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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)

Black alone
Families, total (10)
(Counts of families are obtained
by counting the householder from each family.) 		8,291 3,541 42.7 3,790 799 21.1 746 328 44.0 3,755 2,415 64.3
 
Families with no workers (16) 		990 884 89.3 202 139 68.8 100 88 88.0 689 657 95.5
Families with at least one worker (16) 7,301 2,657 36.4 3,589 660 18.4 646 240 37.1 3,066 1,758 57.3
      Only one working family member 3,616 2,052 56.8 913 350 38.3 398 189 47.4 2,305 1,514 65.7
      Two or more working family members 3,685 605 16.4 2,676 310 11.6 248 51 20.7 761 243 32.0
 
Families with no members working full-time
  year-round (FTYR) (16) 		2,618 2,079 79.4 618 341 55.1 262 203 77.5 1,738 1,536 88.4
      No part-time or part-year workers 990 884 89.3 202 139 68.8 100 88 88.0 689 657 95.5
      At least one part-time or part-year worker 1,628 1,195 73.4 416 202 48.5 162 115 71.0 1,050 878 83.7
          One part-time or part-year worker 1,279 1,016 79.4 222 123 55.2 128 98 76.1 929 796 85.7
          Two or more part-time or part-year workers 349 179 51.4 194 79 40.7 34 17 (B) 121 83 68.7
Families with at least one member who
  worked FTYR (16) 		5,673 1,462 25.8 3,172 458 14.4 484 125 25.8 2,017 879 43.6
      One full-time year-round worker 3,632 1,343 37.0 1,537 388 25.2 368 112 30.5 1,728 844 48.8
          One FTYR and no part-time or part-year
              workers 		2,337 1,036 44.4 691 227 32.8 270 91 33.7 1,376 719 52.2
          One FTYR and at least one part-time
              or part-year worker 		1,296 307 23.7 846 161 19.0 98 21 21.6 351 125 35.6
      Two or more full-time year-round workers 2,041 119 5.8 1,635 70 4.3 116 13 11.0 289 35 12.2
          Two or more FTYR and no part-time or
              part-year workers 		1,720 105 6.1 1,403 63 4.5 83 11 13.6 234 30 13.0
          Two or more FTYR and at least one
              part-time or part-year worker 		321 14 4.2 232 7 3.0 33 1 (B) 56 5 (B)
 
Families with part-time or part-year workers (16) 		3,244 1,516 46.7 1,495 369 24.7 293 138 47.0 1,457 1,009 69.2
      One part-time or part-year worker 2,688 1,295 48.2 1,157 271 23.4 250 116 46.7 1,281 908 70.9
      Two or more part-time or part-year workers 557 221 39.7 338 99 29.3 43 21 (B) 176 101 57.5

Poverty Footnotes

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