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POV17: Families With Householders Under Age 65 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 100% of poverty (5) Percentage below 100% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 100% of poverty (5) Percentage below 100% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 100% of poverty (5) Percentage below 100% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 100% of poverty (5) Percentage below 100% of poverty (6)

White A.O.I.C. (12)
Families with householders under age 65, total
(Counts of families are obtained
by counting the householder from each family.) 		53,609 4,961 9.3 41,727 2,206 5.3 3,720 489 13.2 8,161 2,266 27.8
 
Families with a householder who did not work (16) 		9,517 2,407 25.3 7,251 1,103 15.2 593 257 43.3 1,673 1,047 62.6
Families with a working householder (16) 44,092 2,554 5.8 34,476 1,103 3.2 3,127 232 7.4 6,489 1,219 18.8
      Working householder and no other workers 11,231 1,894 16.9 5,399 629 11.6 1,661 194 11.7 4,172 1,071 25.7
      Working householder and at least one
              other worker 		32,860 661 2.0 29,077 474 1.6 1,467 38 2.6 2,317 148 6.4
          Householder plus one other worker 26,250 563 2.1 23,317 401 1.7 1,115 33 3.0 1,818 129 7.1
          Householder plus two or more other workers 6,610 98 1.5 5,760 73 1.3 352 5 1.5 499 20 3.9
 
Families with a householder who worked
  full-time year-round (FTYR) (16) 		32,118 894 2.8 25,743 494 1.9 2,197 72 3.3 4,177 328 7.8
      Householder FTYR and no other workers 7,954 684 8.6 4,201 340 8.1 1,180 58 4.9 2,572 287 11.1
      Householder FTYR and at least one
              other worker 		24,164 210 0.9 21,542 155 0.7 1,017 14 1.4 1,605 41 2.6
          Householder FTYR plus at least one other
              FTYR worker, no part-time or part-year 		13,892 53 0.4 12,755 42 0.3 532 4 0.8 606 7 1.2
          Householder FTYR plus at least one
              part-time or part-year, no FTYR 		7,410 150 2.0 6,137 106 1.7 404 10 2.6 868 34 3.9
          Householder FTYR with both FTYR and a
              part-time or part-year worker 		2,863 7 0.2 2,650 7 0.3 81 0 0.0 131 0 0.0
 
Both husband and wife worked (11), (16) 		28,139 404 1.4 28,139 404 1.4 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Wife worked, husband did not work 2,327 240 10.3 2,327 240 10.3 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Husband worked, wife did not work 9,267 973 10.5 9,267 973 10.5 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
 
Both husband and wife FTYR (11), (16) 		14,803 37 0.3 14,803 37 0.3 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Wife FTYR, husband not FTYR 4,074 120 2.9 4,074 120 2.9 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Husband FTYR, wife not FTYR 16,354 706 4.3 16,354 706 4.3 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)

Poverty Footnotes

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