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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 130% of poverty (5) Percentage below 130% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 130% of poverty (5) Percentage below 130% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 130% of poverty (5) Percentage below 130% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 130% of poverty (5) Percentage below 130% of poverty (6)

All races
 
People in families with related children under 6,
  total (9) 		72,497 19,525 26.9 54,222 9,315 17.2 3,603 1,182 32.8 14,672 9,028 61.5
 
People in families with a householder who did
  not work (16) 		15,092 7,689 50.9 10,080 3,537 35.1 601 388 64.5 4,411 3,764 85.3
People in families with a working householder (16) 57,405 11,836 20.6 44,142 5,779 13.1 3,001 794 26.4 10,261 5,264 51.3
      With a working householder and no other
              workers 		19,315 8,368 43.3 9,792 3,163 32.3 2,191 724 33.0 7,333 4,482 61.1
      With a working householder and at least
              one other worker 		38,089 3,468 9.1 34,350 2,616 7.6 811 70 8.6 2,928 782 26.7
          Householder plus one other worker 31,732 2,912 9.2 29,205 2,243 7.7 484 49 10.1 2,043 620 30.3
          Householder plus two or more other workers 6,357 556 8.8 5,145 373 7.2 327 21 6.4 886 163 18.4
 
People in families with a householder who
  worked full-time year-round (FTYR) (16) 		39,487 5,147 13.0 31,977 3,059 9.6 2,016 346 17.2 5,493 1,742 31.7
      Householder FTYR and no other workers 13,118 3,850 29.4 7,987 2,101 26.3 1,513 311 20.6 3,617 1,438 39.8
      Householder FTYR and at least one other
              worker 		26,369 1,297 4.9 23,990 958 4.0 503 35 6.9 1,876 304 16.2
          Householder FTYR plus at least one other
              FTYR worker, no part-time or part-year 		14,852 412 2.8 13,780 336 2.4 252 27 10.6 821 49 6.0
          Householder FTYR plus at least one
              part-time or part-year, no FTYR 		9,122 790 8.7 8,188 547 6.7 147 0 0.0 787 242 30.8
          Householder FTYR with both FTYR and a
              part-time or part-year worker 		2,395 96 4.0 2,021 75 3.7 105 8 7.7 268 13 4.8
 
Both husband and wife worked (11), (16) 		32,740 2,316 7.1 32,740 2,316 7.1 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Wife worked, husband did not work 1,567 601 38.4 1,567 601 38.4 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Husband worked, wife did not work 18,510 5,486 29.6 18,510 5,486 29.6 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
 
Both husband and wife FTYR (11), (16) 		14,715 330 2.2 14,715 330 2.2 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Wife FTYR, husband not FTYR 3,766 522 13.9 3,766 522 13.9 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Husband FTYR, wife not FTYR 27,828 4,599 16.5 27,828 4,599 16.5 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)

Poverty Footnotes

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