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POV16: Families With Related Children Under 6 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 100% of poverty (5) Percentage below 100% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 100% of poverty (5) Percentage below 100% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 100% of poverty (5) Percentage below 100% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 100% of poverty (5) Percentage below 100% of poverty (6)

White alone (12)
Families with related children under 6, total (13)
(Counts of families are obtained
by counting the householder from each family.) 		13,567 2,239 16.5 10,243 911 8.9 854 167 19.6 2,470 1,161 47.0
 
Families with a householder who did not work (16) 		2,529 938 37.1 1,755 368 21.0 100 55 55.1 674 515 76.4
Families with a working householder (16) 11,038 1,301 11.8 8,488 543 6.4 754 112 14.9 1,796 646 36.0
      Working householder and no other workers 3,845 1,022 26.6 1,797 321 17.9 615 109 17.8 1,433 591 41.3
      Working householder and at least one
              other worker 		7,193 279 3.9 6,691 221 3.3 139 3 2.2 363 55 15.1
          Householder plus one other worker 6,407 247 3.9 6,029 197 3.3 100 3 3.0 278 47 16.9
          Householder plus two or more other workers 786 32 4.1 661 24 3.6 40 0 (B) 85 8 9.5
 
Families with a householder who worked
  full-time year-round (FTYR) (16) 		7,559 435 5.8 6,132 259 4.2 518 34 6.5 909 143 15.8
      Householder FTYR and no other workers 2,607 357 13.7 1,479 199 13.5 425 33 7.7 704 125 17.8
      Householder FTYR and at least one
              other worker 		4,952 78 1.6 4,653 59 1.3 94 1 0.7 206 18 8.8
          Householder FTYR plus at least one other
              FTYR worker, no part-time or part-year 		2,875 17 0.6 2,728 14 0.5 51 1 (B) 96 3 3.5
          Householder FTYR plus at least one
              part-time or part-year, no FTYR 		1,785 58 3.3 1,666 43 2.6 31 0 (B) 88 15 16.8
          Householder FTYR with both FTYR and a
              part-time or part-year worker 		293 3 0.9 259 3 1.1 12 0 (B) 22 0 (B)
 
Both husband and wife worked (11), (16) 		6,485 200 3.1 6,485 200 3.1 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Wife worked, husband did not work 255 58 22.8 255 58 22.8 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Husband worked, wife did not work 3,317 552 16.6 3,317 552 16.6 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
 
Both husband and wife FTYR (11), (16) 		2,865 14 0.5 2,865 14 0.5 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Wife FTYR, husband not FTYR 680 42 6.2 680 42 6.2 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Husband FTYR, wife not FTYR 5,334 408 7.6 5,334 408 7.6 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)

Poverty Footnotes

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