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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 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) 		10,998 6,396 58.2 4,290 1,331 31.0 695 401 57.7 6,013 4,664 77.6
 
In families with no workers (16) 		1,595 1,548 97.0 161 146 90.6 110 101 91.1 1,324 1,301 98.3
In families with at least one worker (16) 9,403 4,848 51.6 4,129 1,185 28.7 585 301 51.4 4,689 3,362 71.7
      Only one working family member 5,350 3,742 69.9 1,094 612 56.0 443 239 54.0 3,814 2,891 75.8
      Two or more working family members 4,052 1,106 27.3 3,035 573 18.9 142 61 43.3 875 471 53.9
 
In families with no members working full-time
  year-round (FTYR) (16) 		4,034 3,599 89.2 616 433 70.3 256 217 84.9 3,162 2,949 93.2
      No part-time or part-year workers 1,595 1,548 97.0 161 146 90.6 110 101 91.1 1,324 1,301 98.3
      At least one part-time or part-year worker 2,439 2,051 84.1 455 288 63.1 145 116 80.1 1,838 1,647 89.6
          One part-time or part-year worker 2,032 1,782 87.7 239 171 71.5 128 107 83.4 1,665 1,504 90.3
          Two or more part-time or part-year workers 406 269 66.3 216 117 53.9 17 9 (B) 173 143 82.8
In families with at least one member who
  worked FTYR (16) 		6,964 2,797 40.2 3,673 898 24.4 439 184 41.9 2,851 1,715 60.2
      One full-time year-round worker 4,799 2,548 53.1 1,858 736 39.6 379 164 43.1 2,561 1,648 64.4
          One FTYR and no part-time or part-year
              workers 		3,318 1,960 59.1 854 441 51.6 314 132 42.0 2,149 1,387 64.5
          One FTYR and at least one part-time
              or part-year worker 		1,481 588 39.7 1,004 295 29.4 65 32 (B) 412 261 63.5
      Two or more full-time year-round workers 2,165 249 11.5 1,815 161 8.9 60 21 (B) 290 67 23.0
          Two or more FTYR and no part-time or
              part-year workers 		1,834 216 11.8 1,570 149 9.5 41 16 (B) 223 51 22.9
          Two or more FTYR and at least one
              part-time or part-year worker 		330 32 9.8 244 12 5.0 19 5 (B) 67 15 (B)
 
In families with part-time or part-year workers (16) 		4,251 2,672 62.9 1,704 595 34.9 230 153 66.5 2,316 1,924 83.1
      One part-time or part-year worker 3,578 2,299 64.3 1,305 429 32.8 194 124 64.1 2,078 1,746 84.0
      Two or more part-time or part-year workers 673 373 55.4 399 166 41.7 36 29 (B) 238 178 74.9

Poverty Footnotes

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