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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 200% of poverty (5) Percentage below 200% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 200% of poverty (5) Percentage below 200% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 200% of poverty (5) Percentage below 200% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 200% of poverty (5) Percentage below 200% of poverty (6)

White A.O.I.C.
 
People in families, total (2) 		202,100 52,531 26.0 162,411 33,147 20.4 11,557 4,260 36.9 28,131 15,125 53.8
 
People in families with a householder who did
  not work (16) 		50,789 21,429 42.2 39,803 14,226 35.7 2,602 1,530 58.8 8,384 5,673 67.7
People in families with a working householder (16) 151,310 31,102 20.6 122,608 18,921 15.4 8,955 2,729 30.5 19,748 9,453 47.9
      With a working householder and no other
              workers 		36,481 16,278 44.6 20,507 7,408 36.1 4,334 1,780 41.1 11,640 7,090 60.9
      With a working householder and at least
              one other worker 		114,829 14,825 12.9 102,100 11,513 11.3 4,621 949 20.5 8,108 2,363 29.1
          Householder plus one other worker 84,922 11,418 13.4 76,079 8,926 11.7 3,056 649 21.2 5,788 1,843 31.8
          Householder plus two or more other workers 29,906 3,407 11.4 26,021 2,587 9.9 1,565 300 19.2 2,320 520 22.4
 
People in families with a householder who
  worked full-time year-round (FTYR) (16) 		107,995 16,660 15.4 89,486 10,792 12.1 6,150 1,381 22.5 12,358 4,487 36.3
      Householder FTYR and no other workers 25,513 9,422 36.9 15,458 5,109 33.1 3,057 953 31.2 6,998 3,360 48.0
      Householder FTYR and at least one other
              worker 		82,482 7,238 8.8 74,029 5,683 7.7 3,093 428 13.8 5,360 1,127 21.0
          Householder FTYR plus at least one other
              FTYR worker, no part-time or part-year 		43,879 2,762 6.3 40,271 2,193 5.4 1,573 206 13.1 2,035 363 17.8
          Householder FTYR plus at least one
              part-time or part-year, no FTYR 		25,978 3,781 14.6 22,126 2,932 13.3 1,145 152 13.3 2,706 697 25.8
          Householder FTYR with both FTYR and a
              part-time or part-year worker 		12,626 695 5.5 11,632 558 4.8 375 70 18.6 618 67 10.9
 
Both husband and wife worked (11), (16) 		97,048 9,964 10.3 97,048 9,964 10.3 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Wife worked, husband did not work 9,385 2,633 28.1 9,385 2,633 28.1 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Husband worked, wife did not work 37,833 13,245 35.0 37,833 13,245 35.0 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
 
Both husband and wife FTYR (11), (16) 		48,774 2,318 4.8 48,774 2,318 4.8 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Wife FTYR, husband not FTYR 14,204 2,618 18.4 14,204 2,618 18.4 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Husband FTYR, wife not FTYR 62,232 13,458 21.6 62,232 13,458 21.6 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)

Poverty Footnotes

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