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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 130% of poverty (5) Percentage below 130% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 130% of poverty (5) Percentage below 130% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 130% of poverty (5) Percentage below 130% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 130% of poverty (5) Percentage below 130% of poverty (6)

All races
 
People in families, total (2) 		248,301 40,938 16.5 189,191 19,682 10.4 15,083 3,221 21.4 44,027 18,035 41.0
 
People in families with a householder who did
  not work (16) 		62,973 18,901 30.0 45,980 9,374 20.4 3,616 1,514 41.9 13,377 8,013 59.9
People in families with a working householder (16) 185,328 22,036 11.9 143,211 10,307 7.2 11,467 1,707 14.9 30,650 10,022 32.7
      With a working householder and no other
              workers 		48,675 14,972 30.8 24,173 5,281 21.8 5,601 1,344 24.0 18,901 8,347 44.2
      With a working householder and at least
              one other worker 		136,653 7,065 5.2 119,038 5,026 4.2 5,866 363 6.2 11,749 1,675 14.3
          Householder plus one other worker 101,110 5,816 5.8 89,003 4,180 4.7 3,799 254 6.7 8,308 1,382 16.6
          Householder plus two or more other workers 35,543 1,248 3.5 30,035 846 2.8 2,067 109 5.3 3,441 294 8.5
 
People in families with a householder who
  worked full-time year-round (FTYR) (16) 		132,646 9,925 7.5 105,495 5,352 5.1 7,830 702 9.0 19,321 3,870 20.0
      Householder FTYR and no other workers 33,636 7,104 21.1 18,300 3,304 18.1 3,959 560 14.1 11,377 3,239 28.5
      Householder FTYR and at least one other
              worker 		99,010 2,821 2.8 87,195 2,048 2.3 3,871 142 3.7 7,944 631 7.9
          Householder FTYR plus at least one other
              FTYR worker, no part-time or part-year 		53,598 901 1.7 48,537 723 1.5 1,998 60 3.0 3,063 118 3.8
          Householder FTYR plus at least one
              part-time or part-year, no FTYR 		30,404 1,743 5.7 25,125 1,189 4.7 1,355 54 4.0 3,924 501 12.8
          Householder FTYR with both FTYR and a
              part-time or part-year worker 		15,008 176 1.2 13,533 135 1.0 519 28 5.3 957 13 1.3
 
Both husband and wife worked (11), (16) 		112,962 4,178 3.7 112,962 4,178 3.7 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Wife worked, husband did not work 11,496 1,853 16.1 11,496 1,853 16.1 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Husband worked, wife did not work 43,782 8,839 20.2 43,782 8,839 20.2 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
 
Both husband and wife FTYR (11), (16) 		58,248 636 1.1 58,248 636 1.1 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Wife FTYR, husband not FTYR 17,377 1,335 7.7 17,377 1,335 7.7 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Husband FTYR, wife not FTYR 70,680 7,440 10.5 70,680 7,440 10.5 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)

Poverty Footnotes

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