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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)

Black A.O.I.C.
 
People in families with related children under
  18 years, total (9) 		23,234 12,257 52.8 10,414 3,049 29.3 1,488 864 58.1 11,333 8,344 73.6
 
People in families with a householder who did
  not work (16) 		5,362 4,376 81.6 1,761 1,094 62.1 423 347 82.1 3,178 2,935 92.3
People in families with a working householder (16) 17,872 7,881 44.1 8,653 1,955 22.6 1,065 517 48.6 8,155 5,409 66.3
      With a working householder and no other
              workers 		8,228 5,552 67.5 1,294 683 52.8 756 392 51.8 6,177 4,477 72.5
      With a working householder and at least
              one other worker 		9,644 2,329 24.2 7,358 1,272 17.3 309 125 40.5 1,978 932 47.1
          Householder plus one other worker 7,527 1,936 25.7 5,802 1,077 18.6 220 83 37.7 1,505 776 51.5
          Householder plus two or more other workers 2,117 393 18.6 1,556 195 12.5 89 42 47.5 472 157 33.2
 
People in families with a householder who
  worked full-time year-round (FTYR) (16) 		12,418 4,202 33.8 6,652 1,164 17.5 722 274 37.9 5,044 2,765 54.8
      Householder FTYR and no other workers 5,163 2,907 56.3 987 459 46.5 568 242 42.6 3,607 2,206 61.1
      Householder FTYR and at least one other
              worker 		7,256 1,295 17.9 5,665 704 12.4 154 32 20.8 1,437 559 38.9
          Householder FTYR plus at least one other
              FTYR worker, no part-time or part-year 		4,278 442 10.3 3,653 289 7.9 82 32 38.8 542 121 22.3
          Householder FTYR plus at least one
              part-time or part-year, no FTYR 		2,049 801 39.1 1,263 388 30.7 53 0 (B) 734 413 56.2
          Householder FTYR with both FTYR and a
              part-time or part-year worker 		929 52 5.6 749 27 3.6 19 0 (B) 161 25 15.7
 
Both husband and wife worked (11), (16) 		6,991 1,103 15.8 6,991 1,103 15.8 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Wife worked, husband did not work 822 427 51.9 822 427 51.9 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Husband worked, wife did not work 2,053 1,084 52.8 2,053 1,084 52.8 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
 
Both husband and wife FTYR (11), (16) 		4,180 290 6.9 4,180 290 6.9 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Wife FTYR, husband not FTYR 1,337 439 32.8 1,337 439 32.8 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Husband FTYR, wife not FTYR 3,281 1,239 37.8 3,281 1,239 37.8 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)

Poverty Footnotes

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