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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)

Asian alone (12)
Families with householders under age 65, total
(Counts of families are obtained
by counting the householder from each family.) 		3,095 623 20.1 2,512 422 16.8 215 60 27.8 367 141 38.3
 
Families with a householder who did not work (16) 		549 234 42.6 429 166 38.8 38 18 (B) 83 50 60.0
Families with a working householder (16) 2,545 389 15.3 2,083 256 12.3 178 42 23.8 284 91 32.0
      Working householder and no other workers 667 206 30.9 423 107 25.2 76 27 36.1 168 72 42.8
      Working householder and at least one
              other worker 		1,878 183 9.8 1,660 149 9.0 102 15 14.7 117 19 16.3
          Householder plus one other worker 1,452 148 10.2 1,341 125 9.3 51 10 (B) 59 14 (B)
          Householder plus two or more other workers 427 35 8.3 319 25 7.7 51 5 (B) 57 5 (B)
 
Families with a householder who worked
  full-time year-round (FTYR) (16) 		1,986 216 10.9 1,655 143 8.7 132 23 17.3 199 50 24.9
      Householder FTYR and no other workers 524 118 22.5 345 61 17.6 58 15 (B) 121 43 35.1
      Householder FTYR and at least one
              other worker 		1,461 98 6.7 1,310 83 6.3 74 8 (B) 78 7 9.1
          Householder FTYR plus at least one other
              FTYR worker, no part-time or part-year 		918 49 5.3 843 46 5.5 45 0 (B) 29 2 (B)
          Householder FTYR plus at least one
              part-time or part-year, no FTYR 		371 45 12.0 322 32 9.9 17 8 (B) 31 5 (B)
          Householder FTYR with both FTYR and a
              part-time or part-year worker 		173 5 2.8 144 5 3.3 11 0 (B) 17 0 (B)
 
Both husband and wife worked (11), (16) 		1,594 139 8.7 1,594 139 8.7 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Wife worked, husband did not work 122 33 26.9 122 33 26.9 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Husband worked, wife did not work 664 163 24.6 664 163 24.6 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
 
Both husband and wife FTYR (11), (16) 		932 44 4.7 932 44 4.7 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Wife FTYR, husband not FTYR 236 35 15.0 236 35 15.0 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Husband FTYR, wife not FTYR 990 151 15.3 990 151 15.3 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)

Poverty Footnotes

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