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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 alone, not Hispanic
 
People in families with related children under
  18 years, total (9) 		88,978 18,940 21.3 72,349 10,863 15.0 4,391 1,583 36.0 12,238 6,493 53.1
 
People in families with a householder who did
  not work (16) 		14,531 6,475 44.6 10,991 3,836 34.9 819 528 64.5 2,721 2,111 77.6
People in families with a working householder (16) 74,447 12,464 16.7 61,358 7,028 11.5 3,572 1,055 29.5 9,517 4,382 46.0
      With a working householder and no other
              workers 		18,429 7,125 38.7 8,938 2,613 29.2 2,658 897 33.7 6,834 3,616 52.9
      With a working householder and at least
              one other worker 		56,018 5,339 9.5 52,421 4,415 8.4 914 158 17.3 2,683 766 28.5
          Householder plus one other worker 43,122 4,411 10.2 40,603 3,644 9.0 616 125 20.2 1,902 642 33.8
          Householder plus two or more other workers 12,896 928 7.2 11,817 771 6.5 298 33 11.2 781 124 15.9
 
People in families with a householder who
  worked full-time year-round (FTYR) (16) 		54,681 6,397 11.7 46,176 3,936 8.5 2,607 572 21.9 5,897 1,889 32.0
      Householder FTYR and no other workers 13,719 3,935 28.7 7,608 1,844 24.2 1,983 516 26.0 4,127 1,575 38.2
      Householder FTYR and at least one other
              worker 		40,962 2,462 6.0 38,568 2,092 5.4 624 56 9.0 1,770 313 17.7
          Householder FTYR plus at least one other
              FTYR worker, no part-time or part-year 		20,627 693 3.4 20,003 641 3.2 161 18 11.1 463 34 7.4
          Householder FTYR plus at least one
              part-time or part-year, no FTYR 		14,701 1,622 11.0 13,214 1,331 10.1 401 35 8.7 1,086 257 23.7
          Householder FTYR with both FTYR and a
              part-time or part-year worker 		5,634 147 2.6 5,351 121 2.3 61 4 (B) 221 22 10.1
 
Both husband and wife worked (11), (16) 		50,545 3,939 7.8 50,545 3,939 7.8 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Wife worked, husband did not work 2,449 949 38.8 2,449 949 38.8 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Husband worked, wife did not work 17,808 4,955 27.8 17,808 4,955 27.8 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
 
Both husband and wife FTYR (11), (16) 		24,443 672 2.8 24,443 672 2.8 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Wife FTYR, husband not FTYR 5,379 1,099 20.4 5,379 1,099 20.4 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Husband FTYR, wife not FTYR 34,732 5,319 15.3 34,732 5,319 15.3 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)

Poverty Footnotes

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