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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)

White alone (12)
Families, total (10)
(Counts of families are obtained
by counting the householder from each family.) 		64,183 15,225 23.7 50,779 9,031 17.8 3,999 1,409 35.2 9,405 4,785 50.9
 
Families with a householder who did not work (16) 		17,875 6,943 38.8 14,248 4,635 32.5 868 514 59.2 2,759 1,793 65.0
Families with a working householder (16) 46,308 8,282 17.9 36,531 4,396 12.0 3,131 895 28.6 6,646 2,992 45.0
      Working householder and no other workers 12,241 4,850 39.6 6,387 1,830 28.7 1,658 634 38.2 4,196 2,385 56.8
      Working householder and at least one
              other worker 		34,067 3,433 10.1 30,144 2,565 8.5 1,473 261 17.7 2,450 607 24.8
          Householder plus one other worker 27,376 2,818 10.3 24,319 2,103 8.6 1,123 201 17.9 1,934 514 26.6
          Householder plus two or more other workers 6,690 615 9.2 5,825 462 7.9 350 60 17.2 516 93 18.0
 
Families with a householder who worked
  full-time year-round (FTYR) (16) 		32,897 4,242 12.9 26,497 2,388 9.0 2,189 455 20.8 4,211 1,398 33.2
      Householder FTYR and no other workers 8,289 2,623 31.6 4,550 1,175 25.8 1,173 338 28.8 2,566 1,109 43.2
      Householder FTYR and at least one
              other worker 		24,607 1,619 6.6 21,947 1,213 5.5 1,015 117 11.5 1,645 289 17.6
          Householder FTYR plus at least one other
              FTYR worker, no part-time or part-year 		14,158 610 4.3 12,996 471 3.6 525 56 10.7 637 83 13.0
          Householder FTYR plus at least one
              part-time or part-year, no FTYR 		7,585 884 11.7 6,300 640 10.2 410 48 11.7 875 196 22.4
          Householder FTYR with both FTYR and a
              part-time or part-year worker 		2,864 124 4.3 2,651 101 3.8 80 13 15.9 133 10 7.3
 
Both husband and wife worked (11), (16) 		29,099 2,299 7.9 29,099 2,299 7.9 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Wife worked, husband did not work 3,394 807 23.8 3,394 807 23.8 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Husband worked, wife did not work 10,497 2,977 28.4 10,497 2,977 28.4 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
 
Both husband and wife FTYR (11), (16) 		15,018 507 3.4 15,018 507 3.4 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Wife FTYR, husband not FTYR 4,672 681 14.6 4,672 681 14.6 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Husband FTYR, wife not FTYR 17,052 2,943 17.3 17,052 2,943 17.3 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)

Poverty Footnotes

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