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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)

Asian alone
 
People in families, total (2) 		11,719 1,549 13.2 9,670 1,188 12.3 741 105 14.2 1,308 256 19.6
 
People in families with a householder who did
  not work (16) 		2,574 789 30.6 2,022 627 31.0 171 47 27.4 381 115 30.3
People in families with a working householder (16) 9,145 761 8.3 7,648 562 7.3 570 58 10.2 927 141 15.2
      With a working householder and no other
              workers 		2,266 469 20.7 1,578 329 20.8 210 45 21.4 478 95 19.9
      With a working householder and at least
              one other worker 		6,880 292 4.2 6,070 233 3.8 361 13 3.7 449 46 10.1
          Householder plus one other worker 4,833 246 5.1 4,530 200 4.4 127 13 10.5 177 32 18.1
          Householder plus two or more other workers 2,047 46 2.2 1,540 32 2.1 234 0 0.0 273 14 5.0
 
People in families with a householder who
  worked full-time year-round (FTYR) (16) 		7,188 333 4.6 6,138 274 4.5 399 22 5.6 651 37 5.7
      Householder FTYR and no other workers 1,762 185 10.5 1,264 143 11.4 158 16 10.0 340 26 7.6
      Householder FTYR and at least one other
              worker 		5,426 148 2.7 4,875 130 2.7 241 7 2.7 310 11 3.6
          Householder FTYR plus at least one other
              FTYR worker, no part-time or part-year 		3,276 66 2.0 3,023 66 2.2 132 0 0.0 121 0 0.0
          Householder FTYR plus at least one
              part-time or part-year, no FTYR 		1,282 75 5.9 1,134 58 5.1 45 7 (B) 103 11 10.7
          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) 		5,698 199 3.5 5,698 199 3.5 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Wife worked, husband did not work 496 96 19.4 496 96 19.4 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Husband worked, wife did not work 2,604 518 19.9 2,604 518 19.9 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
 
Both husband and wife FTYR (11), (16) 		3,428 63 1.8 3,428 63 1.8 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Wife FTYR, husband not FTYR 881 58 6.5 881 58 6.5 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Husband FTYR, wife not FTYR 3,600 347 9.7 3,600 347 9.7 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)

Poverty Footnotes

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