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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 alone
 
People in families, total (2) 		197,763 46,023 23.3 159,476 28,731 18.0 11,277 3,739 33.2 27,010 13,552 50.2
 
In families with no workers (16) 		20,912 10,352 49.5 15,384 5,675 36.9 1,102 868 78.8 4,426 3,809 86.1
In families with at least one worker (16) 176,851 35,670 20.2 144,092 23,056 16.0 10,175 2,871 28.2 22,584 9,743 43.1
      Only one working family member 57,843 21,936 37.9 38,909 12,538 32.2 5,129 1,962 38.3 13,805 7,436 53.9
      Two or more working family members 119,008 13,734 11.5 105,183 10,518 10.0 5,046 909 18.0 8,779 2,307 26.3
 
In families with no members working full-time
  year-round (FTYR) (16) 		48,455 23,487 48.5 33,349 12,444 37.3 3,475 2,213 63.7 11,632 8,831 75.9
      No part-time or part-year workers 20,912 10,352 49.5 15,384 5,675 36.9 1,102 868 78.8 4,426 3,809 86.1
      At least one part-time or part-year worker 27,543 13,134 47.7 17,965 6,768 37.7 2,373 1,345 56.7 7,205 5,021 69.7
          One part-time or part-year worker 16,851 9,139 54.2 9,579 4,040 42.2 1,626 991 60.9 5,646 4,108 72.8
          Two or more part-time or part-year workers 10,693 3,995 37.4 8,386 2,729 32.5 747 353 47.3 1,560 913 58.5
In families with at least one member who
  worked FTYR (16) 		149,308 22,536 15.1 126,127 16,288 12.9 7,802 1,526 19.6 15,378 4,722 30.7
      One full-time year-round worker 89,177 19,265 21.6 71,589 13,697 19.1 5,412 1,243 23.0 12,176 4,325 35.5
          One FTYR and no part-time or part-year
              workers 		40,992 12,797 31.2 29,331 8,498 29.0 3,503 971 27.7 8,159 3,328 40.8
          One FTYR and at least one part-time
              or part-year worker 		48,185 6,468 13.4 42,258 5,199 12.3 1,910 272 14.2 4,017 998 24.8
      Two or more full-time year-round workers 60,130 3,271 5.4 54,538 2,591 4.8 2,390 283 11.9 3,202 397 12.4
          Two or more FTYR and no part-time or
              part-year workers 		45,089 2,411 5.3 41,031 1,913 4.7 1,755 199 11.4 2,303 299 13.0
          Two or more FTYR and at least one
              part-time or part-year worker 		15,041 860 5.7 13,507 678 5.0 635 84 13.2 899 97 10.8
 
In families with part-time or part-year workers (16) 		90,769 20,462 22.5 73,730 12,645 17.2 4,918 1,700 34.6 12,122 6,117 50.5
      One part-time or part-year worker 65,889 14,946 22.7 52,940 8,744 16.5 3,530 1,305 37.0 9,419 4,896 52.0
      Two or more part-time or part-year workers 24,880 5,517 22.2 20,790 3,901 18.8 1,388 395 28.5 2,703 1,220 45.1

Poverty Footnotes

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