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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 200% of poverty (5) Percentage below 200% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 200% of poverty (5) Percentage below 200% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 200% of poverty (5) Percentage below 200% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 200% of poverty (5) Percentage below 200% of poverty (6)

White alone (12)
Families with householders under age 65, total
(Counts of families are obtained
by counting the householder from each family.) 		52,861 12,503 23.7 41,241 6,942 16.8 3,642 1,293 35.5 7,977 4,268 53.5
 
Families with a householder who did not work (16) 		9,357 4,413 47.2 7,156 2,674 37.4 579 415 71.6 1,622 1,324 81.6
Families with a working householder (16) 43,504 8,090 18.6 34,085 4,268 12.5 3,064 878 28.7 6,355 2,944 46.3
      Working householder and no other workers 11,059 4,728 42.8 5,337 1,753 32.8 1,629 623 38.2 4,093 2,353 57.5
      Working householder and at least one
              other worker 		32,445 3,362 10.4 28,748 2,515 8.7 1,435 255 17.8 2,262 591 26.1
          Householder plus one other worker 25,921 2,756 10.6 23,050 2,060 8.9 1,091 195 17.9 1,780 501 28.2
          Householder plus two or more other workers 6,524 605 9.3 5,698 455 8.0 343 60 17.5 482 90 18.6
 
Families with a householder who worked
  full-time year-round (FTYR) (16) 		31,715 4,189 13.2 25,463 2,356 9.3 2,162 452 20.9 4,090 1,382 33.8
      Householder FTYR and no other workers 7,838 2,585 33.0 4,152 1,157 27.9 1,163 335 28.8 2,523 1,093 43.3
      Householder FTYR and at least one
              other worker 		23,877 1,604 6.7 21,311 1,198 5.6 999 117 11.7 1,567 289 18.4
          Householder FTYR plus at least one other
              FTYR worker, no part-time or part-year 		13,730 602 4.4 12,622 463 3.7 519 56 10.8 589 83 14.0
          Householder FTYR plus at least one
              part-time or part-year, no FTYR 		7,319 879 12.0 6,067 634 10.5 400 48 12.0 851 196 23.1
          Householder FTYR with both FTYR and a
              part-time or part-year worker 		2,828 123 4.4 2,622 101 3.9 80 13 15.9 126 10 7.7
 
Both husband and wife worked (11), (16) 		27,823 2,258 8.1 27,823 2,258 8.1 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Wife worked, husband did not work 2,300 687 29.9 2,300 687 29.9 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Husband worked, wife did not work 9,151 2,884 31.5 9,151 2,884 31.5 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
 
Both husband and wife FTYR (11), (16) 		14,653 501 3.4 14,653 501 3.4 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Wife FTYR, husband not FTYR 4,021 653 16.2 4,021 653 16.2 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Husband FTYR, wife not FTYR 16,154 2,897 17.9 16,154 2,897 17.9 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)

Poverty Footnotes

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