PEOPLE PERCENT 36,880,000 = 14.5% of entire population 27,372,000 = 13.9% of people in urban areas 24,523,000 = 11.6% of whites (including Hispanic) 18,308,000 = 9.6% of whites (non-Hispanic) 18,281,000 = 11.7% of people 18 to 64 years old 14,763,000 = 16.9% of people in Southern states 14,763,000 = 40.0% of the poor live in the South 14,617,000 = 21.9% of people under 18 years old 10,613,000 = 33.3% of blacks 9,509,000 = 16.8% of people outside urban areas 8,955,000 = 16.9% of white children under 18 7,983,000 = 13.1% of people in Midwest states 7,983,000 = 21.6% of poor live in the Midwest 7,960,000 = 11.7% of all families 7,907,000 = 14.41% of people in Western states 7,907,000 = 21.4% of the poor live in the West 6,655,000 = 29.3% of Hispanics 6,227,000 = 12.3% of people in Northeast states 6,227,000 = 16.9% of the poor live in Northeast states 5,160,000 = 8.9% of white families (incl. Hispanic) 4,938,000 = 46.6% of black children under 18 4,171,000 = 34.9% of female-led households 3,983,000 = 12.9% of people older than 64 3,860,000 = 7.3% of white families (non-Hispanic) 3,318,000 = 6.2% married-couple families 3,116,000 = 39.9% of Hispanic children under 18 2,435,000 = 30.9% of black families 1,835,000 = 49.8% of black female-led households 1,395,000 = 26.2% of Hispanic families 912,000 = 12.5% of Asian/Pacific Islanders 486,000 = 13.0% of black married-couple families 199,000 = 12.0% of Asian/Pacific Islander families