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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)

Black alone
 
People in families with related children under
  18 years, total (9) 		21,672 9,645 44.5 9,551 1,988 20.8 1,403 650 46.3 10,719 7,007 65.4
 
People in families with a householder who did
  not work (16) 		5,014 3,769 75.2 1,591 796 50.1 395 303 76.8 3,028 2,669 88.1
People in families with a working householder (16) 16,658 5,876 35.3 7,960 1,192 15.0 1,008 346 34.4 7,690 4,338 56.4
      With a working householder and no other
              workers 		7,735 4,456 57.6 1,208 487 40.3 711 285 40.0 5,815 3,684 63.3
      With a working householder and at least
              one other worker 		8,923 1,420 15.9 6,752 705 10.4 297 62 20.8 1,875 654 34.9
          Householder plus one other worker 6,967 1,221 17.5 5,321 611 11.5 208 50 24.1 1,438 560 38.9
          Householder plus two or more other workers 1,956 199 10.2 1,430 93 6.5 89 11 12.9 437 94 21.6
 
People in families with a householder who
  worked full-time year-round (FTYR) (16) 		11,642 2,855 24.5 6,162 659 10.7 687 170 24.7 4,793 2,026 42.3
      Householder FTYR and no other workers 4,875 2,137 43.8 928 313 33.7 535 152 28.4 3,412 1,673 49.0
      Householder FTYR and at least one other
              worker 		6,768 718 10.6 5,234 347 6.6 152 18 11.7 1,381 353 25.6
          Householder FTYR plus at least one other
              FTYR worker, no part-time or part-year 		4,051 217 5.3 3,445 136 3.9 82 18 21.7 524 63 12.0
          Householder FTYR plus at least one
              part-time or part-year, no FTYR 		1,870 491 26.2 1,112 200 18.0 51 0 (B) 707 290 41.1
          Householder FTYR with both FTYR and a
              part-time or part-year worker 		846 10 1.2 676 10 1.5 19 0 (B) 151 0 0.0
 
Both husband and wife worked (11), (16) 		6,411 615 9.6 6,411 615 9.6 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Wife worked, husband did not work 753 305 40.5 753 305 40.5 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Husband worked, wife did not work 1,878 715 38.1 1,878 715 38.1 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
 
Both husband and wife FTYR (11), (16) 		3,916 130 3.3 3,916 130 3.3 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Wife FTYR, husband not FTYR 1,245 306 24.5 1,245 306 24.5 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Husband FTYR, wife not FTYR 2,937 728 24.8 2,937 728 24.8 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)

Poverty Footnotes

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