S1702: Poverty Status in the Past 12 Months of Families

Data Set: 2004 American Community Survey

Geographic Area: Pennsylvania

NOTE. Data are limited to the household population and exclude the population living in institutions, college dormitories, and other group quarters. For information on confidentiality protection, sampling error, nonsampling error, and definitions, see Survey Methodology.


 

Subject

All families

Married-couple families

Female householder, no husband present

Total

 

MOE

 

Percent below poverty level

 

MOE

 

Total

 

MOE

 

Percent below poverty level

 

MOE

 

Total

 

MOE

 

Percent below poverty level

 

MOE

 

Families

3,216,764

+/-41114

8.9

+/-0.6

2,448,014

+/-41010

3.9

+/-0.4

568,509

+/-21599

28.3

+/-2.1

With related children under 18 years

1,527,326

+/-30738

14.3

+/-0.9

1,051,241

+/-29566

5.3

+/-0.8

365,975

+/-14934

38.0

+/-2.7

 

RACE AND HISPANIC OR LATINO ORIGIN

Families with a householder who is--

One race

N

N

N

N

N

N

N

N

N

N

N

N

White

2,782,202

+/-38501

6.5

+/-0.4

2,245,049

+/-38512

3.4

+/-0.4

380,722

+/-19271

22.5

+/-1.9

Black or African American

293,000

+/-11744

25.0

+/-3.3

111,416

+/-9529

6.2

+/-2.5

150,828

+/-11937

38.8

+/-4.8

American Indian and Alaska Native

N

N

N

N

N

N

N

N

N

N

N

N

Asian

65,070

+/-4330

13.9

+/-5.1

54,102

+/-4350

11.1

+/-4.4

5,924

+/-2360

25.3

+/-20.9

Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander

N

N

N

N

N

N

N

N

N

N

N

N

Some other race

51,667

+/-6048

30.7

+/-7.7

24,132

+/-4946

16.8

+/-8.5

20,560

+/-4276

51.5

+/-12.3

Two or more races

19,947

+/-3860

21.7

+/-8.1

11,239

+/-2855

13.3

+/-7.0

7,844

+/-2551

36.1

+/-15.6

 

Hispanic or Latino origin (of any race)

105,152

+/-6141

30.0

+/-4.7

53,643

+/-5549

15.4

+/-5.1

36,744

+/-5177

52.6

+/-8.3

White alone, not Hispanic or Latino

2,731,892

+/-37396

6.2

+/-0.4

2,217,111

+/-38323

3.4

+/-0.4

366,948

+/-18146

21.7

+/-1.9

 

Householder worked

2,367,147

+/-35622

6.3

+/-0.5

1,819,095

+/-33190

2.5

+/-0.3

388,948

+/-19305

22.3

+/-2.1

Householder worked full-time, year-round in the past 12 months

1,571,828

+/-30731

2.3

+/-0.5

1,249,560

+/-25653

1.3

+/-0.3

213,799

+/-17087

7.6

+/-2.1

Householder 65 years and over

608,418

+/-18704

3.9

+/-0.6

492,834

+/-18814

3.1

+/-0.6

92,134

+/-7739

7.6

+/-2.4

Family received --

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) and/or cash public assistance income in the past 12 months

202,304

+/-13426

37.3

+/-4.6

92,023

+/-6781

20.1

+/-5.5

94,519

+/-9691

55.5

+/-6.6

Social security income in the past 12 months

878,168

+/-20299

5.7

+/-0.7

676,931

+/-21298

3.5

+/-0.6

151,699

+/-10834

14.7

+/-2.9

 

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT OF HOUSEHOLDER

Less than high school graduate

419,745

+/-18237

22.8

+/-2.3

265,561

+/-14001

11.2

+/-1.7

115,501

+/-12584

47.9

+/-4.8

High school graduate (includes equivalency)

1,191,759

+/-28124

10.2

+/-0.9

872,886

+/-26448

4.5

+/-0.6

234,722

+/-15550

30.1

+/-3.3

Some college, associate's degree

750,282

+/-21830

6.7

+/-1.0

571,410

+/-18271

2.5

+/-0.6

133,526

+/-11002

23.4

+/-3.8

Bachelor's degree or higher

854,978

+/-26713

2.1

+/-0.5

738,157

+/-22402

1.7

+/-0.5

84,760

+/-8789

4.6

+/-1.8

 

NUMBER OF RELATED CHILDREN UNDER 18 YEARS

No child

1,689,438

+/-30169

4.0

+/-0.4

1,396,773

+/-28293

2.9

+/-0.4

202,534

+/-13526

10.9

+/-2.5

1 or 2 children

1,223,524

+/-30829

11.6

+/-0.9

838,622

+/-29346

3.8

+/-0.6

291,000

+/-14878

32.1

+/-2.9

3 or 4 children

269,550

+/-12174

23.3

+/-3.0

187,527

+/-11422

9.3

+/-2.1

66,183

+/-7953

60.8

+/-5.5

5 or more children

34,252

+/-5609

36.8

+/-7.5

25,092

+/-4370

27.1

+/-9.3

8,792

+/-3358

61.7

+/-19.1

 

NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN FAMILY

2 people

1,506,649

+/-29320

7.4

+/-0.7

1,098,968

+/-25364

3.4

+/-0.4

290,032

+/-16610

21.4

+/-2.7

3 or 4 people

1,333,468

+/-33288

8.8

+/-0.9

1,030,445

+/-28494

2.9

+/-0.5

229,168

+/-16589

32.4

+/-3.4

5 or 6 people

330,175

+/-15541

13.5

+/-2.2

280,033

+/-13133

7.7

+/-1.5

43,361

+/-7680

50.6

+/-8.7

7 or more people

46,472

+/-5255

25.2

+/-7.3

38,568

+/-5204

19.5

+/-7.0

5,948

+/-2851

47.1

+/-24.3

 

NUMBER OF WORKERS IN FAMILY

No workers