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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)

Black A.O.I.C. (12)
Families with related children under 6, total (13)
(Counts of families are obtained
by counting the householder from each family.) 		2,634 1,562 59.3 1,024 327 32.0 191 116 60.5 1,418 1,119 78.9
 
Families with a householder who did not work (16) 		613 537 87.6 165 109 65.8 38 34 (B) 410 394 96.3
Families with a working householder (16) 2,021 1,025 50.7 859 219 25.5 153 82 53.5 1,008 724 71.8
      Working householder and no other workers 1,103 794 72.0 150 86 56.9 134 72 53.5 818 636 77.8
      Working householder and at least one
              other worker 		917 231 25.2 708 133 18.8 19 10 (B) 190 88 46.4
          Householder plus one other worker 790 196 24.8 624 116 18.6 13 7 (B) 153 73 47.5
          Householder plus two or more other workers 127 35 28.0 84 17 20.2 6 3 (B) 37 15 (B)
 
Families with a householder who worked
  full-time year-round (FTYR) (16) 		1,286 476 37.0 638 118 18.6 102 44 42.9 546 314 57.4
      Householder FTYR and no other workers 614 357 58.1 114 57 49.7 95 42 44.6 405 258 63.6
      Householder FTYR and at least one
              other worker 		672 119 17.7 524 62 11.8 7 1 (B) 141 56 39.6
          Householder FTYR plus at least one other
              FTYR worker, no part-time or part-year 		412 46 11.2 350 32 9.0 1 1 (B) 60 13 (B)
          Householder FTYR plus at least one
              part-time or part-year, no FTYR 		205 68 33.2 134 29 21.3 4 0 (B) 67 39 (B)
          Householder FTYR with both FTYR and a
              part-time or part-year worker 		55 5 (B) 40 1 (B) 2 0 (B) 14 3 (B)
 
Both husband and wife worked (11), (16) 		692 128 18.4 692 128 18.4 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Wife worked, husband did not work 50 24 (B) 50 24 (B) (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Husband worked, wife did not work 241 146 60.6 241 146 60.6 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
 
Both husband and wife FTYR (11), (16) 		373 33 8.8 373 33 8.8 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Wife FTYR, husband not FTYR 109 33 30.0 109 33 30.0 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Husband FTYR, wife not FTYR 376 145 38.5 376 145 38.5 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)

Poverty Footnotes

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