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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)

Black A.O.I.C. (12)
Families with householders under age 65, total
(Counts of families are obtained
by counting the householder from each family.) 		8,535 3,646 42.7 3,917 836 21.3 774 342 44.2 3,844 2,467 64.2
 
Families with a householder who did not work (16) 		1,857 1,309 70.5 738 339 45.9 185 136 73.5 933 834 89.4
Families with a working householder (16) 6,678 2,337 35.0 3,178 497 15.7 589 206 35.0 2,911 1,633 56.1
      Working householder and no other workers 2,996 1,757 58.6 487 196 40.2 352 162 46.1 2,157 1,398 64.8
      Working householder and at least one
              other worker 		3,682 580 15.8 2,691 301 11.2 237 44 18.6 754 235 31.1
          Householder plus one other worker 3,055 509 16.7 2,249 268 11.9 191 39 20.3 616 203 32.9
          Householder plus two or more other workers 627 71 11.3 442 34 7.6 46 5 (B) 138 32 23.0
 
Families with a householder who worked
  full-time year-round (FTYR) (16) 		4,745 1,197 25.2 2,486 275 11.1 394 98 25.0 1,865 823 44.1
      Householder FTYR and no other workers 1,930 889 46.1 376 123 32.7 246 84 34.4 1,309 682 52.1
      Householder FTYR and at least one
              other worker 		2,815 307 10.9 2,110 152 7.2 148 14 9.4 556 141 25.4
          Householder FTYR plus at least one other
              FTYR worker, no part-time or part-year 		1,743 102 5.8 1,425 62 4.3 82 9 11.1 236 31 13.0
          Householder FTYR plus at least one
              part-time or part-year, no FTYR 		803 196 24.5 469 84 18.0 51 5 (B) 283 107 37.9
          Householder FTYR with both FTYR and a
              part-time or part-year worker 		269 9 3.4 216 6 2.7 15 0 (B) 38 3 (B)
 
Both husband and wife worked (11), (16) 		2,595 270 10.4 2,595 270 10.4 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Wife worked, husband did not work 371 127 34.4 371 127 34.4 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Husband worked, wife did not work 699 276 39.5 699 276 39.5 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
 
Both husband and wife FTYR (11), (16) 		1,589 64 4.0 1,589 64 4.0 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Wife FTYR, husband not FTYR 563 124 22.1 563 124 22.1 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Husband FTYR, wife not FTYR 1,097 282 25.7 1,097 282 25.7 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)

Poverty Footnotes

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