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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)

Black A.O.I.C. (12)
Families with householders under age 65, total
(Counts of families are obtained
by counting the householder from each family.) 		8,535 3,873 45.4 3,917 939 24.0 774 361 46.6 3,844 2,573 66.9
 
Families with a householder who did not work (16) 		1,857 1,352 72.8 738 375 50.8 185 136 73.6 933 841 90.1
Families with a working householder (16) 6,678 2,520 37.7 3,178 564 17.7 589 224 38.1 2,911 1,732 59.5
      Working householder and no other workers 2,996 1,851 61.8 487 208 42.8 352 172 48.9 2,157 1,470 68.2
      Working householder and at least one
              other worker 		3,682 670 18.2 2,691 355 13.2 237 52 22.1 754 262 34.8
          Householder plus one other worker 3,055 591 19.3 2,249 319 14.2 191 44 23.0 616 228 36.9
          Householder plus two or more other workers 627 79 12.6 442 36 8.1 46 8 (B) 138 35 25.1
 
Families with a householder who worked
  full-time year-round (FTYR) (16) 		4,745 1,329 28.0 2,486 319 12.8 394 116 29.5 1,865 893 47.9
      Householder FTYR and no other workers 1,930 957 49.6 376 131 35.0 246 94 38.3 1,309 731 55.9
      Householder FTYR and at least one
              other worker 		2,815 372 13.2 2,110 188 8.9 148 22 15.0 556 162 29.1
          Householder FTYR plus at least one other
              FTYR worker, no part-time or part-year 		1,743 129 7.4 1,425 83 5.8 82 11 13.0 236 35 14.9
          Householder FTYR plus at least one
              part-time or part-year, no FTYR 		803 229 28.6 469 99 21.1 51 8 (B) 283 122 43.1
          Householder FTYR with both FTYR and a
              part-time or part-year worker 		269 14 5.1 216 6 2.7 15 3 (B) 38 5 (B)
 
Both husband and wife worked (11), (16) 		2,595 321 12.4 2,595 321 12.4 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Wife worked, husband did not work 371 142 38.3 371 142 38.3 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Husband worked, wife did not work 699 298 42.6 699 298 42.6 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
 
Both husband and wife FTYR (11), (16) 		1,589 85 5.4 1,589 85 5.4 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Wife FTYR, husband not FTYR 563 138 24.4 563 138 24.4 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Husband FTYR, wife not FTYR 1,097 315 28.7 1,097 315 28.7 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)

Poverty Footnotes

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