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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)

Black alone (12)
Families with householders under age 65, total
(Counts of families are obtained
by counting the householder from each family.) 		8,291 2,933 35.4 3,790 585 15.4 746 266 35.7 3,755 2,081 55.4
 
Families with a householder who did not work (16) 		1,805 1,142 63.3 712 262 36.8 180 114 63.3 913 766 83.9
Families with a working householder (16) 6,486 1,791 27.6 3,078 323 10.5 566 152 26.9 2,842 1,315 46.3
      Working householder and no other workers 2,930 1,432 48.9 474 149 31.3 341 126 37.0 2,115 1,157 54.7
      Working householder and at least one
              other worker 		3,556 359 10.1 2,604 175 6.7 225 26 11.6 727 159 21.9
          Householder plus one other worker 2,945 322 10.9 2,172 158 7.3 179 24 13.3 594 140 23.6
          Householder plus two or more other workers 611 38 6.2 432 17 3.9 46 2 (B) 133 19 14.2
 
Families with a householder who worked
  full-time year-round (FTYR) (16) 		4,616 818 17.7 2,407 163 6.8 383 66 17.2 1,827 589 32.2
      Householder FTYR and no other workers 1,891 642 34.0 362 85 23.4 241 57 23.5 1,288 501 38.9
      Householder FTYR and at least one
              other worker 		2,726 176 6.4 2,045 78 3.8 142 9 6.4 539 88 16.3
          Householder FTYR plus at least one other
              FTYR worker, no part-time or part-year 		1,687 48 2.9 1,385 27 2.0 76 6 7.9 225 15 6.7
          Householder FTYR plus at least one
              part-time or part-year, no FTYR 		776 126 16.2 450 50 11.1 50 3 (B) 276 73 26.5
          Householder FTYR with both FTYR and a
              part-time or part-year worker 		262 1 0.5 209 1 0.6 15 0 (B) 38 0 (B)
 
Both husband and wife worked (11), (16) 		2,509 155 6.2 2,509 155 6.2 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Wife worked, husband did not work 367 94 25.6 367 94 25.6 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Husband worked, wife did not work 674 200 29.8 674 200 29.8 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
 
Both husband and wife FTYR (11), (16) 		1,544 26 1.7 1,544 26 1.7 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Wife FTYR, husband not FTYR 554 84 15.2 554 84 15.2 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Husband FTYR, wife not FTYR 1,046 179 17.1 1,046 179 17.1 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)

Poverty Footnotes

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