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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)

White A.O.I.C.
 
People in families, total (2) 		202,100 47,547 23.5 162,411 29,438 18.1 11,557 3,864 33.4 28,131 14,245 50.6
 
In families with no workers (16) 		21,374 10,697 50.0 15,572 5,767 37.0 1,154 912 79.0 4,648 4,018 86.4
In families with at least one worker (16) 180,726 36,850 20.4 146,839 23,671 16.1 10,403 2,952 28.4 23,483 10,227 43.6
      Only one working family member 59,232 22,653 38.2 39,585 12,831 32.4 5,255 2,016 38.4 14,391 7,806 54.2
      Two or more working family members 121,494 14,197 11.7 107,254 10,840 10.1 5,148 936 18.2 9,092 2,421 26.6
 
In families with no members working full-time
  year-round (FTYR) (16) 		49,637 24,288 48.9 33,870 12,682 37.4 3,581 2,290 63.9 12,187 9,316 76.4
      No part-time or part-year workers 21,374 10,697 50.0 15,572 5,767 37.0 1,154 912 79.0 4,648 4,018 86.4
      At least one part-time or part-year worker 28,264 13,591 48.1 18,298 6,915 37.8 2,427 1,378 56.8 7,539 5,298 70.3
          One part-time or part-year worker 17,285 9,464 54.8 9,712 4,118 42.4 1,667 1,016 60.9 5,906 4,330 73.3
          Two or more part-time or part-year workers 10,978 4,127 37.6 8,586 2,797 32.6 761 362 47.6 1,632 968 59.3
In families with at least one member who
  worked FTYR (16) 		152,462 23,259 15.3 128,541 16,755 13.0 7,976 1,574 19.7 15,945 4,929 30.9
      One full-time year-round worker 91,209 19,924 21.8 73,052 14,115 19.3 5,537 1,287 23.2 12,619 4,522 35.8
          One FTYR and no part-time or part-year
              workers 		41,946 13,189 31.4 29,873 8,713 29.2 3,588 1,000 27.9 8,485 3,476 41.0
          One FTYR and at least one part-time
              or part-year worker 		49,262 6,734 13.7 43,179 5,402 12.5 1,949 286 14.7 4,134 1,046 25.3
      Two or more full-time year-round workers 61,254 3,335 5.4 55,489 2,641 4.8 2,439 287 11.8 3,326 407 12.2
          Two or more FTYR and no part-time or
              part-year workers 		45,893 2,465 5.4 41,736 1,956 4.7 1,791 203 11.4 2,367 305 12.9
          Two or more FTYR and at least one
              part-time or part-year worker 		15,360 871 5.7 13,753 685 5.0 648 84 12.9 959 102 10.6
 
In families with part-time or part-year workers (16) 		92,886 21,196 22.8 75,230 13,002 17.3 5,025 1,748 34.8 12,632 6,446 51.0
      One part-time or part-year worker 67,415 15,495 23.0 54,017 9,003 16.7 3,598 1,338 37.2 9,799 5,154 52.6
      Two or more part-time or part-year workers 25,472 5,701 22.4 21,213 3,999 18.9 1,426 410 28.8 2,832 1,292 45.6

Poverty Footnotes

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