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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 alone
 
People in families, total (2) 		30,986 11,460 37.0 14,928 2,718 18.2 2,410 886 36.8 13,648 7,856 57.6
 
People in families with a householder who did
  not work (16) 		8,682 5,075 58.5 3,613 1,312 36.3 753 448 59.5 4,316 3,314 76.8
People in families with a working householder (16) 22,304 6,385 28.6 11,315 1,405 12.4 1,657 438 26.4 9,332 4,542 48.7
      With a working householder and no other
              workers 		9,065 4,774 52.7 1,768 601 34.0 913 349 38.2 6,385 3,824 59.9
      With a working householder and at least
              one other worker 		13,239 1,611 12.2 9,547 804 8.4 745 89 12.0 2,947 718 24.3
          Householder plus one other worker 10,134 1,375 13.6 7,426 684 9.2 522 76 14.5 2,186 615 28.2
          Householder plus two or more other workers 3,105 236 7.6 2,121 121 5.7 223 14 6.1 761 102 13.4
 
People in families with a householder who
  worked full-time year-round (FTYR) (16) 		15,757 3,044 19.3 8,727 741 8.5 1,105 193 17.4 5,925 2,111 35.6
      Householder FTYR and no other workers 5,787 2,258 39.0 1,333 363 27.3 654 164 25.1 3,799 1,730 45.5
      Householder FTYR and at least one other
              worker 		9,970 786 7.9 7,393 378 5.1 451 28 6.2 2,126 380 17.9
          Householder FTYR plus at least one other
              FTYR worker, no part-time or part-year 		5,847 225 3.8 4,745 140 3.0 239 22 9.2 863 63 7.3
          Householder FTYR plus at least one
              part-time or part-year, no FTYR 		2,791 551 19.7 1,621 227 14.0 140 6 4.3 1,030 318 30.9
          Householder FTYR with both FTYR and a
              part-time or part-year worker 		1,333 10 0.8 1,028 10 1.0 72 0 (B) 233 0 0.0
 
Both husband and wife worked (11), (16) 		9,031 688 7.6 9,031 688 7.6 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Wife worked, husband did not work 1,474 427 29.0 1,474 427 29.0 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Husband worked, wife did not work 2,706 865 32.0 2,706 865 32.0 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
 
Both husband and wife FTYR (11), (16) 		5,474 134 2.4 5,474 134 2.4 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Wife FTYR, husband not FTYR 2,068 376 18.2 2,068 376 18.2 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Husband FTYR, wife not FTYR 4,047 822 20.3 4,047 822 20.3 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)

Poverty Footnotes

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