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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 200% of poverty (5) Percentage below 200% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 200% of poverty (5) Percentage below 200% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 200% of poverty (5) Percentage below 200% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 200% of poverty (5) Percentage below 200% of poverty (6)

White alone, not Hispanic
 
People in families with related children under
  18 years, total (9) 		88,978 21,064 23.7 72,349 12,430 17.2 4,391 1,752 39.9 12,238 6,882 56.2
 
People in families with a householder who did
  not work (16) 		14,531 6,811 46.9 10,991 4,131 37.6 819 541 66.0 2,721 2,139 78.6
People in families with a working householder (16) 74,447 14,254 19.1 61,358 8,299 13.5 3,572 1,212 33.9 9,517 4,743 49.8
      With a working householder and no other
              workers 		18,429 7,869 42.7 8,938 2,968 33.2 2,658 1,019 38.3 6,834 3,882 56.8
      With a working householder and at least
              one other worker 		56,018 6,384 11.4 52,421 5,331 10.2 914 193 21.1 2,683 861 32.1
          Householder plus one other worker 43,122 5,223 12.1 40,603 4,381 10.8 616 136 22.1 1,902 706 37.1
          Householder plus two or more other workers 12,896 1,161 9.0 11,817 950 8.0 298 57 19.0 781 155 19.9
 
People in families with a householder who
  worked full-time year-round (FTYR) (16) 		54,681 7,606 13.9 46,176 4,763 10.3 2,607 689 26.4 5,897 2,155 36.5
      Householder FTYR and no other workers 13,719 4,513 32.9 7,608 2,134 28.0 1,983 605 30.5 4,127 1,774 43.0
      Householder FTYR and at least one other
              worker 		40,962 3,093 7.6 38,568 2,629 6.8 624 84 13.4 1,770 381 21.5
          Householder FTYR plus at least one other
              FTYR worker, no part-time or part-year 		20,627 975 4.7 20,003 881 4.4 161 18 11.1 463 76 16.5
          Householder FTYR plus at least one
              part-time or part-year, no FTYR 		14,701 1,904 13.0 13,214 1,571 11.9 401 51 12.8 1,086 282 26.0
          Householder FTYR with both FTYR and a
              part-time or part-year worker 		5,634 214 3.8 5,351 177 3.3 61 14 (B) 221 22 10.1
 
Both husband and wife worked (11), (16) 		50,545 4,785 9.5 50,545 4,785 9.5 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Wife worked, husband did not work 2,449 1,067 43.6 2,449 1,067 43.6 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Husband worked, wife did not work 17,808 5,517 31.0 17,808 5,517 31.0 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
 
Both husband and wife FTYR (11), (16) 		24,443 955 3.9 24,443 955 3.9 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Wife FTYR, husband not FTYR 5,379 1,258 23.4 5,379 1,258 23.4 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Husband FTYR, wife not FTYR 34,732 6,162 17.7 34,732 6,162 17.7 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)

Poverty Footnotes

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