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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 -- White Alone or in Combination (A.O.I.C.)

[Numbers in thousands]

                                  _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                                                                                    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
                                  _______________________________  _______________________________  _______________________________  __________________________________
                                                       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
                                  _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
White A.O.I.C.

People in families, total /2....  197,099     136,264        69.1  159,446     103,367        64.8   10,565       8,394        79.5      27,088      24,503        90.5
  Under 18 years................   57,397      45,221        78.8   43,789      32,463        74.1    3,080       2,707        87.9      10,529      10,051        95.5
   Under 5 years................   15,908      12,832        80.7   12,568       9,614        76.5      788         726        92.2       2,553       2,491        97.6
   5 to 17 years................   41,489      32,388        78.1   31,221      22,848        73.2    2,292       1,980        86.4       7,976       7,560        94.8
  18 to 64 years................  118,800      75,283        63.4   97,571      57,455        58.9    6,691       5,110        76.4      14,538      12,718        87.5
   18 to 24 years...............   16,775      11,835        70.5   11,880       7,670        64.6    1,565       1,235        78.9       3,330       2,930        88.0
   25 to 34 years...............   23,819      17,569        73.8   19,101      13,527        70.8    1,611       1,241        77.0       3,107       2,801        90.2
   35 to 44 years...............   29,415      19,714        67.0   24,509      15,445        63.0    1,448       1,137        78.5       3,458       3,131        90.6
   45 to 54 years...............   28,632      15,288        53.4   24,160      11,707        48.5    1,378         989        71.8       3,094       2,592        83.8
   55 to 59 years...............   11,458       5,778        50.4   10,065       4,718        46.9      404         286        70.7         989         774        78.2
   60 to 64 years...............    8,702       5,100        58.6    7,857       4,388        55.8      284         222        78.3         560         490        87.4
  65 years and over.............   20,902      15,761        75.4   18,086      13,450        74.4      794         577        72.7       2,022       1,734        85.8
   65 to 74 years...............   11,935       8,410        70.5   10,699       7,417        69.3      388         278        71.5         847         716        84.5
   75 years and over............    8,967       7,350        82.0    7,387       6,033        81.7      406         300        73.8       1,174       1,018        86.7

Male............................   97,810      66,801        68.3   81,139      52,580        64.8    7,526       5,937        78.9       9,145       8,285        90.6
  Under 18 years................   29,441      23,180        78.7   22,493      16,686        74.2    1,698       1,492        87.9       5,250       5,001        95.3
   Under 5 years................    8,145       6,560        80.5    6,451       4,931        76.4      394         358        91.0       1,300       1,271        97.7
   5 to 17 years................   21,296      16,620        78.0   16,042      11,756        73.3    1,304       1,134        87.0       3,950       3,730        94.4
  18 to 64 years................   57,802      35,870        62.1   48,773      28,651        58.7    5,328       4,087        76.7       3,701       3,133        84.6
   18 to 24 years...............    8,370       5,715        68.3    5,887       3,644        61.9    1,171         948        80.9       1,311       1,123        85.6
   25 to 34 years...............   11,416       8,269        72.4    9,288       6,614        71.2    1,363       1,051        77.1         764         603        78.9
   35 to 44 years...............   14,122       9,346        66.2   12,200       7,765        63.6    1,228         956        77.8         694         625        90.0
   45 to 54 years...............   13,941       7,466        53.6   12,179       6,109        50.2    1,069         772        72.2         692         586        84.6
   55 to 59 years...............    5,610       2,670        47.6    5,139       2,324        45.2      300         205        68.4         171         140        81.9
   60 to 64 years...............    4,344       2,405        55.4    4,079       2,194        53.8      196         154        78.5          68          57         (B)
  65 years and over.............   10,566       7,752        73.4    9,873       7,243        73.4      500         358        71.6         194         151        77.9
   65 to 74 years...............    6,043       4,039        66.8    5,700       3,795        66.6      258         180        69.7          85          64        74.6
   75 years and over............    4,523       3,713        82.1    4,173       3,448        82.6      242         178        73.7         108          87        80.4

Female..........................   99,289      69,463        70.0   78,307      50,787        64.9    3,039       2,458        80.9      17,943      16,218        90.4
  Under 18 years................   27,956      22,041        78.8   21,296      15,776        74.1    1,382       1,215        87.9       5,278       5,050        95.7
   Under 5 years................    7,763       6,273        80.8    6,117       4,684        76.6      394         368        93.5       1,253       1,221        97.5
   5 to 17 years................   20,193      15,768        78.1   15,179      11,092        73.1      988         846        85.6       4,026       3,830        95.1
  18 to 64 years................   60,998      39,413        64.6   48,799      28,805        59.0    1,362       1,024        75.1      10,836       9,585        88.5
   18 to 24 years...............    8,405       6,119        72.8    5,993       4,026        67.2      394         287        72.8       2,018       1,807        89.5
   25 to 34 years...............   12,403       9,301        75.0    9,812       6,913        70.5      248         190        76.3       2,343       2,198        93.8
   35 to 44 years...............   15,293      10,368        67.8   12,309       7,680        62.4      220         182        82.4       2,764       2,506        90.7
   45 to 54 years...............   14,691       7,822        53.2   11,981       5,598        46.7      309         217        70.3       2,401       2,007        83.6
   55 to 59 years...............    5,848       3,108        53.2    4,926       2,394        48.6      104          80        77.5         818         634        77.5
   60 to 64 years...............    4,358       2,695        61.8    3,778       2,194        58.1       87          68        78.0         492         433        87.9
  65 years and over.............   10,335       8,009        77.5    8,213       6,207        75.6      294         220        74.6       1,828       1,583        86.6
   65 to 74 years...............    5,891       4,371        74.2    4,999       3,622        72.4      130          98        75.2         762         652        85.6
   75 years and over............    4,444       3,637        81.8    3,214       2,585        80.4      164         122        74.1       1,066         931        87.3
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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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