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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 150% of poverty (5) Percentage below 150% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 150% of poverty (5) Percentage below 150% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 150% of poverty (5) Percentage below 150% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 150% of poverty (5) Percentage below 150% of poverty (6)

White alone
 
People in families with related children under 6,
  total (9) 		55,578 15,612 28.1 44,672 9,246 20.7 2,699 1,011 37.5 8,206 5,354 65.2
 
People in families with a householder who did
  not work (16) 		11,126 5,642 50.7 8,264 3,293 39.8 403 245 60.6 2,459 2,104 85.6
People in families with a working householder (16) 44,452 9,969 22.4 36,409 5,953 16.4 2,296 767 33.4 5,748 3,250 56.5
      With a working householder and no other
              workers 		13,875 6,397 46.1 8,143 3,019 37.1 1,662 651 39.2 4,071 2,728 67.0
      With a working householder and at least
              one other worker 		30,577 3,572 11.7 28,266 2,934 10.4 634 116 18.3 1,677 522 31.1
          Householder plus one other worker 25,795 2,974 11.5 24,222 2,473 10.2 408 85 20.9 1,165 416 35.7
          Householder plus two or more other workers 4,782 598 12.5 4,044 461 11.4 226 31 13.5 512 106 20.7
 
People in families with a householder who
  worked full-time year-round (FTYR) (16) 		30,665 4,739 15.5 26,175 3,250 12.4 1,551 357 23.0 2,939 1,131 38.5
      Householder FTYR and no other workers 9,809 3,334 34.0 6,699 2,088 31.2 1,126 302 26.8 1,985 944 47.6
      Householder FTYR and at least one other
              worker 		20,856 1,405 6.7 19,477 1,162 6.0 425 56 13.1 954 187 19.6
          Householder FTYR plus at least one other
              FTYR worker, no part-time or part-year 		11,582 484 4.2 10,916 384 3.5 221 36 16.1 446 64 14.4
          Householder FTYR plus at least one
              part-time or part-year, no FTYR 		7,488 776 10.4 6,978 654 9.4 127 12 9.4 382 110 28.9
          Householder FTYR with both FTYR and a
              part-time or part-year worker 		1,786 145 8.1 1,583 124 7.8 77 8 10.5 126 13 10.2
 
Both husband and wife worked (11), (16) 		26,956 2,518 9.3 26,956 2,518 9.3 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Wife worked, husband did not work 1,146 489 42.7 1,146 489 42.7 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Husband worked, wife did not work 15,600 5,566 35.7 15,600 5,566 35.7 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
 
Both husband and wife FTYR (11), (16) 		11,674 372 3.2 11,674 372 3.2 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Wife FTYR, husband not FTYR 2,879 485 16.8 2,879 485 16.8 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Husband FTYR, wife not FTYR 23,770 4,890 20.6 23,770 4,890 20.6 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)

Poverty Footnotes

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