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POV09: Families With Householders Under Age 65 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.) 		52,861 8,486 16.1 41,241 4,274 10.4 3,642 867 23.8 7,977 3,345 41.9
 
Families with no workers (16) 		3,161 1,990 63.0 1,749 767 43.9 307 239 78.1 1,105 983 89.0
Families with at least one worker (16) 49,700 6,496 13.1 39,493 3,507 8.9 3,336 628 18.8 6,872 2,361 34.4
      Only one working family member 16,162 4,667 28.9 9,849 2,176 22.1 1,823 488 26.8 4,490 2,003 44.6
      Two or more working family members 33,538 1,829 5.5 29,643 1,331 4.5 1,513 139 9.2 2,382 358 15.0
 
Families with no members working full-time
  year-round (FTYR) (16) 		10,393 5,011 48.2 6,042 2,048 33.9 1,081 574 53.1 3,270 2,388 73.1
      No part-time or part-year workers 3,161 1,990 63.0 1,749 767 43.9 307 239 78.1 1,105 983 89.0
      At least one part-time or part-year worker 7,232 3,021 41.8 4,293 1,281 29.8 775 335 43.2 2,164 1,405 64.9
          One part-time or part-year worker 4,406 2,298 52.2 2,091 802 38.4 564 270 47.9 1,751 1,225 70.0
          Two or more part-time or part-year workers 2,826 723 25.6 2,202 479 21.7 210 65 30.7 414 180 43.5
Families with at least one member who
  worked FTYR (16) 		42,468 3,475 8.2 35,200 2,226 6.3 2,561 293 11.4 4,708 956 20.3
      One full-time year-round worker 25,118 3,157 12.6 19,348 1,979 10.2 1,874 260 13.9 3,897 919 23.6
          One FTYR and no part-time or part-year
              workers 		11,756 2,369 20.2 7,758 1,374 17.7 1,259 218 17.3 2,739 778 28.4
          One FTYR and at least one part-time
              or part-year worker 		13,362 788 5.9 11,589 605 5.2 615 42 6.8 1,158 141 12.2
      Two or more full-time year-round workers 17,350 318 1.8 15,852 247 1.6 687 33 4.8 811 38 4.6
          Two or more FTYR and no part-time or
              part-year workers 		14,061 251 1.8 12,878 193 1.5 552 24 4.4 631 35 5.5
          Two or more FTYR and at least one
              part-time or part-year worker 		3,289 66 2.0 2,974 55 1.8 135 8 6.3 180 3 1.7
 
Families with part-time or part-year workers (16) 		23,883 3,875 16.2 18,856 1,941 10.3 1,524 386 25.3 3,502 1,549 44.2
      One part-time or part-year worker 18,137 3,009 16.6 14,110 1,355 9.6 1,174 313 26.7 2,853 1,341 47.0
      Two or more part-time or part-year workers 5,746 866 15.1 4,746 586 12.3 350 72 20.6 650 208 32.1

Poverty Footnotes

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