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POV18: People in Families 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)

  People in families (total) (2) People in married-couple families (11) People in families with a male householder, no wife present People in families with a female householder, no husband present
All income levels Below 100% of poverty (5) Percentage below 100% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 100% of poverty (5) Percentage below 100% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 100% of poverty (5) Percentage below 100% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 100% of poverty (5) Percentage below 100% of poverty (6)

White alone, not Hispanic
 
People in families, total (2) 		159,344 10,138 6.4 132,482 5,125 3.9 8,063 967 12.0 18,799 4,046 21.5
 
People in families with a householder who did
  not work (16) 		40,488 5,486 13.5 32,954 2,929 8.9 1,979 581 29.3 5,555 1,976 35.6
People in families with a working householder (16) 118,856 4,652 3.9 99,527 2,196 2.2 6,084 386 6.3 13,244 2,070 15.6
      With a working householder and no other
              workers 		26,469 3,282 12.4 15,324 1,149 7.5 3,258 346 10.6 7,887 1,788 22.7
      With a working householder and at least
              one other worker 		92,387 1,370 1.5 84,203 1,048 1.2 2,826 40 1.4 5,358 282 5.3
          Householder plus one other worker 69,820 1,195 1.7 63,793 899 1.4 2,094 40 1.9 3,933 256 6.5
          Householder plus two or more other workers 22,567 175 0.8 20,410 148 0.7 732 0 0.0 1,425 26 1.9
 
People in families with a householder who
  worked full-time year-round (FTYR) (16) 		85,905 1,644 1.9 73,093 954 1.3 4,340 131 3.0 8,472 559 6.6
      Householder FTYR and no other workers 18,618 1,207 6.5 11,472 593 5.2 2,335 117 5.0 4,811 497 10.3
      Householder FTYR and at least one other
              worker 		67,287 437 0.6 61,621 360 0.6 2,005 14 0.7 3,661 62 1.7
          Householder FTYR plus at least one other
              FTYR worker, no part-time or part-year 		35,720 120 0.3 33,554 115 0.3 898 5 0.5 1,268 0 0.0
          Householder FTYR plus at least one
              part-time or part-year, no FTYR 		21,679 309 1.4 18,704 237 1.3 929 9 1.0 2,046 62 3.0
          Householder FTYR with both FTYR and a
              part-time or part-year worker 		9,889 8 0.1 9,363 8 0.1 178 0 0.0 347 0 0.0
 
Both husband and wife worked (11), (16) 		80,989 912 1.1 80,989 912 1.1 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Wife worked, husband did not work 7,999 621 7.8 7,999 621 7.8 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Husband worked, wife did not work 27,530 1,700 6.2 27,530 1,700 6.2 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
 
Both husband and wife FTYR (11), (16) 		40,962 119 0.3 40,962 119 0.3 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Wife FTYR, husband not FTYR 11,759 287 2.4 11,759 287 2.4 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Husband FTYR, wife not FTYR 49,250 1,296 2.6 49,250 1,296 2.6 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)

Poverty Footnotes

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