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Table B-5. The Self-Sufficiency Standard and Federal Poverty Level by
Gender of Householder 1 and Household Type: Mississippi 2007
TOTAL
PERCENT OF
HOUSEHOLDS
Below Standard
and
Below Poverty
Number
BELOW SELF-SUFFICIENCY STANDARD
Percent
of Total
Below Standard
and
Above Poverty
Number
Percent
of Total
Total Below
Standard
Number
Percent
of Total
ABOVE
SELF-
SUFFICIENCY
STANDARD
Number
Percent
of Total
TOTAL HOUSEHOLDS 743,859 100.0% 130,636 17.6% 105,579 14.2% 236,215 31.8% 507,644 68.2%
GENDER OF HOUSEHOLDER
Male 400,340 53.8% 38,432 9.6% 48,110 12.0% 86,542 21.6% 313,798 78.4%
Female 343,519 46.2% 92,204 26.8% 57,469 16.7% 149,673 43.6% 193,846 56.4%
HOUSEHOLD TYPE
All family households 2 564,013 75.8% 94,421 16.7% 79,827 14.2% 174,248 30.9% 389,765 69.1%
Non-family 3 household 179,846 24.2% 36,215 20.1% 25,752 14.3% 61,967 34.5% 117,879 65.5%
Male householder 105,076 14.1% 17,671 16.8% 14,135 13.5% 31,806 30.3% 73,270 69.7%
Female householder 74,770 10.1% 18,544 24.8% 11,617 15.5% 30,161 40.3% 44,609 59.7%
1
The householder is the person (or one of the persons) in whose name the housing unit is owned or rented or, if there is no such person, any adult
member, excluding roomers, boarders, or paid employees.
2
A family household is a household maintained by a family, defined as a group of two or more persons (one of whom is the householder) residing
together and related by birth, marriage, or adoption; family households include any unrelated persons who reside in the household.
3
A non-family household is a person maintaining a household while living alone or with nonrelatives only.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2007 American Community Survey.
Table B-6. The Self-Sufficiency Standard and Federal Poverty Level by
Number of Children in Household and Age of Youngest Child: Mississippi 2007
TOTAL
PERCENT OF
HOUSEHOLDS
Below Standard
and
Below Poverty
Number
BELOW SELF-SUFFICIENCY STANDARD
Percent
of Total
Below Standard
and
Above Poverty
Number
Percent
of Total
Total Below
Standard
Number
Percent
of Total
ABOVE
SELF-
SUFFICIENCY
STANDARD
Number
Percent
of Total
TOTAL HOUSEHOLDS 743,859 100.0% 130,636 17.6% 105,579 14.2% 236,215 31.8% 507,644 68.2%
NUMBER OF CHILDREN IN HOUSEHOLD
No children 386,755 52.0% 51,410 13.3% 47,278 12.2% 98,688 25.5% 288,067 74.5%
1 or more 357,104 48.0% 79,226 22.2% 58,301 16.3% 137,527 38.5% 219,577 61.5%
1 153,026 20.6% 25,635 16.8% 23,968 15.7% 49,603 32.4% 103,423 67.6%
2 130,166 17.5% 26,785 20.6% 17,641 13.6% 44,426 34.1% 85,740 65.9%
3 52,275 7.0% 16,150 30.9% 11,724 22.4% 27,874 53.3% 24,401 46.7%
4 or more 21,637 2.9% 10,656 49.2% 4,968 23.0% 15,624 72.2% 6,013 27.8%
AGE OF YOUNGEST CHILD
Less than 6 yrs 161,815 21.8% 42,640 26.4% 33,903 21.0% 76,543 47.3% 85,272 52.7%
6 to 17 yrs 195,289 26.3% 36,586 18.7% 24,398 12.5% 60,984 31.2% 134,305 68.8%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2007 American Community Survey.