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POV19: People in Families With Related Children Under 18 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 130% of poverty (5) Percentage below 130% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 130% of poverty (5) Percentage below 130% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 130% of poverty (5) Percentage below 130% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 130% of poverty (5) Percentage below 130% of poverty (6)

White alone
 
People in families with related children under
  18 years, total (9) 		118,664 22,219 18.7 93,568 11,958 12.8 6,231 1,610 25.8 18,865 8,651 45.9
 
People in families with a householder who did
  not work (16) 		20,877 8,622 41.3 15,160 4,583 30.2 1,092 565 51.7 4,625 3,475 75.1
People in families with a working householder (16) 97,787 13,597 13.9 78,408 7,375 9.4 5,140 1,045 20.3 14,240 5,176 36.4
      With a working householder and no other
              workers 		26,392 8,883 33.7 13,117 3,735 28.5 3,487 856 24.5 9,788 4,292 43.9
      With a working householder and at least
              one other worker 		71,395 4,713 6.6 65,291 3,640 5.6 1,652 189 11.4 4,452 884 19.9
          Householder plus one other worker 53,560 3,814 7.1 49,509 2,986 6.0 979 112 11.4 3,073 716 23.3
          Householder plus two or more other workers 17,835 899 5.0 15,782 654 4.1 673 77 11.5 1,379 168 12.2
 
People in families with a householder who
  worked full-time year-round (FTYR) (16) 		70,362 6,347 9.0 58,182 3,983 6.8 3,544 467 13.2 8,636 1,897 22.0
      Householder FTYR and no other workers 19,222 4,481 23.3 10,888 2,485 22.8 2,536 393 15.5 5,798 1,603 27.6
      Householder FTYR and at least one other
              worker 		51,140 1,866 3.6 47,294 1,498 3.2 1,008 74 7.3 2,838 294 10.4
          Householder FTYR plus at least one other
              FTYR worker, no part-time or part-year 		26,065 589 2.3 24,746 509 2.1 358 27 7.4 960 53 5.5
          Householder FTYR plus at least one
              part-time or part-year, no FTYR 		17,640 1,146 6.5 15,641 890 5.7 489 28 5.7 1,509 228 15.1
          Householder FTYR with both FTYR and a
              part-time or part-year worker 		7,436 131 1.8 6,906 99 1.4 161 19 12.0 369 13 3.5
 
Both husband and wife worked (11), (16) 		62,103 3,045 4.9 62,103 3,045 4.9 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Wife worked, husband did not work 3,094 895 28.9 3,094 895 28.9 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Husband worked, wife did not work 26,063 6,668 25.6 26,063 6,668 25.6 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
 
Both husband and wife FTYR (11), (16) 		29,905 416 1.4 29,905 416 1.4 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Wife FTYR, husband not FTYR 6,963 767 11.0 6,963 767 11.0 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Husband FTYR, wife not FTYR 44,842 5,783 12.9 44,842 5,783 12.9 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)

Poverty Footnotes

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