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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)

Black alone
Families, total (10)
(Counts of families are obtained
by counting the householder from each family.) 		9,359 3,967 42.4 4,386 979 22.3 812 355 43.7 4,161 2,633 63.3
 
Families with no workers (16) 		1,488 1,166 78.4 513 274 53.5 124 104 84.1 852 788 92.5
Families with at least one worker (16) 7,871 2,800 35.6 3,874 705 18.2 689 251 36.4 3,309 1,845 55.8
      Only one working family member 4,010 2,168 54.1 1,101 388 35.2 430 196 45.5 2,479 1,584 63.9
      Two or more working family members 3,861 632 16.4 2,773 317 11.4 258 55 21.2 830 261 31.5
 
Families with no members working full-time
  year-round (FTYR) (16) 		3,330 2,446 73.5 1,048 503 48.0 299 226 75.7 1,983 1,717 86.6
      No part-time or part-year workers 1,488 1,166 78.4 513 274 53.5 124 104 84.1 852 788 92.5
      At least one part-time or part-year worker 1,843 1,280 69.5 535 229 42.7 176 122 69.7 1,132 929 82.1
          One part-time or part-year worker 1,460 1,089 74.6 320 147 45.9 142 105 74.1 998 838 83.9
          Two or more part-time or part-year workers 383 191 49.8 215 82 38.0 34 17 (B) 134 91 68.5
Families with at least one member who
  worked FTYR (16) 		6,029 1,520 25.2 3,338 476 14.3 513 128 25.0 2,177 916 42.1
      One full-time year-round worker 3,918 1,394 35.6 1,669 403 24.1 388 113 29.2 1,860 878 47.2
          One FTYR and no part-time or part-year
              workers 		2,551 1,079 42.3 781 241 30.9 289 91 31.5 1,481 747 50.4
          One FTYR and at least one part-time
              or part-year worker 		1,367 315 23.1 888 161 18.2 100 22 22.6 379 131 34.7
      Two or more full-time year-round workers 2,111 127 6.0 1,669 73 4.4 125 15 11.9 317 38 12.1
          Two or more FTYR and no part-time or
              part-year workers 		1,766 113 6.4 1,423 66 4.7 92 13 14.6 252 33 13.2
          Two or more FTYR and at least one
              part-time or part-year worker 		345 14 4.0 246 7 2.9 33 1 (B) 66 5 (B)
 
Families with part-time or part-year workers (16) 		3,554 1,609 45.3 1,670 397 23.8 308 146 47.5 1,576 1,065 67.6
      One part-time or part-year worker 2,954 1,376 46.6 1,309 295 22.5 264 125 47.3 1,381 956 69.2
      Two or more part-time or part-year workers 600 233 38.8 361 102 28.3 43 21 (B) 196 110 56.0

Poverty Footnotes

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