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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)

Black A.O.I.C.
 
People in families, total (2) 		32,818 10,336 31.5 15,955 2,252 14.1 2,530 772 30.5 14,332 7,312 51.0
 
People in families with a householder who did
  not work (16) 		9,120 4,907 53.8 3,852 1,188 30.8 790 447 56.5 4,478 3,273 73.1
People in families with a working householder (16) 23,698 5,428 22.9 12,103 1,064 8.8 1,741 325 18.7 9,854 4,040 41.0
      With a working householder and no other
              workers 		9,588 4,272 44.6 1,864 521 27.9 962 287 29.8 6,761 3,464 51.2
      With a working householder and at least
              one other worker 		14,110 1,157 8.2 10,239 542 5.3 778 38 4.9 3,093 576 18.6
          Householder plus one other worker 10,795 1,023 9.5 7,946 484 6.1 555 36 6.5 2,293 504 22.0
          Householder plus two or more other workers 3,315 133 4.0 2,292 59 2.6 224 2 0.9 800 72 9.0
 
People in families with a householder who
  worked full-time year-round (FTYR) (16) 		16,664 2,343 14.1 9,291 573 6.2 1,154 116 10.0 6,219 1,653 26.6
      Householder FTYR and no other workers 6,096 1,804 29.6 1,403 331 23.6 688 101 14.7 4,006 1,372 34.2
      Householder FTYR and at least one other
              worker 		10,567 538 5.1 7,888 242 3.1 466 15 3.2 2,213 282 12.7
          Householder FTYR plus at least one other
              FTYR worker, no part-time or part-year 		6,134 164 2.7 4,981 95 1.9 253 15 5.9 900 55 6.1
          Householder FTYR plus at least one
              part-time or part-year, no FTYR 		2,994 363 12.1 1,783 137 7.7 142 0 0.0 1,070 227 21.2
          Householder FTYR with both FTYR and a
              part-time or part-year worker 		1,440 10 0.7 1,124 10 0.9 72 0 (B) 243 0 0.0
 
Both husband and wife worked (11), (16) 		9,688 486 5.0 9,688 486 5.0 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Wife worked, husband did not work 1,565 385 24.6 1,565 385 24.6 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Husband worked, wife did not work 2,907 714 24.5 2,907 714 24.5 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
 
Both husband and wife FTYR (11), (16) 		5,788 100 1.7 5,788 100 1.7 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Wife FTYR, husband not FTYR 2,178 310 14.3 2,178 310 14.3 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Husband FTYR, wife not FTYR 4,419 656 14.8 4,419 656 14.8 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)

Poverty Footnotes

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