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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 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)

White A.O.I.C. (12)
Families, total (10)
(Counts of families are obtained
by counting the householder from each family.) 		65,029 8,205 12.6 51,341 4,156 8.1 4,080 774 19.0 9,609 3,275 34.1
 
Families with a householder who did not work (16) 		18,114 4,022 22.2 14,400 2,226 15.5 885 344 38.9 2,829 1,453 51.4
Families with a working householder (16) 46,915 4,182 8.9 36,940 1,930 5.2 3,195 430 13.5 6,780 1,822 26.9
      Working householder and no other workers 12,426 2,929 23.6 6,461 1,021 15.8 1,690 342 20.2 4,275 1,566 36.6
      Working householder and at least one
              other worker 		34,489 1,253 3.6 30,479 909 3.0 1,505 88 5.9 2,505 256 10.2
          Householder plus one other worker 27,712 1,064 3.8 24,592 778 3.2 1,147 66 5.8 1,973 220 11.2
          Householder plus two or more other workers 6,777 188 2.8 5,887 131 2.2 358 22 6.2 532 36 6.7
 
Families with a householder who worked
  full-time year-round (FTYR) (16) 		33,306 1,777 5.3 26,784 953 3.6 2,224 181 8.1 4,299 644 15.0
      Householder FTYR and no other workers 8,408 1,317 15.7 4,602 612 13.3 1,191 146 12.2 2,615 559 21.4
      Householder FTYR and at least one
              other worker 		24,898 461 1.8 22,182 341 1.5 1,033 35 3.4 1,683 84 5.0
          Householder FTYR plus at least one other
              FTYR worker, no part-time or part-year 		14,321 140 1.0 13,130 109 0.8 537 13 2.4 654 18 2.7
          Householder FTYR plus at least one
              part-time or part-year, no FTYR 		7,679 292 3.8 6,373 210 3.3 414 17 4.0 892 65 7.3
          Householder FTYR with both FTYR and a
              part-time or part-year worker 		2,898 29 1.0 2,679 22 0.8 81 6 6.9 138 2 1.2
 
Both husband and wife worked (11), (16) 		29,422 781 2.7 29,422 781 2.7 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Wife worked, husband did not work 3,433 376 11.0 3,433 376 11.0 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Husband worked, wife did not work 10,624 1,627 15.3 10,624 1,627 15.3 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
 
Both husband and wife FTYR (11), (16) 		15,169 99 0.7 15,169 99 0.7 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Wife FTYR, husband not FTYR 4,730 228 4.8 4,730 228 4.8 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Husband FTYR, wife not FTYR 17,261 1,344 7.8 17,261 1,344 7.8 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)

Poverty Footnotes

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