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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 200% of poverty (5) Percentage below 200% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 200% of poverty (5) Percentage below 200% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 200% of poverty (5) Percentage below 200% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 200% of poverty (5) Percentage below 200% of poverty (6)

White alone
Families, total (10)
(Counts of families are obtained
by counting the householder from each family.) 		52,861 12,503 23.7 41,241 6,942 16.8 3,642 1,293 35.5 7,977 4,268 53.5
 
Families with no workers (16) 		3,161 2,315 73.2 1,749 1,011 57.8 307 273 89.1 1,105 1,031 93.3
Families with at least one worker (16) 49,700 10,188 20.5 39,493 5,931 15.0 3,336 1,019 30.6 6,872 3,237 47.1
      Only one working family member 16,162 6,518 40.3 9,849 3,186 32.4 1,823 742 40.7 4,490 2,589 57.7
      Two or more working family members 33,538 3,670 10.9 29,643 2,745 9.3 1,513 277 18.3 2,382 648 27.2
 
Families with no members working full-time
  year-round (FTYR) (16) 		10,393 6,195 59.6 6,042 2,774 45.9 1,081 739 68.4 3,270 2,681 82.0
      No part-time or part-year workers 3,161 2,315 73.2 1,749 1,011 57.8 307 273 89.1 1,105 1,031 93.3
      At least one part-time or part-year worker 7,232 3,880 53.6 4,293 1,763 41.1 775 466 60.1 2,164 1,650 76.3
          One part-time or part-year worker 4,406 2,808 63.7 2,091 1,053 50.4 564 360 63.8 1,751 1,395 79.7
          Two or more part-time or part-year workers 2,826 1,071 37.9 2,202 710 32.3 210 106 50.4 414 255 61.7
Families with at least one member who
  worked FTYR (16) 		42,468 6,308 14.9 35,200 4,168 11.8 2,561 553 21.6 4,708 1,587 33.7
      One full-time year-round worker 25,118 5,457 21.7 19,348 3,506 18.1 1,874 472 25.2 3,897 1,479 37.9
          One FTYR and no part-time or part-year
              workers 		11,756 3,710 31.6 7,758 2,133 27.5 1,259 382 30.4 2,739 1,194 43.6
          One FTYR and at least one part-time
              or part-year worker 		13,362 1,747 13.1 11,589 1,373 11.8 615 89 14.5 1,158 285 24.6
      Two or more full-time year-round workers 17,350 852 4.9 15,852 662 4.2 687 82 11.9 811 108 13.4
          Two or more FTYR and no part-time or
              part-year workers 		14,061 669 4.8 12,878 515 4.0 552 62 11.2 631 92 14.6
          Two or more FTYR and at least one
              part-time or part-year worker 		3,289 183 5.6 2,974 147 4.9 135 20 14.9 180 16 9.0
 
Families with part-time or part-year workers (16) 		23,883 5,809 24.3 18,856 3,283 17.4 1,524 575 37.7 3,502 1,951 55.7
      One part-time or part-year worker 18,137 4,417 24.4 14,110 2,324 16.5 1,174 455 38.7 2,853 1,638 57.4
      Two or more part-time or part-year workers 5,746 1,393 24.2 4,746 959 20.2 350 120 34.4 650 313 48.2

Poverty Footnotes

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