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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)

Black A.O.I.C.
 
People in families, total (2) 		32,818 14,757 45.0 15,955 4,091 25.6 2,530 1,173 46.4 14,332 9,493 66.2
 
People in families with a householder who did
  not work (16) 		9,120 6,068 66.5 3,852 1,816 47.1 790 541 68.5 4,478 3,711 82.9
People in families with a working householder (16) 23,698 8,689 36.7 12,103 2,274 18.8 1,741 632 36.3 9,854 5,783 58.7
      With a working householder and no other
              workers 		9,588 5,998 62.6 1,864 826 44.3 962 463 48.1 6,761 4,709 69.6
      With a working householder and at least
              one other worker 		14,110 2,692 19.1 10,239 1,448 14.1 778 169 21.8 3,093 1,074 34.7
          Householder plus one other worker 10,795 2,225 20.6 7,946 1,212 15.3 555 122 22.1 2,293 890 38.8
          Householder plus two or more other workers 3,315 467 14.1 2,292 236 10.3 224 47 21.0 800 184 23.0
 
People in families with a householder who
  worked full-time year-round (FTYR) (16) 		16,664 4,560 27.4 9,291 1,298 14.0 1,154 301 26.1 6,219 2,962 47.6
      Householder FTYR and no other workers 6,096 3,119 51.2 1,403 531 37.9 688 254 37.0 4,006 2,334 58.3
      Householder FTYR and at least one other
              worker 		10,567 1,441 13.6 7,888 767 9.7 466 46 9.9 2,213 628 28.4
          Householder FTYR plus at least one other
              FTYR worker, no part-time or part-year 		6,134 470 7.7 4,981 302 6.1 253 36 14.3 900 131 14.6
          Householder FTYR plus at least one
              part-time or part-year, no FTYR 		2,994 908 30.3 1,783 426 23.9 142 10 7.2 1,070 472 44.1
          Householder FTYR with both FTYR and a
              part-time or part-year worker 		1,440 63 4.4 1,124 38 3.4 72 0 (B) 243 25 10.4
 
Both husband and wife worked (11), (16) 		9,688 1,253 12.9 9,688 1,253 12.9 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Wife worked, husband did not work 1,565 593 37.9 1,565 593 37.9 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Husband worked, wife did not work 2,907 1,272 43.7 2,907 1,272 43.7 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
 
Both husband and wife FTYR (11), (16) 		5,788 315 5.4 5,788 315 5.4 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Wife FTYR, husband not FTYR 2,178 540 24.8 2,178 540 24.8 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Husband FTYR, wife not FTYR 4,419 1,388 31.4 4,419 1,388 31.4 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)

Poverty Footnotes

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