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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 150% of poverty (5) Percentage below 150% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 150% of poverty (5) Percentage below 150% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 150% of poverty (5) Percentage below 150% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 150% of poverty (5) Percentage below 150% of poverty (6)

Asian alone (12)
Families, total (10)
(Counts of families are obtained
by counting the householder from each family.) 		3,494 553 15.8 2,829 394 13.9 233 45 19.3 432 115 26.5
 
Families with a householder who did not work (16) 		846 276 32.6 658 207 31.5 50 14 (B) 139 54 39.1
Families with a working householder (16) 2,647 277 10.5 2,171 186 8.6 183 31 16.7 293 60 20.6
      Working householder and no other workers 708 158 22.3 459 95 20.6 79 20 24.9 170 44 25.8
      Working householder and at least one
              other worker 		1,939 119 6.1 1,712 92 5.4 104 11 10.6 123 16 13.4
          Householder plus one other worker 1,496 93 6.2 1,380 74 5.4 51 6 (B) 65 12 (B)
          Householder plus two or more other workers 443 26 6.0 332 17 5.2 53 5 (B) 58 4 (B)
 
Families with a householder who worked
  full-time year-round (FTYR) (16) 		2,054 133 6.5 1,714 95 5.6 136 16 11.8 203 21 10.4
      Householder FTYR and no other workers 550 79 14.3 367 49 13.3 60 12 (B) 122 18 14.9
      Householder FTYR and at least one
              other worker 		1,504 54 3.6 1,347 47 3.5 76 5 6.0 81 3 3.7
          Householder FTYR plus at least one other
              FTYR worker, no part-time or part-year 		946 22 2.3 871 22 2.5 45 0 (B) 29 0 (B)
          Householder FTYR plus at least one
              part-time or part-year, no FTYR 		381 31 8.2 329 23 7.1 17 5 (B) 34 3 (B)
          Householder FTYR with both FTYR and a
              part-time or part-year worker 		178 1 0.6 147 1 0.7 13 0 (B) 17 0 (B)
 
Both husband and wife worked (11), (16) 		1,636 85 5.2 1,636 85 5.2 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Wife worked, husband did not work 159 32 20.0 159 32 20.0 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Husband worked, wife did not work 719 139 19.3 719 139 19.3 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
 
Both husband and wife FTYR (11), (16) 		957 21 2.2 957 21 2.2 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Wife FTYR, husband not FTYR 262 26 9.7 262 26 9.7 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Husband FTYR, wife not FTYR 1,037 107 10.3 1,037 107 10.3 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)

Poverty Footnotes

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