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POV02: People in Families by Family Structure, Age, and Sex, Iterated by Income-to-Poverty Ratio and Race: 2004
Below 500% of Poverty -- All Races
[Numbers in thousands]
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People in families with a male People in families with a female
People in families (total) /2 Married-couple families /11 householder, no wife present householder, no husband present
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Percentage Percentage Percentage Percentage
All Below below All Below below All Below below Below below
income 500% of 500% of income 500% of 500% of income 500% of 500% of All income 500% of 500% of
levels poverty /5 poverty /6 levels poverty /5 poverty /6 levels poverty /5 poverty /6 levels poverty /5 poverty /6
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All races
People in families, total /2.... 240,754 171,744 71.3 184,772 121,925 66.0 13,929 11,288 81.0 42,053 38,531 91.6
Under 18 years................ 72,335 58,486 80.9 51,149 38,415 75.1 4,028 3,594 89.2 17,158 16,477 96.0
Under 5 years................ 19,973 16,406 82.1 14,669 11,260 76.8 1,043 971 93.2 4,261 4,174 98.0
5 to 17 years................ 52,362 42,081 80.4 36,480 27,155 74.4 2,986 2,622 87.8 12,896 12,303 95.4
18 to 64 years................ 144,683 95,169 65.8 113,625 68,564 60.3 8,891 6,932 78.0 22,167 19,673 88.7
18 to 24 years............... 21,297 15,710 73.8 13,905 9,226 66.4 2,033 1,647 81.0 5,358 4,837 90.3
25 to 34 years............... 29,872 22,359 74.8 22,689 16,114 71.0 2,197 1,703 77.5 4,987 4,541 91.1
35 to 44 years............... 36,066 24,782 68.7 28,886 18,450 63.9 1,947 1,558 80.1 5,233 4,774 91.2
45 to 54 years............... 34,091 19,167 56.2 27,894 14,134 50.7 1,809 1,343 74.3 4,388 3,689 84.1
55 to 59 years............... 13,362 7,112 53.2 11,440 5,589 48.9 524 385 73.6 1,399 1,138 81.3
60 to 64 years............... 9,996 6,040 60.4 8,812 5,050 57.3 381 295 77.4 803 695 86.6
65 years and over............. 23,735 18,089 76.2 19,998 14,946 74.7 1,010 762 75.5 2,728 2,381 87.3
65 to 74 years............... 13,702 9,821 71.7 11,961 8,374 70.0 521 391 75.0 1,220 1,055 86.5
75 years and over............ 10,033 8,268 82.4 8,036 6,572 81.8 489 371 75.9 1,508 1,325 87.9
Male............................ 118,294 83,159 70.3 94,004 62,006 66.0 9,840 7,903 80.3 14,450 13,250 91.7
Under 18 years................ 37,017 29,866 80.7 26,292 19,743 75.1 2,198 1,955 88.9 8,527 8,168 95.8
Under 5 years................ 10,198 8,350 81.9 7,529 5,764 76.6 529 489 92.4 2,140 2,096 98.0
5 to 17 years................ 26,819 21,516 80.2 18,763 13,979 74.5 1,669 1,465 87.8 6,387 6,072 95.1
18 to 64 years................ 69,460 44,558 64.1 56,796 34,217 60.2 7,002 5,471 78.1 5,662 4,870 86.0
18 to 24 years............... 10,565 7,534 71.3 6,940 4,429 63.8 1,505 1,232 81.9 2,121 1,874 88.4
25 to 34 years............... 14,041 10,281 73.2 11,000 7,885 71.7 1,844 1,434 77.7 1,197 962 80.4
35 to 44 years............... 17,094 11,519 67.4 14,389 9,262 64.4 1,625 1,291 79.4 1,080 966 89.5
45 to 54 years............... 16,353 9,166 56.1 14,040 7,341 52.3 1,387 1,043 75.2 926 782 84.5
55 to 59 years............... 6,469 3,242 50.1 5,850 2,771 47.4 375 266 70.9 244 205 83.9
60 to 64 years............... 4,938 2,816 57.0 4,577 2,530 55.3 266 205 77.2 95 81 85.0
65 years and over............. 11,817 8,735 73.9 10,916 8,046 73.7 640 477 74.5 260 212 81.4
65 to 74 years............... 6,873 4,665 67.9 6,396 4,306 67.3 349 257 73.5 127 103 80.6
75 years and over............ 4,944 4,070 82.3 4,520 3,741 82.8 291 220 75.7 133 109 82.1
Female.......................... 122,460 88,585 72.3 90,767 59,919 66.0 4,089 3,386 82.8 27,603 25,281 91.6
Under 18 years................ 35,318 28,620 81.0 24,857 18,672 75.1 1,831 1,639 89.5 8,631 8,309 96.3
Under 5 years................ 9,775 8,056 82.4 7,140 5,496 77.0 514 482 93.9 2,122 2,078 97.9
5 to 17 years................ 25,543 20,564 80.5 17,717 13,177 74.4 1,317 1,157 87.9 6,509 6,231 95.7
18 to 64 years................ 75,223 50,612 67.3 56,829 34,347 60.4 1,889 1,461 77.4 16,505 14,804 89.7
18 to 24 years............... 10,731 8,175 76.2 6,965 4,798 68.9 529 415 78.4 3,237 2,963 91.5
25 to 34 years............... 15,831 12,078 76.3 11,689 8,230 70.4 352 270 76.5 3,790 3,579 94.4
35 to 44 years............... 18,972 13,263 69.9 14,497 9,188 63.4 322 268 83.2 4,153 3,808 91.7
45 to 54 years............... 17,738 10,001 56.4 13,854 6,794 49.0 422 300 71.1 3,462 2,907 84.0
55 to 59 years............... 6,893 3,870 56.1 5,590 2,817 50.4 149 119 80.3 1,155 933 80.8
60 to 64 years............... 5,058 3,224 63.7 4,234 2,520 59.5 116 90 77.8 708 614 86.8
65 years and over............. 11,919 9,353 78.5 9,081 6,900 76.0 370 285 77.1 2,468 2,169 87.9
65 to 74 years............... 6,830 5,155 75.5 5,565 4,068 73.1 172 134 78.1 1,093 953 87.2
75 years and over............ 5,089 4,198 82.5 3,516 2,831 80.5 198 151 76.2 1,375 1,216 88.4
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2005 Annual Social and Economic Supplement. Based on the June 2006 Weighting Correction.
Poverty Footnotes
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
Contact: Housing and Household Economic Statistics Information Staff at (301)763-3242
Last revised: November 02, 2006
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