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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 150% of poverty (5) Percentage below 150% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 150% of poverty (5) Percentage below 150% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 150% of poverty (5) Percentage below 150% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 150% of poverty (5) Percentage below 150% of poverty (6)

Black A.O.I.C.
 
People in families, total (2) 		32,818 12,141 37.0 15,955 2,962 18.6 2,530 955 37.7 14,332 8,224 57.4
 
People in families with a householder who did
  not work (16) 		9,120 5,344 58.6 3,852 1,411 36.6 790 479 60.6 4,478 3,454 77.1
People in families with a working householder (16) 23,698 6,797 28.7 12,103 1,550 12.8 1,741 476 27.4 9,854 4,770 48.4
      With a working householder and no other
              workers 		9,588 5,043 52.6 1,864 654 35.1 962 381 39.6 6,761 4,008 59.3
      With a working householder and at least
              one other worker 		14,110 1,754 12.4 10,239 896 8.8 778 95 12.2 3,093 763 24.7
          Householder plus one other worker 10,795 1,499 13.9 7,946 768 9.7 555 82 14.7 2,293 650 28.3
          Householder plus two or more other workers 3,315 255 7.7 2,292 128 5.6 224 14 6.0 800 113 14.2
 
People in families with a householder who
  worked full-time year-round (FTYR) (16) 		16,664 3,219 19.3 9,291 828 8.9 1,154 210 18.2 6,219 2,181 35.1
      Householder FTYR and no other workers 6,096 2,377 39.0 1,403 402 28.7 688 182 26.5 4,006 1,793 44.7
      Householder FTYR and at least one other
              worker 		10,567 842 8.0 7,888 426 5.4 466 28 6.0 2,213 388 17.5
          Householder FTYR plus at least one other
              FTYR worker, no part-time or part-year 		6,134 242 4.0 4,981 156 3.1 253 22 8.7 900 64 7.1
          Householder FTYR plus at least one
              part-time or part-year, no FTYR 		2,994 589 19.7 1,783 259 14.5 142 6 4.3 1,070 324 30.3
          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) 		9,688 773 8.0 9,688 773 8.0 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Wife worked, husband did not work 1,565 452 28.9 1,565 452 28.9 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Husband worked, wife did not work 2,907 949 32.6 2,907 949 32.6 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
 
Both husband and wife FTYR (11), (16) 		5,788 150 2.6 5,788 150 2.6 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Wife FTYR, husband not FTYR 2,178 399 18.3 2,178 399 18.3 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Husband FTYR, wife not FTYR 4,419 930 21.0 4,419 930 21.0 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)

Poverty Footnotes

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