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POV20: People in Families With Related Children Under 6 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 100% of poverty (5) Percentage below 100% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 100% of poverty (5) Percentage below 100% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 100% of poverty (5) Percentage below 100% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 100% of poverty (5) Percentage below 100% of poverty (6)

White alone
 
People in families with related children under 6,
  total (9) 		55,578 9,120 16.4 44,672 4,734 10.6 2,699 547 20.3 8,206 3,840 46.8
 
People in families with a householder who did
  not work (16) 		11,126 3,889 35.0 8,264 1,921 23.3 403 185 45.8 2,459 1,783 72.5
People in families with a working householder (16) 44,452 5,232 11.8 36,409 2,812 7.7 2,296 362 15.8 5,748 2,057 35.8
      With a working householder and no other
              workers 		13,875 3,809 27.5 8,143 1,665 20.4 1,662 347 20.9 4,071 1,798 44.2
      With a working householder and at least
              one other worker 		30,577 1,423 4.7 28,266 1,148 4.1 634 16 2.5 1,677 259 15.4
          Householder plus one other worker 25,795 1,201 4.7 24,222 980 4.0 408 16 3.9 1,165 205 17.6
          Householder plus two or more other workers 4,782 222 4.6 4,044 168 4.2 226 0 0.0 512 54 10.5
 
People in families with a householder who
  worked full-time year-round (FTYR) (16) 		30,665 2,014 6.6 26,175 1,394 5.3 1,551 113 7.3 2,939 507 17.3
      Householder FTYR and no other workers 9,809 1,605 16.4 6,699 1,062 15.8 1,126 109 9.7 1,985 434 21.9
      Householder FTYR and at least one other
              worker 		20,856 409 2.0 19,477 332 1.7 425 4 0.9 954 73 7.6
          Householder FTYR plus at least one other
              FTYR worker, no part-time or part-year 		11,582 97 0.8 10,916 79 0.7 221 4 1.8 446 13 2.9
          Householder FTYR plus at least one
              part-time or part-year, no FTYR 		7,488 295 3.9 6,978 235 3.4 127 0 0.0 382 60 15.6
          Householder FTYR with both FTYR and a
              part-time or part-year worker 		1,786 18 1.0 1,583 18 1.1 77 0 0.0 126 0 0.0
 
Both husband and wife worked (11), (16) 		26,956 996 3.7 26,956 996 3.7 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Wife worked, husband did not work 1,146 307 26.8 1,146 307 26.8 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Husband worked, wife did not work 15,600 2,949 18.9 15,600 2,949 18.9 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
 
Both husband and wife FTYR (11), (16) 		11,674 74 0.6 11,674 74 0.6 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Wife FTYR, husband not FTYR 2,879 228 7.9 2,879 228 7.9 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Husband FTYR, wife not FTYR 23,770 2,237 9.4 23,770 2,237 9.4 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)

Poverty Footnotes

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