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POV13: Related Children 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 130% of poverty (5) Percentage below 130% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 130% of poverty (5) Percentage below 130% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 130% of poverty (5) Percentage below 130% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 130% of poverty (5) Percentage below 130% of poverty (6)

Black alone
 
People in families, total (2) 		10,998 4,856 44.2 4,290 779 18.2 695 264 38.0 6,013 3,813 63.4
 
In families with no workers (16) 		1,595 1,479 92.7 161 122 75.7 110 97 87.4 1,324 1,261 95.3
In families with at least one worker (16) 9,403 3,377 35.9 4,129 657 15.9 585 168 28.7 4,689 2,552 54.4
      Only one working family member 5,350 2,805 52.4 1,094 415 37.9 443 144 32.5 3,814 2,246 58.9
      Two or more working family members 4,052 572 14.1 3,035 242 8.0 142 24 16.6 875 306 34.9
 
In families with no members working full-time
  year-round (FTYR) (16) 		4,034 3,255 80.7 616 314 51.0 256 191 74.7 3,162 2,750 87.0
      No part-time or part-year workers 1,595 1,479 92.7 161 122 75.7 110 97 87.4 1,324 1,261 95.3
      At least one part-time or part-year worker 2,439 1,776 72.8 455 193 42.3 145 95 65.1 1,838 1,488 81.0
          One part-time or part-year worker 2,032 1,574 77.4 239 116 48.6 128 91 70.6 1,665 1,367 82.1
          Two or more part-time or part-year workers 406 202 49.7 216 76 35.4 17 4 (B) 173 122 70.2
In families with at least one member who
  worked FTYR (16) 		6,964 1,601 23.0 3,673 464 12.6 439 73 16.6 2,851 1,064 37.3
      One full-time year-round worker 4,799 1,513 31.5 1,858 415 22.3 379 64 16.9 2,561 1,033 40.3
          One FTYR and no part-time or part-year
              workers 		3,318 1,231 37.1 854 299 34.9 314 53 17.0 2,149 880 40.9
          One FTYR and at least one part-time
              or part-year worker 		1,481 281 19.0 1,004 117 11.6 65 11 (B) 412 154 37.4
      Two or more full-time year-round workers 2,165 88 4.1 1,815 49 2.7 60 9 (B) 290 30 10.4
          Two or more FTYR and no part-time or
              part-year workers 		1,834 84 4.6 1,570 45 2.8 41 9 (B) 223 30 13.5
          Two or more FTYR and at least one
              part-time or part-year worker 		330 4 1.3 244 4 1.8 19 0 (B) 67 0 (B)
 
In families with part-time or part-year workers (16) 		4,251 2,062 48.5 1,704 314 18.4 230 105 45.8 2,316 1,642 70.9
      One part-time or part-year worker 3,578 1,828 51.1 1,305 231 17.7 194 101 52.3 2,078 1,496 72.0
      Two or more part-time or part-year workers 673 234 34.7 399 83 20.8 36 4 (B) 238 147 61.6

Poverty Footnotes

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