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POV04: Families by Age of Householder, Number of Children, and Family Structure: 2003
       Below 600% of Poverty -- All Races

[Numbers in thousands]

                                                 ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                                                                                                         Families with a male householder,   Familes with a female householder,
                                                 Families (total) /10                Married-couple families /11         no wife present                     no husband present
                                                 _________________________________   _________________________________   _________________________________   __________________________________
                                                                        Percentage                          Percentage                          Percentage                          Percentage
                                                 All       Below        below        All       Below        below        All       Below        below        All       Below        below
                                                 income    600% of      600% of      income    600% of      600% of      income    600% of      600% of      income    600% of      600% of
                                                 levels    poverty /5   poverty /6   levels    poverty /5   poverty /6   levels    poverty /5   poverty /6   levels    poverty /5   poverty /6
                                                 ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
All races

Families, total /10...........................    76,232       58,338         76.5    57,725       41,337         71.6     4,717        4,049         85.9    13,791       12,951          93.9
(Counts of families are obtained
by counting the householder from each family.)

Householders by age:
  Total.......................................    76,232       58,338         76.5    57,725       41,337         71.6     4,717        4,049         85.9    13,791       12,951          93.9
 Under 18 years...............................       196          181         92.7         7            7          (B)        83           71         85.2       105          103          98.1
 18 to 24 years...............................     3,396        3,258         95.9     1,411        1,350         95.6       692          633         91.4     1,293        1,276          98.7
 25 to 34 years...............................    13,561       11,329         83.5     9,574        7,567         79.0     1,026          900         87.7     2,962        2,863          96.7
 35 to 44 years...............................    18,329       14,594         79.6    13,586       10,128         74.5     1,097          969         88.4     3,646        3,497          95.9
 45 to 54 years...............................    17,137       11,543         67.4    13,500        8,340         61.8       945          758         80.2     2,691        2,445          90.8
 55 to 64 years...............................    11,621        7,549         65.0     9,834        5,992         60.9       430          345         80.2     1,357        1,212          89.3
 65 years and over............................    11,991        9,883         82.4     9,812        7,954         81.1       444          374         84.3     1,735        1,555          89.6

Families without related children
 by householder's age: /13
  Total.......................................    37,203       25,196         67.7    30,766       19,815         64.4     2,261        1,763         78.0     4,177        3,618          86.6
 Under 18 years...............................        83           70         84.3         4            4          (B)        39           28          (B)        39           37           (B)
 18 to 24 years...............................     1,157        1,048         90.6       571          529         92.8       370          317         85.5       216          202          93.6
 25 to 34 years...............................     3,149        1,882         59.8     2,549        1,439         56.4       382          278         72.6       218          166          76.0
 35 to 44 years...............................     3,390        2,115         62.4     2,623        1,466         55.9       317          252         79.3       450          397          88.2
 45 to 54 years...............................     8,568        4,968         58.0     7,076        3,743         52.9       490          365         74.4     1,001          860          85.9
 55 to 64 years...............................     9,628        5,935         61.6     8,456        4,962         58.7       298          228         76.2       873          746          85.4
 65 years and over............................    11,228        9,178         81.7     9,487        7,671         80.9       363          296         81.7     1,379        1,210          87.8

Families with related children under 18 years
 by householder's age: /13
  Total.......................................    39,029       33,143         84.9    26,959       21,523         79.8     2,456        2,286         93.1     9,614        9,334          97.1
 Under 18 years...............................       113          112         98.8         4            4          (B)        44           42          (B)        66           66           (B)
 18 to 24 years...............................     2,240        2,210         98.7       841          820         97.6       322          316         98.2     1,077        1,074          99.7
 25 to 34 years...............................    10,412        9,447         90.7     7,025        6,128         87.2       643          622         96.7     2,744        2,697          98.3
 35 to 44 years...............................    14,939       12,479         83.5    10,963        8,661         79.0       779          717         92.0     3,196        3,101          97.0
 45 to 54 years...............................     8,570        6,575         76.7     6,424        4,597         71.6       455          393         86.3     1,690        1,585          93.8
 55 to 64 years...............................     1,993        1,614         81.0     1,377        1,030         74.8       132          118         89.3       484          466          96.3
 65 years and over............................       763          705         92.5       325          283         86.9        81           78         95.9       357          345          96.7

Families with one related child under 18 years
 by householder's age: /13
  Total.......................................    16,443       13,307         80.9    10,261        7,460         72.7     1,445        1,319         91.3     4,736        4,528          95.6
 Under 18 years...............................        83           83        100.0         3            3          (B)        27           27          (B)        53           53           (B)
 18 to 24 years...............................     1,240        1,215         98.0       416          398         95.8       208          204         98.1       617          613          99.4
 25 to 34 years...............................     3,859        3,242         84.0     2,453        1,892         77.1       383          366         95.4     1,023          984          96.3
 35 to 44 years...............................     4,873        3,883         79.7     3,076        2,189         71.2       396          353         89.0     1,400        1,341          95.8
 45 to 54 years...............................     4,661        3,471         74.5     3,242        2,187         67.5       290          243         84.0     1,129        1,041          92.2
 55 to 64 years...............................     1,242          962         77.5       875          620         70.9        91           80         87.6       276          262          95.1
 65 years and over............................       485          449         92.7       196          169         86.4        50           47          (B)       239          234          97.7












Source:  U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2004 Annual Social and Economic Supplement.
POV04: Families by Age of Householder, Number of Children, and Family Structure: 2003
       Below 600% of Poverty -- All Races

[Numbers in thousands]

                                                 ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                                                                                                         Families with a male householder,   Familes with a female householder,
                                                 Families (total) /10                Married-couple families /11         no wife present                     no husband present
                                                 _________________________________   _________________________________   _________________________________   __________________________________
                                                                        Percentage                          Percentage                          Percentage                          Percentage
                                                 All       Below        below        All       Below        below        All       Below        below        All       Below        below
                                                 income    600% of      600% of      income    600% of      600% of      income    600% of      600% of      income    600% of      600% of
                                                 levels    poverty /5   poverty /6   levels    poverty /5   poverty /6   levels    poverty /5   poverty /6   levels    poverty /5   poverty /6
                                                 ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Families with 2 or more related children under
 18 years by householder's age: /13
  Total.......................................    22,587       19,836         87.8    16,698       14,063         84.2     1,011          967         95.7     4,878        4,805          98.5
 Under 18 years...............................        30           29          (B)         0            0          (B)        17           15          (B)        13           13           (B)
 18 to 24 years...............................       999          995         99.5       425          422         99.3       114          112         98.6       460          460         100.0
 25 to 34 years...............................     6,554        6,205         94.7     4,572        4,236         92.6       260          257         98.7     1,721        1,713          99.5
 35 to 44 years...............................    10,066        8,596         85.4     7,887        6,472         82.1       383          365         95.1     1,796        1,759          98.0
 45 to 54 years...............................     3,909        3,104         79.4     3,182        2,410         75.7       166          150         90.5       561          544          97.0
 55 to 64 years...............................       751          651         86.7       502          410         81.6        41           38          (B)       208          204          97.9
 65 years and over............................       278          256         92.1       130          114         87.7        31           31          (B)       118          112          94.8

Families with related children under 6 years
 by householder's age: /13
  Total.......................................    17,262       15,012         87.0    12,488       10,317         82.6       955          930         97.4     3,818        3,764          98.6
 Under 18 years...............................        28           28          (B)         2            2          (B)         5            5          (B)        21           21           (B)
 18 to 24 years...............................     1,880        1,863         99.1       794          779         98.1       202          200         99.3       884          884         100.0
 25 to 34 years...............................     7,678        6,884         89.7     5,678        4,909         86.5       409          398         97.4     1,591        1,577          99.1
 35 to 44 years...............................     5,588        4,458         79.8     4,614        3,510         76.1       218          210         96.6       756          738          97.6
 45 to 54 years...............................     1,437        1,209         84.1     1,045          831         79.6        81           78         95.8       311          300          96.4
 55 to 64 years...............................       474          407         85.8       278          220         79.0        30           29          (B)       166          159          95.6
 65 years and over............................       177          161         91.1        78           66         84.7        11           10          (B)        88           85          96.8

Families with one related child under 6 years
 by householder's age: /13
  Total.......................................    11,922       10,238         85.9     8,355        6,739         80.7       732          708         96.6     2,835        2,791          98.5
 Under 18 years...............................        23           23          (B)         2            2          (B)         0            0          (X)        21           21           (B)
 18 to 24 years...............................     1,166        1,149         98.6       450          435         96.7       149          147         99.0       567          567         100.0
 25 to 34 years...............................     5,031        4,437         88.2     3,566        2,997         84.0       318          308         96.7     1,146        1,133          98.8
 35 to 44 years...............................     4,080        3,249         79.6     3,261        2,449         75.1       174          167         96.0       645          633          98.1
 45 to 54 years...............................     1,113          936         84.1       810          646         79.7        60           57          (B)       242          234          96.4
 55 to 64 years...............................       364          309         84.7       206          158         76.8        22           20          (B)       137          131          95.3
 65 years and over............................       145          135         92.6        59           52          (B)         9            8          (B)        77           74          96.4

Familes with 2 or more related children under
 6 years by householder's age: /13
  Total.......................................     5,340        4,774         89.4     4,133        3,578         86.6       223          223         99.7       983          973          98.9
 Under 18 years...............................         5            5          (B)         0            0          (B)         5            5          (B)         0            0           (X)
 18 to 24 years...............................       714          714        100.0       344          344        100.0        53           53          (B)       317          317         100.0
 25 to 34 years...............................     2,647        2,447         92.4     2,112        1,913         90.6        90           90        100.0       445          444          99.8
 35 to 44 years...............................     1,508        1,209         80.2     1,352        1,060         78.4        44           44          (B)       112          105          94.3
 45 to 54 years...............................       324          272         84.1       234          186         79.3        21           20          (B)        69           66           (B)
 55 to 64 years...............................       110           98         89.5        72           62          (B)         9            9          (B)        29           28           (B)
 65 years and over............................        32           27          (B)        19           14          (B)         1            1          (B)        12           12           (B)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Source:  U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2004 Annual Social and Economic Supplement.

Poverty Footnotes

Source: U.S. Census Bureau
Contact: Housing and Household Economic Statistics Information Staff at (301)763-3242
Last revised: July 9, 2004
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