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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 185% of poverty (5) Percentage below 185% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 185% of poverty (5) Percentage below 185% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 185% of poverty (5) Percentage below 185% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 185% of poverty (5) Percentage below 185% of poverty (6)

White A.O.I.C.
 
People in families with related children under 6,
  total (9) 		57,443 20,779 36.2 45,970 12,997 28.3 2,787 1,400 50.2 8,686 6,382 73.5
 
People in families with a householder who did
  not work (16) 		11,551 6,870 59.5 8,513 4,239 49.8 419 309 73.7 2,620 2,323 88.6
People in families with a working householder (16) 45,892 13,909 30.3 37,457 8,758 23.4 2,369 1,092 46.1 6,066 4,059 66.9
      With a working householder and no other
              workers 		14,352 7,974 55.6 8,336 3,844 46.1 1,715 884 51.5 4,301 3,246 75.5
      With a working householder and at least
              one other worker 		31,540 5,935 18.8 29,122 4,914 16.9 654 208 31.7 1,764 813 46.1
          Householder plus one other worker 26,625 4,740 17.8 24,960 4,000 16.0 426 148 34.6 1,238 593 47.9
          Householder plus two or more other workers 4,915 1,195 24.3 4,161 914 22.0 228 60 26.4 526 221 41.9
 
People in families with a householder who
  worked full-time year-round (FTYR) (16) 		31,635 7,244 22.9 26,916 5,035 18.7 1,598 584 36.6 3,121 1,626 52.1
      Householder FTYR and no other workers 10,136 4,561 45.0 6,855 2,801 40.9 1,163 471 40.5 2,118 1,289 60.8
      Householder FTYR and at least one other
              worker 		21,499 2,684 12.5 20,061 2,234 11.1 435 113 26.0 1,003 337 33.6
          Householder FTYR plus at least one other
              FTYR worker, no part-time or part-year 		11,915 962 8.1 11,219 768 6.8 229 75 32.8 467 119 25.4
          Householder FTYR plus at least one
              part-time or part-year, no FTYR 		7,755 1,431 18.5 7,223 1,234 17.1 128 22 17.2 405 176 43.4
          Householder FTYR with both FTYR and a
              part-time or part-year worker 		1,829 291 15.9 1,619 232 14.3 78 16 20.5 131 42 32.3
 
Both husband and wife worked (11), (16) 		27,761 4,328 15.6 27,761 4,328 15.6 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Wife worked, husband did not work 1,211 640 52.8 1,211 640 52.8 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Husband worked, wife did not work 15,980 7,259 45.4 15,980 7,259 45.4 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
 
Both husband and wife FTYR (11), (16) 		11,991 807 6.7 11,991 807 6.7 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Wife FTYR, husband not FTYR 2,997 888 29.6 2,997 888 29.6 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Husband FTYR, wife not FTYR 24,421 7,119 29.2 24,421 7,119 29.2 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)

Poverty Footnotes

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