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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, not Hispanic
 
People in families with related children under 6,
  total (9) 		39,210 6,200 15.8 32,825 3,231 9.8 1,752 471 26.9 4,633 2,498 53.9
 
People in families with a householder who did
  not work (16) 		7,191 2,398 33.3 5,668 1,297 22.9 298 163 54.7 1,225 937 76.5
People in families with a working householder (16) 32,018 3,802 11.9 27,157 1,934 7.1 1,453 308 21.2 3,408 1,560 45.8
      With a working householder and no other
              workers 		9,092 2,645 29.1 5,368 976 18.2 1,117 298 26.7 2,607 1,371 52.6
      With a working householder and at least
              one other worker 		22,926 1,157 5.0 21,789 958 4.4 336 10 2.9 801 190 23.7
          Householder plus one other worker 20,388 1,068 5.2 19,552 900 4.6 237 2 1.0 599 165 27.6
          Householder plus two or more other workers 2,538 89 3.5 2,237 57 2.6 100 7 7.4 201 24 12.1
 
People in families with a householder who
  worked full-time year-round (FTYR) (16) 		22,687 1,567 6.9 19,905 975 4.9 1,006 140 13.9 1,776 453 25.5
      Householder FTYR and no other workers 6,670 1,192 17.9 4,582 651 14.2 786 140 17.8 1,302 401 30.8
      Householder FTYR and at least one other
              worker 		16,017 375 2.3 15,323 323 2.1 220 0 0.0 475 52 11.0
          Householder FTYR plus at least one other
              FTYR worker, no part-time or part-year 		8,986 108 1.2 8,704 108 1.2 81 0 0.0 201 0 0.0
          Householder FTYR plus at least one
              part-time or part-year, no FTYR 		6,031 248 4.1 5,703 209 3.7 104 0 0.0 224 39 17.5
          Householder FTYR with both FTYR and a
              part-time or part-year worker 		1,000 19 1.9 916 6 0.7 34 0 (B) 50 13 (B)
 
Both husband and wife worked (11), (16) 		21,190 887 4.2 21,190 887 4.2 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Wife worked, husband did not work 856 263 30.7 856 263 30.7 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Husband worked, wife did not work 10,163 1,682 16.5 10,163 1,682 16.5 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
 
Both husband and wife FTYR (11), (16) 		9,276 97 1.0 9,276 97 1.0 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Wife FTYR, husband not FTYR 2,054 198 9.7 2,054 198 9.7 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Husband FTYR, wife not FTYR 17,624 1,472 8.4 17,624 1,472 8.4 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)

Poverty Footnotes

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