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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)

White alone
 
People in families with related children under 6,
  total (9) 		55,578 21,607 38.9 44,672 13,932 31.2 2,699 1,471 54.5 8,206 6,205 75.6
 
People in families with a householder who did
  not work (16) 		11,126 6,770 60.9 8,264 4,259 51.5 403 310 76.9 2,459 2,201 89.5
People in families with a working householder (16) 44,452 14,837 33.4 36,409 9,673 26.6 2,296 1,161 50.6 5,748 4,004 69.7
      With a working householder and no other
              workers 		13,875 8,185 59.0 8,143 4,071 50.0 1,662 938 56.4 4,071 3,176 78.0
      With a working householder and at least
              one other worker 		30,577 6,652 21.8 28,266 5,602 19.8 634 223 35.2 1,677 828 49.3
          Householder plus one other worker 25,795 5,253 20.4 24,222 4,493 18.6 408 152 37.3 1,165 608 52.1
          Householder plus two or more other workers 4,782 1,399 29.3 4,044 1,108 27.4 226 71 31.4 512 220 43.0
 
People in families with a householder who
  worked full-time year-round (FTYR) (16) 		30,665 7,975 26.0 26,175 5,667 21.7 1,551 652 42.0 2,939 1,657 56.4
      Householder FTYR and no other workers 9,809 4,794 48.9 6,699 2,996 44.7 1,126 514 45.6 1,985 1,284 64.7
      Householder FTYR and at least one other
              worker 		20,856 3,182 15.3 19,477 2,671 13.7 425 138 32.4 954 373 39.1
          Householder FTYR plus at least one other
              FTYR worker, no part-time or part-year 		11,582 1,220 10.5 10,916 977 9.0 221 85 38.5 446 158 35.5
          Householder FTYR plus at least one
              part-time or part-year, no FTYR 		7,488 1,606 21.4 6,978 1,404 20.1 127 26 20.5 382 175 45.9
          Householder FTYR with both FTYR and a
              part-time or part-year worker 		1,786 355 19.9 1,583 289 18.3 77 27 34.7 126 39 31.2
 
Both husband and wife worked (11), (16) 		26,956 4,893 18.2 26,956 4,893 18.2 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Wife worked, husband did not work 1,146 654 57.1 1,146 654 57.1 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Husband worked, wife did not work 15,600 7,640 49.0 15,600 7,640 49.0 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
 
Both husband and wife FTYR (11), (16) 		11,674 1,034 8.9 11,674 1,034 8.9 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Wife FTYR, husband not FTYR 2,879 959 33.3 2,879 959 33.3 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Husband FTYR, wife not FTYR 23,770 7,653 32.2 23,770 7,653 32.2 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)

Poverty Footnotes

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