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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 alone (12)
Families with householders under age 65, total
(Counts of families are obtained
by counting the householder from each family.) 		52,861 4,842 9.2 41,241 2,162 5.2 3,642 478 13.1 7,977 2,202 27.6
 
Families with a householder who did not work (16) 		9,357 2,331 24.9 7,156 1,078 15.1 579 249 43.1 1,622 1,004 61.9
Families with a working householder (16) 43,504 2,511 5.8 34,085 1,084 3.2 3,064 228 7.5 6,355 1,198 18.9
      Working householder and no other workers 11,059 1,864 16.9 5,337 619 11.6 1,629 190 11.7 4,093 1,054 25.8
      Working householder and at least one
              other worker 		32,445 647 2.0 28,748 465 1.6 1,435 38 2.7 2,262 144 6.4
          Householder plus one other worker 25,921 552 2.1 23,050 393 1.7 1,091 33 3.0 1,780 126 7.1
          Householder plus two or more other workers 6,524 95 1.5 5,698 72 1.3 343 5 1.6 482 18 3.7
 
Families with a householder who worked
  full-time year-round (FTYR) (16) 		31,715 876 2.8 25,463 485 1.9 2,162 72 3.3 4,090 320 7.8
      Householder FTYR and no other workers 7,838 671 8.6 4,152 334 8.0 1,163 58 5.0 2,523 280 11.1
      Householder FTYR and at least one
              other worker 		23,877 205 0.9 21,311 151 0.7 999 14 1.4 1,567 40 2.5
          Householder FTYR plus at least one other
              FTYR worker, no part-time or part-year 		13,730 53 0.4 12,622 42 0.3 519 4 0.8 589 7 1.3
          Householder FTYR plus at least one
              part-time or part-year, no FTYR 		7,319 145 2.0 6,067 103 1.7 400 10 2.5 851 32 3.8
          Householder FTYR with both FTYR and a
              part-time or part-year worker 		2,828 7 0.2 2,622 7 0.3 80 0 0.0 126 0 0.0
 
Both husband and wife worked (11), (16) 		27,823 398 1.4 27,823 398 1.4 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Wife worked, husband did not work 2,300 236 10.3 2,300 236 10.3 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Husband worked, wife did not work 9,151 956 10.4 9,151 956 10.4 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
 
Both husband and wife FTYR (11), (16) 		14,653 37 0.2 14,653 37 0.2 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Wife FTYR, husband not FTYR 4,021 120 3.0 4,021 120 3.0 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Husband FTYR, wife not FTYR 16,154 692 4.3 16,154 692 4.3 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)

Poverty Footnotes

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