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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 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)

All races
Families, total (10)
(Counts of families are obtained
by counting the householder from each family.) 		65,894 16,141 24.5 48,556 7,670 15.8 4,804 1,630 33.9 12,535 6,841 54.6
 
Families with no workers (16) 		4,471 3,389 75.8 2,118 1,215 57.4 443 381 86.1 1,910 1,792 93.9
Families with at least one worker (16) 61,424 12,753 20.8 46,438 6,455 13.9 4,361 1,249 28.6 10,625 5,049 47.5
      Only one working family member 21,349 8,720 40.8 11,715 3,602 30.7 2,404 933 38.8 7,230 4,186 57.9
      Two or more working family members 40,075 4,032 10.1 34,723 2,853 8.2 1,957 316 16.2 3,395 863 25.4
 
Families with no members working full-time
  year-round (FTYR) (16) 		13,943 8,595 61.6 7,171 3,226 45.0 1,451 967 66.7 5,322 4,402 82.7
      No part-time or part-year workers 4,471 3,389 75.8 2,118 1,215 57.4 443 381 86.1 1,910 1,792 93.9
      At least one part-time or part-year worker 9,473 5,206 55.0 5,053 2,011 39.8 1,008 586 58.1 3,412 2,609 76.5
          One part-time or part-year worker 6,074 3,956 65.1 2,496 1,224 49.0 747 467 62.6 2,831 2,265 80.0
          Two or more part-time or part-year workers 3,399 1,250 36.8 2,556 787 30.8 261 118 45.4 581 345 59.3
Families with at least one member who
  worked FTYR (16) 		51,951 7,546 14.5 41,385 4,443 10.7 3,353 663 19.8 7,213 2,440 33.8
      One full-time year-round worker 30,974 6,691 21.6 22,534 3,795 16.8 2,426 580 23.9 6,013 2,316 38.5
          One FTYR and no part-time or part-year
              workers 		15,275 4,764 31.2 9,218 2,377 25.8 1,658 466 28.1 4,399 1,921 43.7
          One FTYR and at least one part-time
              or part-year worker 		15,699 1,927 12.3 13,316 1,417 10.6 769 115 14.9 1,614 395 24.5
      Two or more full-time year-round workers 20,977 855 4.1 18,850 649 3.4 927 83 8.9 1,200 124 10.3
          Two or more FTYR and no part-time or
              part-year workers 		17,065 686 4.0 15,410 521 3.4 727 62 8.5 928 103 11.0
          Two or more FTYR and at least one
              part-time or part-year worker 		3,912 170 4.3 3,440 127 3.7 200 21 10.5 272 21 7.9
 
Families with part-time or part-year workers (16) 		29,084 7,303 25.1 21,809 3,556 16.3 1,976 721 36.5 5,298 3,025 57.1
      One part-time or part-year worker 22,326 5,713 25.6 16,393 2,526 15.4 1,545 583 37.7 4,389 2,605 59.3
      Two or more part-time or part-year workers 6,757 1,590 23.5 5,417 1,031 19.0 431 138 32.1 909 421 46.3

Poverty Footnotes

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