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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)

White alone
 
People in families, total (2) 		197,763 50,890 25.7 159,476 32,370 20.3 11,277 4,127 36.6 27,010 14,393 53.3
 
In families with no workers (16) 		20,912 11,101 53.1 15,384 6,350 41.3 1,102 899 81.6 4,426 3,852 87.0
In families with at least one worker (16) 176,851 39,789 22.5 144,092 26,020 18.1 10,175 3,229 31.7 22,584 10,541 46.7
      Only one working family member 57,843 23,590 40.8 38,909 13,517 34.7 5,129 2,162 42.1 13,805 7,911 57.3
      Two or more working family members 119,008 16,199 13.6 105,183 12,503 11.9 5,046 1,067 21.1 8,779 2,629 29.9
 
In families with no members working full-time
  year-round (FTYR) (16) 		48,455 25,053 51.7 33,349 13,611 40.8 3,475 2,360 67.9 11,632 9,082 78.1
      No part-time or part-year workers 20,912 11,101 53.1 15,384 6,350 41.3 1,102 899 81.6 4,426 3,852 87.0
      At least one part-time or part-year worker 27,543 13,953 50.7 17,965 7,262 40.4 2,373 1,462 61.6 7,205 5,230 72.6
          One part-time or part-year worker 16,851 9,605 57.0 9,579 4,278 44.7 1,626 1,062 65.3 5,646 4,266 75.6
          Two or more part-time or part-year workers 10,693 4,348 40.7 8,386 2,984 35.6 747 400 53.6 1,560 964 61.8
In families with at least one member who
  worked FTYR (16) 		149,308 25,836 17.3 126,127 18,759 14.9 7,802 1,767 22.6 15,378 5,311 34.5
      One full-time year-round worker 89,177 21,641 24.3 71,589 15,446 21.6 5,412 1,414 26.1 12,176 4,780 39.3
          One FTYR and no part-time or part-year
              workers 		40,992 13,985 34.1 29,331 9,240 31.5 3,503 1,100 31.4 8,159 3,646 44.7
          One FTYR and at least one part-time
              or part-year worker 		48,185 7,656 15.9 42,258 6,207 14.7 1,910 314 16.5 4,017 1,135 28.2
      Two or more full-time year-round workers 60,130 4,195 7.0 54,538 3,312 6.1 2,390 353 14.8 3,202 531 16.6
          Two or more FTYR and no part-time or
              part-year workers 		45,089 3,110 6.9 41,031 2,444 6.0 1,755 248 14.1 2,303 419 18.2
          Two or more FTYR and at least one
              part-time or part-year worker 		15,041 1,085 7.2 13,507 868 6.4 635 105 16.5 899 112 12.5
 
In families with part-time or part-year workers (16) 		90,769 22,694 25.0 73,730 14,337 19.4 4,918 1,881 38.3 12,122 6,476 53.4
      One part-time or part-year worker 65,889 16,523 25.1 52,940 9,924 18.7 3,530 1,421 40.3 9,419 5,178 55.0
      Two or more part-time or part-year workers 24,880 6,171 24.8 20,790 4,412 21.2 1,388 460 33.1 2,703 1,299 48.0

Poverty Footnotes

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