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POV11: People in Families With Related Children Under 18 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 100% of poverty (5) Percentage below 100% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 100% of poverty (5) Percentage below 100% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 100% of poverty (5) Percentage below 100% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 100% of poverty (5) Percentage below 100% of poverty (6)

Black alone
 
People in families, total (2) 		21,672 6,403 29.5 9,551 963 10.1 1,403 359 25.6 10,719 5,081 47.4
 
In families with no workers (16) 		2,708 2,338 86.3 337 227 67.4 204 158 77.1 2,167 1,953 90.1
In families with at least one worker (16) 18,964 4,065 21.4 9,214 736 8.0 1,198 202 16.8 8,551 3,128 36.6
      Only one working family member 9,489 3,344 35.2 2,223 450 20.2 814 150 18.4 6,451 2,744 42.5
      Two or more working family members 9,475 721 7.6 6,991 286 4.1 384 52 13.5 2,100 384 18.3
 
In families with no members working full-time
  year-round (FTYR) (16) 		7,187 4,871 67.8 1,354 528 39.0 510 264 51.8 5,323 4,078 76.6
      No part-time or part-year workers 2,708 2,338 86.3 337 227 67.4 204 158 77.1 2,167 1,953 90.1
      At least one part-time or part-year worker 4,478 2,533 56.6 1,018 301 29.6 305 107 34.9 3,155 2,125 67.4
          One part-time or part-year worker 3,554 2,209 62.2 530 176 33.3 255 100 39.0 2,768 1,933 69.8
          Two or more part-time or part-year workers 924 324 35.0 487 125 25.6 50 7 (B) 387 192 49.6
In families with at least one member who
  worked FTYR (16) 		14,486 1,532 10.6 8,197 435 5.3 893 95 10.6 5,396 1,003 18.6
      One full-time year-round worker 9,200 1,441 15.7 3,892 403 10.3 712 63 8.9 4,597 975 21.2
          One FTYR and no part-time or part-year
              workers 		5,935 1,134 19.1 1,693 273 16.2 559 50 9.0 3,683 811 22.0
          One FTYR and at least one part-time
              or part-year worker 		3,266 306 9.4 2,199 129 5.9 153 13 8.4 914 164 18.0
      Two or more full-time year-round workers 5,285 92 1.7 4,304 32 0.7 181 32 17.5 800 28 3.5
          Two or more FTYR and no part-time or
              part-year workers 		4,242 92 2.2 3,535 32 0.9 122 32 26.0 586 28 4.8
          Two or more FTYR and at least one
              part-time or part-year worker 		1,043 0 0.0 770 0 0.0 59 0 (B) 214 0 0.0
 
Families with part-time or part-year workers (16) 		8,787 2,839 32.3 3,987 430 10.8 517 119 23.1 4,283 2,289 53.5
      One part-time or part-year worker 7,119 2,507 35.2 2,978 306 10.3 432 112 26.0 3,709 2,089 56.3
      Two or more part-time or part-year workers 1,668 332 19.9 1,009 125 12.4 85 7 8.4 573 200 34.9

Poverty Footnotes

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