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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 185% of poverty (5) Percentage below 185% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 185% of poverty (5) Percentage below 185% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 185% of poverty (5) Percentage below 185% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 185% of poverty (5) Percentage below 185% of poverty (6)

All races
Families, total (10)
(Counts of families are obtained
by counting the householder from each family.) 		78,874 19,119 24.2 59,137 9,770 16.5 5,255 1,775 33.8 14,482 7,574 52.3
 
Families with no workers (16) 		11,269 5,674 50.4 8,077 2,952 36.5 607 469 77.3 2,586 2,253 87.2
Families with at least one worker (16) 67,605 13,444 19.9 51,060 6,818 13.4 4,649 1,306 28.1 11,896 5,321 44.7
      Only one working family member 25,282 9,277 36.7 14,557 3,893 26.7 2,602 976 37.5 8,123 4,408 54.3
      Two or more working family members 42,323 4,168 9.8 36,503 2,925 8.0 2,047 330 16.1 3,774 912 24.2
 
Families with no members working full-time
  year-round (FTYR) (16) 		23,329 11,338 48.6 15,156 5,204 34.3 1,707 1,095 64.1 6,466 5,039 77.9
      No part-time or part-year workers 11,269 5,674 50.4 8,077 2,952 36.5 607 469 77.3 2,586 2,253 87.2
      At least one part-time or part-year worker 12,060 5,664 47.0 7,079 2,252 31.8 1,101 626 56.9 3,880 2,786 71.8
          One part-time or part-year worker 8,087 4,348 53.8 4,046 1,432 35.4 821 498 60.7 3,221 2,417 75.0
          Two or more part-time or part-year workers 3,973 1,317 33.1 3,033 820 27.0 280 128 45.5 659 369 56.0
Families with at least one member who
  worked FTYR (16) 		55,545 7,780 14.0 43,981 4,566 10.4 3,548 680 19.2 8,016 2,535 31.6
      One full-time year-round worker 33,803 6,901 20.4 24,545 3,902 15.9 2,587 594 23.0 6,672 2,404 36.0
          One FTYR and no part-time or part-year
              workers 		17,195 4,929 28.7 10,511 2,460 23.4 1,782 478 26.8 4,902 1,991 40.6
          One FTYR and at least one part-time
              or part-year worker 		16,609 1,972 11.9 14,033 1,442 10.3 805 117 14.5 1,770 413 23.3
      Two or more full-time year-round workers 21,741 879 4.0 19,436 663 3.4 961 86 8.9 1,344 130 9.7
          Two or more FTYR and no part-time or
              part-year workers 		17,705 705 4.0 15,908 533 3.4 757 64 8.5 1,039 107 10.3
          Two or more FTYR and at least one
              part-time or part-year worker 		4,037 174 4.3 3,528 130 3.7 204 21 10.4 305 23 7.6
 
Families with part-time or part-year workers (16) 		32,706 7,811 23.9 24,640 3,824 15.5 2,110 764 36.2 5,955 3,222 54.1
      One part-time or part-year worker 25,257 6,146 24.3 18,664 2,757 14.8 1,656 617 37.2 4,937 2,772 56.2
      Two or more part-time or part-year workers 7,449 1,664 22.3 5,976 1,067 17.9 454 148 32.5 1,019 450 44.2

Poverty Footnotes

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