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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, not Hispanic (12)
Families with householders under age 65, total
(Counts of families are obtained
by counting the householder from each family.) 		43,973 8,102 18.4 35,367 4,409 12.5 2,747 898 32.7 5,859 2,794 47.7
 
Families with a householder who did not work (16) 		7,527 3,077 40.9 6,005 1,921 32.0 454 321 70.7 1,067 835 78.2
Families with a working householder (16) 36,446 5,025 13.8 29,362 2,489 8.5 2,293 577 25.2 4,792 1,959 40.9
      Working householder and no other workers 8,623 3,058 35.5 4,219 995 23.6 1,301 462 35.5 3,103 1,602 51.6
      Working householder and at least one
              other worker 		27,823 1,967 7.1 25,143 1,494 5.9 992 115 11.6 1,688 358 21.2
          Householder plus one other worker 22,512 1,694 7.5 20,362 1,283 6.3 802 96 12.0 1,348 315 23.3
          Householder plus two or more other workers 5,311 273 5.1 4,781 211 4.4 190 19 10.2 340 43 12.6
 
Families with a householder who worked
  full-time year-round (FTYR) (16) 		26,864 2,466 9.2 22,080 1,289 5.8 1,660 301 18.2 3,125 876 28.0
      Householder FTYR and no other workers 6,163 1,574 25.5 3,299 614 18.6 935 247 26.4 1,928 712 36.9
      Householder FTYR and at least one
              other worker 		20,701 893 4.3 18,780 675 3.6 724 54 7.5 1,197 164 13.7
          Householder FTYR plus at least one other
              FTYR worker, no part-time or part-year 		11,921 289 2.4 11,155 230 2.1 342 25 7.2 425 35 8.2
          Householder FTYR plus at least one
              part-time or part-year, no FTYR 		6,406 554 8.6 5,381 402 7.5 337 27 8.0 688 124 18.1
          Householder FTYR with both FTYR and a
              part-time or part-year worker 		2,374 50 2.1 2,244 43 1.9 45 2 (B) 85 5 5.7
 
Both husband and wife worked (11), (16) 		24,499 1,371 5.6 24,499 1,371 5.6 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Wife worked, husband did not work 2,051 552 26.9 2,051 552 26.9 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Husband worked, wife did not work 7,106 1,571 22.1 7,106 1,571 22.1 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
 
Both husband and wife FTYR (11), (16) 		12,982 257 2.0 12,982 257 2.0 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Wife FTYR, husband not FTYR 3,543 468 13.2 3,543 468 13.2 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Husband FTYR, wife not FTYR 13,579 1,623 12.0 13,579 1,623 12.0 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)

Poverty Footnotes

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