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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)

Black alone
Families, total (10)
(Counts of families are obtained
by counting the householder from each family.) 		9,359 4,225 45.1 4,386 1,108 25.3 812 376 46.3 4,161 2,742 65.9
 
Families with no workers (16) 		1,488 1,199 80.6 513 302 58.9 124 104 84.1 852 793 93.2
Families with at least one worker (16) 7,871 3,026 38.4 3,874 806 20.8 689 272 39.5 3,309 1,948 58.9
      Only one working family member 4,010 2,299 57.3 1,101 432 39.3 430 209 48.6 2,479 1,658 66.9
      Two or more working family members 3,861 727 18.8 2,773 374 13.5 258 63 24.4 830 291 35.0
 
Families with no members working full-time
  year-round (FTYR) (16) 		3,330 2,533 76.1 1,048 563 53.7 299 227 76.1 1,983 1,743 87.9
      No part-time or part-year workers 1,488 1,199 80.6 513 302 58.9 124 104 84.1 852 793 93.2
      At least one part-time or part-year worker 1,843 1,334 72.4 535 261 48.7 176 124 70.4 1,132 950 83.9
          One part-time or part-year worker 1,460 1,130 77.4 320 168 52.5 142 106 74.9 998 856 85.8
          Two or more part-time or part-year workers 383 204 53.3 215 93 43.1 34 17 (B) 134 94 70.1
Families with at least one member who
  worked FTYR (16) 		6,029 1,692 28.1 3,338 545 16.3 513 149 29.0 2,177 999 45.9
      One full-time year-round worker 3,918 1,532 39.1 1,669 451 27.0 388 129 33.2 1,860 952 51.2
          One FTYR and no part-time or part-year
              workers 		2,551 1,169 45.8 781 264 33.9 289 103 35.6 1,481 802 54.1
          One FTYR and at least one part-time
              or part-year worker 		1,367 363 26.6 888 186 21.0 100 26 26.2 379 151 39.8
      Two or more full-time year-round workers 2,111 160 7.6 1,669 95 5.7 125 20 15.7 317 46 14.5
          Two or more FTYR and no part-time or
              part-year workers 		1,766 142 8.0 1,423 88 6.2 92 15 16.3 252 39 15.7
          Two or more FTYR and at least one
              part-time or part-year worker 		345 18 5.3 246 7 2.9 33 5 (B) 66 7 (B)
 
Families with part-time or part-year workers (16) 		3,554 1,715 48.3 1,670 454 27.2 308 154 50.1 1,576 1,107 70.2
      One part-time or part-year worker 2,954 1,466 49.6 1,309 339 25.9 264 133 50.3 1,381 994 72.0
      Two or more part-time or part-year workers 600 250 41.6 361 115 31.9 43 21 (B) 196 113 57.8

Poverty Footnotes

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