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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 185% of poverty (5) Percentage below 185% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 185% of poverty (5) Percentage below 185% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 185% of poverty (5) Percentage below 185% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 185% of poverty (5) Percentage below 185% 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 16,141 24.5 48,556 7,670 15.8 4,804 1,630 33.9 12,535 6,841 54.6
 
Families with a householder who did not work (16) 		12,070 5,934 49.2 8,509 3,099 36.4 835 577 69.1 2,726 2,258 82.8
Families with a working householder (16) 53,825 10,208 19.0 40,047 4,570 11.4 3,969 1,053 26.5 9,809 4,584 46.7
      Working householder and no other workers 15,089 6,525 43.2 6,369 1,955 30.7 2,132 774 36.3 6,588 3,797 57.6
      Working householder and at least one
              other worker 		38,736 3,682 9.5 33,678 2,616 7.8 1,837 280 15.2 3,221 787 24.4
          Householder plus one other worker 30,995 3,078 9.9 27,102 2,187 8.1 1,378 225 16.3 2,515 666 26.5
          Householder plus two or more other workers 7,741 604 7.8 6,576 428 6.5 459 55 11.9 706 121 17.2
 
Families with a householder who worked
  full-time year-round (FTYR) (16) 		39,183 5,165 13.2 30,099 2,487 8.3 2,774 516 18.6 6,310 2,162 34.3
      Householder FTYR and no other workers 10,538 3,428 32.5 4,966 1,258 25.3 1,514 401 26.5 4,057 1,769 43.6
      Householder FTYR and at least one
              other worker 		28,646 1,737 6.1 25,133 1,229 4.9 1,260 115 9.1 2,252 393 17.4
          Householder FTYR plus at least one other
              FTYR worker, no part-time or part-year 		16,653 615 3.7 15,111 470 3.1 673 53 7.9 869 92 10.5
          Householder FTYR plus at least one
              part-time or part-year, no FTYR 		8,662 1,009 11.6 6,989 670 9.6 479 52 10.9 1,195 287 24.0
          Householder FTYR with both FTYR and a
              part-time or part-year worker 		3,330 113 3.4 3,033 89 2.9 109 10 9.1 188 14 7.6
 
Both husband and wife worked (11), (16) 		32,554 2,337 7.2 32,554 2,337 7.2 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Wife worked, husband did not work 2,848 800 28.1 2,848 800 28.1 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Husband worked, wife did not work 10,748 3,190 29.7 10,748 3,190 29.7 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
 
Both husband and wife FTYR (11), (16) 		17,425 492 2.8 17,425 492 2.8 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Wife FTYR, husband not FTYR 4,927 746 15.1 4,927 746 15.1 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Husband FTYR, wife not FTYR 18,591 3,079 16.6 18,591 3,079 16.6 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)

Poverty Footnotes

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