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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)

Asian alone
 
People in families, total (2) 		11,719 1,192 10.2 9,670 913 9.4 741 70 9.4 1,308 209 16.0
 
People in families with a householder who did
  not work (16) 		2,574 609 23.7 2,022 477 23.6 171 32 18.7 381 101 26.5
People in families with a working householder (16) 9,145 582 6.4 7,648 437 5.7 570 38 6.6 927 108 11.6
      With a working householder and no other
              workers 		2,266 365 16.1 1,578 264 16.7 210 24 11.7 478 76 15.9
      With a working householder and at least
              one other worker 		6,880 218 3.2 6,070 173 2.8 361 13 3.7 449 32 7.1
          Householder plus one other worker 4,833 179 3.7 4,530 141 3.1 127 13 10.5 177 24 13.6
          Householder plus two or more other workers 2,047 39 1.9 1,540 31 2.0 234 0 0.0 273 8 2.8
 
People in families with a householder who
  worked full-time year-round (FTYR) (16) 		7,188 253 3.5 6,138 214 3.5 399 12 3.1 651 27 4.1
      Householder FTYR and no other workers 1,762 123 7.0 1,264 99 7.9 158 6 3.6 340 18 5.2
      Householder FTYR and at least one other
              worker 		5,426 130 2.4 4,875 114 2.3 241 7 2.7 310 9 2.9
          Householder FTYR plus at least one other
              FTYR worker, no part-time or part-year 		3,276 51 1.6 3,023 51 1.7 132 0 0.0 121 0 0.0
          Householder FTYR plus at least one
              part-time or part-year, no FTYR 		1,282 73 5.7 1,134 57 5.0 45 7 (B) 103 9 8.8
          Householder FTYR with both FTYR and a
              part-time or part-year worker 		867 6 0.7 717 6 0.8 65 0 (B) 86 0 0.0
 
Both husband and wife worked (11), (16) 		5,698 156 2.7 5,698 156 2.7 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Wife worked, husband did not work 496 79 16.0 496 79 16.0 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Husband worked, wife did not work 2,604 375 14.4 2,604 375 14.4 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
 
Both husband and wife FTYR (11), (16) 		3,428 57 1.7 3,428 57 1.7 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Wife FTYR, husband not FTYR 881 37 4.2 881 37 4.2 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Husband FTYR, wife not FTYR 3,600 262 7.3 3,600 262 7.3 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)

Poverty Footnotes

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