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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)

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 3,744 27.6 10,243 1,822 17.8 854 315 36.9 2,470 1,607 65.1
 
Families with a householder who did not work (16) 		2,529 1,306 51.7 1,755 649 37.0 100 68 68.1 674 589 87.5
Families with a working householder (16) 11,038 2,438 22.1 8,488 1,173 13.8 754 247 32.8 1,796 1,017 56.7
      Working householder and no other workers 3,845 1,736 45.1 1,797 602 33.5 615 224 36.4 1,433 910 63.5
      Working householder and at least one
              other worker 		7,193 702 9.8 6,691 571 8.5 139 23 16.8 363 108 29.7
          Householder plus one other worker 6,407 615 9.6 6,029 505 8.4 100 18 17.8 278 93 33.3
          Householder plus two or more other workers 786 87 11.1 661 66 10.0 40 6 (B) 85 15 17.7
 
Families with a householder who worked
  full-time year-round (FTYR) (16) 		7,559 1,075 14.2 6,132 619 10.1 518 118 22.9 909 338 37.1
      Householder FTYR and no other workers 2,607 813 31.2 1,479 407 27.5 425 108 25.3 704 298 42.4
      Householder FTYR and at least one
              other worker 		4,952 263 5.3 4,653 213 4.6 94 11 11.7 206 39 19.1
          Householder FTYR plus at least one other
              FTYR worker, no part-time or part-year 		2,875 87 3.0 2,728 68 2.5 51 7 (B) 96 12 12.7
          Householder FTYR plus at least one
              part-time or part-year, no FTYR 		1,785 155 8.7 1,666 127 7.6 31 2 (B) 88 25 28.8
          Householder FTYR with both FTYR and a
              part-time or part-year worker 		293 20 6.9 259 17 6.6 12 1 (B) 22 2 (B)
 
Both husband and wife worked (11), (16) 		6,485 511 7.9 6,485 511 7.9 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Wife worked, husband did not work 255 100 39.0 255 100 39.0 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Husband worked, wife did not work 3,317 1,075 32.4 3,317 1,075 32.4 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
 
Both husband and wife FTYR (11), (16) 		2,865 67 2.3 2,865 67 2.3 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Wife FTYR, husband not FTYR 680 96 14.1 680 96 14.1 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Husband FTYR, wife not FTYR 5,334 944 17.7 5,334 944 17.7 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)

Poverty Footnotes

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