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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)

Hispanic (of any race) (12)
Families with householders under age 65, total
(Counts of families are obtained
by counting the householder from each family.) 		9,620 4,444 46.2 6,262 2,460 39.3 983 401 40.8 2,375 1,583 66.6
 
Families with a householder who did not work (16) 		1,991 1,423 71.5 1,226 767 62.6 144 108 75.0 620 548 88.3
Families with a working householder (16) 7,630 3,021 39.6 5,036 1,693 33.6 839 293 34.9 1,755 1,035 59.0
      Working householder and no other workers 2,689 1,747 65.0 1,197 768 64.1 365 166 45.3 1,127 814 72.2
      Working householder and at least one
              other worker 		4,940 1,274 25.8 3,839 925 24.1 474 127 26.9 628 221 35.2
          Householder plus one other worker 3,647 990 27.1 2,872 722 25.2 308 91 29.7 467 176 37.6
          Householder plus two or more other workers 1,293 284 22.0 967 203 21.0 166 36 21.6 161 45 28.2
 
Families with a householder who worked
  full-time year-round (FTYR) (16) 		5,252 1,651 31.4 3,609 991 27.5 553 146 26.3 1,090 515 47.2
      Householder FTYR and no other workers 1,854 1,038 56.0 915 546 59.6 254 91 35.6 685 401 58.6
      Householder FTYR and at least one
              other worker 		3,397 614 18.1 2,694 446 16.5 299 55 18.4 405 113 27.9
          Householder FTYR plus at least one other
              FTYR worker, no part-time or part-year 		1,926 254 13.2 1,557 189 12.1 190 25 13.1 180 40 22.3
          Householder FTYR plus at least one
              part-time or part-year, no FTYR 		984 299 30.4 737 210 28.5 70 21 (B) 177 68 38.6
          Householder FTYR with both FTYR and a
              part-time or part-year worker 		487 61 12.5 400 47 11.8 38 9 (B) 49 5 (B)
 
Both husband and wife worked (11), (16) 		3,535 799 22.6 3,535 799 22.6 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Wife worked, husband did not work 272 138 50.8 272 138 50.8 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Husband worked, wife did not work 2,176 1,315 60.4 2,176 1,315 60.4 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
 
Both husband and wife FTYR (11), (16) 		1,766 193 10.9 1,766 193 10.9 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Wife FTYR, husband not FTYR 516 174 33.6 516 174 33.6 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Husband FTYR, wife not FTYR 2,745 1,244 45.3 2,745 1,244 45.3 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)

Poverty Footnotes

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