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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 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 2,569 44.6 2,208 422 19.1 438 200 45.6 3,119 1,947 62.4
 
Families with a householder who did not work (16) 		1,248 953 76.3 347 169 48.8 107 83 77.8 795 701 88.2
Families with a working householder (16) 4,517 1,616 35.8 1,862 253 13.6 331 116 35.2 2,324 1,247 53.6
      Working householder and no other workers 2,451 1,317 53.7 280 106 37.9 266 102 38.5 1,905 1,108 58.2
      Working householder and at least one
              other worker 		2,066 299 14.5 1,582 147 9.3 65 14 (B) 419 138 32.9
          Householder plus one other worker 1,703 266 15.6 1,308 134 10.2 53 13 (B) 342 119 34.9
          Householder plus two or more other workers 363 33 9.1 274 13 4.7 12 1 (B) 77 19 24.3
 
Families with a householder who worked
  full-time year-round (FTYR) (16) 		3,134 746 23.8 1,443 132 9.1 234 55 23.6 1,457 559 38.4
      Householder FTYR and no other workers 1,552 598 38.5 213 65 30.3 197 52 26.2 1,142 482 42.2
      Householder FTYR and at least one
              other worker 		1,583 148 9.4 1,230 67 5.5 37 4 (B) 315 77 24.5
          Householder FTYR plus at least one other
              FTYR worker, no part-time or part-year 		978 47 4.8 837 28 3.3 20 4 (B) 121 15 12.4
          Householder FTYR plus at least one
              part-time or part-year, no FTYR 		441 100 22.7 257 38 14.8 15 0 (B) 170 62 36.6
          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) 		1,524 131 8.6 1,524 131 8.6 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Wife worked, husband did not work 161 60 37.6 161 60 37.6 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Husband worked, wife did not work 418 159 38.0 418 159 38.0 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
 
Both husband and wife FTYR (11), (16) 		939 27 2.9 939 27 2.9 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Wife FTYR, husband not FTYR 277 63 22.7 277 63 22.7 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Husband FTYR, wife not FTYR 660 151 22.9 660 151 22.9 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)

Poverty Footnotes

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