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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)

Black alone
 
People in families with related children under 6,
  total (9) 		10,241 4,693 45.8 4,396 933 21.2 613 227 37.1 5,232 3,532 67.5
 
People in families with a householder who did
  not work (16) 		2,549 1,991 78.1 793 408 51.5 155 122 78.6 1,601 1,461 91.2
People in families with a working householder (16) 7,693 2,702 35.1 3,604 525 14.6 458 105 23.0 3,631 2,072 57.1
      With a working householder and no other
              workers 		3,651 2,103 57.6 621 224 36.1 353 99 28.2 2,677 1,780 66.5
      With a working householder and at least
              one other worker 		4,042 599 14.8 2,983 302 10.1 105 6 5.6 954 291 30.6
          Householder plus one other worker 3,246 516 15.9 2,478 264 10.7 46 6 (B) 722 246 34.1
          Householder plus two or more other workers 796 83 10.4 505 37 7.4 59 0 (B) 232 46 19.6
 
People in families with a householder who
  worked full-time year-round (FTYR) (16) 		4,995 1,057 21.2 2,685 278 10.4 295 35 12.0 2,015 744 36.9
      Householder FTYR and no other workers 2,047 768 37.5 476 141 29.6 259 35 13.6 1,311 592 45.1
      Householder FTYR and at least one other
              worker 		2,949 289 9.8 2,209 137 6.2 36 0 (B) 704 151 21.5
          Householder FTYR plus at least one other
              FTYR worker, no part-time or part-year 		1,711 88 5.1 1,430 65 4.5 9 0 (B) 272 23 8.5
          Householder FTYR plus at least one
              part-time or part-year, no FTYR 		909 190 20.9 555 62 11.2 17 0 (B) 338 128 38.0
          Householder FTYR with both FTYR and a
              part-time or part-year worker 		329 10 3.2 224 10 4.7 10 0 (B) 95 0 0.0
 
Both husband and wife worked (11), (16) 		2,867 292 10.2 2,867 292 10.2 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Wife worked, husband did not work 237 118 49.9 237 118 49.9 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Husband worked, wife did not work 1,077 386 35.8 1,077 386 35.8 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
 
Both husband and wife FTYR (11), (16) 		1,562 75 4.8 1,562 75 4.8 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Wife FTYR, husband not FTYR 503 101 20.0 503 101 20.0 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Husband FTYR, wife not FTYR 1,605 356 22.2 1,605 356 22.2 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)

Poverty Footnotes

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