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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)

Asian A.O.I.C. (12)
Families, total (10)
(Counts of families are obtained
by counting the householder from each family.) 		3,644 777 21.3 2,932 540 18.4 255 73 28.5 457 165 36.0
 
Families with a householder who did not work (16) 		871 355 40.7 678 264 39.0 51 25 (B) 143 65 45.7
Families with a working householder (16) 2,773 423 15.3 2,255 276 12.2 204 47 23.2 314 99 31.6
      Working householder and no other workers 741 221 29.8 470 116 24.6 88 30 34.3 183 75 40.9
      Working householder and at least one
              other worker 		2,032 202 9.9 1,785 160 9.0 116 17 14.7 131 25 18.7
          Householder plus one other worker 1,572 164 10.5 1,442 134 9.3 61 12 (B) 70 18 (B)
          Householder plus two or more other workers 460 38 8.2 343 26 7.6 55 5 (B) 62 6 (B)
 
Families with a householder who worked
  full-time year-round (FTYR) (16) 		2,138 232 10.8 1,774 153 8.6 147 26 17.4 217 53 24.3
      Householder FTYR and no other workers 573 129 22.6 377 68 18.0 66 17 (B) 130 45 34.3
      Householder FTYR and at least one
              other worker 		1,565 102 6.5 1,397 86 6.1 81 9 10.9 87 8 9.3
          Householder FTYR plus at least one other
              FTYR worker, no part-time or part-year 		988 50 5.1 907 47 5.2 49 1 (B) 31 2 (B)
          Householder FTYR plus at least one
              part-time or part-year, no FTYR 		394 47 11.8 339 33 9.8 18 8 (B) 37 5 (B)
          Householder FTYR with both FTYR and a
              part-time or part-year worker 		183 6 3.0 151 5 3.4 14 0 (B) 18 0 (B)
 
Both husband and wife worked (11), (16) 		1,708 148 8.7 1,708 148 8.7 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Wife worked, husband did not work 163 42 25.5 163 42 25.5 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Husband worked, wife did not work 738 178 24.1 738 178 24.1 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
 
Both husband and wife FTYR (11), (16) 		996 45 4.5 996 45 4.5 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Wife FTYR, husband not FTYR 272 40 14.5 272 40 14.5 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Husband FTYR, wife not FTYR 1,068 164 15.4 1,068 164 15.4 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)

Poverty Footnotes

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