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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 alone (12)
Families with householders under age 65, total
(Counts of families are obtained
by counting the householder from each family.) 		8,291 3,541 42.7 3,790 799 21.1 746 328 44.0 3,755 2,415 64.3
 
Families with a householder who did not work (16) 		1,805 1,268 70.2 712 322 45.2 180 132 73.1 913 814 89.1
Families with a working householder (16) 6,486 2,274 35.1 3,078 477 15.5 566 196 34.7 2,842 1,601 56.3
      Working householder and no other workers 2,930 1,720 58.7 474 188 39.8 341 155 45.4 2,115 1,377 65.1
      Working householder and at least one
              other worker 		3,556 554 15.6 2,604 288 11.1 225 41 18.4 727 224 30.8
          Householder plus one other worker 2,945 488 16.6 2,172 257 11.8 179 36 20.1 594 196 33.0
          Householder plus two or more other workers 611 65 10.7 432 32 7.3 46 5 (B) 133 28 21.3
 
Families with a householder who worked
  full-time year-round (FTYR) (16) 		4,616 1,165 25.2 2,407 261 10.8 383 96 24.9 1,827 809 44.3
      Householder FTYR and no other workers 1,891 870 46.0 362 115 31.8 241 82 33.8 1,288 673 52.3
      Householder FTYR and at least one
              other worker 		2,726 295 10.8 2,045 145 7.1 142 14 9.9 539 136 25.2
          Householder FTYR plus at least one other
              FTYR worker, no part-time or part-year 		1,687 97 5.7 1,385 60 4.3 76 9 12.0 225 28 12.3
          Householder FTYR plus at least one
              part-time or part-year, no FTYR 		776 189 24.4 450 80 17.7 50 5 (B) 276 105 38.0
          Householder FTYR with both FTYR and a
              part-time or part-year worker 		262 9 3.5 209 6 2.8 15 0 (B) 38 3 (B)
 
Both husband and wife worked (11), (16) 		2,509 257 10.2 2,509 257 10.2 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Wife worked, husband did not work 367 127 34.7 367 127 34.7 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Husband worked, wife did not work 674 261 38.7 674 261 38.7 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
 
Both husband and wife FTYR (11), (16) 		1,544 62 4.0 1,544 62 4.0 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Wife FTYR, husband not FTYR 554 124 22.4 554 124 22.4 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Husband FTYR, wife not FTYR 1,046 262 25.1 1,046 262 25.1 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)

Poverty Footnotes

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