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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)

Black alone (12)
Families with related children under 6, total (13)
(Counts of families are obtained
by counting the householder from each family.) 		2,538 1,330 52.4 971 243 25.0 184 87 47.1 1,383 1,001 72.3
 
Families with a householder who did not work (16) 		595 493 82.9 159 89 55.8 38 31 (B) 398 374 94.0
Families with a working householder (16) 1,944 837 43.1 813 155 19.0 146 56 38.3 985 626 63.6
      Working householder and no other workers 1,071 683 63.8 143 66 46.2 129 51 39.3 800 567 70.8
      Working householder and at least one
              other worker 		872 154 17.6 670 89 13.2 17 5 (B) 185 60 32.3
          Householder plus one other worker 747 130 17.3 588 77 13.1 11 4 (B) 149 49 32.8
          Householder plus two or more other workers 125 24 19.4 82 12 14.4 6 1 (B) 37 11 (B)
 
Families with a householder who worked
  full-time year-round (FTYR) (16) 		1,239 340 27.4 605 76 12.6 99 25 25.7 535 238 44.4
      Householder FTYR and no other workers 596 271 45.5 107 40 37.5 92 25 27.7 397 206 51.8
      Householder FTYR and at least one
              other worker 		644 68 10.6 498 36 7.3 7 0 (B) 138 32 23.1
          Householder FTYR plus at least one other
              FTYR worker, no part-time or part-year 		395 21 5.3 336 15 4.3 1 0 (B) 58 6 (B)
          Householder FTYR plus at least one
              part-time or part-year, no FTYR 		195 46 23.7 124 21 16.5 4 0 (B) 67 26 (B)
          Householder FTYR with both FTYR and a
              part-time or part-year worker 		54 1 (B) 38 1 (B) 2 0 (B) 14 0 (B)
 
Both husband and wife worked (11), (16) 		653 86 13.1 653 86 13.1 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Wife worked, husband did not work 50 23 (B) 50 23 (B) (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Husband worked, wife did not work 229 111 48.5 229 111 48.5 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
 
Both husband and wife FTYR (11), (16) 		359 16 4.4 359 16 4.4 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Wife FTYR, husband not FTYR 105 27 25.3 105 27 25.3 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Husband FTYR, wife not FTYR 347 102 29.3 347 102 29.3 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)

Poverty Footnotes

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