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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)

Black alone (12)
Families with related children under 18 years, total (13)
(Counts of families are obtained
by counting the householder from each family.) 		5,765 2,234 38.8 2,208 339 15.3 438 162 37.0 3,119 1,734 55.6
 
Families with a householder who did not work (16) 		1,248 916 73.4 347 152 44.0 107 78 73.3 795 686 86.3
Families with a working householder (16) 4,517 1,318 29.2 1,862 186 10.0 331 83 25.2 2,324 1,048 45.1
      Working householder and no other workers 2,451 1,107 45.2 280 84 30.1 266 78 29.2 1,905 946 49.6
      Working householder and at least one
              other worker 		2,066 210 10.2 1,582 102 6.4 65 6 (B) 419 103 24.5
          Householder plus one other worker 1,703 194 11.4 1,308 96 7.3 53 6 (B) 342 92 26.9
          Householder plus two or more other workers 363 16 4.5 274 6 2.2 12 0 (B) 77 10 13.6
 
Families with a householder who worked
  full-time year-round (FTYR) (16) 		3,134 544 17.4 1,443 98 6.8 234 33 14.3 1,457 413 28.3
      Householder FTYR and no other workers 1,552 443 28.6 213 53 25.0 197 32 16.0 1,142 358 31.4
      Householder FTYR and at least one
              other worker 		1,583 101 6.4 1,230 45 3.6 37 2 (B) 315 55 17.3
          Householder FTYR plus at least one other
              FTYR worker, no part-time or part-year 		978 32 3.3 837 17 2.1 20 2 (B) 121 13 10.8
          Householder FTYR plus at least one
              part-time or part-year, no FTYR 		441 67 15.3 257 26 10.1 15 0 (B) 170 41 24.4
          Householder FTYR with both FTYR and a
              part-time or part-year worker 		163 1 0.8 136 1 1.0 3 0 (B) 24 0 (B)
 
Both husband and wife worked (11), (16) 		1,524 90 5.9 1,524 90 5.9 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Wife worked, husband did not work 161 56 34.9 161 56 34.9 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Husband worked, wife did not work 418 122 29.1 418 122 29.1 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
 
Both husband and wife FTYR (11), (16) 		939 18 1.9 939 18 1.9 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Wife FTYR, husband not FTYR 277 53 19.2 277 53 19.2 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Husband FTYR, wife not FTYR 660 111 16.8 660 111 16.8 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)

Poverty Footnotes

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