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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)

White alone
 
People in families with related children under
  18 years, total (9) 		118,664 26,669 22.5 93,568 14,999 16.0 6,231 1,919 30.8 18,865 9,752 51.7
 
People in families with a householder who did
  not work (16) 		20,877 9,736 46.6 15,160 5,462 36.0 1,092 624 57.1 4,625 3,651 78.9
People in families with a working householder (16) 97,787 16,933 17.3 78,408 9,537 12.2 5,140 1,295 25.2 14,240 6,101 42.8
      With a working householder and no other
              workers 		26,392 10,511 39.8 13,117 4,474 34.1 3,487 1,017 29.2 9,788 5,020 51.3
      With a working householder and at least
              one other worker 		71,395 6,422 9.0 65,291 5,063 7.8 1,652 278 16.8 4,452 1,081 24.3
          Householder plus one other worker 53,560 5,120 9.6 49,509 4,032 8.1 979 185 18.9 3,073 903 29.4
          Householder plus two or more other workers 17,835 1,301 7.3 15,782 1,031 6.5 673 93 13.8 1,379 178 12.9
 
People in families with a householder who
  worked full-time year-round (FTYR) (16) 		70,362 8,339 11.9 58,182 5,288 9.1 3,544 607 17.1 8,636 2,445 28.3
      Householder FTYR and no other workers 19,222 5,587 29.1 10,888 3,053 28.0 2,536 497 19.6 5,798 2,037 35.1
      Householder FTYR and at least one other
              worker 		51,140 2,752 5.4 47,294 2,235 4.7 1,008 109 10.9 2,838 408 14.4
          Householder FTYR plus at least one other
              FTYR worker, no part-time or part-year 		26,065 920 3.5 24,746 784 3.2 358 40 11.1 960 96 10.0
          Householder FTYR plus at least one
              part-time or part-year, no FTYR 		17,640 1,607 9.1 15,641 1,257 8.0 489 50 10.3 1,509 300 19.9
          Householder FTYR with both FTYR and a
              part-time or part-year worker 		7,436 225 3.0 6,906 193 2.8 161 19 12.0 369 13 3.5
 
Both husband and wife worked (11), (16) 		62,103 4,201 6.8 62,103 4,201 6.8 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Wife worked, husband did not work 3,094 1,091 35.3 3,094 1,091 35.3 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Husband worked, wife did not work 26,063 8,229 31.6 26,063 8,229 31.6 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
 
Both husband and wife FTYR (11), (16) 		29,905 686 2.3 29,905 686 2.3 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Wife FTYR, husband not FTYR 6,963 1,050 15.1 6,963 1,050 15.1 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Husband FTYR, wife not FTYR 44,842 7,415 16.5 44,842 7,415 16.5 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)

Poverty Footnotes

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