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POV06: Families by Number of Working Family Members and Family Structure: 2008

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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2009 Annual Social and Economic Supplement.

(Numbers in thousands)

  Families (total) (10) Married-couple families (11) Families with a male householder, no wife present Families with a female householder, no husband present
All income levels Below 130% of poverty (5) Percentage below 130% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 130% of poverty (5) Percentage below 130% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 130% of poverty (5) Percentage below 130% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 130% of poverty (5) Percentage below 130% of poverty (6)

Black alone
Families, total (10)
(Counts of families are obtained
by counting the householder from each family.) 		9,359 2,763 29.5 4,386 537 12.2 812 237 29.1 4,161 1,990 47.8
 
Families with no workers (16) 		1,488 991 66.6 513 175 34.1 124 92 74.4 852 725 85.1
Families with at least one worker (16) 7,871 1,772 22.5 3,874 362 9.4 689 145 21.0 3,309 1,265 38.2
      Only one working family member 4,010 1,493 37.2 1,101 240 21.8 430 123 28.5 2,479 1,131 45.6
      Two or more working family members 3,861 279 7.2 2,773 122 4.4 258 22 8.6 830 134 16.2
 
Families with no members working full-time
  year-round (FTYR) (16) 		3,330 2,017 60.6 1,048 317 30.2 299 190 63.4 1,983 1,511 76.2
      No part-time or part-year workers 1,488 991 66.6 513 175 34.1 124 92 74.4 852 725 85.1
      At least one part-time or part-year worker 1,843 1,026 55.7 535 142 26.5 176 98 55.6 1,132 786 69.5
          One part-time or part-year worker 1,460 910 62.4 320 98 30.5 142 90 63.3 998 723 72.4
          Two or more part-time or part-year workers 383 115 30.2 215 44 20.6 34 8 (B) 134 63 47.3
Families with at least one member who
  worked FTYR (16) 		6,029 746 12.4 3,338 220 6.6 513 47 9.2 2,177 479 22.0
      One full-time year-round worker 3,918 702 17.9 1,669 199 11.9 388 39 10.0 1,860 464 25.0
          One FTYR and no part-time or part-year
              workers 		2,551 583 22.8 781 142 18.2 289 33 11.3 1,481 408 27.5
          One FTYR and at least one part-time
              or part-year worker 		1,367 119 8.7 888 57 6.4 100 6 6.0 379 57 14.9
      Two or more full-time year-round workers 2,111 44 2.1 1,669 21 1.3 125 8 6.7 317 15 4.6
          Two or more FTYR and no part-time or
              part-year workers 		1,766 43 2.4 1,423 20 1.4 92 8 9.0 252 15 5.8
          Two or more FTYR and at least one
              part-time or part-year worker 		345 1 0.4 246 1 0.5 33 0 (B) 66 0 (B)
 
Families with part-time or part-year workers (16) 		3,554 1,147 32.3 1,670 200 12.0 308 104 33.7 1,576 843 53.5
      One part-time or part-year worker 2,954 1,022 34.6 1,309 154 11.8 264 95 36.0 1,381 773 56.0
      Two or more part-time or part-year workers 600 125 20.8 361 46 12.8 43 9 (B) 196 70 35.7

Poverty Footnotes

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