 19.3 1136 247 21.7
2 or More Children 3422 1216 35.5 787 338 42.9 1256 490 39.0 1379 389 28.2
1 or More Own Children Under 6 2216 862 38.9 611 321 52.5 1069 379 35.5 536 162 30.2
1 Child 1614 586 36.3 409 196 47.8 756 258 34.2 449 132 29.4
2 or More Children 602 276 45.8 202 125 62.1 313 121 38.6 87 30 34.3
Persons of Hispanic Origin Both Sexes Total 17937 3697 20.6 4280 1091 25.5 4683 1002 21.4 8974 1604 17.9
No Own Children Under 18 7284 884 12.1 1496 221 14.8 1389 99 7.1 4399 565 12.8
1 or More Own Children Under 18 10653 2813 26.4 2784 871 31.3 3294 903 27.4 4575 1039 22.7
1 Child 3882 753 19.4 1231 298 24.2 950 159 16.7 1701 296 17.4
2 or More Children 6771 2060 30.4 1553 572 36.8 2344 744 31.8 2874 743 25.9
1 or More Own Children Under 6 5050 1507 29.8 1104 433 39.2 2420 673 27.8 1526 401 26.3
1 Child 3423 899 26.3 725 257 35.4 1546 372 24.1 1153 269 23.4
2 or More Children 1627 608 37.4 379 176 46.5 875 300 34.3 373 132 35.3
Male
Total 8929 1530 17.1 2287 517 22.6 2377 361 15.2 4265 653 15.3
No Own Children Under 18 Yrs 3855 399 10.4 854 120 14.1 898 46 5.1 2103 233 11.1
1 or More Own Children Under 18 5074 1131 22.3 1433 397 27.7 1480 315 21.3 2162 420 19.4
1 Child 1846 301 16.3 617 132 21.3 480 63 13.1 749 106 14.2
2 or More Children 3228 830 25.7 816 265 32.5 1000 252 25.2 1412 313 22.2
1 or More Own Children Under 6 2462 610 24.8 499 171 34.3 1123 249 22.1 840 190 22.6
1 Child 1683 365 21.7 342 107 31.4 720 138 19.2 621 119 19.2
2 or More Children 779 245 31.5 157 64 40.7 403 110 27.4 219 71 32.4
Female
Total 9008 2167 24.1 1993 574 28.8 2306 641 27.8 4709 951 20.2
No Own Children Under 18 Yrs 3429 485 14.1 642 101 15.7 492 53 10.7 2296 332 14.5
1 or More Own Children Under 18 5579 1681 30.1 1351 474 35.1 1814 589 32.4 2414 619 25.7
1 Child 2036 452 22.2 614 167 27.2 470 96 20.4 952 189 19.9
2 or More Children 3543 1229 34.7 737 307 41.6 1344 493 36.6 1462 430 29.4
1 or More Own Children Under 6 2589 897 34.7 605 262 43.3 1298 424 32.7 686 211 30.8
1 Child 1741 534 30.7 383 150 39.0 826 234 28.3 531 150 28.3
2 or More Children 848 363 42.8 222 112 50.6 472 190 40.3 154 61 39.4
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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