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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 200% of poverty (5) Percentage below 200% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 200% of poverty (5) Percentage below 200% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 200% of poverty (5) Percentage below 200% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 200% of poverty (5) Percentage below 200% of poverty (6)

White alone
Families, total (10)
(Counts of families are obtained
by counting the householder from each family.) 		64,183 15,225 23.7 50,779 9,031 17.8 3,999 1,409 35.2 9,405 4,785 50.9
 
Families with no workers (16) 		9,208 4,483 48.7 7,179 2,778 38.7 440 350 79.5 1,589 1,355 85.3
Families with at least one worker (16) 54,975 10,742 19.5 43,600 6,253 14.3 3,560 1,060 29.8 7,816 3,430 43.9
      Only one working family member 19,495 6,965 35.7 12,368 3,441 27.8 1,975 772 39.1 5,152 2,752 53.4
      Two or more working family members 35,480 3,777 10.6 31,231 2,812 9.0 1,585 287 18.1 2,664 677 25.4
 
Families with no members working full-time
  year-round (FTYR) (16) 		18,728 8,740 46.7 13,320 4,757 35.7 1,291 846 65.6 4,117 3,136 76.2
      No part-time or part-year workers 9,208 4,483 48.7 7,179 2,778 38.7 440 350 79.5 1,589 1,355 85.3
      At least one part-time or part-year worker 9,520 4,257 44.7 6,141 1,979 32.2 851 497 58.4 2,528 1,781 70.5
          One part-time or part-year worker 6,173 3,134 50.8 3,499 1,242 35.5 622 382 61.4 2,053 1,510 73.6
          Two or more part-time or part-year workers 3,347 1,123 33.6 2,642 737 27.9 230 115 50.2 475 271 57.0
Families with at least one member who
  worked FTYR (16) 		45,455 6,485 14.3 37,458 4,273 11.4 2,709 563 20.8 5,288 1,649 31.2
      One full-time year-round worker 27,479 5,619 20.4 21,104 3,600 17.1 2,002 481 24.0 4,373 1,538 35.2
          One FTYR and no part-time or part-year
              workers 		13,322 3,831 28.8 8,869 2,198 24.8 1,353 391 28.9 3,099 1,242 40.1
          One FTYR and at least one part-time
              or part-year worker 		14,157 1,788 12.6 12,234 1,402 11.5 649 90 13.9 1,274 296 23.2
      Two or more full-time year-round workers 17,976 865 4.8 16,355 674 4.1 706 82 11.6 915 110 12.0
          Two or more FTYR and no part-time or
              part-year workers 		14,599 680 4.7 13,315 525 3.9 570 62 10.8 715 94 13.1
          Two or more FTYR and at least one
              part-time or part-year worker 		3,377 185 5.5 3,040 149 4.9 136 20 14.7 200 16 8.1
 
Families with part-time or part-year workers (16) 		27,054 6,231 23.0 21,416 3,530 16.5 1,636 607 37.1 4,002 2,093 52.3
      One part-time or part-year worker 20,689 4,780 23.1 16,156 2,540 15.7 1,263 478 37.8 3,270 1,762 53.9
      Two or more part-time or part-year workers 6,364 1,451 22.8 5,260 989 18.8 373 130 34.8 732 332 45.4

Poverty Footnotes

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