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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)

Black alone (12)
Families, total (10)
(Counts of families are obtained
by counting the householder from each family.) 		9,359 2,763 29.5 4,386 537 12.2 812 237 29.1 4,161 1,990 47.8
 
Families with a householder who did not work (16) 		2,678 1,323 49.4 1,182 309 26.1 241 129 53.6 1,256 885 70.5
Families with a working householder (16) 6,681 1,440 21.6 3,205 228 7.1 571 107 18.8 2,905 1,105 38.0
      Working householder and no other workers 3,006 1,200 39.9 524 118 22.5 343 95 27.6 2,140 988 46.2
      Working householder and at least one
              other worker 		3,675 240 6.5 2,681 110 4.1 228 13 5.6 766 117 15.3
          Householder plus one other worker 3,031 219 7.2 2,234 103 4.6 182 12 6.6 615 105 17.0
          Householder plus two or more other workers 644 21 3.2 447 8 1.7 46 1 (B) 151 12 8.1
 
Families with a householder who worked
  full-time year-round (FTYR) (16) 		4,710 575 12.2 2,467 113 4.6 387 36 9.2 1,856 426 23.0
      Householder FTYR and no other workers 1,928 465 24.1 386 66 17.1 241 32 13.1 1,301 367 28.2
      Householder FTYR and at least one
              other worker 		2,782 110 3.9 2,081 47 2.3 146 4 2.8 555 59 10.6
          Householder FTYR plus at least one other
              FTYR worker, no part-time or part-year 		1,711 36 2.1 1,400 19 1.3 80 4 5.1 231 13 5.7
          Householder FTYR plus at least one
              part-time or part-year, no FTYR 		793 73 9.2 461 27 5.9 50 0 (B) 282 45 16.1
          Householder FTYR with both FTYR and a
              part-time or part-year worker 		278 1 0.5 220 1 0.6 15 0 (B) 42 0 (B)
 
Both husband and wife worked (11), (16) 		2,578 99 3.8 2,578 99 3.8 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Wife worked, husband did not work 449 89 19.9 449 89 19.9 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Husband worked, wife did not work 752 156 20.8 752 156 20.8 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
 
Both husband and wife FTYR (11), (16) 		1,562 19 1.2 1,562 19 1.2 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Wife FTYR, husband not FTYR 616 67 10.9 616 67 10.9 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Husband FTYR, wife not FTYR 1,096 127 11.6 1,096 127 11.6 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)

Poverty Footnotes

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