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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 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)

All races
 
People in families, total (2) 		248,301 65,549 26.4 189,191 35,868 19.0 15,083 5,326 35.3 44,027 24,354 55.3
 
In families with no workers (16) 		26,929 15,187 56.4 17,656 7,054 40.0 1,572 1,262 80.3 7,701 6,872 89.2
In families with at least one worker (16) 221,371 50,362 22.7 171,535 28,814 16.8 13,511 4,065 30.1 36,326 17,483 48.1
      Only one working family member 76,434 31,939 41.8 46,460 15,479 33.3 6,889 2,802 40.7 23,085 13,658 59.2
      Two or more working family members 144,937 18,422 12.7 125,075 13,336 10.7 6,622 1,262 19.1 13,241 3,824 28.9
 
In families with no members working full-time
  year-round (FTYR) (16) 		63,011 34,273 54.4 38,892 15,510 39.9 4,662 3,115 66.8 19,458 15,647 80.4
      No part-time or part-year workers 26,929 15,187 56.4 17,656 7,054 40.0 1,572 1,262 80.3 7,701 6,872 89.2
      At least one part-time or part-year worker 36,082 19,085 52.9 21,235 8,456 39.8 3,090 1,853 60.0 11,757 8,776 74.6
          One part-time or part-year worker 23,016 13,829 60.1 11,373 5,081 44.7 2,190 1,416 64.6 9,452 7,333 77.6
          Two or more part-time or part-year workers 13,066 5,256 40.2 9,862 3,376 34.2 899 438 48.7 2,305 1,443 62.6
In families with at least one member who
  worked FTYR (16) 		185,289 31,276 16.9 150,299 20,358 13.5 10,421 2,211 21.2 24,569 8,707 35.4
      One full-time year-round worker 110,724 26,903 24.3 84,065 17,024 20.3 7,132 1,816 25.5 19,527 8,063 41.3
          One FTYR and no part-time or part-year
              workers 		53,418 18,110 33.9 35,087 10,398 29.6 4,699 1,387 29.5 13,633 6,325 46.4
          One FTYR and at least one part-time
              or part-year worker 		57,305 8,793 15.3 48,978 6,626 13.5 2,433 429 17.6 5,894 1,738 29.5
      Two or more full-time year-round workers 74,566 4,373 5.9 66,235 3,334 5.0 3,289 396 12.0 5,042 644 12.8
          Two or more FTYR and no part-time or
              part-year workers 		56,175 3,287 5.9 50,275 2,535 5.0 2,333 274 11.7 3,567 478 13.4
          Two or more FTYR and at least one
              part-time or part-year worker 		18,391 1,086 5.9 15,960 799 5.0 956 122 12.7 1,475 166 11.2
 
In families with part-time or part-year workers (16) 		111,778 28,965 25.9 86,173 15,881 18.4 6,479 2,404 37.1 19,126 10,680 55.8
      One part-time or part-year worker 82,157 21,709 26.4 62,266 11,055 17.8 4,772 1,861 39.0 15,119 8,792 58.2
      Two or more part-time or part-year workers 29,621 7,256 24.5 23,907 4,826 20.2 1,707 543 31.8 4,007 1,887 47.1

Poverty Footnotes

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