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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)

Asian alone (12)
Families with householders under age 65, total
(Counts of families are obtained
by counting the householder from each family.) 		3,095 670 21.7 2,512 454 18.1 215 62 28.6 367 154 42.0
 
Families with a householder who did not work (16) 		549 243 44.3 429 173 40.3 38 19 (B) 83 51 61.9
Families with a working householder (16) 2,545 427 16.8 2,083 282 13.5 178 42 23.8 284 103 36.2
      Working householder and no other workers 667 225 33.7 423 117 27.6 76 27 36.1 168 81 48.2
      Working householder and at least one
              other worker 		1,878 202 10.7 1,660 165 9.9 102 15 14.7 117 22 18.8
          Householder plus one other worker 1,452 163 11.2 1,341 137 10.2 51 10 (B) 59 17 (B)
          Householder plus two or more other workers 427 39 9.1 319 28 8.8 51 5 (B) 57 5 (B)
 
Families with a householder who worked
  full-time year-round (FTYR) (16) 		1,986 243 12.2 1,655 163 9.9 132 23 17.3 199 56 28.4
      Householder FTYR and no other workers 524 133 25.4 345 71 20.4 58 15 (B) 121 48 39.6
      Householder FTYR and at least one
              other worker 		1,461 109 7.5 1,310 93 7.1 74 8 (B) 78 8 10.9
          Householder FTYR plus at least one other
              FTYR worker, no part-time or part-year 		918 52 5.6 843 50 5.9 45 0 (B) 29 2 (B)
          Householder FTYR plus at least one
              part-time or part-year, no FTYR 		371 53 14.2 322 39 12.0 17 8 (B) 31 6 (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) 		1,594 153 9.6 1,594 153 9.6 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Wife worked, husband did not work 122 37 30.1 122 37 30.1 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Husband worked, wife did not work 664 176 26.5 664 176 26.5 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
 
Both husband and wife FTYR (11), (16) 		932 47 5.0 932 47 5.0 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Wife FTYR, husband not FTYR 236 39 16.7 236 39 16.7 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Husband FTYR, wife not FTYR 990 173 17.5 990 173 17.5 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)

Poverty Footnotes

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