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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)

White alone (12)
Families with householders under age 65, total
(Counts of families are obtained
by counting the householder from each family.) 		52,861 8,486 16.1 41,241 4,274 10.4 3,642 867 23.8 7,977 3,345 41.9
 
Families with a householder who did not work (16) 		9,357 3,415 36.5 7,156 1,869 26.1 579 333 57.5 1,622 1,213 74.8
Families with a working householder (16) 43,504 5,071 11.7 34,085 2,405 7.1 3,064 534 17.4 6,355 2,131 33.5
      Working householder and no other workers 11,059 3,432 31.0 5,337 1,204 22.6 1,629 409 25.1 4,093 1,818 44.4
      Working householder and at least one
              other worker 		32,445 1,639 5.1 28,748 1,201 4.2 1,435 125 8.7 2,262 313 13.8
          Householder plus one other worker 25,921 1,381 5.3 23,050 1,006 4.4 1,091 98 9.0 1,780 276 15.5
          Householder plus two or more other workers 6,524 259 4.0 5,698 195 3.4 343 27 7.7 482 37 7.7
 
Families with a householder who worked
  full-time year-round (FTYR) (16) 		31,715 2,305 7.3 25,463 1,237 4.9 2,162 246 11.4 4,090 822 20.1
      Householder FTYR and no other workers 7,838 1,648 21.0 4,152 748 18.0 1,163 194 16.7 2,523 706 28.0
      Householder FTYR and at least one
              other worker 		23,877 657 2.8 21,311 489 2.3 999 51 5.2 1,567 117 7.5
          Householder FTYR plus at least one other
              FTYR worker, no part-time or part-year 		13,730 217 1.6 12,622 166 1.3 519 24 4.7 589 26 4.5
          Householder FTYR plus at least one
              part-time or part-year, no FTYR 		7,319 396 5.4 6,067 286 4.7 400 21 5.4 851 89 10.4
          Householder FTYR with both FTYR and a
              part-time or part-year worker 		2,828 45 1.6 2,622 38 1.4 80 6 7.1 126 2 1.3
 
Both husband and wife worked (11), (16) 		27,823 1,039 3.7 27,823 1,039 3.7 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Wife worked, husband did not work 2,300 432 18.8 2,300 432 18.8 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Husband worked, wife did not work 9,151 1,966 21.5 9,151 1,966 21.5 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
 
Both husband and wife FTYR (11), (16) 		14,653 162 1.1 14,653 162 1.1 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Wife FTYR, husband not FTYR 4,021 304 7.6 4,021 304 7.6 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Husband FTYR, wife not FTYR 16,154 1,696 10.5 16,154 1,696 10.5 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)

Poverty Footnotes

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