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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 200% of poverty (5) Percentage below 200% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 200% of poverty (5) Percentage below 200% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 200% of poverty (5) Percentage below 200% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 200% of poverty (5) Percentage below 200% of poverty (6)

All races (12)
Families, total (10)
(Counts of families are obtained
by counting the householder from each family.) 		78,874 20,969 26.6 59,137 11,021 18.6 5,255 1,938 36.9 14,482 8,011 55.3
 
Families with a householder who did not work (16) 		21,907 9,330 42.6 16,396 5,590 34.1 1,208 731 60.5 4,303 3,010 69.9
Families with a working householder (16) 56,967 11,639 20.4 42,740 5,431 12.7 4,048 1,207 29.8 10,179 5,001 49.1
      Working householder and no other workers 16,410 7,174 43.7 7,523 2,237 29.7 2,166 865 39.9 6,721 4,072 60.6
      Working householder and at least one
              other worker 		40,557 4,465 11.0 35,218 3,194 9.1 1,882 342 18.2 3,458 929 26.9
          Householder plus one other worker 32,597 3,701 11.4 28,485 2,657 9.3 1,414 260 18.4 2,698 784 29.0
          Householder plus two or more other workers 7,961 764 9.6 6,733 537 8.0 468 82 17.5 759 145 19.1
 
Families with a householder who worked
  full-time year-round (FTYR) (16) 		40,544 5,998 14.8 31,265 2,961 9.5 2,809 610 21.7 6,470 2,428 37.5
      Householder FTYR and no other workers 11,062 3,844 34.7 5,417 1,424 26.3 1,527 459 30.1 4,118 1,960 47.6
      Householder FTYR and at least one
              other worker 		29,483 2,155 7.3 25,847 1,537 5.9 1,282 150 11.7 2,353 468 19.9
          Householder FTYR plus at least one other
              FTYR worker, no part-time or part-year 		17,137 808 4.7 15,531 619 4.0 682 68 9.9 924 122 13.2
          Householder FTYR plus at least one
              part-time or part-year, no FTYR 		8,960 1,199 13.4 7,242 803 11.1 489 66 13.6 1,229 330 26.9
          Householder FTYR with both FTYR and a
              part-time or part-year worker 		3,386 147 4.3 3,074 115 3.7 112 16 14.4 200 16 7.9
 
Both husband and wife worked (11), (16) 		33,954 2,867 8.4 33,954 2,867 8.4 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Wife worked, husband did not work 4,081 1,036 25.4 4,081 1,036 25.4 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Husband worked, wife did not work 12,247 3,577 29.2 12,247 3,577 29.2 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
 
Both husband and wife FTYR (11), (16) 		17,834 653 3.7 17,834 653 3.7 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Wife FTYR, husband not FTYR 5,673 901 15.9 5,673 901 15.9 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Husband FTYR, wife not FTYR 19,599 3,540 18.1 19,599 3,540 18.1 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)

Poverty Footnotes

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