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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)

Black alone
 
People in families with related children under
  18 years, total (9) 		21,672 11,988 55.3 9,551 3,021 31.6 1,403 820 58.5 10,719 8,147 76.0
 
People in families with a householder who did
  not work (16) 		5,014 4,162 83.0 1,591 1,029 64.7 395 319 80.8 3,028 2,813 92.9
People in families with a working householder (16) 16,658 7,826 47.0 7,960 1,992 25.0 1,008 501 49.7 7,690 5,333 69.3
      With a working householder and no other
              workers 		7,735 5,429 70.2 1,208 669 55.4 711 386 54.3 5,815 4,373 75.2
      With a working householder and at least
              one other worker 		8,923 2,398 26.9 6,752 1,323 19.6 297 115 38.7 1,875 960 51.2
          Householder plus one other worker 6,967 2,017 29.0 5,321 1,132 21.3 208 73 34.9 1,438 812 56.5
          Householder plus two or more other workers 1,956 381 19.5 1,430 191 13.3 89 42 47.5 437 148 33.8
 
People in families with a householder who
  worked full-time year-round (FTYR) (16) 		11,642 4,340 37.3 6,162 1,236 20.1 687 280 40.7 4,793 2,824 58.9
      Householder FTYR and no other workers 4,875 2,909 59.7 928 457 49.2 535 248 46.4 3,412 2,204 64.6
      Householder FTYR and at least one other
              worker 		6,768 1,431 21.1 5,234 780 14.9 152 32 21.0 1,381 619 44.8
          Householder FTYR plus at least one other
              FTYR worker, no part-time or part-year 		4,051 520 12.8 3,445 351 10.2 82 32 38.8 524 137 26.1
          Householder FTYR plus at least one
              part-time or part-year, no FTYR 		1,870 848 45.4 1,112 402 36.1 51 0 (B) 707 447 63.2
          Householder FTYR with both FTYR and a
              part-time or part-year worker 		846 63 7.4 676 27 4.0 19 0 (B) 151 36 23.7
 
Both husband and wife worked (11), (16) 		6,411 1,146 17.9 6,411 1,146 17.9 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Wife worked, husband did not work 753 433 57.6 753 433 57.6 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Husband worked, wife did not work 1,878 1,024 54.5 1,878 1,024 54.5 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
 
Both husband and wife FTYR (11), (16) 		3,916 352 9.0 3,916 352 9.0 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Wife FTYR, husband not FTYR 1,245 454 36.4 1,245 454 36.4 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Husband FTYR, wife not FTYR 2,937 1,203 41.0 2,937 1,203 41.0 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)

Poverty Footnotes

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