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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 130% of poverty (5) Percentage below 130% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 130% of poverty (5) Percentage below 130% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 130% of poverty (5) Percentage below 130% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 130% of poverty (5) Percentage below 130% 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 3,182 23.5 10,243 1,454 14.2 854 259 30.4 2,470 1,468 59.5
 
Families with a householder who did not work (16) 		2,529 1,175 46.5 1,755 534 30.5 100 64 64.5 674 577 85.6
Families with a working householder (16) 11,038 2,006 18.2 8,488 919 10.8 754 195 25.9 1,796 892 49.7
      Working householder and no other workers 3,845 1,494 38.8 1,797 508 28.2 615 183 29.7 1,433 803 56.1
      Working householder and at least one
              other worker 		7,193 513 7.1 6,691 412 6.2 139 12 8.7 363 89 24.5
          Householder plus one other worker 6,407 448 7.0 6,029 366 6.1 100 8 8.1 278 74 26.7
          Householder plus two or more other workers 786 64 8.2 661 46 6.9 40 4 (B) 85 14 17.1
 
Families with a householder who worked
  full-time year-round (FTYR) (16) 		7,559 817 10.8 6,132 473 7.7 518 86 16.5 909 259 28.5
      Householder FTYR and no other workers 2,607 644 24.7 1,479 336 22.7 425 79 18.6 704 229 32.5
      Householder FTYR and at least one
              other worker 		4,952 173 3.5 4,653 136 2.9 94 6 6.9 206 30 14.6
          Householder FTYR plus at least one other
              FTYR worker, no part-time or part-year 		2,875 52 1.8 2,728 41 1.5 51 5 (B) 96 6 6.2
          Householder FTYR plus at least one
              part-time or part-year, no FTYR 		1,785 109 6.1 1,666 86 5.2 31 0 (B) 88 23 25.6
          Householder FTYR with both FTYR and a
              part-time or part-year worker 		293 13 4.3 259 10 3.7 12 1 (B) 22 2 (B)
 
Both husband and wife worked (11), (16) 		6,485 374 5.8 6,485 374 5.8 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Wife worked, husband did not work 255 83 32.3 255 83 32.3 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Husband worked, wife did not work 3,317 871 26.3 3,317 871 26.3 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
 
Both husband and wife FTYR (11), (16) 		2,865 41 1.4 2,865 41 1.4 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Wife FTYR, husband not FTYR 680 70 10.3 680 70 10.3 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Husband FTYR, wife not FTYR 5,334 727 13.6 5,334 727 13.6 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)

Poverty Footnotes

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