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TABLE 16. Number of Children and Type of Family - Poverty Status of Families and Persons In Families In 1995 (Numbers in thousands)
All Races White Black Hispanic Origin
Below Poverty Level Below Poverty Level Below Poverty Level Below Poverty Level
Total NumberPercent of Total Total NumberPercent of Total Total NumberPercent of Total Total NumberPercent of Total
Persons In Families Householders of All Ages Total 222792 27501 12.3 183450 17593 9.6 28777 8189 28.5 25165 7341 29.2
No Related Children Under 18 77963 3650 4.7 67727 2605 3.8 7332 795 10.8 5145 574 11.1
With Related Children Under 18 144829 23851 16.5 115723 14989 13.0 21445 7393 34.5 20020 6768 33.8
1 46575 4823 10.4 37365 3231 8.6 6716 1318 19.6 5281 1136 21.5
2 or More 98255 19029 19.4 78358 11758 15.0 14729 6075 41.2 14739 5632 38.2
Mean 1.89 2.34 (B) 1.85 2.24 (B) 2.06 2.50 (B) 2.26 2.67 (B)
Standard Error .01 .02 (B) .01 .03 (B) .02 .05 (B) .02 .04 (B)
With Related Children Under 6 71295 15341 21.5 56060 9510 17.0 11325 4894 43.2 11924 4644 38.9
1 45813 8196 17.9 36150 5176 14.3 7172 2549 35.5 7094 2252 31.7
2 or More 25482 7145 28.0 19910 4334 21.8 4153 2345 56.5 4830 2393 49.5
Householders Under 25 Years
Total 10745 3858 35.9 7764 2269 29.2 2480 1426 57.5 2381 1060 44.5
No Related Children Under 18 2041 233 11.4 1677 154 9.2 235 56 24.1 389 68 17.4
With Related Children Under 18 8704 3625 41.7 6087 2115 34.8 2245 1370 61.0 1992 993 49.8
1 3842 1045 27.2 3008 731 24.3 656 263 40.2 698 264 37.8
2 or More 4862 2580 53.1 3079 1384 45.0 1589 1107 69.6 1294 729 56.3
Mean 1.61 1.93 (B) 1.47 1.73 (B) 2.08 2.37 (B) 1.89 2.06 (B)
Standard Error .03 .05 (B) .03 .06 (B) .06 .10 (B) .03 .06 (B)
With Related Children Under 6 8214 3499 42.6 5748 2047 35.6 2123 1316 62.0 1851 954 51.5
1 4692 1413 30.1 3477 896 25.8 1000 456 45.6 929 347 37.4
2 or More 3522 2086 59.2 2272 1150 50.6 1123 859 76.5 922 606 65.8
Persons In Families Householders 25 to 34 Years Total 47912 9116 19.0 38604 5819 15.1 7132 2785 39.0 7736 2654 34.3
No Related Children Under 18 6883 194 2.8 5850 132 2.3 604 34 5.7 760 68 9.0
With Related Children Under 18 41030 8922 21.7 32754 5687 17.4 6528 2750 42.1 6976 2586 37.1
1 11485 1178 10.3 9291 826 8.9 1577 309 19.6 1476 273 18.5
2 or More 29544 7744 26.2 23463 4861 20.7 4951 2441 49.3 5500 2313 42.0
Mean 1.94 2.49 (B) 1.91 2.43 (B) 2.04 2.54 (B) 2.39 2.94 (B)
Standard Error .01 .04 (B) .02 .05 (B) .04 .08 (B) .02 .05 (B)
With Related Children Under 6 30899 6706 21.7 25165 4307 17.1 4273 1979 46.3 5474 2124 38.8
1 18342 3429 18.7 14814 2195 14.8 2661 1085 40.8 2882 919 31.9
2 or More 12557 3277 26.1 10351 2112 20.4 1613 894 55.5 2592 1205 46.5
Householders 35 to 44 Years
Total 69317 7928 11.4 57128 5180 9.1 8668 2133 24.6 7722 2215 28.7
No Related Children Under 18 7654 376 4.9 6257 257 4.1 1068 105 9.9 578 51 8.9
With Related Children Under 18 61663 7552 12.2 50872 4923 9.7 7600 2028 26.7 7144 2164 30.3
1 14661 1227 8.4 11821 808 6.8 2153 362 16.8 1356 266 19.6
2 or More 47001 6325 13.5 39050 4115 10.5 5447 1666 30.6 5788 1898 32.8
Mean 2.03 2.52 (B) 2.01 2.45 (B) 2.11 2.55 (B) 2.46 2.94 (B)
Standard Error .01 .05 (B) .01 .05 (B) .03 .10 (B) .03 .07 (B)
With Related Children Under 6 25192 3858 15.3 20500 2477 12.1 3215 1056 32.8 3504 1222 34.9
1 17533 2566 14.6 14276 1687 11.8 2305 664 28.8 2492 792 31.8
2 or More 7660 1292 16.9 6224 790 12.7 910 392 43.1 1012 429 42.4
Persons In Families Householders 45 to 64 Years Total 68970 5054 7.3 57440 3264 5.7 7862 1418 18.0 5887 1152 19.6
No Related Children Under 18 37626 1718 4.6 32760 1235 3.8 3372 351 10.4 2273 229 10.1
With Related Children Under 18 31344 3335 10.6 24680 2030 8.2 4490 1067 23.8 3615 923 25.5
1 15472 1228 7.9 12477 776 6.2 2030 330 16.2 1605 305 19.0
2 or More 15872 2107 13.3 12203 1254 10.3 2459 737 30.0 2009 618 30.8
Mean 1.66 2.09 (B) 1.59 1.91 (B) 2.02 2.49 (B) 1.86 2.18 (B)
Standard Error of Mean .01 .06 (B) .02 .07 (B) .04 .11 (B) .04 .12 (B)
With Related Children Under 6 6259 1123 17.9 4252 608 14.3 1490 463 31.1 1018 304 29.8
1 4756 712 15.0 3322 373 11.2 1031 293 28.4 748 173 23.1
2 or More 1503 412 27.4 931 235 25.2 459 170 37.1 270 131 48.4
Householders 65 Years and Over
Total 25848 1545 6.0 22514 1061 4.7 2635 426 16.2 1439 260 18.0
No Related Children Under 18 23759 1128 4.7 21183 827 3.9 2053 248 12.1 1145 157 13.7
With Related Children Under 18 2089 417 20.0 1331 234 17.5 582 178 30.5 293 102 34.9
Persons In Married Couple Families Householders of All Ages Total 173966 11817 6.8 152268 9538 6.3 13387 1271 9.5 17854 3925 22.0
No Related Children Under 18 64245 2261 3.5 58090 1887 3.2 4000 228 5.7 3617 346 9.6
With Related Children Under 18 109721 9556 8.7 94177 7652 8.1 9387 1043 11.1 14237 3579 25.1
1 33856 1633 4.8 28643 1285 4.5 3288 187 5.7 3551 532 15.0
2 or More 75865 7924 10.4 65534 6367 9.7 6098 856 14.0 10686 3047 28.5
Mean 1.91 2.54 (B) 1.90 2.52 (B) 1.97 2.60 (B) 2.31 2.91 (B)
Standard Error .01 .04 (B) .01 .05 (B) .03 .10 (B) .02 .05 (B)
With Related Children Under 6 54184 6253 11.5 46552 5111 11.0 4514 633 14.0 8678 2630 30.3
1 34857 3381 9.7 29712 2689 9.1 3110 396 12.7 5201 1285 24.7
2 or More 19328 2871 14.9 16839 2422 14.4 1403 237 16.9 3477 1345 38.7
Householders Under 25 Years
Total 5633 976 17.3 4950 829 16.7 467 106 22.7 1282 394 30.7
No Related Children Under 18 1329 75 5.7 1227 66 5.4 67 9 13.9 226 29 12.9
With Related Children Under 18 4304 901 20.9 3723 763 20.5 400 97 24.2 1056 365 34.5
1 2165 288 13.3 1894 246 13.0 182 35 19.4 409 121 29.6
2 or More 2139 613 28.6 1829 516 28.2 219 62 28.2 648 244 37.7
Mean 1.45 1.77 (B) 1.43 1.73 (B) 1.60 2.10 (B) 1.77 1.84 (B)
Standard Error .03 .08 (B) .04 .09 (B) .10 .00 (B) .04 .03 (B)
With Related Children Under 6 4139 887 21.4 3583 757 21.1 387 88 22.8 1005 365 36.3
1 2570 347 13.5 2197 296 13.5 265 41 15.5 552 154 28.0
2 or More 1570 539 34.4 1386 461 33.3 122 47 38.8 453 211 46.4
Persons In Married Couple Families Householders 25 to 34 Years Total 35453 3404 9.6 31225 2901 9.3 2607 206 7.9 5628 1484 26.4
No Related Children Under 18 5639 106 1.9 5037 81 1.6 335 8 2.4 544 44 8.1
With Related Children Under 18 29814 3297 11.1 26188 2820 10.8 2273 198 8.7 5084 1440 28.3
1 8478 374 4.4 7297 316 4.3 663 25 3.8 1061 130 12.2
2 or More 21336 2923 13.7 18891 2504 13.3 1609 173 10.7 4023 1310 32.6
Mean 1.92 2.67 (B) 1.93 2.69 (B) 1.82 2.30 (B) 2.39 3.09 (B)
Standard Error .02 .07 (B) .02 .07 (B) .06 .22 (B) .03 .03 (B)
With Related Children Under 6 23744 2784 11.7 21039 2356 11.2 1547 184 11.9 4145 1266 30.5
1 13782 1319 9.6 12137 1130 9.3 924 98 10.6 2112 490 23.2
2 or More 9962 1465 14.7 8902 1226 13.8 623 86 13.8 2033 776 38.2
Householders 35 to 44 Years
Total 54875 3717 6.8 47725 2905 6.1 4319 436 10.1 5557 1217 21.9
No Related Children Under 18 5668 198 3.5 5021 166 3.3 424 23 5.5 336 21 6.4
With Related Children Under 18 49208 3519 7.2 42704 2739 6.4 3895 413 10.6 5222 1195 22.9
1 10319 412 4.0 8756 293 3.3 1079 78 7.2 818 110 13.5
2 or More 38889 3107 8.0 33948 2446 7.2 2816 335 11.9 4404 1085 24.6
Mean 2.09 2.80 (B) 2.08 2.78 (B) 2.16 2.61 (B) 2.59 3.34 (B)
Standard Error .01 .08 (B) .01 .09 (B) .04 .09 (B) .04 .11 (B)
With Related Children Under 6 21326 1957 9.2 18309 1585 8.7 1771 196 11.1 2765 795 28.8
1 14694 1326 9.0 12550 1019 8.1 1325 157 11.8 1970 522 26.5
2 or More 6632 632 9.5 5759 566 9.8 446 40 8.9 795 274 34.4
Persons In Married Couple Families Householders 45 to 64 Years Total 57267 2874 5.0 49455 2187 4.4 4715 422 9.0 4358 698 16.0
No Related Children Under 18 32072 1185 3.7 28699 974 3.4 2130 117 5.5 1656 143 8.6
With Related Children Under 18 25195 1689 6.7 20756 1213 5.8 2585 305 11.8 2702 555 20.5
1 12191 507 4.2 10203 378 3.7 1191 48 4.1 1162 162 13.9
2 or More 13004 1182 9.1 10553 835 7.9 1394 257 18.4 1540 393 25.5
Mean 1.65 2.26 (B) 1.61 2.19 (B) 1.90 2.89 (B) 1.90 2.39 (B)
Standard Error of Mean .02 .10 (B) .02 .11 (B) .05 .31 (B) .05 .15 (B)
With Related Children Under 6 4565 567 12.4 3389 374 11.0 735 145 19.7 727 196 26.9
1 3538 356 10.1 2674 230 8.6 526 80 15.3 542 111 20.4
2 or More 1027 211 20.6 715 145 20.2 209 65 30.9 185 85 45.9
Householders 65 Years and Over
Total 20737 846 4.1 18912 717 3.8 1278 100 7.9 1027 133 12.9
No Related Children Under 18 19537 696 3.6 18106 600 3.3 1044 70 6.7 855 108 12.7
With Related Children Under 18 1200 150 12.5 807 117 14.5 234 30 13.0 173 24 14.0
Persons In Families With Female Hhldr- No Spouse Present Householders of All Ages Total 38908 14205 36.5 23732 7047 29.7 13604 6553 48.2 5785 3053 52.8
No Related Children Under 18 9675 1108 11.5 6601 536 8.1 2650 476 18.0 920 168 18.2
With Related Children Under 18 29233 13096 44.8 17131 6511 38.0 10954 6077 55.5 4865 2886 59.3
1 9863 2708 27.5 6526 1597 24.5 2958 1026 34.7 1334 494 37.1
2 or More 19370 10388 53.6 10605 4914 46.3 7997 5050 63.2 3532 2391 67.7
Mean 1.90 2.30 (B) 1.75 2.10 (B) 2.16 2.52 (B) 2.20 2.51 (B)
Standard Error .02 .03 (B) .02 .04 (B) .03 .05 (B) .03 .05 (B)
With Related Children Under 6 14396 8317 57.8 7582 3900 51.4 6232 4069 65.3 2701 1806 66.9
1 9002 4381 48.7 4961 2159 43.5 3713 2083 56.1 1490 838 56.2
2 or More 5394 3936 73.0 2621 1741 66.4 2519 1986 78.8 1210 968 80.0
Householders Under 25 Years
Total 4066 2600 64.0 2076 1248 60.1 1787 1251 70.0 834 582 69.8
No Related Children Under 18 310 90 29.1 175 41 23.3 86 27 30.9 57 17 30.3
With Related Children Under 18 3756 2510 66.8 1901 1207 63.5 1702 1225 72.0 778 565 72.7
1 1289 631 48.9 829 397 47.9 396 203 51.3 199 106 53.1
2 or More 2467 1879 76.2 1072 810 75.6 1306 1022 78.2 578 459 79.4
Mean 1.83 2.05 (B) 1.60 1.81 (B) 2.23 2.41 (B) 2.13 2.31 (B)
Standard Error .05 .07 (B) .05 .08 (B) .08 .11 (B) .04 .06 (B)
With Related Children Under 6 3526 2419 68.6 1760 1150 65.4 1624 1191 73.3 713 530 74.3
1 1716 937 54.6 969 505 52.1 660 396 59.9 282 156 55.2
2 or More 1811 1482 81.9 791 645 81.6 964 795 82.4 431 374 86.8
Persons In Families With Female Hhldr- No Spouse Present Householders 25 to 34 Years Total 10035 5288 52.7 5627 2614 46.4 4087 2487 60.8 1667 1079 64.7
No Related Children Under 18 473 35 7.4 282 20 7.2 153 10 6.7 78 8 10.3
With Related Children Under 18 9561 5253 54.9 5345 2593 48.5 3934 2476 63.0 1588 1071 67.4
1 2242 679 30.3 1419 414 29.2 768 253 33.0 301 124 41.4
2 or More 7320 4574 62.5 3927 2179 55.5 3166 2223 70.2 1288 947 73.5
Mean 2.05 2.47 (B) 1.94 2.32 (B) 2.20 2.58 (B) 2.48 2.81 (B)
Standard Error .03 .06 (B) .04 .07 (B) .06 .09 (B) .06 .09 (B)
With Related Children Under 6 6081 3663 60.2 3363 1780 52.9 2513 1730 68.8 1095 794 72.5
1 3788 1971 52.0 2089 955 45.7 1611 967 60.0 590 389 65.9
2 or More 2294 1692 73.8 1274 825 64.7 901 763 84.6 505 405 80.3
Householders 35 to 44 Years
Total 11624 3807 32.8 7289 2010 27.6 3842 1599 41.6 1822 907 49.8
No Related Children Under 18 1255 128 10.2 726 60 8.3 479 63 13.1 137 26 18.7
With Related Children Under 18 10369 3679 35.5 6563 1950 29.7 3363 1536 45.7 1685 881 52.3
1 3495 741 21.2 2397 454 18.9 965 271 28.1 458 144 31.4
2 or More 6874 2938 42.7 4166 1496 35.9 2397 1265 52.8 1227 738 60.1
Mean 1.87 2.37 (B) 1.77 2.19 (B) 2.10 2.56 (B) 2.21 2.57 (B)
Standard Error .03 .06 (B) .03 .07 (B) .05 .12 (B) .06 .09 (B)
With Related Children Under 6 3195 1671 52.3 1726 760 44.0 1303 799 61.3 637 375 58.9
1 2394 1133 47.3 1389 585 42.1 910 494 54.3 440 237 54.0
2 or More 801 538 67.2 337 175 51.9 393 305 77.5 198 138 69.7
Persons In Families With Female Hhldr- No Spouse Present Householders 45 to 64 Years Total 9046 1903 21.0 5823 871 15.0 2768 940 34.0 1118 365 32.6
No Related Children Under 18 4216 479 11.4 2910 208 7.1 1106 234 21.1 413 68 16.5
With Related Children Under 18 4830 1424 29.5 2912 663 22.8 1661 706 42.5 706 297 42.0
1 2493 576 23.1 1665 303 18.2 709 245 34.6 341 106 31.2
2 or More 2337 848 36.3 1247 361 28.9 953 461 48.4 365 190 52.1
Mean 1.75 2.04 (B) 1.53 1.72 (B) 2.19 2.44 (B) 1.74 1.97 (B)
Standard Error of Mean .03 .08 (B) .03 .10 (B) .07 .12 (B) .09 .17 (B)
With Related Children Under 6 1345 476 35.4 620 184 29.6 663 288 43.4 224 80 35.9
1 936 304 32.5 447 110 24.7 435 194 44.6 171 51 30.1
2 or More 409 171 42.0 173 73 42.5 228 94 41.2 53 29 54.6
Householders 65 Years and Over
Total 4137 607 14.7 2917 304 10.4 1121 276 24.6 344 121 35.1
No Related Children Under 18 3420 377 11.0 2508 208 8.3 826 143 17.3 235 49 20.7
With Related Children Under 18 717 230 32.1 409 97 23.7 295 133 45.1 109 72 66.0
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
Contact: (hhes-info@census.gov) Income, Poverty, and Labor Force Information Staff
Last revised: November 18, 1996
URL: http://pubdb3.census.gov/macro/031996/pov/16_003.htm