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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)

Black alone
 
People in families with related children under 6,
  total (9) 		10,241 3,705 36.2 4,396 566 12.9 613 148 24.1 5,232 2,991 57.2
 
People in families with a householder who did
  not work (16) 		2,549 1,768 69.4 793 294 37.1 155 89 57.1 1,601 1,386 86.5
People in families with a working householder (16) 7,693 1,937 25.2 3,604 272 7.5 458 59 12.9 3,631 1,606 44.2
      With a working householder and no other
              workers 		3,651 1,629 44.6 621 128 20.7 353 59 16.8 2,677 1,441 53.8
      With a working householder and at least
              one other worker 		4,042 308 7.6 2,983 144 4.8 105 0 0.0 954 164 17.2
          Householder plus one other worker 3,246 273 8.4 2,478 117 4.7 46 0 (B) 722 156 21.6
          Householder plus two or more other workers 796 35 4.4 505 27 5.3 59 0 (B) 232 8 3.6
 
People in families with a householder who
  worked full-time year-round (FTYR) (16) 		4,995 604 12.1 2,685 130 4.9 295 19 6.5 2,015 454 22.5
      Householder FTYR and no other workers 2,047 469 22.9 476 80 16.7 259 19 7.4 1,311 370 28.2
      Householder FTYR and at least one other
              worker 		2,949 135 4.6 2,209 51 2.3 36 0 (B) 704 84 11.9
          Householder FTYR plus at least one other
              FTYR worker, no part-time or part-year 		1,711 18 1.1 1,430 14 1.0 9 0 (B) 272 4 1.6
          Householder FTYR plus at least one
              part-time or part-year, no FTYR 		909 116 12.8 555 37 6.7 17 0 (B) 338 79 23.5
          Householder FTYR with both FTYR and a
              part-time or part-year worker 		329 0 0.0 224 0 0.0 10 0 (B) 95 0 0.0
 
Both husband and wife worked (11), (16) 		2,867 141 4.9 2,867 141 4.9 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Wife worked, husband did not work 237 87 36.8 237 87 36.8 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Husband worked, wife did not work 1,077 208 19.3 1,077 208 19.3 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
 
Both husband and wife FTYR (11), (16) 		1,562 14 0.9 1,562 14 0.9 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Wife FTYR, husband not FTYR 503 62 12.3 503 62 12.3 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Husband FTYR, wife not FTYR 1,605 168 10.5 1,605 168 10.5 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)

Poverty Footnotes

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