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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 200% of poverty (5) Percentage below 200% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 200% of poverty (5) Percentage below 200% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 200% of poverty (5) Percentage below 200% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 200% of poverty (5) Percentage below 200% 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 1,566 61.7 971 342 35.2 184 112 60.9 1,383 1,112 80.4
 
Families with a householder who did not work (16) 		595 526 88.5 159 108 67.9 38 34 (B) 398 385 96.7
Families with a working householder (16) 1,944 1,040 53.5 813 234 28.9 146 78 53.8 985 727 73.8
      Working householder and no other workers 1,071 789 73.6 143 83 58.0 129 70 54.4 800 636 79.5
      Working householder and at least one
              other worker 		872 251 28.8 670 152 22.6 17 8 (B) 185 91 49.3
          Householder plus one other worker 747 215 28.8 588 136 23.1 11 5 (B) 149 74 50.1
          Householder plus two or more other workers 125 36 28.9 82 16 19.6 6 3 (B) 37 17 (B)
 
Families with a householder who worked
  full-time year-round (FTYR) (16) 		1,239 502 40.5 605 135 22.3 99 44 44.9 535 323 60.3
      Householder FTYR and no other workers 596 362 60.7 107 54 50.7 92 43 46.8 397 264 66.6
      Householder FTYR and at least one
              other worker 		644 141 21.9 498 81 16.2 7 1 (B) 138 59 42.4
          Householder FTYR plus at least one other
              FTYR worker, no part-time or part-year 		395 59 14.8 336 44 13.1 1 1 (B) 58 13 (B)
          Householder FTYR plus at least one
              part-time or part-year, no FTYR 		195 76 39.0 124 35 28.5 4 0 (B) 67 41 (B)
          Householder FTYR with both FTYR and a
              part-time or part-year worker 		54 6 (B) 38 1 (B) 2 0 (B) 14 5 (B)
 
Both husband and wife worked (11), (16) 		653 146 22.4 653 146 22.4 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Wife worked, husband did not work 50 26 (B) 50 26 (B) (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Husband worked, wife did not work 229 140 61.2 229 140 61.2 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
 
Both husband and wife FTYR (11), (16) 		359 45 12.6 359 45 12.6 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Wife FTYR, husband not FTYR 105 34 32.8 105 34 32.8 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Husband FTYR, wife not FTYR 347 145 42.0 347 145 42.0 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)

Poverty Footnotes

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