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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 130% of poverty (5) Percentage below 130% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 130% of poverty (5) Percentage below 130% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 130% of poverty (5) Percentage below 130% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 130% of poverty (5) Percentage below 130% of poverty (6)

All races (12)
Families with related children under 18 years, total (13)
(Counts of families are obtained
by counting the householder from each family.) 		38,962 8,576 22.0 26,490 3,151 11.9 2,676 734 27.4 9,796 4,691 47.9
 
Families with a householder who did not work (16) 		6,870 3,362 48.9 4,120 1,238 30.0 443 270 61.0 2,306 1,854 80.4
Families with a working householder (16) 32,092 5,214 16.2 22,370 1,913 8.6 2,233 464 20.8 7,489 2,838 37.9
      Working householder and no other workers 11,253 3,906 34.7 3,702 986 26.6 1,710 410 24.0 5,841 2,510 43.0
      Working householder and at least one
              other worker 		20,839 1,309 6.3 18,668 927 5.0 523 54 10.4 1,649 328 19.9
          Householder plus one other worker 16,576 1,122 6.8 14,973 800 5.3 357 38 10.6 1,246 284 22.8
          Householder plus two or more other workers 4,263 187 4.4 3,695 127 3.4 166 16 9.7 403 44 11.0
 
Families with a householder who worked
  full-time year-round (FTYR) (16) 		22,981 2,234 9.7 16,764 990 5.9 1,584 206 13.0 4,632 1,038 22.4
      Householder FTYR and no other workers 7,823 1,715 21.9 3,042 625 20.5 1,255 182 14.5 3,526 908 25.8
      Householder FTYR and at least one
              other worker 		15,157 519 3.4 13,722 366 2.7 329 24 7.2 1,106 130 11.7
          Householder FTYR plus at least one other
              FTYR worker, no part-time or part-year 		8,238 158 1.9 7,746 126 1.6 125 8 6.2 368 25 6.7
          Householder FTYR plus at least one
              part-time or part-year, no FTYR 		5,100 337 6.6 4,302 222 5.2 168 12 7.3 630 103 16.4
          Householder FTYR with both FTYR and a
              part-time or part-year worker 		1,819 23 1.3 1,674 18 1.1 36 4 (B) 109 2 1.5
 
Both husband and wife worked (11), (16) 		17,977 807 4.5 17,977 807 4.5 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Wife worked, husband did not work 1,004 274 27.2 1,004 274 27.2 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Husband worked, wife did not work 6,809 1,637 24.0 6,809 1,637 24.0 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
 
Both husband and wife FTYR (11), (16) 		9,054 114 1.3 9,054 114 1.3 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Wife FTYR, husband not FTYR 2,167 236 10.9 2,167 236 10.9 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Husband FTYR, wife not FTYR 11,934 1,390 11.6 11,934 1,390 11.6 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)

Poverty Footnotes

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