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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 150% of poverty (5) Percentage below 150% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 150% of poverty (5) Percentage below 150% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 150% of poverty (5) Percentage below 150% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 150% of poverty (5) Percentage below 150% 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 10,100 25.9 26,490 3,929 14.8 2,676 879 32.8 9,796 5,292 54.0
 
Families with a householder who did not work (16) 		6,870 3,672 53.5 4,120 1,461 35.5 443 291 65.7 2,306 1,919 83.2
Families with a working householder (16) 32,092 6,428 20.0 22,370 2,468 11.0 2,233 587 26.3 7,489 3,373 45.0
      Working householder and no other workers 11,253 4,632 41.2 3,702 1,178 31.8 1,710 499 29.2 5,841 2,955 50.6
      Working householder and at least one
              other worker 		20,839 1,796 8.6 18,668 1,290 6.9 523 88 16.9 1,649 418 25.3
          Householder plus one other worker 16,576 1,516 9.1 14,973 1,090 7.3 357 66 18.5 1,246 360 28.9
          Householder plus two or more other workers 4,263 280 6.6 3,695 200 5.4 166 22 13.5 403 58 14.3
 
Families with a householder who worked
  full-time year-round (FTYR) (16) 		22,981 2,980 13.0 16,764 1,315 7.8 1,584 283 17.8 4,632 1,383 29.9
      Householder FTYR and no other workers 7,823 2,216 28.3 3,042 764 25.1 1,255 247 19.7 3,526 1,205 34.2
      Householder FTYR and at least one
              other worker 		15,157 764 5.0 13,722 551 4.0 329 36 10.9 1,106 178 16.1
          Householder FTYR plus at least one other
              FTYR worker, no part-time or part-year 		8,238 245 3.0 7,746 197 2.5 125 13 10.6 368 34 9.4
          Householder FTYR plus at least one
              part-time or part-year, no FTYR 		5,100 481 9.4 4,302 320 7.4 168 19 11.2 630 141 22.5
          Householder FTYR with both FTYR and a
              part-time or part-year worker 		1,819 39 2.1 1,674 33 2.0 36 4 (B) 109 2 1.9
 
Both husband and wife worked (11), (16) 		17,977 1,123 6.2 17,977 1,123 6.2 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Wife worked, husband did not work 1,004 329 32.8 1,004 329 32.8 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Husband worked, wife did not work 6,809 2,015 29.6 6,809 2,015 29.6 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
 
Both husband and wife FTYR (11), (16) 		9,054 184 2.0 9,054 184 2.0 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Wife FTYR, husband not FTYR 2,167 316 14.6 2,167 316 14.6 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Husband FTYR, wife not FTYR 11,934 1,798 15.1 11,934 1,798 15.1 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)

Poverty Footnotes

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