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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 150% of poverty (5) Percentage below 150% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 150% of poverty (5) Percentage below 150% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 150% of poverty (5) Percentage below 150% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 150% of poverty (5) Percentage below 150% of poverty (6)

All races
Families, total (10)
(Counts of families are obtained
by counting the householder from each family.) 		78,874 14,235 18.0 59,137 6,614 11.2 5,255 1,327 25.2 14,482 6,295 43.5
 
Families with no workers (16) 		11,269 4,509 40.0 8,077 2,015 24.9 607 410 67.5 2,586 2,084 80.6
Families with at least one worker (16) 67,605 9,727 14.4 51,060 4,599 9.0 4,649 917 19.7 11,896 4,211 35.4
      Only one working family member 25,282 7,187 28.4 14,557 2,860 19.6 2,602 722 27.8 8,123 3,604 44.4
      Two or more working family members 42,323 2,540 6.0 36,503 1,739 4.8 2,047 195 9.5 3,774 606 16.1
 
Families with no members working full-time
  year-round (FTYR) (16) 		23,329 9,183 39.4 15,156 3,743 24.7 1,707 900 52.7 6,466 4,540 70.2
      No part-time or part-year workers 11,269 4,509 40.0 8,077 2,015 24.9 607 410 67.5 2,586 2,084 80.6
      At least one part-time or part-year worker 12,060 4,674 38.8 7,079 1,728 24.4 1,101 491 44.6 3,880 2,455 63.3
          One part-time or part-year worker 8,087 3,691 45.6 4,046 1,118 27.6 821 407 49.5 3,221 2,166 67.3
          Two or more part-time or part-year workers 3,973 983 24.7 3,033 610 20.1 280 84 30.1 659 289 43.9
Families with at least one member who
  worked FTYR (16) 		55,545 5,052 9.1 43,981 2,871 6.5 3,548 426 12.0 8,016 1,755 21.9
      One full-time year-round worker 33,803 4,627 13.7 24,545 2,552 10.4 2,587 379 14.7 6,672 1,695 25.4
          One FTYR and no part-time or part-year
              workers 		17,195 3,496 20.3 10,511 1,742 16.6 1,782 316 17.7 4,902 1,438 29.3
          One FTYR and at least one part-time
              or part-year worker 		16,609 1,131 6.8 14,033 810 5.8 805 64 7.9 1,770 257 14.5
      Two or more full-time year-round workers 21,741 426 2.0 19,436 318 1.6 961 47 4.9 1,344 60 4.5
          Two or more FTYR and no part-time or
              part-year workers 		17,705 349 2.0 15,908 260 1.6 757 35 4.7 1,039 53 5.1
          Two or more FTYR and at least one
              part-time or part-year worker 		4,037 77 1.9 3,528 58 1.7 204 12 5.7 305 7 2.3
 
Families with part-time or part-year workers (16) 		32,706 5,882 18.0 24,640 2,597 10.5 2,110 566 26.8 5,955 2,719 45.7
      One part-time or part-year worker 25,257 4,705 18.6 18,664 1,852 9.9 1,656 469 28.3 4,937 2,384 48.3
      Two or more part-time or part-year workers 7,449 1,177 15.8 5,976 745 12.5 454 97 21.4 1,019 335 32.9

Poverty Footnotes

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