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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)

Asian alone
 
People in families, total (2) 		11,719 2,774 23.7 9,670 2,039 21.1 741 223 30.1 1,308 512 39.2
 
People in families with a householder who did
  not work (16) 		2,574 1,116 43.3 2,022 833 41.2 171 97 56.8 381 186 48.7
People in families with a working householder (16) 9,145 1,659 18.1 7,648 1,206 15.8 570 126 22.1 927 327 35.2
      With a working householder and no other
              workers 		2,266 829 36.6 1,578 510 32.3 210 75 35.7 478 245 51.3
      With a working householder and at least
              one other worker 		6,880 829 12.1 6,070 697 11.5 361 51 14.1 449 82 18.2
          Householder plus one other worker 4,833 633 13.1 4,530 555 12.3 127 21 16.5 177 56 31.9
          Householder plus two or more other workers 2,047 197 9.6 1,540 142 9.2 234 30 12.8 273 25 9.2
 
People in families with a householder who
  worked full-time year-round (FTYR) (16) 		7,188 956 13.3 6,138 723 11.8 399 55 13.7 651 178 27.4
      Householder FTYR and no other workers 1,762 491 27.8 1,264 309 24.5 158 36 22.6 340 146 42.8
      Householder FTYR and at least one other
              worker 		5,426 465 8.6 4,875 414 8.5 241 19 7.8 310 32 10.4
          Householder FTYR plus at least one other
              FTYR worker, no part-time or part-year 		3,276 223 6.8 3,023 211 7.0 132 0 0.0 121 11 9.3
          Householder FTYR plus at least one
              part-time or part-year, no FTYR 		1,282 214 16.7 1,134 174 15.3 45 19 (B) 103 21 20.5
          Householder FTYR with both FTYR and a
              part-time or part-year worker 		867 29 3.3 717 29 4.0 65 0 (B) 86 0 0.0
 
Both husband and wife worked (11), (16) 		5,698 623 10.9 5,698 623 10.9 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Wife worked, husband did not work 496 165 33.3 496 165 33.3 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Husband worked, wife did not work 2,604 784 30.1 2,604 784 30.1 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
 
Both husband and wife FTYR (11), (16) 		3,428 199 5.8 3,428 199 5.8 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Wife FTYR, husband not FTYR 881 178 20.2 881 178 20.2 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Husband FTYR, wife not FTYR 3,600 730 20.3 3,600 730 20.3 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)

Poverty Footnotes

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