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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)

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 5,705 18.9 22,098 2,485 11.2 2,034 507 24.9 6,110 2,714 44.4
 
Families with a householder who did not work (16) 		5,070 2,183 43.1 3,403 957 28.1 296 168 56.5 1,371 1,059 77.2
Families with a working householder (16) 25,171 3,522 14.0 18,695 1,528 8.2 1,737 339 19.5 4,739 1,655 34.9
      Working householder and no other workers 7,987 2,535 31.7 3,035 786 25.9 1,331 297 22.3 3,621 1,452 40.1
      Working householder and at least one
              other worker 		17,184 987 5.7 15,660 741 4.7 406 42 10.4 1,118 203 18.2
          Householder plus one other worker 13,595 830 6.1 12,484 629 5.0 273 26 9.6 838 174 20.8
          Householder plus two or more other workers 3,589 157 4.4 3,176 112 3.5 133 16 12.1 279 29 10.3
 
Families with a householder who worked
  full-time year-round (FTYR) (16) 		18,061 1,522 8.4 13,926 795 5.7 1,231 152 12.3 2,903 575 19.8
      Householder FTYR and no other workers 5,672 1,149 20.3 2,513 508 20.2 975 135 13.8 2,184 506 23.2
      Householder FTYR and at least one
              other worker 		12,389 373 3.0 11,413 288 2.5 256 17 6.5 720 68 9.5
          Householder FTYR plus at least one other
              FTYR worker, no part-time or part-year 		6,556 109 1.7 6,247 93 1.5 87 5 5.8 222 12 5.2
          Householder FTYR plus at least one
              part-time or part-year, no FTYR 		4,307 242 5.6 3,741 179 4.8 142 8 5.5 423 55 13.0
          Householder FTYR with both FTYR and a
              part-time or part-year worker 		1,526 21 1.4 1,425 16 1.1 26 4 (B) 74 2 (B)
 
Both husband and wife worked (11), (16) 		15,083 644 4.3 15,083 644 4.3 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Wife worked, husband did not work 759 194 25.6 759 194 25.6 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Husband worked, wife did not work 5,746 1,339 23.3 5,746 1,339 23.3 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
 
Both husband and wife FTYR (11), (16) 		7,379 80 1.1 7,379 80 1.1 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Wife FTYR, husband not FTYR 1,701 163 9.6 1,701 163 9.6 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Husband FTYR, wife not FTYR 10,320 1,149 11.1 10,320 1,149 11.1 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)

Poverty Footnotes

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