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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 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)

Black alone
 
People in families, total (2) 		21,672 11,437 52.8 9,551 2,730 28.6 1,403 795 56.7 10,719 7,912 73.8
 
In families with no workers (16) 		2,708 2,614 96.5 337 305 90.5 204 184 90.1 2,167 2,125 98.0
In families with at least one worker (16) 18,964 8,823 46.5 9,214 2,425 26.3 1,198 611 51.0 8,551 5,787 67.7
      Only one working family member 9,489 6,391 67.4 2,223 1,191 53.6 814 446 54.8 6,451 4,754 73.7
      Two or more working family members 9,475 2,433 25.7 6,991 1,234 17.7 384 165 43.0 2,100 1,033 49.2
 
In families with no members working full-time
  year-round (FTYR) (16) 		7,187 6,268 87.2 1,354 920 67.9 510 425 83.3 5,323 4,923 92.5
      No part-time or part-year workers 2,708 2,614 96.5 337 305 90.5 204 184 90.1 2,167 2,125 98.0
      At least one part-time or part-year worker 4,478 3,654 81.6 1,018 615 60.5 305 241 78.8 3,155 2,798 88.7
          One part-time or part-year worker 3,554 3,047 85.7 530 370 69.8 255 206 80.5 2,768 2,471 89.3
          Two or more part-time or part-year workers 924 607 65.7 487 245 50.3 50 35 (B) 387 327 84.4
In families with at least one member who
  worked FTYR (16) 		14,486 5,170 35.7 8,197 1,810 22.1 893 371 41.5 5,396 2,989 55.4
      One full-time year-round worker 9,200 4,577 49.7 3,892 1,462 37.6 712 306 43.0 4,597 2,809 61.1
          One FTYR and no part-time or part-year
              workers 		5,935 3,344 56.3 1,693 820 48.5 559 241 43.0 3,683 2,283 62.0
          One FTYR and at least one part-time
              or part-year worker 		3,266 1,233 37.8 2,199 642 29.2 153 65 42.9 914 526 57.6
      Two or more full-time year-round workers 5,285 593 11.2 4,304 348 8.1 181 64 35.6 800 180 22.6
          Two or more FTYR and no part-time or
              part-year workers 		4,242 502 11.8 3,535 307 8.7 122 53 43.5 586 142 24.2
          Two or more FTYR and at least one
              part-time or part-year worker 		1,043 91 8.7 770 40 5.3 59 11 (B) 214 39 18.1
 
Families with part-time or part-year workers (16) 		8,787 4,978 56.7 3,987 1,297 32.5 517 318 61.4 4,283 3,363 78.5
      One part-time or part-year worker 7,119 4,120 57.9 2,978 915 30.7 432 247 57.3 3,709 2,958 79.7
      Two or more part-time or part-year workers 1,668 857 51.4 1,009 382 37.8 85 70 82.4 573 405 70.7

Poverty Footnotes

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