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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)

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 3,185 55.2 2,208 646 29.2 438 248 56.7 3,119 2,291 73.5
 
Families with a householder who did not work (16) 		1,248 1,047 83.9 347 222 64.1 107 87 81.1 795 738 92.9
Families with a working householder (16) 4,517 2,138 47.3 1,862 424 22.8 331 162 48.9 2,324 1,553 66.8
      Working householder and no other workers 2,451 1,635 66.7 280 147 52.7 266 139 52.2 1,905 1,348 70.8
      Working householder and at least one
              other worker 		2,066 503 24.4 1,582 276 17.5 65 23 (B) 419 204 48.7
          Householder plus one other worker 1,703 444 26.1 1,308 248 19.0 53 18 (B) 342 178 52.0
          Householder plus two or more other workers 363 59 16.3 274 28 10.3 12 5 (B) 77 26 34.0
 
Families with a householder who worked
  full-time year-round (FTYR) (16) 		3,134 1,151 36.7 1,443 252 17.4 234 93 39.7 1,457 806 55.3
      Householder FTYR and no other workers 1,552 854 55.0 213 96 44.8 197 86 43.7 1,142 672 58.9
      Householder FTYR and at least one
              other worker 		1,583 297 18.7 1,230 156 12.7 37 7 (B) 315 133 42.4
          Householder FTYR plus at least one other
              FTYR worker, no part-time or part-year 		978 114 11.7 837 76 9.1 20 7 (B) 121 31 25.2
          Householder FTYR plus at least one
              part-time or part-year, no FTYR 		441 174 39.3 257 75 29.4 15 0 (B) 170 98 57.8
          Householder FTYR with both FTYR and a
              part-time or part-year worker 		163 9 5.5 136 4 3.1 3 0 (B) 24 5 (B)
 
Both husband and wife worked (11), (16) 		1,524 246 16.2 1,524 246 16.2 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Wife worked, husband did not work 161 90 56.2 161 90 56.2 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Husband worked, wife did not work 418 223 53.4 418 223 53.4 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
 
Both husband and wife FTYR (11), (16) 		939 77 8.2 939 77 8.2 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Wife FTYR, husband not FTYR 277 96 34.5 277 96 34.5 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Husband FTYR, wife not FTYR 660 246 37.2 660 246 37.2 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)

Poverty Footnotes

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