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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)

White alone, not Hispanic
 
People in families, total (2) 		159,344 15,448 9.7 132,482 8,425 6.4 8,063 1,416 17.6 18,799 5,608 29.8
 
People in families with a householder who did
  not work (16) 		40,488 7,687 19.0 32,954 4,496 13.6 1,979 723 36.5 5,555 2,468 44.4
People in families with a working householder (16) 118,856 7,761 6.5 99,527 3,928 3.9 6,084 692 11.4 13,244 3,140 23.7
      With a working householder and no other
              workers 		26,469 5,128 19.4 15,324 1,872 12.2 3,258 590 18.1 7,887 2,666 33.8
      With a working householder and at least
              one other worker 		92,387 2,633 2.8 84,203 2,056 2.4 2,826 102 3.6 5,358 474 8.8
          Householder plus one other worker 69,820 2,252 3.2 63,793 1,772 2.8 2,094 72 3.4 3,933 408 10.4
          Householder plus two or more other workers 22,567 381 1.7 20,410 284 1.4 732 31 4.2 1,425 66 4.7
 
People in families with a householder who
  worked full-time year-round (FTYR) (16) 		85,905 3,270 3.8 73,093 1,888 2.6 4,340 287 6.6 8,472 1,095 12.9
      Householder FTYR and no other workers 18,618 2,304 12.4 11,472 1,085 9.5 2,335 262 11.2 4,811 958 19.9
      Householder FTYR and at least one other
              worker 		67,287 965 1.4 61,621 803 1.3 2,005 25 1.2 3,661 137 3.7
          Householder FTYR plus at least one other
              FTYR worker, no part-time or part-year 		35,720 261 0.7 33,554 248 0.7 898 5 0.5 1,268 7 0.6
          Householder FTYR plus at least one
              part-time or part-year, no FTYR 		21,679 659 3.0 18,704 526 2.8 929 16 1.8 2,046 117 5.7
          Householder FTYR with both FTYR and a
              part-time or part-year worker 		9,889 46 0.5 9,363 29 0.3 178 4 2.1 347 13 3.7
 
Both husband and wife worked (11), (16) 		80,989 1,764 2.2 80,989 1,764 2.2 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Wife worked, husband did not work 7,999 929 11.6 7,999 929 11.6 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Husband worked, wife did not work 27,530 3,040 11.0 27,530 3,040 11.0 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
 
Both husband and wife FTYR (11), (16) 		40,962 226 0.6 40,962 226 0.6 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Wife FTYR, husband not FTYR 11,759 588 5.0 11,759 588 5.0 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Husband FTYR, wife not FTYR 49,250 2,594 5.3 49,250 2,594 5.3 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)

Poverty Footnotes

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