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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, not Hispanic (12)
Families with related children under 6, total (13)
(Counts of families are obtained
by counting the householder from each family.) 		10,153 2,724 26.8 7,926 1,332 16.8 609 274 45.1 1,618 1,118 69.1
 
Families with a householder who did not work (16) 		1,712 859 50.2 1,251 464 37.1 77 59 76.8 384 337 87.6
Families with a working householder (16) 8,441 1,865 22.1 6,675 868 13.0 532 216 40.5 1,234 781 63.3
      Working householder and no other workers 2,710 1,254 46.3 1,232 344 27.9 449 203 45.3 1,029 707 68.7
      Working householder and at least one
              other worker 		5,731 611 10.7 5,443 524 9.6 83 12 14.5 205 74 36.4
          Householder plus one other worker 5,263 560 10.6 5,037 484 9.6 64 11 (B) 162 66 40.4
          Householder plus two or more other workers 467 51 11.0 406 41 10.0 19 2 (B) 43 9 (B)
 
Families with a householder who worked
  full-time year-round (FTYR) (16) 		5,894 865 14.7 4,904 466 9.5 367 123 33.4 622 276 44.4
      Householder FTYR and no other workers 1,868 616 33.0 1,048 243 23.2 313 117 37.3 508 256 50.4
      Householder FTYR and at least one
              other worker 		4,026 249 6.2 3,857 223 5.8 55 6 (B) 114 20 17.8
          Householder FTYR plus at least one other
              FTYR worker, no part-time or part-year 		2,357 70 3.0 2,284 65 2.9 23 2 (B) 50 3 (B)
          Householder FTYR plus at least one
              part-time or part-year, no FTYR 		1,487 171 11.5 1,408 151 10.7 27 4 (B) 52 16 (B)
          Householder FTYR with both FTYR and a
              part-time or part-year worker 		182 8 4.4 165 6 3.9 5 0 (B) 12 2 (B)
 
Both husband and wife worked (11), (16) 		5,341 492 9.2 5,341 492 9.2 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Wife worked, husband did not work 198 87 44.1 198 87 44.1 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Husband worked, wife did not work 2,263 654 28.9 2,263 654 28.9 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
 
Both husband and wife FTYR (11), (16) 		2,393 68 2.8 2,393 68 2.8 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Wife FTYR, husband not FTYR 514 100 19.5 514 100 19.5 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Husband FTYR, wife not FTYR 4,123 700 17.0 4,123 700 17.0 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)

Poverty Footnotes

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