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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)

White alone (12)
Families with householders under age 65, total
(Counts of families are obtained
by counting the householder from each family.) 		52,861 7,019 13.3 41,241 3,382 8.2 3,642 713 19.6 7,977 2,923 36.6
 
Families with a householder who did not work (16) 		9,357 2,982 31.9 7,156 1,528 21.4 579 298 51.5 1,622 1,155 71.2
Families with a working householder (16) 43,504 4,037 9.3 34,085 1,854 5.4 3,064 415 13.5 6,355 1,768 27.8
      Working householder and no other workers 11,059 2,834 25.6 5,337 978 18.3 1,629 329 20.2 4,093 1,527 37.3
      Working householder and at least one
              other worker 		32,445 1,203 3.7 28,748 876 3.0 1,435 86 6.0 2,262 241 10.6
          Householder plus one other worker 25,921 1,018 3.9 23,050 747 3.2 1,091 64 5.9 1,780 207 11.6
          Householder plus two or more other workers 6,524 185 2.8 5,698 129 2.3 343 22 6.4 482 34 7.0
 
Families with a householder who worked
  full-time year-round (FTYR) (16) 		31,715 1,711 5.4 25,463 913 3.6 2,162 176 8.1 4,090 622 15.2
      Householder FTYR and no other workers 7,838 1,270 16.2 4,152 586 14.1 1,163 143 12.3 2,523 541 21.4
      Householder FTYR and at least one
              other worker 		23,877 441 1.8 21,311 328 1.5 999 33 3.3 1,567 81 5.2
          Householder FTYR plus at least one other
              FTYR worker, no part-time or part-year 		13,730 129 0.9 12,622 101 0.8 519 12 2.3 589 16 2.7
          Householder FTYR plus at least one
              part-time or part-year, no FTYR 		7,319 283 3.9 6,067 205 3.4 400 15 3.7 851 63 7.4
          Householder FTYR with both FTYR and a
              part-time or part-year worker 		2,828 29 1.0 2,622 22 0.8 80 6 7.1 126 2 1.3
 
Both husband and wife worked (11), (16) 		27,823 754 2.7 27,823 754 2.7 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Wife worked, husband did not work 2,300 340 14.8 2,300 340 14.8 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Husband worked, wife did not work 9,151 1,564 17.1 9,151 1,564 17.1 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
 
Both husband and wife FTYR (11), (16) 		14,653 95 0.6 14,653 95 0.6 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Wife FTYR, husband not FTYR 4,021 218 5.4 4,021 218 5.4 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Husband FTYR, wife not FTYR 16,154 1,292 8.0 16,154 1,292 8.0 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)

Poverty Footnotes

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