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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 200% of poverty (5) Percentage below 200% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 200% of poverty (5) Percentage below 200% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 200% of poverty (5) Percentage below 200% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 200% of poverty (5) Percentage below 200% of poverty (6)

All races
 
People in families, total (2) 		248,301 71,600 28.8 189,191 40,175 21.2 15,083 5,802 38.5 44,027 25,623 58.2
 
In families with no workers (16) 		26,929 16,034 59.5 17,656 7,807 44.2 1,572 1,293 82.2 7,701 6,934 90.0
In families with at least one worker (16) 221,371 55,567 25.1 171,535 32,368 18.9 13,511 4,509 33.4 36,326 18,689 51.4
      Only one working family member 76,434 34,121 44.6 46,460 16,685 35.9 6,889 3,036 44.1 23,085 14,400 62.4
      Two or more working family members 144,937 21,445 14.8 125,075 15,684 12.5 6,622 1,473 22.2 13,241 4,289 32.4
 
In families with no members working full-time
  year-round (FTYR) (16) 		63,011 36,182 57.4 38,892 16,879 43.4 4,662 3,278 70.3 19,458 16,025 82.4
      No part-time or part-year workers 26,929 16,034 59.5 17,656 7,807 44.2 1,572 1,293 82.2 7,701 6,934 90.0
      At least one part-time or part-year worker 36,082 20,148 55.8 21,235 9,073 42.7 3,090 1,985 64.3 11,757 9,091 77.3
          One part-time or part-year worker 23,016 14,454 62.8 11,373 5,387 47.4 2,190 1,491 68.1 9,452 7,575 80.1
          Two or more part-time or part-year workers 13,066 5,695 43.6 9,862 3,685 37.4 899 494 54.9 2,305 1,516 65.8
In families with at least one member who
  worked FTYR (16) 		185,289 35,418 19.1 150,299 23,296 15.5 10,421 2,524 24.2 24,569 9,599 39.1
      One full-time year-round worker 110,724 29,934 27.0 84,065 19,121 22.7 7,132 2,031 28.5 19,527 8,782 45.0
          One FTYR and no part-time or part-year
              workers 		53,418 19,668 36.8 35,087 11,297 32.2 4,699 1,545 32.9 13,633 6,825 50.1
          One FTYR and at least one part-time
              or part-year worker 		57,305 10,266 17.9 48,978 7,824 16.0 2,433 486 20.0 5,894 1,957 33.2
      Two or more full-time year-round workers 74,566 5,484 7.4 66,235 4,174 6.3 3,289 493 15.0 5,042 817 16.2
          Two or more FTYR and no part-time or
              part-year workers 		56,175 4,138 7.4 50,275 3,180 6.3 2,333 332 14.2 3,567 626 17.6
          Two or more FTYR and at least one
              part-time or part-year worker 		18,391 1,346 7.3 15,960 994 6.2 956 161 16.8 1,475 191 12.9
 
In families with part-time or part-year workers (16) 		111,778 31,761 28.4 86,173 17,891 20.8 6,479 2,632 40.6 19,126 11,238 58.8
      One part-time or part-year worker 82,157 23,718 28.9 62,266 12,469 20.0 4,772 2,011 42.1 15,119 9,238 61.1
      Two or more part-time or part-year workers 29,621 8,043 27.2 23,907 5,422 22.7 1,707 622 36.4 4,007 2,000 49.9

Poverty Footnotes

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