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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 130% of poverty (5) Percentage below 130% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 130% of poverty (5) Percentage below 130% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 130% of poverty (5) Percentage below 130% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 130% of poverty (5) Percentage below 130% of poverty (6)

All races (12)
Families with householders under age 65, total
(Counts of families are obtained
by counting the householder from each family.) 		65,894 10,319 15.7 48,556 4,264 8.8 4,804 1,014 21.1 12,535 5,041 40.2
 
Families with a householder who did not work (16) 		12,070 4,416 36.6 8,509 1,957 23.0 835 438 52.4 2,726 2,021 74.1
Families with a working householder (16) 53,825 5,904 11.0 40,047 2,307 5.8 3,969 576 14.5 9,809 3,020 30.8
      Working householder and no other workers 15,089 4,318 28.6 6,369 1,220 19.2 2,132 468 22.0 6,588 2,630 39.9
      Working householder and at least one
              other worker 		38,736 1,585 4.1 33,678 1,087 3.2 1,837 108 5.9 3,221 391 12.1
          Householder plus one other worker 30,995 1,362 4.4 27,102 940 3.5 1,378 85 6.2 2,515 337 13.4
          Householder plus two or more other workers 7,741 223 2.9 6,576 147 2.2 459 23 5.0 706 53 7.6
 
Families with a householder who worked
  full-time year-round (FTYR) (16) 		39,183 2,473 6.3 30,099 1,135 3.8 2,774 234 8.4 6,310 1,103 17.5
      Householder FTYR and no other workers 10,538 1,869 17.7 4,966 722 14.5 1,514 192 12.7 4,057 955 23.5
      Householder FTYR and at least one
              other worker 		28,646 604 2.1 25,133 413 1.6 1,260 42 3.4 2,252 148 6.6
          Householder FTYR plus at least one other
              FTYR worker, no part-time or part-year 		16,653 185 1.1 15,111 137 0.9 673 17 2.5 869 31 3.5
          Householder FTYR plus at least one
              part-time or part-year, no FTYR 		8,662 387 4.5 6,989 252 3.6 479 20 4.1 1,195 115 9.7
          Householder FTYR with both FTYR and a
              part-time or part-year worker 		3,330 32 0.9 3,033 24 0.8 109 6 5.2 188 2 0.9
 
Both husband and wife worked (11), (16) 		32,554 938 2.9 32,554 938 2.9 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Wife worked, husband did not work 2,848 457 16.0 2,848 457 16.0 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Husband worked, wife did not work 10,748 1,910 17.8 10,748 1,910 17.8 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
 
Both husband and wife FTYR (11), (16) 		17,425 129 0.7 17,425 129 0.7 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Wife FTYR, husband not FTYR 4,927 308 6.3 4,927 308 6.3 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Husband FTYR, wife not FTYR 18,591 1,566 8.4 18,591 1,566 8.4 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)

Poverty Footnotes

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