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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)

White alone
Families, total (10)
(Counts of families are obtained
by counting the householder from each family.) 		64,183 9,892 15.4 50,779 5,279 10.4 3,999 932 23.3 9,405 3,681 39.1
 
Families with no workers (16) 		9,208 3,122 33.9 7,179 1,616 22.5 440 289 65.7 1,589 1,217 76.6
Families with at least one worker (16) 54,975 6,770 12.3 43,600 3,663 8.4 3,560 643 18.1 7,816 2,464 31.5
      Only one working family member 19,495 4,893 25.1 12,368 2,298 18.6 1,975 502 25.4 5,152 2,093 40.6
      Two or more working family members 35,480 1,878 5.3 31,231 1,365 4.4 1,585 141 8.9 2,664 372 14.0
 
Families with no members working full-time
  year-round (FTYR) (16) 		18,728 6,331 33.8 13,320 2,998 22.5 1,291 635 49.2 4,117 2,698 65.5
      No part-time or part-year workers 9,208 3,122 33.9 7,179 1,616 22.5 440 289 65.7 1,589 1,217 76.6
      At least one part-time or part-year worker 9,520 3,209 33.7 6,141 1,382 22.5 851 346 40.7 2,528 1,481 58.6
          One part-time or part-year worker 6,173 2,459 39.8 3,499 888 25.4 622 280 45.0 2,053 1,290 62.9
          Two or more part-time or part-year workers 3,347 751 22.4 2,642 494 18.7 230 66 28.9 475 191 40.1
Families with at least one member who
  worked FTYR (16) 		45,455 3,561 7.8 37,458 2,281 6.1 2,709 297 11.0 5,288 983 18.6
      One full-time year-round worker 27,479 3,238 11.8 21,104 2,028 9.6 2,002 264 13.2 4,373 946 21.6
          One FTYR and no part-time or part-year
              workers 		13,322 2,434 18.3 8,869 1,410 15.9 1,353 222 16.4 3,099 802 25.9
          One FTYR and at least one part-time
              or part-year worker 		14,157 804 5.7 12,234 618 5.1 649 42 6.5 1,274 143 11.3
      Two or more full-time year-round workers 17,976 323 1.8 16,355 253 1.5 706 33 4.7 915 38 4.1
          Two or more FTYR and no part-time or
              part-year workers 		14,599 257 1.8 13,315 198 1.5 570 24 4.3 715 35 4.8
          Two or more FTYR and at least one
              part-time or part-year worker 		3,377 66 2.0 3,040 55 1.8 136 8 6.2 200 3 1.5
 
Families with part-time or part-year workers (16) 		27,054 4,080 15.1 21,416 2,055 9.6 1,636 397 24.3 4,002 1,628 40.7
      One part-time or part-year worker 20,689 3,184 15.4 16,156 1,453 9.0 1,263 323 25.6 3,270 1,409 43.1
      Two or more part-time or part-year workers 6,364 895 14.1 5,260 602 11.4 373 74 19.8 732 219 29.9

Poverty Footnotes

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