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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)

Hispanic (of any race)
 
People in families, total (2) 		41,732 19,803 47.5 28,951 12,202 42.1 3,516 1,474 41.9 9,265 6,126 66.1
 
People in families with a householder who did
  not work (16) 		10,070 6,829 67.8 6,606 4,071 61.6 629 426 67.6 2,835 2,332 82.3
People in families with a working householder (16) 31,662 12,974 41.0 22,345 8,131 36.4 2,886 1,049 36.3 6,430 3,794 59.0
      With a working householder and no other
              workers 		10,000 6,794 67.9 5,223 3,486 66.7 1,082 551 50.9 3,695 2,757 74.6
      With a working householder and at least
              one other worker 		21,662 6,179 28.5 17,122 4,645 27.1 1,804 498 27.6 2,735 1,037 37.9
          Householder plus one other worker 14,422 4,463 30.9 11,632 3,386 29.1 948 317 33.4 1,842 760 41.2
          Householder plus two or more other workers 7,240 1,716 23.7 5,490 1,259 22.9 856 181 21.1 894 277 31.0
 
People in families with a householder who
  worked full-time year-round (FTYR) (16) 		21,601 7,204 33.4 15,888 4,849 30.5 1,836 517 28.2 3,877 1,838 47.4
      Householder FTYR and no other workers 6,937 4,167 60.1 4,021 2,524 62.8 736 292 39.6 2,180 1,351 62.0
      Householder FTYR and at least one other
              worker 		14,664 3,037 20.7 11,867 2,325 19.6 1,100 225 20.5 1,697 487 28.7
          Householder FTYR plus at least one other
              FTYR worker, no part-time or part-year 		7,940 1,270 16.0 6,493 983 15.1 681 105 15.5 766 182 23.8
          Householder FTYR plus at least one
              part-time or part-year, no FTYR 		4,044 1,380 34.1 3,175 1,041 32.8 217 69 32.0 652 269 41.3
          Householder FTYR with both FTYR and a
              part-time or part-year worker 		2,680 387 14.4 2,199 301 13.7 202 50 25.0 279 35 12.5
 
Both husband and wife worked (11), (16) 		15,248 3,838 25.2 15,248 3,838 25.2 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Wife worked, husband did not work 1,289 631 49.0 1,289 631 49.0 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Husband worked, wife did not work 10,355 6,393 61.7 10,355 6,393 61.7 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
 
Both husband and wife FTYR (11), (16) 		7,458 981 13.1 7,458 981 13.1 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Wife FTYR, husband not FTYR 2,325 809 34.8 2,325 809 34.8 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Husband FTYR, wife not FTYR 12,671 6,065 47.9 12,671 6,065 47.9 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)

Poverty Footnotes

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