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Household Type:

Household Type	Bucks County	% of Total Bucks County with income below poverty level (values not filtered)	Chester County	% of Total Chester County with income below poverty level (values not filtered)	Delaware County	% of Total Delaware County with income below poverty level (values not filtered)	Montgomery County	% of Total Montgomery County with income below poverty level (values not filtered)
Income in the past 12 months below poverty level:	34,158	100.00	29,862	100.00	54,217	100.00	48,791	100.00
In family households:	23,397	68.50	16,419	54.98	37,989	70.07	30,808	63.14
In married couple families	9,067	26.54	7,299	24.44	10,224	18.86	11,689	23.96
In other families:	14,330	41.95	9,120	30.54	27,765	51.21	19,119	39.19
Male householder, no spouse present	3,068	8.98	958	3.21	2,450	4.52	1,864	3.82
Female householder, no spouse present	11,262	32.97	8,162	27.33	25,315	46.69	17,255	35.37
In non-family households and other living arrangement	10,761	31.50	13,443	45.02	16,228	29.93	17,983	36.86
Household Type

Household Type:

Household Type	Bucks County	% of Total Bucks County with income below poverty level (values not filtered)	Chester County	% of Total Chester County with income below poverty level (values not filtered)	Delaware County	% of Total Delaware County with income below poverty level (values not filtered)	Montgomery County	% of Total Montgomery County with income below poverty level (values not filtered)
Income in the past 12 months below poverty level:	34,150	100.00	35,449	100.00	46,534	100.00	46,645	100.00
In family households:	22,544	66.01	22,988	64.85	30,920	66.45	29,614	63.49
In married couple families	9,480	27.76	9,602	27.09	9,381	20.16	12,398	26.58
In other families:	13,064	38.25	13,386	37.76	21,539	46.29	17,216	36.91
Male householder, no wife present	2,540	7.44	2,557	7.21	3,001	6.45	2,250	4.82
Female householder, no husband present	10,524	30.82	10,829	30.55	18,538	39.84	14,966	32.08
In non-family households and other living arrangement	11,606	33.99	12,461	35.15	15,614	33.55	17,031	36.51
Household Type

Household Type:

Household Type	Bucks County	% of Total Bucks County with income below poverty level (values not filtered)	Chester County	% of Total Chester County with income below poverty level (values not filtered)	Delaware County	% of Total Delaware County with income below poverty level (values not filtered)	Montgomery County	% of Total Montgomery County with income below poverty level (values not filtered)
Income in the past 12 months below poverty level:	37,588	100.00	32,121	100.00	52,842	100.00	46,064	100.00
In family households:	22,139	58.90	18,037	56.15	36,493	69.06	29,646	64.36
In married couple families	11,483	30.55	7,576	23.59	11,142	21.09	11,071	24.03
In other families:	10,656	28.35	10,461	32.57	25,351	47.98	18,575	40.32
Male householder, no wife present	3,583	9.53	1,111	3.46	3,908	7.40	2,958	6.42
Female householder, no husband present	7,073	18.82	9,350	29.11	21,443	40.58	15,617	33.90
In non-family households and other living arrangement	15,449	41.10	14,084	43.85	16,349	30.94	16,418	35.64
Household Type

Household Type:

Household Type	Bucks County	% of Total Bucks County with income below poverty level (values not filtered)	Chester County	% of Total Chester County with income below poverty level (values not filtered)	Delaware County	% of Total Delaware County with income below poverty level (values not filtered)	Montgomery County	% of Total Montgomery County with income below poverty level (values not filtered)
Income in the past 12 months below poverty level:	40,818	100.00	36,998	100.00	59,097	100.00	49,570	100.00
In family households:	27,001	66.15	21,102	57.04	41,473	70.18	33,386	67.35
In married couple families	13,132	32.17	8,171	22.08	12,290	20.80	11,925	24.06
In other families:	13,869	33.98	12,931	34.95	29,183	49.38	21,461	43.29
Male householder, no wife present	2,903	7.11	3,930	10.62	4,451	7.53	4,229	8.53
Female householder, no husband present	10,966	26.87	9,001	24.33	24,732	41.85	17,232	34.76
In non-family households and other living arrangement	13,817	33.85	15,896	42.96	17,624	29.82	16,184	32.65
Household Type

Household Type:

Household Type	Bucks County	% of Total Bucks County with income below poverty level (values not filtered)	Chester County	% of Total Chester County with income below poverty level (values not filtered)	Delaware County	% of Total Delaware County with income below poverty level (values not filtered)	Montgomery County	% of Total Montgomery County with income below poverty level (values not filtered)
Income in the past 12 months below poverty level:	37,994	100.00	28,778	100.00	56,137	100.00	52,601	100.00
In family households:	25,481	67.07	19,061	66.23	40,199	71.61	34,783	66.13
In married couple families	12,259	32.27	8,030	27.90	12,292	21.90	16,307	31.00
In other families:	13,222	34.80	11,031	38.33	27,907	49.71	18,476	35.12
Male householder, no wife present	1,534	4.04	1,587	5.51	3,981	7.09	3,367	6.40
Female householder, no husband present	11,688	30.76	9,444	32.82	23,926	42.62	15,109	28.72
In non-family households and other living arrangement	12,513	32.93	9,717	33.77	15,938	28.39	17,818	33.87
Household Type

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2015-2019 American Community Survey 1-Year Estimates

Data are based on a sample and are subject to sampling variability. The degree of uncertainty for an estimate arising from sampling variability is represented through the use of a margin of error. The value shown here is the 90 percent margin of error. The margin of error can be interpreted roughly as providing a 90 percent probability that the interval defined by the estimate minus the margin of error and the estimate plus the margin of error (the lower and upper confidence bounds) contains the true value. In addition to sampling variability, the ACS estimates are subject to nonsampling error (for a discussion of nonsampling variability, see ACS Technical Documentation). The effect of nonsampling error is not represented in these tables.

The 2015-2019 American Community Survey (ACS) data generally reflect the September 2018 Office of Management and Budget (OMB) delineations of metropolitan and micropolitan statistical areas. In certain instances, the names, codes, and boundaries of the principal cities shown in ACS tables may differ from the OMB delineation lists due to differences in the effective dates of the geographic entities.

POVERTY STATUS IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS OF FAMILIES BY HOUSEHOLD TYPE BY NUMBER OF RELATED CHILDREN UNDER 18 YEARS

POVERTY STATUS	Bucks County	Chester County	Delaware County	Montgomery County
Income in the past 12 months below poverty level:	7,484	5,959	10,783	11,644
Married-couple family:	3,168	2,372	3,284	4,451
No child	1,445	927	1,757	2,226
1 or 2 children	1,121	150	659	1,322
3 or 4 children	602	605	818	903
5 or more children	0	690	50	0
Other families:	4,316	3,587	7,499	7,193
Male householder, no spouse present:	1,208	393	1,194	1,217
No child	608	87	262	558
1 or 2 children	600	97	932	587
3 or 4 children	0	209	0	0
5 or more children	0	0	0	72
Female householder, no spouse present:	3,108	3,194	6,305	5,976
No child	300	571	1,073	952
1 or 2 children	2,231	1,955	2,947	3,976
3 or 4 children	577	285	2,109	1,048
5 or more children	0	383	176	0
Income in the past 12 months at or above poverty level:	166,059	138,055	130,592	215,922
Married-couple family:	135,491	118,060	98,167	177,394
No child	85,345	67,926	58,126	102,800
1 or 2 children	41,030	40,055	32,263	62,431
3 or 4 children	8,564	9,371	7,323	11,559
5 or more children	552	708	455	604
Other families:	30,568	19,995	32,425	38,528
Male householder, no spouse present:	10,978	5,802	8,763	11,432
No child	4,960	2,774	5,349	5,950
1 or 2 children	5,222	2,489	3,011	4,933
3 or 4 children	796	539	403	502
5 or more children	0	0	0	47
Female householder, no spouse present:	19,590	14,193	23,662	27,096
No child	11,734	8,316	12,153	13,552
1 or 2 children	7,123	5,434	8,966	11,474
3 or 4 children	555	443	2,543	1,832
5 or more children	178	0	0	238

POVERTY STATUS	Bucks County	Chester County	Delaware County	Montgomery County
Income in the past 12 months below poverty level:	6,770	4,592	9,895	8,624
Married-couple family:	2,352	2,047	2,620	3,244
No child	1,223	1,227	1,464	1,922
1 or 2 children	730	272	905	252
3 or 4 children	267	342	251	1,070
5 or more children	132	206	0	0
Other families:	4,418	2,545	7,275	5,380
Male householder, no spouse present:	842	252	539	255
No child	0	93	167	94
1 or 2 children	664	159	222	161
3 or 4 children	178	0	59	0
5 or more children	0	0	91	0
Female householder, no spouse present:	3,576	2,293	6,736	5,125
No child	529	273	588	847
1 or 2 children	2,674	1,322	4,419	3,173
3 or 4 children	373	679	1,426	992
5 or more children	0	19	303	113
Income in the past 12 months at or above poverty level:	160,254	131,922	128,424	208,974
Married-couple family:	132,721	110,453	97,981	170,429
No child	81,674	62,509	56,881	101,740
1 or 2 children	41,305	37,361	33,716	56,538
3 or 4 children	9,569	10,019	6,847	11,786
5 or more children	173	564	537	365
Other families:	27,533	21,469	30,443	38,545
Male householder, no spouse present:	9,619	6,458	7,691	11,735
No child	4,490	3,203	4,114	5,762
1 or 2 children	4,849	3,017	3,356	5,638
3 or 4 children	280	238	221	244
5 or more children	0	0	0	91
Female householder, no spouse present:	17,914	15,011	22,752	26,810
No child	8,487	6,823	11,540	12,214
1 or 2 children	8,716	7,301	10,122	13,295
3 or 4 children	711	887	1,063	1,209
5 or more children	0	0	27	92

POVERTY STATUS	Bucks County	Chester County	Delaware County	Montgomery County
Income in the past 12 months below poverty level:	6,024	6,180	8,152	8,056
Married-couple family:	2,853	2,800	2,600	3,008
No child	1,756	1,493	1,475	1,343
1 or 2 children	750	755	754	1,236
3 or 4 children	347	432	153	429
5 or more children	0	120	218	0
Other families:	3,171	3,380	5,552	5,048
Male householder, no wife present:	240	549	505	579
No child	82	0	164	139
1 or 2 children	158	312	341	440
3 or 4 children	0	237	0	0
5 or more children	0	0	0	0
Female householder, no husband present:	2,931	2,831	5,047	4,469
No child	486	197	986	905
1 or 2 children	1,780	1,898	2,638	2,792
3 or 4 children	509	611	1,148	511
5 or more children	156	125	275	261
Income in the past 12 months at or above poverty level:	165,205	132,402	130,903	209,682
Married-couple family:	134,242	112,171	97,190	173,708
No child	80,902	64,070	56,169	98,383
1 or 2 children	44,694	39,306	33,232	61,957
3 or 4 children	8,399	8,314	7,470	12,162
5 or more children	247	481	319	1,206
Other families:	30,963	20,231	33,713	35,974
Male householder, no wife present:	9,685	5,840	10,083	11,435
No child	4,932	2,685	5,024	5,712
1 or 2 children	4,171	2,976	4,536	5,020
3 or 4 children	543	179	523	703
5 or more children	39	0	0	0
Female householder, no husband present:	21,278	14,391	23,630	24,539
No child	9,445	6,916	11,538	11,719
1 or 2 children	11,006	6,423	10,219	12,012
3 or 4 children	827	1,052	1,668	764
5 or more children	0	0	205	44

POVERTY STATUS	Bucks County	Chester County	Delaware County	Montgomery County
Income in the past 12 months below poverty level:	5,248	4,807	9,146	8,585
Married-couple family:	2,745	1,818	2,905	3,207
No child	1,237	890	1,354	1,600
1 or 2 children	695	523	790	1,034
3 or 4 children	597	377	703	528
5 or more children	216	28	58	45
Other families:	2,503	2,989	6,241	5,378
Male householder, no wife present:	650	249	943	499
No child	73	0	377	46
1 or 2 children	462	249	353	326
3 or 4 children	115	0	213	127
5 or more children	0	0	0	0
Female householder, no husband present:	1,853	2,740	5,298	4,879
No child	193	309	798	832
1 or 2 children	1,362	1,327	3,287	3,313
3 or 4 children	298	1,053	1,071	689
5 or more children	0	51	142	45
Income in the past 12 months at or above poverty level:	159,104	128,976	130,775	207,130
Married-couple family:	132,195	111,050	99,062	170,404
No child	79,813	61,335	56,148	97,758
1 or 2 children	44,168	39,124	35,519	58,137
3 or 4 children	7,783	9,804	7,162	13,771
5 or more children	431	787	233	738
Other families:	26,909	17,926	31,713	36,726
Male householder, no wife present:	8,335	4,859	9,370	11,083
No child	4,084	2,082	4,455	4,551
1 or 2 children	3,929	2,479	4,516	5,705
3 or 4 children	243	298	399	827
5 or more children	79	0	0	0
Female householder, no husband present:	18,574	13,067	22,343	25,643
No child	9,674	6,346	8,999	11,319
1 or 2 children	8,178	6,149	11,690	12,769
3 or 4 children	722	487	1,605	1,555
5 or more children	0	85	49	0

POVERTY STATUS	Bucks County	Chester County	Delaware County	Montgomery County
Income in the past 12 months below poverty level:	7,638	5,297	10,491	9,963
Married-couple family:	3,536	1,592	3,128	3,621
No child	1,707	473	1,097	1,769
1 or 2 children	969	472	1,531	1,479
3 or 4 children	860	339	459	373
5 or more children	0	308	41	0
Other families:	4,102	3,705	7,363	6,342
Male householder, no wife present:	791	785	674	1,040
No child	340	184	23	225
1 or 2 children	370	533	445	673
3 or 4 children	81	68	141	142
5 or more children	0	0	65	0
Female householder, no husband present:	3,311	2,920	6,689	5,302
No child	671	88	1,139	504
1 or 2 children	2,116	2,433	3,724	4,071
3 or 4 children	385	353	1,660	727
5 or more children	139	46	166	0
Income in the past 12 months at or above poverty level:	158,346	126,070	125,270	204,801
Married-couple family:	130,273	102,079	93,032	170,608
No child	78,927	57,307	55,799	98,322
1 or 2 children	41,554	35,152	29,858	58,486
3 or 4 children	9,324	8,838	6,741	12,723
5 or more children	468	782	634	1,077
Other families:	28,073	23,991	32,238	34,193
Male householder, no wife present:	10,422	7,770	9,632	9,149
No child	6,401	3,550	4,699	4,184
1 or 2 children	3,476	3,965	4,289	4,287
3 or 4 children	545	255	644	678
5 or more children	0	0	0	0
Female householder, no husband present:	17,651	16,221	22,606	25,044
No child	8,551	7,933	10,731	12,127
1 or 2 children	8,038	6,839	10,815	10,877
3 or 4 children	1,062	1,301	1,005	2,040
5 or more children	0	148	55	0

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2016-2021 American Community Survey 1-Year Estimates

Data are based on a sample and are subject to sampling variability. The degree of uncertainty for an estimate arising from sampling variability is represented through the use of a margin of error. The value shown here is the 90 percent margin of error. The margin of error can be interpreted roughly as providing a 90 percent probability that the interval defined by the estimate minus the margin of error and the estimate plus the margin of error (the lower and upper confidence bounds) contains the true value. In addition to sampling variability, the ACS estimates are subject to nonsampling error (for a discussion of nonsampling variability, see ACS Technical Documentation). The effect of nonsampling error is not represented in these tables.

The categories for relationship to householder were revised in 2019. For more information see Revisions to the Relationship to Household item.

The 2016-2021 American Community Survey (ACS) data generally reflect the September 2018 Office of Management and Budget (OMB) delineations of metropolitan and micropolitan statistical areas. In certain instances, the names, codes, and boundaries of the principal cities shown in ACS tables may differ from the OMB delineation lists due to differences in the effective dates of the geographic entities.

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