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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 150% of poverty (5) Percentage below 150% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 150% of poverty (5) Percentage below 150% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 150% of poverty (5) Percentage below 150% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 150% of poverty (5) Percentage below 150% of poverty (6)

White alone
 
People in families, total (2) 		55,339 14,348 25.9 42,235 7,630 18.1 3,117 1,034 33.2 9,987 5,684 56.9
 
In families with no workers (16) 		2,717 2,449 90.1 598 503 84.1 260 231 88.9 1,859 1,715 92.2
In families with at least one worker (16) 52,622 11,899 22.6 41,637 7,127 17.1 2,857 803 28.1 8,128 3,969 48.8
      Only one working family member 20,495 8,430 41.1 12,149 4,395 36.2 2,185 686 31.4 6,160 3,348 54.4
      Two or more working family members 32,127 3,469 10.8 29,487 2,732 9.3 672 117 17.4 1,967 621 31.6
 
In families with no members working full-time
  year-round (FTYR) (16) 		10,764 7,341 68.2 4,834 2,707 56.0 994 637 64.1 4,937 3,997 81.0
      No part-time or part-year workers 2,717 2,449 90.1 598 503 84.1 260 231 88.9 1,859 1,715 92.2
      At least one part-time or part-year worker 8,047 4,892 60.8 4,236 2,204 52.0 734 406 55.4 3,078 2,282 74.1
          One part-time or part-year worker 5,284 3,689 69.8 2,052 1,335 65.1 616 362 58.9 2,617 1,992 76.1
          Two or more part-time or part-year workers 2,762 1,203 43.5 2,184 869 39.8 118 44 37.2 461 290 63.0
In families with at least one member who
  worked FTYR (16) 		44,575 7,007 15.7 37,401 4,923 13.2 2,123 397 18.7 5,050 1,687 33.4
      One full-time year-round worker 29,752 6,336 21.3 23,426 4,357 18.6 1,866 366 19.6 4,460 1,612 36.1
          One FTYR and no part-time or part-year
              workers 		15,210 4,741 31.2 10,098 3,060 30.3 1,569 324 20.6 3,544 1,357 38.3
          One FTYR and at least one part-time
              or part-year worker 		14,542 1,595 11.0 13,329 1,297 9.7 296 42 14.3 916 255 27.8
      Two or more full-time year-round workers 14,823 672 4.5 13,975 566 4.0 258 30 11.8 590 75 12.8
          Two or more FTYR and no part-time or
              part-year workers 		11,785 502 4.3 11,211 428 3.8 168 18 10.8 406 56 13.8
          Two or more FTYR and at least one
              part-time or part-year worker 		3,038 170 5.6 2,764 138 5.0 90 12 13.5 185 19 10.5
 
In families with part-time or part-year workers (16) 		25,627 6,657 26.0 20,328 3,639 17.9 1,120 461 41.2 4,178 2,556 61.2
      One part-time or part-year worker 19,603 5,139 26.2 15,201 2,527 16.6 914 411 45.0 3,489 2,201 63.1
      Two or more part-time or part-year workers 6,024 1,518 25.2 5,127 1,112 21.7 207 50 24.3 690 356 51.5

Poverty Footnotes

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