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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
[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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White alone
People in families, total /2.... 193,024 133,118 69.0 156,613 101,366 64.7 10,271 8,138 79.2 26,139 23,614 90.3
Under 18 years................ 55,345 43,539 78.7 42,444 31,459 74.1 2,949 2,589 87.8 9,951 9,492 95.4
Under 5 years................ 15,275 12,330 80.7 12,155 9,326 76.7 741 683 92.3 2,380 2,321 97.5
5 to 17 years................ 40,070 31,209 77.9 30,289 22,133 73.1 2,209 1,906 86.3 7,572 7,171 94.7
18 to 64 years................ 116,929 73,940 63.2 96,206 56,555 58.8 6,537 4,980 76.2 14,186 12,406 87.5
18 to 24 years............... 16,319 11,496 70.4 11,615 7,490 64.5 1,507 1,187 78.7 3,197 2,819 88.2
25 to 34 years............... 23,374 17,209 73.6 18,794 13,291 70.7 1,567 1,205 76.9 3,013 2,712 90.0
35 to 44 years............... 28,990 19,391 66.9 24,171 15,207 62.9 1,426 1,116 78.2 3,393 3,068 90.4
45 to 54 years............... 28,317 15,094 53.3 23,907 11,566 48.4 1,355 970 71.6 3,056 2,559 83.7
55 to 59 years............... 11,320 5,700 50.4 9,947 4,656 46.8 400 282 70.4 972 762 78.4
60 to 64 years............... 8,609 5,051 58.7 7,773 4,345 55.9 282 221 78.2 554 485 87.6
65 years and over............. 20,750 15,638 75.4 17,963 13,353 74.3 785 569 72.6 2,002 1,716 85.7
65 to 74 years............... 11,846 8,343 70.4 10,623 7,362 69.3 384 274 71.3 840 708 84.4
75 years and over............ 8,903 7,294 81.9 7,339 5,991 81.6 401 296 73.8 1,163 1,008 86.7
Male............................ 95,759 65,228 68.1 79,669 51,541 64.7 7,322 5,756 78.6 8,768 7,932 90.5
Under 18 years................ 28,395 22,317 78.6 21,807 16,169 74.1 1,629 1,429 87.7 4,959 4,720 95.2
Under 5 years................ 7,819 6,299 80.6 6,234 4,776 76.6 375 341 90.9 1,210 1,181 97.7
5 to 17 years................ 20,577 16,018 77.8 15,573 11,393 73.2 1,253 1,087 86.7 3,750 3,538 94.4
18 to 64 years................ 56,867 35,217 61.9 48,052 28,181 58.6 5,198 3,974 76.4 3,616 3,062 84.7
18 to 24 years............... 8,140 5,546 68.1 5,752 3,554 61.8 1,126 908 80.6 1,262 1,085 86.0
25 to 34 years............... 11,199 8,092 72.3 9,133 6,489 71.0 1,324 1,021 77.1 742 582 78.4
35 to 44 years............... 13,919 9,198 66.1 12,023 7,643 63.6 1,208 936 77.5 688 619 90.0
45 to 54 years............... 13,781 7,368 53.5 12,042 6,030 50.1 1,047 753 71.9 692 585 84.5
55 to 59 years............... 5,544 2,637 47.6 5,079 2,297 45.2 298 203 68.1 167 137 82.1
60 to 64 years............... 4,284 2,376 55.5 4,022 2,168 53.9 195 153 78.4 66 55 (B)
65 years and over............. 10,497 7,694 73.3 9,810 7,191 73.3 495 353 71.4 192 149 77.8
65 to 74 years............... 5,998 4,004 66.7 5,658 3,763 66.5 256 178 69.5 84 63 74.6
75 years and over............ 4,499 3,690 82.0 4,151 3,428 82.6 239 176 73.4 108 87 80.4
Female.......................... 97,265 67,889 69.8 76,944 49,825 64.8 2,949 2,382 80.8 17,372 15,682 90.3
Under 18 years................ 26,950 21,222 78.7 20,637 15,290 74.1 1,321 1,160 87.9 4,992 4,772 95.6
Under 5 years................ 7,457 6,031 80.9 5,921 4,550 76.8 365 342 93.6 1,170 1,140 97.4
5 to 17 years................ 19,493 15,191 77.9 14,716 10,740 73.0 955 818 85.7 3,822 3,632 95.0
18 to 64 years................ 60,062 38,723 64.5 48,154 28,374 58.9 1,339 1,006 75.1 10,569 9,344 88.4
18 to 24 years............... 8,179 5,950 72.7 5,862 3,936 67.1 381 279 73.2 1,935 1,735 89.6
25 to 34 years............... 12,175 9,117 74.9 9,661 6,802 70.4 243 184 75.7 2,271 2,131 93.8
35 to 44 years............... 15,071 10,192 67.6 12,148 7,563 62.3 218 179 82.2 2,705 2,449 90.5
45 to 54 years............... 14,536 7,727 53.2 11,864 5,536 46.7 308 216 70.3 2,364 1,974 83.5
55 to 59 years............... 5,776 3,063 53.0 4,868 2,358 48.4 103 80 77.4 805 625 77.6
60 to 64 years............... 4,325 2,674 61.8 3,751 2,177 58.0 87 67 77.8 488 430 88.2
65 years and over............. 10,253 7,944 77.5 8,153 6,162 75.6 290 216 74.6 1,810 1,566 86.5
65 to 74 years............... 5,848 4,340 74.2 4,965 3,598 72.5 128 96 74.9 755 645 85.4
75 years and over............ 4,405 3,604 81.8 3,188 2,563 80.4 162 120 74.3 1,055 921 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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