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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 185% of poverty (5) Percentage below 185% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 185% of poverty (5) Percentage below 185% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 185% of poverty (5) Percentage below 185% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 185% of poverty (5) Percentage below 185% 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 14,005 21.5 51,341 8,086 15.8 4,080 1,307 32.0 9,609 4,612 48.0
 
Families with a householder who did not work (16) 		18,114 6,534 36.1 14,400 4,244 29.5 885 503 56.9 2,829 1,786 63.2
Families with a working householder (16) 46,915 7,472 15.9 36,940 3,842 10.4 3,195 804 25.2 6,780 2,825 41.7
      Working householder and no other workers 12,426 4,550 36.6 6,461 1,689 26.1 1,690 577 34.2 4,275 2,284 53.4
      Working householder and at least one
              other worker 		34,489 2,922 8.5 30,479 2,153 7.1 1,505 227 15.1 2,505 541 21.6
          Householder plus one other worker 27,712 2,418 8.7 24,592 1,779 7.2 1,147 183 16.0 1,973 456 23.1
          Householder plus two or more other workers 6,777 504 7.4 5,887 374 6.4 358 44 12.3 532 86 16.1
 
Families with a householder who worked
  full-time year-round (FTYR) (16) 		33,306 3,714 11.2 26,784 2,055 7.7 2,224 391 17.6 4,299 1,269 29.5
      Householder FTYR and no other workers 8,408 2,395 28.5 4,602 1,073 23.3 1,191 298 25.0 2,615 1,024 39.1
      Householder FTYR and at least one
              other worker 		24,898 1,319 5.3 22,182 982 4.4 1,033 93 9.0 1,683 245 14.6
          Householder FTYR plus at least one other
              FTYR worker, no part-time or part-year 		14,321 471 3.3 13,130 366 2.8 537 44 8.1 654 61 9.3
          Householder FTYR plus at least one
              part-time or part-year, no FTYR 		7,679 753 9.8 6,373 540 8.5 414 39 9.4 892 174 19.5
          Householder FTYR with both FTYR and a
              part-time or part-year worker 		2,898 96 3.3 2,679 76 2.8 81 10 12.2 138 10 7.4
 
Both husband and wife worked (11), (16) 		29,422 1,918 6.5 29,422 1,918 6.5 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Wife worked, husband did not work 3,433 740 21.6 3,433 740 21.6 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Husband worked, wife did not work 10,624 2,778 26.2 10,624 2,778 26.2 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
 
Both husband and wife FTYR (11), (16) 		15,169 386 2.5 15,169 386 2.5 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Wife FTYR, husband not FTYR 4,730 587 12.4 4,730 587 12.4 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Husband FTYR, wife not FTYR 17,261 2,639 15.3 17,261 2,639 15.3 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)

Poverty Footnotes

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