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POV10: People in Families 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)

  People in families (total) (2) People in married-couple families (11) People in families with a male householder, no wife present People in families with a female householder, no husband present
All income levels Below 130% of poverty (5) Percentage below 130% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 130% of poverty (5) Percentage below 130% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 130% of poverty (5) Percentage below 130% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 130% of poverty (5) Percentage below 130% of poverty (6)

All races
 
People in families, total (2) 		248,301 40,938 16.5 189,191 19,682 10.4 15,083 3,221 21.4 44,027 18,035 41.0
 
In families with no workers (16) 		26,929 11,383 42.3 17,656 4,192 23.7 1,572 1,021 65.0 7,701 6,170 80.1
In families with at least one worker (16) 221,371 29,555 13.4 171,535 15,490 9.0 13,511 2,199 16.3 36,326 11,866 32.7
      Only one working family member 76,434 21,264 27.8 46,460 9,769 21.0 6,889 1,709 24.8 23,085 9,786 42.4
      Two or more working family members 144,937 8,291 5.7 125,075 5,721 4.6 6,622 490 7.4 13,241 2,080 15.7
 
In families with no members working full-time
  year-round (FTYR) (16) 		63,011 25,359 40.2 38,892 9,864 25.4 4,662 2,283 49.0 19,458 13,212 67.9
      No part-time or part-year workers 26,929 11,383 42.3 17,656 4,192 23.7 1,572 1,021 65.0 7,701 6,170 80.1
      At least one part-time or part-year worker 36,082 13,977 38.7 21,235 5,672 26.7 3,090 1,262 40.9 11,757 7,043 59.9
          One part-time or part-year worker 23,016 10,734 46.6 11,373 3,645 32.0 2,190 1,035 47.2 9,452 6,055 64.1
          Two or more part-time or part-year workers 13,066 3,243 24.8 9,862 2,027 20.6 899 228 25.3 2,305 988 42.9
In families with at least one member who
  worked FTYR (16) 		185,289 15,578 8.4 150,299 9,818 6.5 10,421 937 9.0 24,569 4,823 19.6
      One full-time year-round worker 110,724 14,160 12.8 84,065 8,715 10.4 7,132 827 11.6 19,527 4,617 23.6
          One FTYR and no part-time or part-year
              workers 		53,418 10,530 19.7 35,087 6,124 17.5 4,699 674 14.4 13,633 3,731 27.4
          One FTYR and at least one part-time
              or part-year worker 		57,305 3,630 6.3 48,978 2,591 5.3 2,433 153 6.3 5,894 886 15.0
      Two or more full-time year-round workers 74,566 1,418 1.9 66,235 1,103 1.7 3,289 110 3.3 5,042 206 4.1
          Two or more FTYR and no part-time or
              part-year workers 		56,175 1,109 2.0 50,275 863 1.7 2,333 82 3.5 3,567 164 4.6
          Two or more FTYR and at least one
              part-time or part-year worker 		18,391 309 1.7 15,960 240 1.5 956 28 2.9 1,475 41 2.8
 
In families with part-time or part-year workers (16) 		111,778 17,915 16.0 86,173 8,503 9.9 6,479 1,443 22.3 19,126 7,970 41.7
      One part-time or part-year worker 82,157 13,939 17.0 62,266 6,009 9.7 4,772 1,183 24.8 15,119 6,747 44.6
      Two or more part-time or part-year workers 29,621 3,976 13.4 23,907 2,493 10.4 1,707 260 15.2 4,007 1,223 30.5

Poverty Footnotes

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