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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)

Hispanic (of any race) (12)
Families with householders under age 65, total
(Counts of families are obtained
by counting the householder from each family.) 		9,620 3,501 36.4 6,262 1,844 29.4 983 295 30.0 2,375 1,363 57.4
 
Families with a householder who did not work (16) 		1,991 1,272 63.9 1,226 649 52.9 144 92 63.5 620 532 85.7
Families with a working householder (16) 7,630 2,229 29.2 5,036 1,195 23.7 839 203 24.2 1,755 831 47.4
      Working householder and no other workers 2,689 1,440 53.6 1,197 624 52.1 365 133 36.4 1,127 684 60.7
      Working householder and at least one
              other worker 		4,940 789 16.0 3,839 571 14.9 474 70 14.8 628 148 23.5
          Householder plus one other worker 3,647 628 17.2 2,872 459 16.0 308 49 16.0 467 120 25.7
          Householder plus two or more other workers 1,293 161 12.5 967 113 11.7 166 21 12.5 161 28 17.3
 
Families with a householder who worked
  full-time year-round (FTYR) (16) 		5,252 1,144 21.8 3,609 673 18.7 553 100 18.1 1,090 371 34.0
      Householder FTYR and no other workers 1,854 803 43.3 915 427 46.7 254 66 25.9 685 309 45.2
      Householder FTYR and at least one
              other worker 		3,397 341 10.0 2,694 246 9.1 299 34 11.4 405 61 15.1
          Householder FTYR plus at least one other
              FTYR worker, no part-time or part-year 		1,926 120 6.2 1,557 88 5.6 190 15 7.9 180 18 9.8
          Householder FTYR plus at least one
              part-time or part-year, no FTYR 		984 192 19.5 737 134 18.2 70 14 (B) 177 44 24.7
          Householder FTYR with both FTYR and a
              part-time or part-year worker 		487 30 6.1 400 25 6.2 38 5 (B) 49 0 (B)
 
Both husband and wife worked (11), (16) 		3,535 467 13.2 3,535 467 13.2 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Wife worked, husband did not work 272 112 41.2 272 112 41.2 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Husband worked, wife did not work 2,176 1,072 49.3 2,176 1,072 49.3 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
 
Both husband and wife FTYR (11), (16) 		1,766 79 4.5 1,766 79 4.5 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Wife FTYR, husband not FTYR 516 102 19.7 516 102 19.7 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Husband FTYR, wife not FTYR 2,745 936 34.1 2,745 936 34.1 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)

Poverty Footnotes

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