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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)

White alone
 
People in families with related children under 6,
  total (9) 		55,578 13,117 23.6 44,672 7,390 16.5 2,699 841 31.1 8,206 4,886 59.5
 
People in families with a householder who did
  not work (16) 		11,126 5,029 45.2 8,264 2,757 33.4 403 233 57.7 2,459 2,039 82.9
People in families with a working householder (16) 44,452 8,088 18.2 36,409 4,634 12.7 2,296 608 26.5 5,748 2,847 49.5
      With a working householder and no other
              workers 		13,875 5,503 39.7 8,143 2,539 31.2 1,662 546 32.9 4,071 2,418 59.4
      With a working householder and at least
              one other worker 		30,577 2,585 8.5 28,266 2,094 7.4 634 62 9.7 1,677 429 25.6
          Householder plus one other worker 25,795 2,156 8.4 24,222 1,788 7.4 408 41 10.0 1,165 327 28.0
          Householder plus two or more other workers 4,782 430 9.0 4,044 306 7.6 226 21 9.3 512 102 20.0
 
People in families with a householder who
  worked full-time year-round (FTYR) (16) 		30,665 3,620 11.8 26,175 2,461 9.4 1,551 269 17.3 2,939 890 30.3
      Householder FTYR and no other workers 9,809 2,716 27.7 6,699 1,728 25.8 1,126 234 20.8 1,985 754 38.0
      Householder FTYR and at least one other
              worker 		20,856 904 4.3 19,477 733 3.8 425 35 8.2 954 136 14.3
          Householder FTYR plus at least one other
              FTYR worker, no part-time or part-year 		11,582 286 2.5 10,916 234 2.1 221 27 12.0 446 26 5.8
          Householder FTYR plus at least one
              part-time or part-year, no FTYR 		7,488 533 7.1 6,978 435 6.2 127 0 0.0 382 97 25.5
          Householder FTYR with both FTYR and a
              part-time or part-year worker 		1,786 85 4.8 1,583 64 4.1 77 8 10.5 126 13 10.2
 
Both husband and wife worked (11), (16) 		26,956 1,844 6.8 26,956 1,844 6.8 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Wife worked, husband did not work 1,146 406 35.4 1,146 406 35.4 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Husband worked, wife did not work 15,600 4,528 29.0 15,600 4,528 29.0 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
 
Both husband and wife FTYR (11), (16) 		11,674 226 1.9 11,674 226 1.9 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Wife FTYR, husband not FTYR 2,879 350 12.2 2,879 350 12.2 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Husband FTYR, wife not FTYR 23,770 3,819 16.1 23,770 3,819 16.1 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)

Poverty Footnotes

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