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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, not Hispanic
 
People in families, total (2) 		159,344 27,881 17.5 132,482 17,350 13.1 8,063 2,401 29.8 18,799 8,130 43.2
 
In families with no workers (16) 		17,975 7,888 43.9 14,061 4,757 33.8 947 732 77.3 2,968 2,399 80.8
In families with at least one worker (16) 141,369 19,992 14.1 118,421 12,593 10.6 7,117 1,669 23.4 15,831 5,731 36.2
      Only one working family member 44,342 12,856 29.0 30,498 6,912 22.7 3,949 1,337 33.9 9,895 4,608 46.6
      Two or more working family members 97,027 7,136 7.4 87,923 5,681 6.5 3,168 332 10.5 5,936 1,123 18.9
 
In families with no members working full-time
  year-round (FTYR) (16) 		38,976 16,044 41.2 28,299 8,814 31.1 2,608 1,586 60.8 8,069 5,643 69.9
      No part-time or part-year workers 17,975 7,888 43.9 14,061 4,757 33.8 947 732 77.3 2,968 2,399 80.8
      At least one part-time or part-year worker 21,001 8,155 38.8 14,239 4,057 28.5 1,661 854 51.4 5,101 3,244 63.6
          One part-time or part-year worker 12,864 5,818 45.2 7,553 2,404 31.8 1,248 709 56.8 4,062 2,704 66.6
          Two or more part-time or part-year workers 8,137 2,337 28.7 6,685 1,653 24.7 413 144 35.0 1,039 540 52.0
In families with at least one member who
  worked FTYR (16) 		120,368 11,837 9.8 104,182 8,536 8.2 5,455 815 14.9 10,731 2,487 23.2
      One full-time year-round worker 71,801 10,632 14.8 58,946 7,518 12.8 4,123 736 17.8 8,731 2,379 27.2
          One FTYR and no part-time or part-year
              workers 		31,479 7,038 22.4 22,945 4,507 19.6 2,701 627 23.2 5,833 1,904 32.6
          One FTYR and at least one part-time
              or part-year worker 		40,322 3,593 8.9 36,002 3,010 8.4 1,423 108 7.6 2,898 475 16.4
      Two or more full-time year-round workers 48,568 1,205 2.5 45,236 1,018 2.3 1,332 79 5.9 2,000 108 5.4
          Two or more FTYR and no part-time or
              part-year workers 		36,939 944 2.6 34,453 801 2.3 1,025 68 6.6 1,461 76 5.2
          Two or more FTYR and at least one
              part-time or part-year worker 		11,628 261 2.2 10,783 217 2.0 307 12 3.8 539 32 6.0
 
In families with part-time or part-year workers (16) 		72,951 12,010 16.5 61,023 7,285 11.9 3,391 974 28.7 8,537 3,751 43.9
      One part-time or part-year worker 53,441 9,069 17.0 44,138 5,147 11.7 2,595 814 31.4 6,709 3,109 46.3
      Two or more part-time or part-year workers 19,510 2,940 15.1 16,885 2,138 12.7 796 160 20.1 1,828 643 35.2

Poverty Footnotes

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