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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)

Asian alone
 
People in families, total (2) 		11,719 1,920 16.4 9,670 1,438 14.9 741 144 19.5 1,308 338 25.8
 
People in families with a householder who did
  not work (16) 		2,574 879 34.2 2,022 683 33.8 171 48 28.3 381 147 38.7
People in families with a working householder (16) 9,145 1,041 11.4 7,648 755 9.9 570 96 16.8 927 190 20.5
      With a working householder and no other
              workers 		2,266 586 25.8 1,578 392 24.8 210 55 26.5 478 138 28.9
      With a working householder and at least
              one other worker 		6,880 455 6.6 6,070 362 6.0 361 40 11.2 449 52 11.6
          Householder plus one other worker 4,833 322 6.7 4,530 275 6.1 127 13 10.5 177 34 19.5
          Householder plus two or more other workers 2,047 133 6.5 1,540 88 5.7 234 27 11.6 273 18 6.5
 
People in families with a householder who
  worked full-time year-round (FTYR) (16) 		7,188 523 7.3 6,138 414 6.7 399 38 9.4 651 72 11.0
      Householder FTYR and no other workers 1,762 284 16.1 1,264 197 15.6 158 26 16.7 340 61 17.9
      Householder FTYR and at least one other
              worker 		5,426 239 4.4 4,875 217 4.4 241 11 4.7 310 11 3.6
          Householder FTYR plus at least one other
              FTYR worker, no part-time or part-year 		3,276 103 3.2 3,023 103 3.4 132 0 0.0 121 0 0.0
          Householder FTYR plus at least one
              part-time or part-year, no FTYR 		1,282 129 10.1 1,134 107 9.4 45 11 (B) 103 11 10.7
          Householder FTYR with both FTYR and a
              part-time or part-year worker 		867 6 0.7 717 6 0.9 65 0 (B) 86 0 0.0
 
Both husband and wife worked (11), (16) 		5,698 329 5.8 5,698 329 5.8 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Wife worked, husband did not work 496 120 24.1 496 120 24.1 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Husband worked, wife did not work 2,604 591 22.7 2,604 591 22.7 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
 
Both husband and wife FTYR (11), (16) 		3,428 100 2.9 3,428 100 2.9 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Wife FTYR, husband not FTYR 881 104 11.8 881 104 11.8 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Husband FTYR, wife not FTYR 3,600 439 12.2 3,600 439 12.2 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)

Poverty Footnotes

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