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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, not Hispanic (12)
Families with related children under 18 years, total (13)
(Counts of families are obtained
by counting the householder from each family.) 		23,657 5,266 22.3 17,750 2,401 13.5 1,538 544 35.3 4,368 2,321 53.1
 
Families with a householder who did not work (16) 		3,684 1,736 47.1 2,559 849 33.2 238 165 69.2 887 722 81.4
Families with a working householder (16) 19,973 3,530 17.7 15,192 1,551 10.2 1,300 379 29.2 3,481 1,599 45.9
      Working householder and no other workers 5,923 2,312 39.0 2,144 578 27.0 1,050 341 32.5 2,730 1,392 51.0
      Working householder and at least one
              other worker 		14,050 1,218 8.7 13,048 973 7.5 251 38 15.0 751 207 27.6
          Householder plus one other worker 11,276 1,032 9.2 10,525 824 7.8 182 30 16.3 569 178 31.3
          Householder plus two or more other workers 2,774 186 6.7 2,523 149 5.9 69 8 (B) 182 29 16.0
 
Families with a householder who worked
  full-time year-round (FTYR) (16) 		14,568 1,705 11.7 11,460 835 7.3 954 205 21.5 2,154 665 30.9
      Householder FTYR and no other workers 4,258 1,172 27.5 1,814 393 21.7 777 191 24.7 1,668 588 35.3
      Householder FTYR and at least one
              other worker 		10,310 533 5.2 9,646 442 4.6 177 13 7.4 486 77 15.9
          Householder FTYR plus at least one other
              FTYR worker, no part-time or part-year 		5,410 142 2.6 5,244 131 2.5 45 4 (B) 122 7 5.8
          Householder FTYR plus at least one
              part-time or part-year, no FTYR 		3,672 364 9.9 3,238 289 8.9 121 9 7.1 313 67 21.4
          Householder FTYR with both FTYR and a
              part-time or part-year worker 		1,228 27 2.2 1,165 22 1.9 11 1 (B) 51 3 (B)
 
Both husband and wife worked (11), (16) 		12,680 890 7.0 12,680 890 7.0 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Wife worked, husband did not work 622 221 35.5 622 221 35.5 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Husband worked, wife did not work 4,090 1,046 25.6 4,090 1,046 25.6 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
 
Both husband and wife FTYR (11), (16) 		6,240 140 2.2 6,240 140 2.2 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Wife FTYR, husband not FTYR 1,376 258 18.8 1,376 258 18.8 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Husband FTYR, wife not FTYR 8,266 1,128 13.6 8,266 1,128 13.6 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)

Poverty Footnotes

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