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Table B-7. The Self-Sufficiency Standard and Federal Poverty Level by
Household Type and Number of Children: 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%
HOUSEHOLD TYPE AND NUMBER OF CHILDREN
MARRIED COUPLE 380,616 51.2% 27,867 7.3% 41,910 11.0% 69,777 18.3% 310,839 81.7%
No children 168,495 22.7% 9,013 5.3% 13,504 8.0% 22,517 13.4% 145,978 86.6%
1 or more 212,121 28.5% 18,854 8.9% 28,406 13.4% 47,260 22.3% 164,861 77.7%
1 86,749 11.7% 5,845 6.7% 9,776 11.3% 15,621 18.0% 71,128 82.0%
2 84,140 11.3% 6,859 8.2% 8,640 10.3% 15,499 18.4% 68,641 81.6%
3 30,246 4.1% 3,504 11.6% 6,406 21.2% 9,910 32.8% 20,336 67.2%
4 or more 10,986 1.5% 2,646 24.1% 3,584 32.6% 6,230 56.7% 4,756 43.3%
MALE HOUSEHOLDER 1 ,
NO SPOUSE PRESENT
145,073 19.5% 24,795 17.1% 22,219 15.3% 47,014 32.4% 98,059 67.6%
No children 116,543 15.7% 18,886 16.2% 16,803 14.4% 35,689 30.6% 80,854 69.4%
1 or more 28,530 3.8% 5,909 20.7% 5,416 19.0% 11,325 39.7% 17,205 60.3%
1 14,377 1.9% 2,381 16.6% 2,110 14.7% 4,491 31.2% 9,886 68.8%
2 8,641 1.2% 1,786 20.7% 1,390 16.1% 3,176 36.8% 5,465 63.2%
3* 3,590 0.5% 869 24.2% 1,332 37.1% 2,201 61.3% 1,389 38.7%
4 or more* 1,922 0.3% 873 45.4% 584 30.4% 1,457 75.8% 465 24.2%
FEMALE HOUSEHOLDER,
NO SPOUSE PRESENT"
218,170 29.3% 77,974 35.7% 41,450 19.0% 119,424 54.7% 98,746 45.3%
No children 101,717 13.7% 23,511 23.1% 16,971 16.7% 40,482 39.8% 61,235 60.2%
1 or more 116,453 15.7% 54,463 46.8% 24,479 21.0% 78,942 67.8% 37,511 32.2%
1 51,900 7.0% 17,409 33.5% 12,082 23.3% 29,491 56.8% 22,409 43.2%
2 37,385 5.0% 18,140 48.5% 7,611 20.4% 25,751 68.9% 11,634 31.1%
3 18,439 2.5% 11,777 63.9% 3,986 21.6% 15,763 85.5% 2,676 14.5%
4 or more* 8,729 1.2% 7,137 81.8% 800 9.2% 7,937 90.9% 792 9.1%
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.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2007 American Community Survey.
*Note: The sample size for one or more cells in this row is small. Data may not be statistically stable.