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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 185% of poverty (5) Percentage below 185% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 185% of poverty (5) Percentage below 185% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 185% of poverty (5) Percentage below 185% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 185% of poverty (5) Percentage below 185% 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 4,771 35.2 10,243 2,542 24.8 854 416 48.7 2,470 1,814 73.4
 
Families with a householder who did not work (16) 		2,529 1,510 59.7 1,755 823 46.9 100 79 79.6 674 609 90.3
Families with a working householder (16) 11,038 3,261 29.5 8,488 1,719 20.3 754 336 44.6 1,796 1,205 67.1
      Working householder and no other workers 3,845 2,115 55.0 1,797 766 42.6 615 297 48.3 1,433 1,052 73.4
      Working householder and at least one
              other worker 		7,193 1,146 15.9 6,691 953 14.2 139 39 28.2 363 154 42.3
          Householder plus one other worker 6,407 971 15.1 6,029 819 13.6 100 29 29.0 278 123 44.1
          Householder plus two or more other workers 786 175 22.3 661 134 20.3 40 10 (B) 85 31 36.4
 
Families with a householder who worked
  full-time year-round (FTYR) (16) 		7,559 1,617 21.4 6,132 965 15.7 518 186 35.9 909 466 51.2
      Householder FTYR and no other workers 2,607 1,116 42.8 1,479 549 37.1 425 164 38.7 704 404 57.4
      Householder FTYR and at least one
              other worker 		4,952 500 10.1 4,653 416 8.9 94 22 23.3 206 62 30.3
          Householder FTYR plus at least one other
              FTYR worker, no part-time or part-year 		2,875 177 6.1 2,728 141 5.2 51 14 (B) 96 22 22.5
          Householder FTYR plus at least one
              part-time or part-year, no FTYR 		1,785 282 15.8 1,666 241 14.5 31 4 (B) 88 36 40.7
          Householder FTYR with both FTYR and a
              part-time or part-year worker 		293 42 14.4 259 34 13.3 12 3 (B) 22 5 (B)
 
Both husband and wife worked (11), (16) 		6,485 869 13.4 6,485 869 13.4 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Wife worked, husband did not work 255 127 49.9 255 127 49.9 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Husband worked, wife did not work 3,317 1,399 42.2 3,317 1,399 42.2 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
 
Both husband and wife FTYR (11), (16) 		2,865 149 5.2 2,865 149 5.2 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Wife FTYR, husband not FTYR 680 175 25.7 680 175 25.7 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Husband FTYR, wife not FTYR 5,334 1,380 25.9 5,334 1,380 25.9 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)

Poverty Footnotes

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