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POV14: Families by Householder's Work Experience 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)

  Families (total) (10) Married-couple families (11) Families with a male householder, no wife present 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)

White alone (12)
Families, total (10)
(Counts of families are obtained
by counting the householder from each family.) 		64,183 5,414 8.4 50,779 2,548 5.0 3,999 499 12.5 9,405 2,368 25.2
 
Families with a householder who did not work (16) 		17,875 2,869 16.0 14,248 1,444 10.1 868 267 30.8 2,759 1,157 41.9
Families with a working householder (16) 46,308 2,545 5.5 36,531 1,103 3.0 3,131 231 7.4 6,646 1,211 18.2
      Working householder and no other workers 12,241 1,882 15.4 6,387 623 9.8 1,658 193 11.6 4,196 1,065 25.4
      Working householder and at least one
              other worker 		34,067 664 1.9 30,144 480 1.6 1,473 38 2.6 2,450 146 5.9
          Householder plus one other worker 27,376 567 2.1 24,319 407 1.7 1,123 33 2.9 1,934 128 6.6
          Householder plus two or more other workers 6,690 96 1.4 5,825 73 1.2 350 5 1.6 516 18 3.5
 
Families with a householder who worked
  full-time year-round (FTYR) (16) 		32,897 887 2.7 26,497 492 1.9 2,189 72 3.3 4,211 323 7.7
      Householder FTYR and no other workers 8,289 676 8.2 4,550 335 7.4 1,173 58 4.9 2,566 283 11.0
      Householder FTYR and at least one
              other worker 		24,607 211 0.9 21,947 157 0.7 1,015 14 1.4 1,645 40 2.4
          Householder FTYR plus at least one other
              FTYR worker, no part-time or part-year 		14,158 58 0.4 12,996 47 0.4 525 4 0.8 637 7 1.2
          Householder FTYR plus at least one
              part-time or part-year, no FTYR 		7,585 146 1.9 6,300 104 1.7 410 10 2.5 875 32 3.7
          Householder FTYR with both FTYR and a
              part-time or part-year worker 		2,864 7 0.2 2,651 7 0.3 80 0 0.0 133 0 0.0
 
Both husband and wife worked (11), (16) 		29,099 410 1.4 29,099 410 1.4 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Wife worked, husband did not work 3,394 246 7.2 3,394 246 7.2 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Husband worked, wife did not work 10,497 968 9.2 10,497 968 9.2 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
 
Both husband and wife FTYR (11), (16) 		15,018 40 0.3 15,018 40 0.3 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Wife FTYR, husband not FTYR 4,672 125 2.7 4,672 125 2.7 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Husband FTYR, wife not FTYR 17,052 702 4.1 17,052 702 4.1 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)

Poverty Footnotes

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