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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 185% of poverty (5) Percentage below 185% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 185% of poverty (5) Percentage below 185% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 185% of poverty (5) Percentage below 185% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 185% of poverty (5) Percentage below 185% 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 8,826 29.2 22,098 4,411 20.0 2,034 799 39.3 6,110 3,616 59.2
 
Families with a householder who did not work (16) 		5,070 2,826 55.7 3,403 1,450 42.6 296 213 71.8 1,371 1,163 84.8
Families with a working householder (16) 25,171 6,000 23.8 18,695 2,961 15.8 1,737 586 33.7 4,739 2,453 51.8
      Working householder and no other workers 7,987 3,757 47.0 3,035 1,208 39.8 1,331 477 35.9 3,621 2,072 57.2
      Working householder and at least one
              other worker 		17,184 2,243 13.1 15,660 1,753 11.2 406 109 26.8 1,118 381 34.1
          Householder plus one other worker 13,595 1,829 13.5 12,484 1,431 11.5 273 82 30.0 838 316 37.7
          Householder plus two or more other workers 3,589 414 11.5 3,176 322 10.1 133 27 20.3 279 65 23.3
 
Families with a householder who worked
  full-time year-round (FTYR) (16) 		18,061 3,091 17.1 13,926 1,688 12.1 1,231 310 25.2 2,903 1,093 37.7
      Householder FTYR and no other workers 5,672 2,040 36.0 2,513 855 34.0 975 264 27.1 2,184 922 42.2
      Householder FTYR and at least one
              other worker 		12,389 1,050 8.5 11,413 833 7.3 256 45 17.7 720 172 23.9
          Householder FTYR plus at least one other
              FTYR worker, no part-time or part-year 		6,556 370 5.6 6,247 310 5.0 87 17 20.0 222 42 19.1
          Householder FTYR plus at least one
              part-time or part-year, no FTYR 		4,307 602 14.0 3,741 459 12.3 142 21 14.8 423 121 28.7
          Householder FTYR with both FTYR and a
              part-time or part-year worker 		1,526 79 5.2 1,425 64 4.5 26 7 (B) 74 8 (B)
 
Both husband and wife worked (11), (16) 		15,083 1,561 10.4 15,083 1,561 10.4 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Wife worked, husband did not work 759 311 41.0 759 311 41.0 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Husband worked, wife did not work 5,746 2,167 37.7 5,746 2,167 37.7 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
 
Both husband and wife FTYR (11), (16) 		7,379 322 4.4 7,379 322 4.4 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Wife FTYR, husband not FTYR 1,701 392 23.1 1,701 392 23.1 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Husband FTYR, wife not FTYR 10,320 2,187 21.2 10,320 2,187 21.2 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)

Poverty Footnotes

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