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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 150% of poverty (5) Percentage below 150% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 150% of poverty (5) Percentage below 150% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 150% of poverty (5) Percentage below 150% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 150% of poverty (5) Percentage below 150% of poverty (6)

All races (12)
Families with related children under 6, total (13)
(Counts of families are obtained
by counting the householder from each family.) 		17,532 5,486 31.3 12,295 2,295 18.7 1,122 436 38.9 4,115 2,755 67.0
 
Families with a householder who did not work (16) 		3,408 1,945 57.1 2,120 816 38.5 145 104 72.0 1,143 1,024 89.6
Families with a working householder (16) 14,124 3,542 25.1 10,175 1,479 14.5 977 332 34.0 2,972 1,731 58.2
      Working householder and no other workers 5,351 2,611 48.8 2,173 760 35.0 803 299 37.3 2,375 1,552 65.3
      Working householder and at least one
              other worker 		8,773 931 10.6 8,002 719 9.0 174 33 18.7 596 179 30.1
          Householder plus one other worker 7,753 810 10.4 7,177 636 8.9 121 24 19.5 455 150 33.0
          Householder plus two or more other workers 1,020 121 11.9 826 83 10.1 53 9 (B) 142 29 20.7
 
Families with a householder who worked
  full-time year-round (FTYR) (16) 		9,634 1,541 16.0 7,402 776 10.5 671 156 23.3 1,561 610 39.0
      Householder FTYR and no other workers 3,510 1,181 33.6 1,770 500 28.3 559 145 25.9 1,180 536 45.4
      Householder FTYR and at least one
              other worker 		6,124 360 5.9 5,631 276 4.9 111 11 9.8 381 74 19.4
          Householder FTYR plus at least one other
              FTYR worker, no part-time or part-year 		3,606 119 3.3 3,374 94 2.8 60 7 (B) 172 19 10.8
          Householder FTYR plus at least one
              part-time or part-year, no FTYR 		2,132 219 10.3 1,929 163 8.5 35 2 (B) 168 53 31.8
          Householder FTYR with both FTYR and a
              part-time or part-year worker 		385 22 5.7 328 18 5.6 16 1 (B) 41 2 (B)
 
Both husband and wife worked (11), (16) 		7,758 649 8.4 7,758 649 8.4 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Wife worked, husband did not work 336 136 40.6 336 136 40.6 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Husband worked, wife did not work 3,935 1,318 33.5 3,935 1,318 33.5 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
 
Both husband and wife FTYR (11), (16) 		3,538 93 2.6 3,538 93 2.6 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Wife FTYR, husband not FTYR 861 134 15.6 861 134 15.6 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Husband FTYR, wife not FTYR 6,210 1,151 18.5 6,210 1,151 18.5 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)

Poverty Footnotes

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