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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 185% of poverty (5) Percentage below 185% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 185% of poverty (5) Percentage below 185% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 185% of poverty (5) Percentage below 185% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 185% of poverty (5) Percentage below 185% of poverty (6)

White A.O.I.C.
 
People in families with related children under
  18 years, total (9) 		122,093 36,152 29.6 95,844 21,479 22.4 6,442 2,676 41.5 19,807 11,997 60.6
 
People in families with a householder who did
  not work (16) 		21,583 11,840 54.9 15,576 7,005 45.0 1,153 787 68.3 4,854 4,048 83.4
People in families with a working householder (16) 100,511 24,312 24.2 80,268 14,473 18.0 5,289 1,890 35.7 14,953 7,949 53.2
      With a working householder and no other
              workers 		27,259 13,385 49.1 13,395 5,755 43.0 3,584 1,389 38.7 10,280 6,242 60.7
      With a working householder and at least
              one other worker 		73,251 10,926 14.9 66,872 8,718 13.0 1,705 501 29.4 4,674 1,707 36.5
          Householder plus one other worker 54,970 8,478 15.4 50,763 6,814 13.4 1,015 350 34.5 3,192 1,314 41.2
          Householder plus two or more other workers 18,281 2,449 13.4 16,110 1,904 11.8 690 151 21.9 1,482 393 26.5
 
People in families with a householder who
  worked full-time year-round (FTYR) (16) 		72,201 12,998 18.0 59,498 8,417 14.1 3,653 981 26.9 9,050 3,600 39.8
      Householder FTYR and no other workers 19,794 7,748 39.1 11,102 4,146 37.3 2,610 764 29.3 6,083 2,838 46.7
      Householder FTYR and at least one other
              worker 		52,406 5,250 10.0 48,396 4,271 8.8 1,043 217 20.8 2,967 762 25.7
          Householder FTYR plus at least one other
              FTYR worker, no part-time or part-year 		26,657 1,888 7.1 25,289 1,588 6.3 374 95 25.4 993 205 20.6
          Householder FTYR plus at least one
              part-time or part-year, no FTYR 		18,130 2,876 15.9 16,060 2,298 14.3 503 82 16.2 1,567 497 31.7
          Householder FTYR with both FTYR and a
              part-time or part-year worker 		7,619 486 6.4 7,047 385 5.5 166 40 24.1 407 60 14.9
 
Both husband and wife worked (11), (16) 		63,596 7,521 11.8 63,596 7,521 11.8 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Wife worked, husband did not work 3,239 1,430 44.1 3,239 1,430 44.1 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Husband worked, wife did not work 26,619 10,824 40.7 26,619 10,824 40.7 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
 
Both husband and wife FTYR (11), (16) 		30,549 1,612 5.3 30,549 1,612 5.3 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Wife FTYR, husband not FTYR 7,191 1,854 25.8 7,191 1,854 25.8 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Husband FTYR, wife not FTYR 45,889 10,938 23.8 45,889 10,938 23.8 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)

Poverty Footnotes

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