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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)

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 6,782 22.4 22,098 3,110 14.1 2,034 606 29.8 6,110 3,066 50.2
 
Families with a householder who did not work (16) 		5,070 2,435 48.0 3,403 1,148 33.8 296 184 61.9 1,371 1,103 80.4
Families with a working householder (16) 25,171 4,348 17.3 18,695 1,961 10.5 1,737 423 24.3 4,739 1,964 41.4
      Working householder and no other workers 7,987 3,011 37.7 3,035 940 31.0 1,331 358 26.9 3,621 1,713 47.3
      Working householder and at least one
              other worker 		17,184 1,337 7.8 15,660 1,021 6.5 406 65 16.0 1,118 250 22.4
          Householder plus one other worker 13,595 1,116 8.2 12,484 850 6.8 273 46 16.8 838 220 26.2
          Householder plus two or more other workers 3,589 221 6.2 3,176 171 5.4 133 19 14.4 279 31 11.0
 
Families with a householder who worked
  full-time year-round (FTYR) (16) 		18,061 2,008 11.1 13,926 1,049 7.5 1,231 203 16.5 2,903 755 26.0
      Householder FTYR and no other workers 5,672 1,463 25.8 2,513 625 24.8 975 177 18.1 2,184 662 30.3
      Householder FTYR and at least one
              other worker 		12,389 545 4.4 11,413 425 3.7 256 27 10.4 720 94 13.0
          Householder FTYR plus at least one other
              FTYR worker, no part-time or part-year 		6,556 172 2.6 6,247 144 2.3 87 9 9.9 222 19 8.7
          Householder FTYR plus at least one
              part-time or part-year, no FTYR 		4,307 338 7.9 3,741 251 6.7 142 14 10.1 423 73 17.2
          Householder FTYR with both FTYR and a
              part-time or part-year worker 		1,526 35 2.3 1,425 30 2.1 26 4 (B) 74 2 (B)
 
Both husband and wife worked (11), (16) 		15,083 885 5.9 15,083 885 5.9 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Wife worked, husband did not work 759 238 31.3 759 238 31.3 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Husband worked, wife did not work 5,746 1,654 28.8 5,746 1,654 28.8 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
 
Both husband and wife FTYR (11), (16) 		7,379 132 1.8 7,379 132 1.8 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Wife FTYR, husband not FTYR 1,701 223 13.1 1,701 223 13.1 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Husband FTYR, wife not FTYR 10,320 1,484 14.4 10,320 1,484 14.4 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)

Poverty Footnotes

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