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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)

White alone, not Hispanic
Families, total (10)
(Counts of families are obtained
by counting the householder from each family.) 		43,973 7,304 16.6 35,367 3,882 11.0 2,747 805 29.3 5,859 2,616 44.7
 
Families with no workers (16) 		2,551 1,687 66.1 1,554 802 51.6 264 226 85.7 733 659 90.0
Families with at least one worker (16) 41,422 5,617 13.6 33,812 3,081 9.1 2,483 579 23.3 5,126 1,957 38.2
      Only one working family member 12,799 3,863 30.2 7,982 1,747 21.9 1,444 481 33.3 3,373 1,636 48.5
      Two or more working family members 28,623 1,754 6.1 25,831 1,334 5.2 1,039 98 9.5 1,753 322 18.3
 
Families with no members working full-time
  year-round (FTYR) (16) 		8,210 4,149 50.5 5,027 1,861 37.0 842 520 61.8 2,342 1,768 75.5
      No part-time or part-year workers 2,551 1,687 66.1 1,554 802 51.6 264 226 85.7 733 659 90.0
      At least one part-time or part-year worker 5,659 2,462 43.5 3,472 1,059 30.5 578 294 50.8 1,610 1,109 68.9
          One part-time or part-year worker 3,423 1,851 54.1 1,665 648 38.9 448 252 56.1 1,310 951 72.6
          Two or more part-time or part-year workers 2,236 611 27.3 1,807 411 22.7 129 42 32.5 300 158 52.7
Families with at least one member who
  worked FTYR (16) 		35,762 3,155 8.8 30,340 2,022 6.7 1,905 285 15.0 3,517 848 24.1
      One full-time year-round worker 20,933 2,880 13.8 16,511 1,796 10.9 1,473 262 17.8 2,949 821 27.8
          One FTYR and no part-time or part-year
              workers 		9,376 2,012 21.5 6,317 1,098 17.4 996 229 23.0 2,063 684 33.2
          One FTYR and at least one part-time
              or part-year worker 		11,557 868 7.5 10,194 698 6.8 477 33 7.0 886 136 15.4
      Two or more full-time year-round workers 14,829 275 1.9 13,829 225 1.6 432 23 5.3 568 27 4.8
          Two or more FTYR and no part-time or
              part-year workers 		12,132 227 1.9 11,326 185 1.6 359 20 5.6 447 22 4.9
          Two or more FTYR and at least one
              part-time or part-year worker 		2,697 48 1.8 2,503 40 1.6 73 3 (B) 121 5 4.2
 
Families with part-time or part-year workers (16) 		19,914 3,378 17.0 16,170 1,797 11.1 1,128 330 29.2 2,616 1,251 47.8
      One part-time or part-year worker 15,223 2,647 17.4 12,177 1,293 10.6 905 284 31.4 2,141 1,070 50.0
      Two or more part-time or part-year workers 4,691 731 15.6 3,993 505 12.6 223 46 20.6 475 181 38.1

Poverty Footnotes

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