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POV02:  People in Families by Family Structure, Age, and Sex, Iterated by Income-to-Poverty Ratio and Race:  2004
        Below 50% 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   50% of      50% of      income   50% of      50% of      income   50% of      50% of      All income  50% of      50% 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       6,637         3.4  159,446       2,895         1.8   10,565         399         3.8      27,088       3,343        12.3
  Under 18 years................   57,397       3,126         5.4   43,789       1,003         2.3    3,080         166         5.4      10,529       1,957        18.6
   Under 5 years................   15,908       1,155         7.3   12,568         337         2.7      788          67         8.6       2,553         751        29.4
   5 to 17 years................   41,489       1,971         4.8   31,221         666         2.1    2,292          99         4.3       7,976       1,206        15.1
  18 to 64 years................  118,800       3,184         2.7   97,571       1,637         1.7    6,691         230         3.4      14,538       1,318         9.1
   18 to 24 years...............   16,775         608         3.6   11,880         171         1.4    1,565          64         4.1       3,330         372        11.2
   25 to 34 years...............   23,819         855         3.6   19,101         368         1.9    1,611          51         3.2       3,107         435        14.0
   35 to 44 years...............   29,415         700         2.4   24,509         367         1.5    1,448          56         3.8       3,458         277         8.0
   45 to 54 years...............   28,632         521         1.8   24,160         322         1.3    1,378          38         2.7       3,094         161         5.2
   55 to 59 years...............   11,458         246         2.1   10,065         190         1.9      404           3         0.8         989          53         5.3
   60 to 64 years...............    8,702         255         2.9    7,857         217         2.8      284          18         6.5         560          19         3.4
  65 years and over.............   20,902         327         1.6   18,086         255         1.4      794           3         0.4       2,022          68         3.4
   65 to 74 years...............   11,935         200         1.7   10,699         161         1.5      388           3         0.7         847          36         4.3
   75 years and over............    8,967         127         1.4    7,387          94         1.3      406           1         0.1       1,174          32         2.7

Male............................   97,810       2,918         3.0   81,139       1,465         1.8    7,526         279         3.7       9,145       1,174        12.8
  Under 18 years................   29,441       1,588         5.4   22,493         509         2.3    1,698          87         5.1       5,250         993        18.9
   Under 5 years................    8,145         599         7.4    6,451         164         2.5      394          32         8.2       1,300         403        31.0
   5 to 17 years................   21,296         989         4.6   16,042         345         2.1    1,304          54         4.2       3,950         590        14.9
  18 to 64 years................   57,802       1,181         2.0   48,773         811         1.7    5,328         192         3.6       3,701         177         4.8
   18 to 24 years...............    8,370         205         2.5    5,887          86         1.5    1,171          45         3.9       1,311          74         5.6
   25 to 34 years...............   11,416         253         2.2    9,288         176         1.9    1,363          45         3.3         764          31         4.1
   35 to 44 years...............   14,122         271         1.9   12,200         185         1.5    1,228          54         4.4         694          32         4.5
   45 to 54 years...............   13,941         203         1.5   12,179         147         1.2    1,069          29         2.7         692          27         3.9
   55 to 59 years...............    5,610         108         1.9    5,139          95         1.8      300           2         0.8         171          11         6.6
   60 to 64 years...............    4,344         142         3.3    4,079         123         3.0      196          16         8.2          68           2         (B)
  65 years and over.............   10,566         149         1.4    9,873         145         1.5      500           0         0.1         194           4         2.1
   65 to 74 years...............    6,043          97         1.6    5,700          94         1.7      258           0         0.0          85           2         2.6
   75 years and over............    4,523          53         1.2    4,173          50         1.2      242           0         0.1         108           2         1.7

Female..........................   99,289       3,718         3.7   78,307       1,430         1.8    3,039         120         4.0      17,943       2,169        12.1
  Under 18 years................   27,956       1,538         5.5   21,296         494         2.3    1,382          80         5.8       5,278         964        18.3
   Under 5 years................    7,763         556         7.2    6,117         172         2.8      394          35         8.9       1,253         348        27.8
   5 to 17 years................   20,193         982         4.9   15,179         321         2.1      988          44         4.5       4,026         616        15.3
  18 to 64 years................   60,998       2,003         3.3   48,799         825         1.7    1,362          37         2.7      10,836       1,140        10.5
   18 to 24 years...............    8,405         402         4.8    5,993          85         1.4      394          19         4.8       2,018         298        14.8
   25 to 34 years...............   12,403         602         4.9    9,812         192         2.0      248           6         2.4       2,343         404        17.2
   35 to 44 years...............   15,293         429         2.8   12,309         182         1.5      220           1         0.6       2,764         245         8.9
   45 to 54 years...............   14,691         318         2.2   11,981         176         1.5      309           8         2.7       2,401         134         5.6
   55 to 59 years...............    5,848         138         2.4    4,926          96         1.9      104           1         0.9         818          41         5.0
   60 to 64 years...............    4,358         113         2.6    3,778          94         2.5       87           2         2.6         492          17         3.4
  65 years and over.............   10,335         178         1.7    8,213         110         1.3      294           3         1.1       1,828          64         3.5
   65 to 74 years...............    5,891         104         1.8    4,999          67         1.3      130           3         2.2         762          34         4.4
   75 years and over............    4,444          74         1.7    3,214          43         1.3      164           0         0.2       1,066          30         2.8
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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
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Last revised: November 02, 2006
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