| Female-Headed Families | Female-Headed Families | |||||||||||||||||
| Change in | Percent | Change in | Percent | |||||||||||||||
| 1979 | 1989 | Number | Change | 1979 | 1989 | Number | Change | |||||||||||
| Below Poverty | 44,104 | 60,887 | 16,783 | 38.1% | Below Poverty | 2,484,246 | 3,230,201 | 745,955 | 30.0% | |||||||||
| Above Poverty | 81,771 | 92,879 | 11,108 | 13.6% | Above Poverty | 5,721,033 | 7,151,453 | 1,430,420 | 25.0% | |||||||||
| Total | 125,875 | 153,766 | 27,891 | 22.2% | Total | 8,205,279 | 10,381,654 | 2,176,375 | 26.5% | |||||||||
| Poverty Rate | 35.0% | 39.6% | 4.6% | Poverty Rate | 30.3% | 31.1% | 0.8% | |||||||||||
| All Other Families (Male-Headed and Married-Couple) | All Other Families (Male-Headed and Married-Couple) | |||||||||||||||||
| Change in | Percent | Change in | Percent | |||||||||||||||
| 1979 | 1989 | Number | Change | 1979 | 1989 | Number | Change | |||||||||||
| Below Poverty | 99,563 | 102,319 | 2,756 | 2.8% | Below Poverty | 3,185,969 | 3,257,314 | 71,345 | 2.2% | |||||||||
| Above Poverty | 761,057 | 765,662 | 4,605 | 0.6% | Above Poverty | 47,798,885 | 51,410,460 | 3,611,575 | 7.6% | |||||||||
| Total | 860,620 | 867,981 | 7,361 | 0.9% | Total | 50,984,854 | 54,667,774 | 3,682,920 | 7.2% | |||||||||
| Poverty Rate | 11.6% | 11.8% | 0.2% | Poverty Rate | 6.2% | 6.0% | -0.3% | |||||||||||
| All Families | All Families | |||||||||||||||||
| Below Poverty | 143,667 | 163,206 | 19,539 | 13.6% | Below Poverty | 5,670,215 | 6,487,515 | 817,300 | 14.4% | |||||||||
| Above Poverty | 842,828 | 858,541 | 15,713 | 1.9% | Above Poverty | 53,519,918 | 58,561,913 | 5,041,995 | 9.4% | |||||||||
| Total | 986,495 | 1,021,747 | 35,252 | 3.6% | Total | 59,190,133 | 65,049,428 | 5,859,295 | 9.9% | |||||||||
| Poverty Rate | 14.6% | 16.0% | 1.4% | Poverty Rate | 9.6% | 10.0% | 0.4% | |||||||||||