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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 alone, not Hispanic
 
People in families with related children under 6,
  total (9) 		39,210 10,178 26.0 32,825 6,267 19.1 1,752 770 44.0 4,633 3,140 67.8
 
People in families with a householder who did
  not work (16) 		7,191 3,467 48.2 5,668 2,235 39.4 298 209 70.0 1,225 1,024 83.6
People in families with a working householder (16) 32,018 6,711 21.0 27,157 4,033 14.8 1,453 561 38.6 3,408 2,117 62.1
      With a working householder and no other
              workers 		9,092 3,973 43.7 5,368 1,642 30.6 1,117 512 45.9 2,607 1,818 69.7
      With a working householder and at least
              one other worker 		22,926 2,738 11.9 21,789 2,390 11.0 336 49 14.6 801 299 37.3
          Householder plus one other worker 20,388 2,453 12.0 19,552 2,152 11.0 237 42 17.7 599 259 43.2
          Householder plus two or more other workers 2,538 285 11.2 2,237 239 10.7 100 7 7.4 201 39 19.6
 
People in families with a householder who
  worked full-time year-round (FTYR) (16) 		22,687 3,351 14.8 19,905 2,247 11.3 1,006 315 31.4 1,776 789 44.4
      Householder FTYR and no other workers 6,670 2,184 32.7 4,582 1,200 26.2 786 294 37.5 1,302 689 53.0
      Householder FTYR and at least one other
              worker 		16,017 1,167 7.3 15,323 1,047 6.8 220 21 9.6 475 100 21.0
          Householder FTYR plus at least one other
              FTYR worker, no part-time or part-year 		8,986 341 3.8 8,704 318 3.6 81 5 5.7 201 19 9.6
          Householder FTYR plus at least one
              part-time or part-year, no FTYR 		6,031 769 12.8 5,703 685 12.0 104 17 15.8 224 68 30.1
          Householder FTYR with both FTYR and a
              part-time or part-year worker 		1,000 57 5.7 916 44 4.8 34 0 (B) 50 13 (B)
 
Both husband and wife worked (11), (16) 		21,190 2,202 10.4 21,190 2,202 10.4 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Wife worked, husband did not work 856 395 46.2 856 395 46.2 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Husband worked, wife did not work 10,163 3,212 31.6 10,163 3,212 31.6 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
 
Both husband and wife FTYR (11), (16) 		9,276 332 3.6 9,276 332 3.6 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Wife FTYR, husband not FTYR 2,054 443 21.5 2,054 443 21.5 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Husband FTYR, wife not FTYR 17,624 3,400 19.3 17,624 3,400 19.3 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)

Poverty Footnotes

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