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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, not Hispanic (12)
Families with related children under 18 years, total (13)
(Counts of families are obtained
by counting the householder from each family.) 		23,657 3,276 13.8 17,750 1,235 7.0 1,538 342 22.2 4,368 1,699 38.9
 
Families with a householder who did not work (16) 		3,684 1,278 34.7 2,559 506 19.8 238 130 54.6 887 642 72.4
Families with a working householder (16) 19,973 1,998 10.0 15,192 729 4.8 1,300 212 16.3 3,481 1,057 30.4
      Working householder and no other workers 5,923 1,494 25.2 2,144 345 16.1 1,050 199 19.0 2,730 950 34.8
      Working householder and at least one
              other worker 		14,050 504 3.6 13,048 384 2.9 251 13 5.1 751 106 14.2
          Householder plus one other worker 11,276 439 3.9 10,525 337 3.2 182 5 2.7 569 97 17.1
          Householder plus two or more other workers 2,774 64 2.3 2,523 47 1.9 69 8 (B) 182 9 5.0
 
Families with a householder who worked
  full-time year-round (FTYR) (16) 		14,568 772 5.3 11,460 344 3.0 954 94 9.8 2,154 334 15.5
      Householder FTYR and no other workers 4,258 598 14.0 1,814 201 11.1 777 91 11.8 1,668 305 18.3
      Householder FTYR and at least one
              other worker 		10,310 174 1.7 9,646 143 1.5 177 2 1.4 486 28 5.8
          Householder FTYR plus at least one other
              FTYR worker, no part-time or part-year 		5,410 39 0.7 5,244 39 0.7 45 0 (B) 122 0 0.0
          Householder FTYR plus at least one
              part-time or part-year, no FTYR 		3,672 129 3.5 3,238 101 3.1 121 2 1.3 313 27 8.6
          Householder FTYR with both FTYR and a
              part-time or part-year worker 		1,228 6 0.5 1,165 3 0.3 11 1 (B) 51 2 (B)
 
Both husband and wife worked (11), (16) 		12,680 352 2.8 12,680 352 2.8 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Wife worked, husband did not work 622 135 21.7 622 135 21.7 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Husband worked, wife did not work 4,090 547 13.4 4,090 547 13.4 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
 
Both husband and wife FTYR (11), (16) 		6,240 35 0.6 6,240 35 0.6 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Wife FTYR, husband not FTYR 1,376 107 7.8 1,376 107 7.8 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Husband FTYR, wife not FTYR 8,266 471 5.7 8,266 471 5.7 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)

Poverty Footnotes

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