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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 alone
 
People in families with related children under
  18 years, total (9) 		21,672 11,437 52.8 9,551 2,730 28.6 1,403 795 56.7 10,719 7,912 73.8
 
People in families with a householder who did
  not work (16) 		5,014 4,093 81.6 1,591 984 61.8 395 319 80.8 3,028 2,790 92.1
People in families with a working householder (16) 16,658 7,345 44.1 7,960 1,746 21.9 1,008 476 47.3 7,690 5,122 66.6
      With a working householder and no other
              workers 		7,735 5,222 67.5 1,208 620 51.4 711 362 50.8 5,815 4,240 72.9
      With a working householder and at least
              one other worker 		8,923 2,123 23.8 6,752 1,126 16.7 297 115 38.7 1,875 882 47.0
          Householder plus one other worker 6,967 1,764 25.3 5,321 947 17.8 208 73 34.9 1,438 745 51.8
          Householder plus two or more other workers 1,956 358 18.3 1,430 179 12.5 89 42 47.5 437 137 31.4
 
People in families with a householder who
  worked full-time year-round (FTYR) (16) 		11,642 3,969 34.1 6,162 1,061 17.2 687 255 37.1 4,793 2,653 55.3
      Householder FTYR and no other workers 4,875 2,748 56.4 928 420 45.3 535 223 41.7 3,412 2,104 61.7
      Householder FTYR and at least one other
              worker 		6,768 1,221 18.0 5,234 641 12.2 152 32 21.0 1,381 549 39.7
          Householder FTYR plus at least one other
              FTYR worker, no part-time or part-year 		4,051 425 10.5 3,445 272 7.9 82 32 38.8 524 121 23.1
          Householder FTYR plus at least one
              part-time or part-year, no FTYR 		1,870 744 39.8 1,112 342 30.8 51 0 (B) 707 402 56.9
          Householder FTYR with both FTYR and a
              part-time or part-year worker 		846 52 6.2 676 27 4.0 19 0 (B) 151 25 16.8
 
Both husband and wife worked (11), (16) 		6,411 963 15.0 6,411 963 15.0 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Wife worked, husband did not work 753 401 53.3 753 401 53.3 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Husband worked, wife did not work 1,878 963 51.3 1,878 963 51.3 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
 
Both husband and wife FTYR (11), (16) 		3,916 273 7.0 3,916 273 7.0 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Wife FTYR, husband not FTYR 1,245 416 33.4 1,245 416 33.4 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Husband FTYR, wife not FTYR 2,937 1,079 36.7 2,937 1,079 36.7 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)

Poverty Footnotes

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