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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)

Black alone
 
People in families with related children under 6,
  total (9) 		10,241 6,337 61.9 4,396 1,674 38.1 613 394 64.2 5,232 4,269 81.6
 
People in families with a householder who did
  not work (16) 		2,549 2,229 87.4 793 547 69.0 155 136 87.4 1,601 1,546 96.6
People in families with a working householder (16) 7,693 4,108 53.4 3,604 1,127 31.3 458 258 56.4 3,631 2,723 75.0
      With a working householder and no other
              workers 		3,651 2,782 76.2 621 358 57.7 353 200 56.6 2,677 2,224 83.1
      With a working householder and at least
              one other worker 		4,042 1,326 32.8 2,983 769 25.8 105 58 55.6 954 499 52.3
          Householder plus one other worker 3,246 1,066 32.8 2,478 647 26.1 46 23 (B) 722 396 54.8
          Householder plus two or more other workers 796 260 32.7 505 122 24.2 59 35 (B) 232 103 44.4
 
People in families with a householder who
  worked full-time year-round (FTYR) (16) 		4,995 2,084 41.7 2,685 673 25.1 295 139 47.0 2,015 1,273 63.1
      Householder FTYR and no other workers 2,047 1,325 64.8 476 243 51.1 259 130 50.1 1,311 952 72.6
      Householder FTYR and at least one other
              worker 		2,949 759 25.7 2,209 430 19.4 36 9 (B) 704 320 45.5
          Householder FTYR plus at least one other
              FTYR worker, no part-time or part-year 		1,711 279 16.3 1,430 209 14.6 9 9 (B) 272 62 22.7
          Householder FTYR plus at least one
              part-time or part-year, no FTYR 		909 433 47.7 555 210 37.9 17 0 (B) 338 223 66.0
          Householder FTYR with both FTYR and a
              part-time or part-year worker 		329 46 14.1 224 10 4.7 10 0 (B) 95 36 37.8
 
Both husband and wife worked (11), (16) 		2,867 724 25.2 2,867 724 25.2 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Wife worked, husband did not work 237 127 53.7 237 127 53.7 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Husband worked, wife did not work 1,077 653 60.6 1,077 653 60.6 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
 
Both husband and wife FTYR (11), (16) 		1,562 219 14.0 1,562 219 14.0 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Wife FTYR, husband not FTYR 503 165 32.8 503 165 32.8 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Husband FTYR, wife not FTYR 1,605 749 46.6 1,605 749 46.6 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)

Poverty Footnotes

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