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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)

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 3,027 52.5 2,208 576 26.1 438 239 54.5 3,119 2,212 70.9
 
Families with a householder who did not work (16) 		1,248 1,027 82.3 347 208 60.2 107 87 81.1 795 731 92.0
Families with a working householder (16) 4,517 2,001 44.3 1,862 368 19.8 331 152 45.9 2,324 1,481 63.7
      Working householder and no other workers 2,451 1,564 63.8 280 137 48.9 266 129 48.6 1,905 1,298 68.1
      Working householder and at least one
              other worker 		2,066 436 21.1 1,582 231 14.6 65 23 (B) 419 183 43.6
          Householder plus one other worker 1,703 381 22.4 1,308 205 15.7 53 18 (B) 342 158 46.2
          Householder plus two or more other workers 363 55 15.3 274 26 9.5 12 5 (B) 77 25 32.0
 
Families with a householder who worked
  full-time year-round (FTYR) (16) 		3,134 1,039 33.2 1,443 211 14.6 234 83 35.6 1,457 745 51.1
      Householder FTYR and no other workers 1,552 795 51.2 213 88 41.2 197 76 38.8 1,142 631 55.3
      Householder FTYR and at least one
              other worker 		1,583 244 15.4 1,230 123 10.0 37 7 (B) 315 114 36.2
          Householder FTYR plus at least one other
              FTYR worker, no part-time or part-year 		978 91 9.3 837 57 6.8 20 7 (B) 121 27 22.4
          Householder FTYR plus at least one
              part-time or part-year, no FTYR 		441 146 33.1 257 62 24.2 15 0 (B) 170 84 49.4
          Householder FTYR with both FTYR and a
              part-time or part-year worker 		163 7 4.6 136 4 3.1 3 0 (B) 24 3 (B)
 
Both husband and wife worked (11), (16) 		1,524 203 13.4 1,524 203 13.4 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Wife worked, husband did not work 161 83 51.4 161 83 51.4 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Husband worked, wife did not work 418 208 49.7 418 208 49.7 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
 
Both husband and wife FTYR (11), (16) 		939 57 6.1 939 57 6.1 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Wife FTYR, husband not FTYR 277 88 31.7 277 88 31.7 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Husband FTYR, wife not FTYR 660 216 32.8 660 216 32.8 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)

Poverty Footnotes

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