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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 185% of poverty (5) Percentage below 185% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 185% of poverty (5) Percentage below 185% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 185% of poverty (5) Percentage below 185% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 185% of poverty (5) Percentage below 185% of poverty (6)

White alone, not Hispanic
 
People in families, total (2) 		159,344 27,881 17.5 132,482 17,350 13.1 8,063 2,401 29.8 18,799 8,130 43.2
 
People in families with a householder who did
  not work (16) 		40,488 13,189 32.6 32,954 8,934 27.1 1,979 1,061 53.6 5,555 3,194 57.5
People in families with a working householder (16) 118,856 14,691 12.4 99,527 8,416 8.5 6,084 1,340 22.0 13,244 4,936 37.3
      With a working householder and no other
              workers 		26,469 8,326 31.5 15,324 3,350 21.9 3,258 1,059 32.5 7,887 3,917 49.7
      With a working householder and at least
              one other worker 		92,387 6,365 6.9 84,203 5,066 6.0 2,826 281 9.9 5,358 1,018 19.0
          Householder plus one other worker 69,820 5,320 7.6 63,793 4,214 6.6 2,094 247 11.8 3,933 858 21.8
          Householder plus two or more other workers 22,567 1,045 4.6 20,410 852 4.2 732 33 4.6 1,425 160 11.2
 
People in families with a householder who
  worked full-time year-round (FTYR) (16) 		85,905 7,304 8.5 73,093 4,473 6.1 4,340 666 15.3 8,472 2,165 25.6
      Householder FTYR and no other workers 18,618 4,440 23.8 11,472 2,156 18.8 2,335 556 23.8 4,811 1,728 35.9
      Householder FTYR and at least one other
              worker 		67,287 2,864 4.3 61,621 2,317 3.8 2,005 110 5.5 3,661 437 11.9
          Householder FTYR plus at least one other
              FTYR worker, no part-time or part-year 		35,720 850 2.4 33,554 728 2.2 898 53 5.9 1,268 69 5.4
          Householder FTYR plus at least one
              part-time or part-year, no FTYR 		21,679 1,834 8.5 18,704 1,441 7.7 929 54 5.8 2,046 339 16.6
          Householder FTYR with both FTYR and a
              part-time or part-year worker 		9,889 180 1.8 9,363 148 1.6 178 4 2.1 347 29 8.4
 
Both husband and wife worked (11), (16) 		80,989 4,478 5.5 80,989 4,478 5.5 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Wife worked, husband did not work 7,999 1,742 21.8 7,999 1,742 21.8 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Husband worked, wife did not work 27,530 5,937 21.6 27,530 5,937 21.6 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
 
Both husband and wife FTYR (11), (16) 		40,962 786 1.9 40,962 786 1.9 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Wife FTYR, husband not FTYR 11,759 1,455 12.4 11,759 1,455 12.4 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Husband FTYR, wife not FTYR 49,250 6,008 12.2 49,250 6,008 12.2 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)

Poverty Footnotes

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