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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)

Black A.O.I.C. (12)
Families with related children under 18 years, total (13)
(Counts of families are obtained
by counting the householder from each family.) 		5,936 2,645 44.6 2,298 450 19.6 451 210 46.5 3,187 1,986 62.3
 
Families with a householder who did not work (16) 		1,287 984 76.5 362 177 49.0 110 86 78.3 815 721 88.5
Families with a working householder (16) 4,649 1,661 35.7 1,935 272 14.1 341 124 36.3 2,372 1,265 53.3
      Working householder and no other workers 2,504 1,343 53.6 290 114 39.2 273 108 39.5 1,941 1,121 57.8
      Working householder and at least one
              other worker 		2,145 319 14.9 1,645 158 9.6 68 16 (B) 432 144 33.4
          Householder plus one other worker 1,772 281 15.9 1,366 145 10.6 56 14 (B) 350 122 34.8
          Householder plus two or more other workers 373 38 10.1 280 14 4.9 12 1 (B) 81 22 27.4
 
Families with a householder who worked
  full-time year-round (FTYR) (16) 		3,222 771 23.9 1,502 146 9.7 239 58 24.4 1,481 567 38.3
      Householder FTYR and no other workers 1,583 614 38.8 223 72 32.3 201 54 27.0 1,159 487 42.0
      Householder FTYR and at least one
              other worker 		1,638 157 9.6 1,279 74 5.8 38 4 (B) 322 79 24.6
          Householder FTYR plus at least one other
              FTYR worker, no part-time or part-year 		1,009 49 4.8 865 30 3.4 20 4 (B) 124 15 12.2
          Householder FTYR plus at least one
              part-time or part-year, no FTYR 		463 107 23.1 274 43 15.6 15 0 (B) 174 64 36.9
          Householder FTYR with both FTYR and a
              part-time or part-year worker 		167 1 0.8 140 1 1.0 3 0 (B) 24 0 (B)
 
Both husband and wife worked (11), (16) 		1,588 142 9.0 1,588 142 9.0 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Wife worked, husband did not work 163 60 36.9 163 60 36.9 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Husband worked, wife did not work 438 172 39.2 438 172 39.2 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
 
Both husband and wife FTYR (11), (16) 		970 29 3.0 970 29 3.0 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Wife FTYR, husband not FTYR 283 63 22.2 283 63 22.2 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Husband FTYR, wife not FTYR 704 171 24.3 704 171 24.3 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)

Poverty Footnotes

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