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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)

White alone, not Hispanic (12)
Families with householders under age 65, total
(Counts of families are obtained
by counting the householder from each family.) 		43,973 7,304 16.6 35,367 3,882 11.0 2,747 805 29.3 5,859 2,616 44.7
 
Families with a householder who did not work (16) 		7,527 2,912 38.7 6,005 1,785 29.7 454 311 68.5 1,067 816 76.4
Families with a working householder (16) 36,446 4,392 12.1 29,362 2,098 7.1 2,293 494 21.5 4,792 1,801 37.6
      Working householder and no other workers 8,623 2,785 32.3 4,219 882 20.9 1,301 406 31.2 3,103 1,497 48.2
      Working householder and at least one
              other worker 		27,823 1,607 5.8 25,143 1,215 4.8 992 88 8.8 1,688 304 18.0
          Householder plus one other worker 22,512 1,394 6.2 20,362 1,047 5.1 802 80 9.9 1,348 267 19.8
          Householder plus two or more other workers 5,311 213 4.0 4,781 168 3.5 190 8 4.2 340 37 10.9
 
Families with a householder who worked
  full-time year-round (FTYR) (16) 		26,864 2,084 7.8 22,080 1,069 4.8 1,660 247 14.9 3,125 768 24.6
      Householder FTYR and no other workers 6,163 1,382 22.4 3,299 533 16.2 935 211 22.6 1,928 638 33.1
      Householder FTYR and at least one
              other worker 		20,701 702 3.4 18,780 536 2.9 724 36 5.0 1,197 130 10.8
          Householder FTYR plus at least one other
              FTYR worker, no part-time or part-year 		11,921 207 1.7 11,155 169 1.5 342 18 5.2 425 20 4.6
          Householder FTYR plus at least one
              part-time or part-year, no FTYR 		6,406 458 7.2 5,381 336 6.2 337 18 5.2 688 105 15.3
          Householder FTYR with both FTYR and a
              part-time or part-year worker 		2,374 37 1.5 2,244 31 1.4 45 1 (B) 85 5 5.7
 
Both husband and wife worked (11), (16) 		24,499 1,106 4.5 24,499 1,106 4.5 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Wife worked, husband did not work 2,051 493 24.0 2,051 493 24.0 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Husband worked, wife did not work 7,106 1,426 20.1 7,106 1,426 20.1 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
 
Both husband and wife FTYR (11), (16) 		12,982 188 1.4 12,982 188 1.4 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Wife FTYR, husband not FTYR 3,543 397 11.2 3,543 397 11.2 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Husband FTYR, wife not FTYR 13,579 1,397 10.3 13,579 1,397 10.3 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)

Poverty Footnotes

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