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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)

Hispanic (of any race) (12)
Families, total (10)
(Counts of families are obtained
by counting the householder from each family.) 		10,503 4,821 45.9 6,911 2,735 39.6 1,021 413 40.5 2,571 1,673 65.1
 
Families with a householder who did not work (16) 		2,671 1,763 66.0 1,726 1,016 58.9 173 118 67.8 772 630 81.6
Families with a working householder (16) 7,831 3,057 39.0 5,184 1,719 33.2 848 296 34.9 1,799 1,043 58.0
      Working householder and no other workers 2,775 1,773 63.9 1,263 783 62.0 372 169 45.3 1,141 821 72.0
      Working householder and at least one
              other worker 		5,056 1,285 25.4 3,922 936 23.9 476 127 26.7 659 221 33.6
          Householder plus one other worker 3,745 997 26.6 2,940 729 24.8 310 91 29.5 495 176 35.6
          Householder plus two or more other workers 1,311 288 22.0 982 207 21.1 166 36 21.6 164 45 27.7
 
Families with a householder who worked
  full-time year-round (FTYR) (16) 		5,369 1,669 31.1 3,697 1,001 27.1 560 149 26.6 1,112 519 46.6
      Householder FTYR and no other workers 1,907 1,050 55.1 954 551 57.7 261 94 35.9 692 405 58.6
      Householder FTYR and at least one
              other worker 		3,462 619 17.9 2,743 450 16.4 299 55 18.4 421 113 26.9
          Householder FTYR plus at least one other
              FTYR worker, no part-time or part-year 		1,970 258 13.1 1,588 193 12.1 190 25 13.1 192 40 20.8
          Householder FTYR plus at least one
              part-time or part-year, no FTYR 		999 300 30.0 750 210 28.0 70 21 (B) 178 68 38.3
          Householder FTYR with both FTYR and a
              part-time or part-year worker 		494 61 12.4 405 47 11.7 38 9 (B) 50 5 (B)
 
Both husband and wife worked (11), (16) 		3,597 805 22.4 3,597 805 22.4 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Wife worked, husband did not work 350 168 47.9 350 168 47.9 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Husband worked, wife did not work 2,282 1,336 58.5 2,282 1,336 58.5 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
 
Both husband and wife FTYR (11), (16) 		1,791 195 10.9 1,791 195 10.9 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Wife FTYR, husband not FTYR 562 177 31.5 562 177 31.5 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Husband FTYR, wife not FTYR 2,829 1,257 44.4 2,829 1,257 44.4 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)

Poverty Footnotes

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