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POV15: Families With Related Children Under 18 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 100% of poverty (5) Percentage below 100% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 100% of poverty (5) Percentage below 100% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 100% of poverty (5) Percentage below 100% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 100% of poverty (5) Percentage below 100% of poverty (6)

White alone (12)
Families with related children under 18 years, total (13)
(Counts of families are obtained
by counting the householder from each family.) 		30,241 3,918 13.0 22,098 1,543 7.0 2,034 318 15.6 6,110 2,057 33.7
 
Families with a householder who did not work (16) 		5,070 1,722 34.0 3,403 656 19.3 296 139 46.9 1,371 928 67.7
Families with a working householder (16) 25,171 2,196 8.7 18,695 887 4.7 1,737 179 10.3 4,739 1,130 23.8
      Working householder and no other workers 7,987 1,671 20.9 3,035 504 16.6 1,331 165 12.4 3,621 1,002 27.7
      Working householder and at least one
              other worker 		17,184 525 3.1 15,660 383 2.4 406 14 3.5 1,118 128 11.4
          Householder plus one other worker 13,595 447 3.3 12,484 324 2.6 273 11 4.1 838 111 13.2
          Householder plus two or more other workers 3,589 78 2.2 3,176 59 1.9 133 3 2.2 279 17 5.9
 
Families with a householder who worked
  full-time year-round (FTYR) (16) 		18,061 780 4.3 13,926 436 3.1 1,231 57 4.6 2,903 288 9.9
      Householder FTYR and no other workers 5,672 610 10.8 2,513 305 12.1 975 53 5.4 2,184 252 11.5
      Householder FTYR and at least one
              other worker 		12,389 171 1.4 11,413 131 1.1 256 4 1.5 720 36 5.0
          Householder FTYR plus at least one other
              FTYR worker, no part-time or part-year 		6,556 45 0.7 6,247 37 0.6 87 1 0.7 222 7 3.3
          Householder FTYR plus at least one
              part-time or part-year, no FTYR 		4,307 122 2.8 3,741 90 2.4 142 3 2.2 423 28 6.7
          Householder FTYR with both FTYR and a
              part-time or part-year worker 		1,526 4 0.3 1,425 4 0.3 26 0 (B) 74 0 (B)
 
Both husband and wife worked (11), (16) 		15,083 324 2.1 15,083 324 2.1 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Wife worked, husband did not work 759 137 18.1 759 137 18.1 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Husband worked, wife did not work 5,746 834 14.5 5,746 834 14.5 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
 
Both husband and wife FTYR (11), (16) 		7,379 30 0.4 7,379 30 0.4 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Wife FTYR, husband not FTYR 1,701 87 5.1 1,701 87 5.1 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Husband FTYR, wife not FTYR 10,320 626 6.1 10,320 626 6.1 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)

Poverty Footnotes

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