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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 200% of poverty (5) Percentage below 200% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 200% of poverty (5) Percentage below 200% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 200% of poverty (5) Percentage below 200% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 200% of poverty (5) Percentage below 200% of poverty (6)

All races
 
People in families with related children under 6,
  total (9) 		72,497 30,574 42.2 54,222 17,219 31.8 3,603 2,034 56.5 14,672 11,321 77.2
 
People in families with a householder who did
  not work (16) 		15,092 9,871 65.4 10,080 5,346 53.0 601 484 80.4 4,411 4,041 91.6
People in families with a working householder (16) 57,405 20,704 36.1 44,142 11,873 26.9 3,001 1,550 51.6 10,261 7,280 71.0
      With a working householder and no other
              workers 		19,315 11,992 62.1 9,792 4,917 50.2 2,191 1,241 56.7 7,333 5,833 79.6
      With a working householder and at least
              one other worker 		38,089 8,712 22.9 34,350 6,956 20.3 811 309 38.1 2,928 1,447 49.4
          Householder plus one other worker 31,732 6,885 21.7 29,205 5,609 19.2 484 190 39.3 2,043 1,086 53.2
          Householder plus two or more other workers 6,357 1,827 28.7 5,145 1,347 26.2 327 119 36.4 886 361 40.7
 
People in families with a householder who
  worked full-time year-round (FTYR) (16) 		39,487 10,997 27.9 31,977 6,949 21.7 2,016 850 42.2 5,493 3,199 58.2
      Householder FTYR and no other workers 13,118 6,701 51.1 7,987 3,545 44.4 1,513 703 46.5 3,617 2,453 67.8
      Householder FTYR and at least one other
              worker 		26,369 4,296 16.3 23,990 3,403 14.2 503 147 29.2 1,876 746 39.8
          Householder FTYR plus at least one other
              FTYR worker, no part-time or part-year 		14,852 1,633 11.0 13,780 1,308 9.5 252 94 37.3 821 231 28.2
          Householder FTYR plus at least one
              part-time or part-year, no FTYR 		9,122 2,218 24.3 8,188 1,756 21.4 147 26 17.8 787 436 55.4
          Householder FTYR with both FTYR and a
              part-time or part-year worker 		2,395 445 18.6 2,021 339 16.8 105 27 25.5 268 79 29.3
 
Both husband and wife worked (11), (16) 		32,740 6,132 18.7 32,740 6,132 18.7 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Wife worked, husband did not work 1,567 902 57.6 1,567 902 57.6 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Husband worked, wife did not work 18,510 9,096 49.1 18,510 9,096 49.1 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
 
Both husband and wife FTYR (11), (16) 		14,715 1,370 9.3 14,715 1,370 9.3 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Wife FTYR, husband not FTYR 3,766 1,267 33.6 3,766 1,267 33.6 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Husband FTYR, wife not FTYR 27,828 9,154 32.9 27,828 9,154 32.9 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)

Poverty Footnotes

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