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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 150% of poverty (5) Percentage below 150% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 150% of poverty (5) Percentage below 150% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 150% of poverty (5) Percentage below 150% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 150% of poverty (5) Percentage below 150% 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 12,374 18.8 48,556 5,396 11.1 4,804 1,234 25.7 12,535 5,743 45.8
 
Families with a householder who did not work (16) 		12,070 4,955 41.1 8,509 2,362 27.8 835 483 57.9 2,726 2,110 77.4
Families with a working householder (16) 53,825 7,418 13.8 40,047 3,034 7.6 3,969 751 18.9 9,809 3,633 37.0
      Working householder and no other workers 15,089 5,207 34.5 6,369 1,502 23.6 2,132 584 27.4 6,588 3,121 47.4
      Working householder and at least one
              other worker 		38,736 2,211 5.7 33,678 1,532 4.5 1,837 167 9.1 3,221 512 15.9
          Householder plus one other worker 30,995 1,876 6.1 27,102 1,298 4.8 1,378 133 9.7 2,515 444 17.7
          Householder plus two or more other workers 7,741 335 4.3 6,576 234 3.6 459 34 7.3 706 68 9.7
 
Families with a householder who worked
  full-time year-round (FTYR) (16) 		39,183 3,382 8.6 30,099 1,556 5.2 2,774 340 12.2 6,310 1,486 23.6
      Householder FTYR and no other workers 10,538 2,460 23.3 4,966 916 18.4 1,514 272 18.0 4,057 1,273 31.4
      Householder FTYR and at least one
              other worker 		28,646 922 3.2 25,133 640 2.5 1,260 68 5.4 2,252 214 9.5
          Householder FTYR plus at least one other
              FTYR worker, no part-time or part-year 		16,653 297 1.8 15,111 222 1.5 673 31 4.6 869 43 5.0
          Householder FTYR plus at least one
              part-time or part-year, no FTYR 		8,662 576 6.7 6,989 377 5.4 479 31 6.5 1,195 168 14.1
          Householder FTYR with both FTYR and a
              part-time or part-year worker 		3,330 49 1.5 3,033 41 1.4 109 6 5.2 188 2 1.1
 
Both husband and wife worked (11), (16) 		32,554 1,334 4.1 32,554 1,334 4.1 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Wife worked, husband did not work 2,848 571 20.1 2,848 571 20.1 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Husband worked, wife did not work 10,748 2,390 22.2 10,748 2,390 22.2 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
 
Both husband and wife FTYR (11), (16) 		17,425 215 1.2 17,425 215 1.2 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Wife FTYR, husband not FTYR 4,927 433 8.8 4,927 433 8.8 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Husband FTYR, wife not FTYR 18,591 2,061 11.1 18,591 2,061 11.1 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)

Poverty Footnotes

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