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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 200% of poverty (5) Percentage below 200% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 200% of poverty (5) Percentage below 200% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 200% of poverty (5) Percentage below 200% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 200% of poverty (5) Percentage below 200% 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 5,817 24.6 17,750 2,764 15.6 1,538 602 39.1 4,368 2,452 56.1
 
Families with a householder who did not work (16) 		3,684 1,815 49.3 2,559 920 35.9 238 168 70.5 887 728 82.0
Families with a working householder (16) 19,973 4,002 20.0 15,192 1,844 12.1 1,300 434 33.4 3,481 1,724 49.5
      Working householder and no other workers 5,923 2,536 42.8 2,144 653 30.5 1,050 389 37.0 2,730 1,494 54.7
      Working householder and at least one
              other worker 		14,050 1,466 10.4 13,048 1,191 9.1 251 45 18.1 751 230 30.6
          Householder plus one other worker 11,276 1,235 11.0 10,525 1,007 9.6 182 33 18.0 569 195 34.3
          Householder plus two or more other workers 2,774 231 8.3 2,523 184 7.3 69 13 (B) 182 35 19.1
 
Families with a householder who worked
  full-time year-round (FTYR) (16) 		14,568 2,017 13.8 11,460 1,016 8.9 954 244 25.6 2,154 757 35.1
      Householder FTYR and no other workers 4,258 1,342 31.5 1,814 452 24.9 777 225 29.0 1,668 665 39.9
      Householder FTYR and at least one
              other worker 		10,310 675 6.5 9,646 564 5.8 177 19 10.9 486 92 18.9
          Householder FTYR plus at least one other
              FTYR worker, no part-time or part-year 		5,410 202 3.7 5,244 183 3.5 45 4 (B) 122 16 12.9
          Householder FTYR plus at least one
              part-time or part-year, no FTYR 		3,672 433 11.8 3,238 347 10.7 121 13 10.9 313 73 23.2
          Householder FTYR with both FTYR and a
              part-time or part-year worker 		1,228 40 3.3 1,165 34 2.9 11 2 (B) 51 3 (B)
 
Both husband and wife worked (11), (16) 		12,680 1,094 8.6 12,680 1,094 8.6 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Wife worked, husband did not work 622 251 40.3 622 251 40.3 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Husband worked, wife did not work 4,090 1,165 28.5 4,090 1,165 28.5 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
 
Both husband and wife FTYR (11), (16) 		6,240 201 3.2 6,240 201 3.2 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Wife FTYR, husband not FTYR 1,376 299 21.7 1,376 299 21.7 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Husband FTYR, wife not FTYR 8,266 1,323 16.0 8,266 1,323 16.0 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)

Poverty Footnotes

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