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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)

White alone
 
People in families, total (2) 		197,763 33,813 17.1 159,476 19,819 12.4 11,277 2,698 23.9 27,010 11,296 41.8
 
In families with no workers (16) 		20,912 8,213 39.3 15,384 3,926 25.5 1,102 763 69.3 4,426 3,523 79.6
In families with at least one worker (16) 176,851 25,601 14.5 144,092 15,893 11.0 10,175 1,935 19.0 22,584 7,773 34.4
      Only one working family member 57,843 17,195 29.7 38,909 9,557 24.6 5,129 1,421 27.7 13,805 6,216 45.0
      Two or more working family members 119,008 8,406 7.1 105,183 6,336 6.0 5,046 514 10.2 8,779 1,557 17.7
 
In families with no members working full-time
  year-round (FTYR) (16) 		48,455 19,030 39.3 33,349 9,299 27.9 3,475 1,788 51.4 11,632 7,944 68.3
      No part-time or part-year workers 20,912 8,213 39.3 15,384 3,926 25.5 1,102 763 69.3 4,426 3,523 79.6
      At least one part-time or part-year worker 27,543 10,818 39.3 17,965 5,373 29.9 2,373 1,025 43.2 7,205 4,420 61.3
          One part-time or part-year worker 16,851 7,783 46.2 9,579 3,299 34.4 1,626 789 48.5 5,646 3,695 65.4
          Two or more part-time or part-year workers 10,693 3,035 28.4 8,386 2,074 24.7 747 236 31.6 1,560 726 46.5
In families with at least one member who
  worked FTYR (16) 		149,308 14,783 9.9 126,127 10,520 8.3 7,802 910 11.7 15,378 3,353 21.8
      One full-time year-round worker 89,177 13,125 14.7 71,589 9,176 12.8 5,412 788 14.6 12,176 3,161 26.0
          One FTYR and no part-time or part-year
              workers 		40,992 9,412 23.0 29,331 6,258 21.3 3,503 632 18.0 8,159 2,522 30.9
          One FTYR and at least one part-time
              or part-year worker 		48,185 3,713 7.7 42,258 2,918 6.9 1,910 156 8.2 4,017 639 15.9
      Two or more full-time year-round workers 60,130 1,658 2.8 54,538 1,344 2.5 2,390 122 5.1 3,202 192 6.0
          Two or more FTYR and no part-time or
              part-year workers 		45,089 1,235 2.7 41,031 995 2.4 1,755 79 4.5 2,303 160 7.0
          Two or more FTYR and at least one
              part-time or part-year worker 		15,041 423 2.8 13,507 349 2.6 635 42 6.7 899 32 3.5
 
In families with part-time or part-year workers (16) 		90,769 14,954 16.5 73,730 8,640 11.7 4,918 1,223 24.9 12,122 5,091 42.0
      One part-time or part-year worker 65,889 11,065 16.8 52,940 5,923 11.2 3,530 956 27.1 9,419 4,185 44.4
      Two or more part-time or part-year workers 24,880 3,889 15.6 20,790 2,716 13.1 1,388 267 19.2 2,703 906 33.5

Poverty Footnotes

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