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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, not Hispanic (12)
Families with householders under age 65, total
(Counts of families are obtained
by counting the householder from each family.) 		43,973 4,299 9.8 35,367 1,963 5.6 2,747 494 18.0 5,859 1,842 31.4
 
Families with a householder who did not work (16) 		7,527 1,930 25.6 6,005 993 16.5 454 230 50.7 1,067 707 66.2
Families with a working householder (16) 36,446 2,369 6.5 29,362 970 3.3 2,293 264 11.5 4,792 1,135 23.7
      Working householder and no other workers 8,623 1,719 19.9 4,219 491 11.6 1,301 224 17.2 3,103 1,004 32.4
      Working householder and at least one
              other worker 		27,823 650 2.3 25,143 479 1.9 992 39 4.0 1,688 131 7.8
          Householder plus one other worker 22,512 576 2.6 20,362 424 2.1 802 31 3.9 1,348 120 8.9
          Householder plus two or more other workers 5,311 74 1.4 4,781 55 1.2 190 8 4.1 340 11 3.3
 
Families with a householder who worked
  full-time year-round (FTYR) (16) 		26,864 905 3.4 22,080 434 2.0 1,660 105 6.3 3,125 367 11.7
      Householder FTYR and no other workers 6,163 687 11.1 3,299 261 7.9 935 96 10.3 1,928 330 17.1
      Householder FTYR and at least one
              other worker 		20,701 219 1.1 18,780 173 0.9 724 9 1.3 1,197 37 3.1
          Householder FTYR plus at least one other
              FTYR worker, no part-time or part-year 		11,921 54 0.5 11,155 48 0.4 342 2 0.6 425 4 1.0
          Householder FTYR plus at least one
              part-time or part-year, no FTYR 		6,406 156 2.4 5,381 118 2.2 337 6 1.9 688 31 4.5
          Householder FTYR with both FTYR and a
              part-time or part-year worker 		2,374 9 0.4 2,244 7 0.3 45 1 (B) 85 2 1.9
 
Both husband and wife worked (11), (16) 		24,499 426 1.7 24,499 426 1.7 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Wife worked, husband did not work 2,051 258 12.6 2,051 258 12.6 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Husband worked, wife did not work 7,106 715 10.1 7,106 715 10.1 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
 
Both husband and wife FTYR (11), (16) 		12,982 48 0.4 12,982 48 0.4 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Wife FTYR, husband not FTYR 3,543 152 4.3 3,543 152 4.3 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Husband FTYR, wife not FTYR 13,579 572 4.2 13,579 572 4.2 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)

Poverty Footnotes

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