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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)

Black A.O.I.C. (12)
Families with householders under age 65, total
(Counts of families are obtained
by counting the householder from each family.) 		8,535 2,569 30.1 3,917 469 12.0 774 222 28.6 3,844 1,879 48.9
 
Families with a householder who did not work (16) 		1,857 1,106 59.5 738 234 31.7 185 107 57.7 933 765 81.9
Families with a working householder (16) 6,678 1,463 21.9 3,178 235 7.4 589 115 19.5 2,911 1,114 38.3
      Working householder and no other workers 2,996 1,212 40.5 487 120 24.7 352 102 29.0 2,157 990 45.9
      Working householder and at least one
              other worker 		3,682 251 6.8 2,691 115 4.3 237 13 5.4 754 124 16.4
          Householder plus one other worker 3,055 229 7.5 2,249 107 4.7 191 12 6.3 616 110 17.9
          Householder plus two or more other workers 627 22 3.6 442 8 1.8 46 1 (B) 138 14 10.0
 
Families with a householder who worked
  full-time year-round (FTYR) (16) 		4,745 591 12.5 2,486 121 4.9 394 38 9.8 1,865 432 23.1
      Householder FTYR and no other workers 1,930 478 24.7 376 74 19.7 246 34 14.0 1,309 369 28.2
      Householder FTYR and at least one
              other worker 		2,815 114 4.0 2,110 47 2.2 148 4 2.7 556 62 11.2
          Householder FTYR plus at least one other
              FTYR worker, no part-time or part-year 		1,743 36 2.0 1,425 17 1.2 82 4 4.9 236 15 6.3
          Householder FTYR plus at least one
              part-time or part-year, no FTYR 		803 77 9.6 469 29 6.2 51 0 (B) 283 48 16.8
          Householder FTYR with both FTYR and a
              part-time or part-year worker 		269 1 0.5 216 1 0.6 15 0 (B) 38 0 (B)
 
Both husband and wife worked (11), (16) 		2,595 103 4.0 2,595 103 4.0 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Wife worked, husband did not work 371 82 22.1 371 82 22.1 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Husband worked, wife did not work 699 161 23.0 699 161 23.0 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
 
Both husband and wife FTYR (11), (16) 		1,589 17 1.1 1,589 17 1.1 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Wife FTYR, husband not FTYR 563 64 11.4 563 64 11.4 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Husband FTYR, wife not FTYR 1,097 140 12.7 1,097 140 12.7 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)

Poverty Footnotes

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