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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 150% of poverty (5) Percentage below 150% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 150% of poverty (5) Percentage below 150% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 150% of poverty (5) Percentage below 150% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 150% of poverty (5) Percentage below 150% of poverty (6)

All races
 
People in families with related children under
  18 years, total (9) 		153,666 39,798 25.9 113,271 18,973 16.8 8,363 2,849 34.1 32,031 17,976 56.1
 
People in families with a householder who did
  not work (16) 		28,465 14,813 52.0 18,540 6,979 37.6 1,660 1,031 62.1 8,265 6,803 82.3
People in families with a working householder (16) 125,202 24,986 20.0 94,731 11,994 12.7 6,704 1,819 27.1 23,766 11,173 47.0
      With a working householder and no other
              workers 		37,417 16,332 43.6 16,048 5,591 34.8 4,542 1,445 31.8 16,827 9,295 55.2
      With a working householder and at least
              one other worker 		87,785 8,654 9.9 78,683 6,403 8.1 2,162 374 17.3 6,939 1,878 27.1
          Householder plus one other worker 66,079 6,988 10.6 59,981 5,168 8.6 1,284 256 20.0 4,813 1,563 32.5
          Householder plus two or more other workers 21,706 1,667 7.7 18,702 1,235 6.6 878 117 13.4 2,126 314 14.8
 
People in families with a householder who
  worked full-time year-round (FTYR) (16) 		89,938 12,243 13.6 70,743 6,628 9.4 4,617 860 18.6 14,578 4,754 32.6
      Householder FTYR and no other workers 26,475 8,414 31.8 13,190 3,733 28.3 3,319 721 21.7 9,965 3,960 39.7
      Householder FTYR and at least one other
              worker 		63,464 3,829 6.0 57,553 2,896 5.0 1,298 139 10.7 4,613 794 17.2
          Householder FTYR plus at least one other
              FTYR worker, no part-time or part-year 		33,253 1,276 3.8 31,142 1,056 3.4 494 60 12.2 1,617 160 9.9
          Householder FTYR plus at least one
              part-time or part-year, no FTYR 		21,094 2,303 10.9 18,132 1,626 9.0 584 60 10.2 2,378 617 26.0
          Householder FTYR with both FTYR and a
              part-time or part-year worker 		9,117 249 2.7 8,279 213 2.6 220 19 8.8 617 17 2.7
 
Both husband and wife worked (11), (16) 		74,769 5,348 7.2 74,769 5,348 7.2 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Wife worked, husband did not work 4,311 1,557 36.1 4,311 1,557 36.1 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Husband worked, wife did not work 30,937 9,955 32.2 30,937 9,955 32.2 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
 
Both husband and wife FTYR (11), (16) 		37,202 950 2.6 37,202 950 2.6 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Wife FTYR, husband not FTYR 9,103 1,531 16.8 9,103 1,531 16.8 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Husband FTYR, wife not FTYR 52,079 8,945 17.2 52,079 8,945 17.2 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)

Poverty Footnotes

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