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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, not Hispanic (12)
Families, total (10)
(Counts of families are obtained
by counting the householder from each family.) 		54,450 10,443 19.2 44,281 6,221 14.0 3,069 1,003 32.7 7,100 3,220 45.3
 
Families with a householder who did not work (16) 		15,394 5,265 34.2 12,615 3,631 28.8 718 412 57.3 2,061 1,222 59.3
Families with a working householder (16) 39,056 5,179 13.3 31,665 2,590 8.2 2,352 591 25.1 5,039 1,997 39.6
      Working householder and no other workers 9,723 3,151 32.4 5,207 1,056 20.3 1,324 470 35.5 3,192 1,625 50.9
      Working householder and at least one
              other worker 		29,333 2,028 6.9 26,458 1,534 5.8 1,028 121 11.8 1,846 373 20.2
          Householder plus one other worker 23,873 1,748 7.3 21,565 1,320 6.1 832 102 12.2 1,476 327 22.2
          Householder plus two or more other workers 5,460 280 5.1 4,893 215 4.4 196 19 9.8 371 46 12.3
 
Families with a householder who worked
  full-time year-round (FTYR) (16) 		27,932 2,500 8.9 23,027 1,310 5.7 1,679 301 17.9 3,225 888 27.5
      Householder FTYR and no other workers 6,564 1,597 24.3 3,661 625 17.1 939 247 26.3 1,964 725 36.9
      Householder FTYR and at least one
              other worker 		21,368 902 4.2 19,367 685 3.5 740 54 7.3 1,261 164 13.0
          Householder FTYR plus at least one other
              FTYR worker, no part-time or part-year 		12,307 293 2.4 11,498 234 2.0 348 25 7.1 461 35 7.5
          Householder FTYR plus at least one
              part-time or part-year, no FTYR 		6,658 559 8.4 5,601 408 7.3 347 27 7.8 710 124 17.5
          Householder FTYR with both FTYR and a
              part-time or part-year worker 		2,403 50 2.1 2,268 43 1.9 45 2 (B) 90 5 5.4
 
Both husband and wife worked (11), (16) 		25,713 1,404 5.5 25,713 1,404 5.5 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Wife worked, husband did not work 3,072 643 20.9 3,072 643 20.9 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Husband worked, wife did not work 8,356 1,643 19.7 8,356 1,643 19.7 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
 
Both husband and wife FTYR (11), (16) 		13,322 260 2.0 13,322 260 2.0 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Wife FTYR, husband not FTYR 4,149 489 11.8 4,149 489 11.8 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Husband FTYR, wife not FTYR 14,399 1,655 11.5 14,399 1,655 11.5 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)

Poverty Footnotes

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