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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, not Hispanic (12)
Families, total (10)
(Counts of families are obtained
by counting the householder from each family.) 		54,450 3,383 6.2 44,281 1,545 3.5 3,069 365 11.9 7,100 1,473 20.7
 
Families with a householder who did not work (16) 		15,394 1,918 12.5 12,615 982 7.8 718 214 29.8 2,061 721 35.0
Families with a working householder (16) 39,056 1,465 3.8 31,665 563 1.8 2,352 151 6.4 5,039 751 14.9
      Working householder and no other workers 9,723 1,106 11.4 5,207 300 5.8 1,324 132 10.0 3,192 674 21.1
      Working householder and at least one
              other worker 		29,333 359 1.2 26,458 262 1.0 1,028 19 1.9 1,846 77 4.2
          Householder plus one other worker 23,873 327 1.4 21,565 234 1.1 832 19 2.3 1,476 74 5.0
          Householder plus two or more other workers 5,460 32 0.6 4,893 29 0.6 196 0 0.0 371 4 1.0
 
Families with a householder who worked
  full-time year-round (FTYR) (16) 		27,932 443 1.6 23,027 219 1.0 1,679 46 2.8 3,225 178 5.5
      Householder FTYR and no other workers 6,564 339 5.2 3,661 137 3.7 939 40 4.2 1,964 162 8.3
      Householder FTYR and at least one
              other worker 		21,368 105 0.5 19,367 82 0.4 740 7 0.9 1,261 16 1.2
          Householder FTYR plus at least one other
              FTYR worker, no part-time or part-year 		12,307 28 0.2 11,498 27 0.2 348 2 0.5 461 0 0.0
          Householder FTYR plus at least one
              part-time or part-year, no FTYR 		6,658 75 1.1 5,601 54 1.0 347 5 1.3 710 16 2.2
          Householder FTYR with both FTYR and a
              part-time or part-year worker 		2,403 1 0.1 2,268 1 0.1 45 0 (B) 90 0 0.0
 
Both husband and wife worked (11), (16) 		25,713 241 0.9 25,713 241 0.9 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Wife worked, husband did not work 3,072 179 5.8 3,072 179 5.8 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Husband worked, wife did not work 8,356 406 4.9 8,356 406 4.9 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
 
Both husband and wife FTYR (11), (16) 		13,322 28 0.2 13,322 28 0.2 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Wife FTYR, husband not FTYR 4,149 84 2.0 4,149 84 2.0 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Husband FTYR, wife not FTYR 14,399 283 2.0 14,399 283 2.0 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)

Poverty Footnotes

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