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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 150% of poverty (5) Percentage below 150% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 150% of poverty (5) Percentage below 150% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 150% of poverty (5) Percentage below 150% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 150% of poverty (5) Percentage below 150% of poverty (6)

All races
 
People in families, total (2) 		248,301 49,583 20.0 189,191 25,081 13.3 15,083 3,943 26.1 44,027 20,559 46.7
 
In families with no workers (16) 		26,929 12,651 47.0 17,656 5,077 28.8 1,572 1,128 71.8 7,701 6,446 83.7
In families with at least one worker (16) 221,371 36,932 16.7 171,535 20,004 11.7 13,511 2,815 20.8 36,326 14,113 38.9
      Only one working family member 76,434 25,454 33.3 46,460 11,905 25.6 6,889 2,090 30.3 23,085 11,459 49.6
      Two or more working family members 144,937 11,478 7.9 125,075 8,099 6.5 6,622 725 11.0 13,241 2,654 20.0
 
In families with no members working full-time
  year-round (FTYR) (16) 		63,011 28,720 45.6 38,892 11,856 30.5 4,662 2,579 55.3 19,458 14,284 73.4
      No part-time or part-year workers 26,929 12,651 47.0 17,656 5,077 28.8 1,572 1,128 71.8 7,701 6,446 83.7
      At least one part-time or part-year worker 36,082 16,068 44.5 21,235 6,779 31.9 3,090 1,451 47.0 11,757 7,838 66.7
          One part-time or part-year worker 23,016 12,017 52.2 11,373 4,197 36.9 2,190 1,158 52.9 9,452 6,661 70.5
          Two or more part-time or part-year workers 13,066 4,052 31.0 9,862 2,582 26.2 899 293 32.5 2,305 1,177 51.1
In families with at least one member who
  worked FTYR (16) 		185,289 20,864 11.3 150,299 13,225 8.8 10,421 1,364 13.1 24,569 6,274 25.5
      One full-time year-round worker 110,724 18,666 16.9 84,065 11,533 13.7 7,132 1,170 16.4 19,527 5,963 30.5
          One FTYR and no part-time or part-year
              workers 		53,418 13,437 25.2 35,087 7,708 22.0 4,699 932 19.8 13,633 4,797 35.2
          One FTYR and at least one part-time
              or part-year worker 		57,305 5,229 9.1 48,978 3,825 7.8 2,433 239 9.8 5,894 1,166 19.8
      Two or more full-time year-round workers 74,566 2,197 2.9 66,235 1,692 2.6 3,289 194 5.9 5,042 311 6.2
          Two or more FTYR and no part-time or
              part-year workers 		56,175 1,701 3.0 50,275 1,322 2.6 2,333 127 5.5 3,567 252 7.1
          Two or more FTYR and at least one
              part-time or part-year worker 		18,391 497 2.7 15,960 370 2.3 956 67 7.0 1,475 60 4.1
 
In families with part-time or part-year workers (16) 		111,778 21,794 19.5 86,173 10,974 12.7 6,479 1,756 27.1 19,126 9,064 47.4
      One part-time or part-year worker 82,157 16,614 20.2 62,266 7,588 12.2 4,772 1,405 29.4 15,119 7,621 50.4
      Two or more part-time or part-year workers 29,621 5,180 17.5 23,907 3,386 14.2 1,707 352 20.6 4,007 1,443 36.0

Poverty Footnotes

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