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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)

Black A.O.I.C. (12)
Families, total (10)
(Counts of families are obtained
by counting the householder from each family.) 		9,625 4,344 45.1 4,530 1,150 25.4 840 390 46.5 4,254 2,803 65.9
 
Families with a householder who did not work (16) 		2,750 1,783 64.8 1,224 570 46.6 246 166 67.5 1,280 1,047 81.8
Families with a working householder (16) 6,874 2,560 37.2 3,306 580 17.5 594 224 37.8 2,974 1,756 59.0
      Working householder and no other workers 3,072 1,881 61.2 537 221 41.2 353 172 48.7 2,181 1,488 68.2
      Working householder and at least one
              other worker 		3,803 680 17.9 2,769 359 13.0 241 52 21.7 793 268 33.8
          Householder plus one other worker 3,143 597 19.0 2,312 323 14.0 195 44 22.6 637 231 36.2
          Householder plus two or more other workers 660 83 12.5 458 36 8.0 46 8 (B) 156 38 24.2
 
Families with a householder who worked
  full-time year-round (FTYR) (16) 		4,839 1,343 27.8 2,546 324 12.7 398 116 29.3 1,895 903 47.7
      Householder FTYR and no other workers 1,968 969 49.2 400 134 33.6 246 94 38.3 1,322 740 56.0
      Householder FTYR and at least one
              other worker 		2,871 375 13.1 2,147 189 8.8 152 22 14.6 573 163 28.5
          Householder FTYR plus at least one other
              FTYR worker, no part-time or part-year 		1,768 132 7.5 1,440 85 5.9 86 11 12.4 242 36 15.1
          Householder FTYR plus at least one
              part-time or part-year, no FTYR 		820 229 28.0 480 99 20.6 51 8 (B) 289 122 42.2
          Householder FTYR with both FTYR and a
              part-time or part-year worker 		284 14 4.8 226 6 2.6 15 3 (B) 42 5 (B)
 
Both husband and wife worked (11), (16) 		2,666 325 12.2 2,666 325 12.2 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Wife worked, husband did not work 457 164 35.8 457 164 35.8 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Husband worked, wife did not work 777 310 39.9 777 310 39.9 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
 
Both husband and wife FTYR (11), (16) 		1,607 87 5.4 1,607 87 5.4 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Wife FTYR, husband not FTYR 628 146 23.2 628 146 23.2 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Husband FTYR, wife not FTYR 1,146 320 27.9 1,146 320 27.9 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)

Poverty Footnotes

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