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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)

Black alone
Families, total (10)
(Counts of families are obtained
by counting the householder from each family.) 		8,291 2,933 35.4 3,790 585 15.4 746 266 35.7 3,755 2,081 55.4
 
Families with no workers (16) 		990 829 83.7 202 123 61.2 100 80 80.4 689 625 90.8
Families with at least one worker (16) 7,301 2,104 28.8 3,589 462 12.9 646 186 28.8 3,066 1,456 47.5
      Only one working family member 3,616 1,708 47.2 913 272 29.8 398 154 38.7 2,305 1,282 55.6
      Two or more working family members 3,685 396 10.7 2,676 190 7.1 248 32 12.9 761 174 22.9
 
Families with no members working full-time
  year-round (FTYR) (16) 		2,618 1,903 72.7 618 287 46.4 262 181 69.2 1,738 1,435 82.6
      No part-time or part-year workers 990 829 83.7 202 123 61.2 100 80 80.4 689 625 90.8
      At least one part-time or part-year worker 1,628 1,074 66.0 416 163 39.2 162 101 62.3 1,050 810 77.2
          One part-time or part-year worker 1,279 933 72.9 222 102 46.0 128 90 69.8 929 742 79.8
          Two or more part-time or part-year workers 349 141 40.4 194 61 31.5 34 11 (B) 121 68 56.7
Families with at least one member who
  worked FTYR (16) 		5,673 1,030 18.2 3,172 299 9.4 484 85 17.6 2,017 646 32.0
      One full-time year-round worker 3,632 974 26.8 1,537 270 17.6 368 75 20.5 1,728 629 36.4
          One FTYR and no part-time or part-year
              workers 		2,337 775 33.2 691 170 24.6 270 64 23.9 1,376 540 39.3
          One FTYR and at least one part-time
              or part-year worker 		1,296 200 15.4 846 100 11.8 98 11 11.1 351 88 25.2
      Two or more full-time year-round workers 2,041 55 2.7 1,635 29 1.7 116 10 8.3 289 17 5.9
          Two or more FTYR and no part-time or
              part-year workers 		1,720 51 3.0 1,403 27 1.9 83 8 9.8 234 15 6.6
          Two or more FTYR and at least one
              part-time or part-year worker 		321 5 1.5 232 1 0.6 33 1 (B) 56 2 (B)
 
Families with part-time or part-year workers (16) 		3,244 1,278 39.4 1,495 265 17.7 293 113 38.7 1,457 900 61.8
      One part-time or part-year worker 2,688 1,112 41.4 1,157 194 16.7 250 100 40.0 1,281 819 63.9
      Two or more part-time or part-year workers 557 166 29.8 338 71 21.0 43 14 (B) 176 82 46.5

Poverty Footnotes

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