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POV21: Related Children Under 18 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 100% of poverty (5) Percentage below 100% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 100% of poverty (5) Percentage below 100% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 100% of poverty (5) Percentage below 100% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 100% of poverty (5) Percentage below 100% of poverty (6)

All races
 
Related children under 18 years (14) 		72,980 13,507 18.5 51,344 5,062 9.9 4,180 858 20.5 17,456 7,587 43.5
 
People in families with a householder who did
  not work (16) 		13,870 5,976 43.1 8,632 2,128 24.7 725 386 53.2 4,513 3,462 76.7
People in families with a working householder (16) 59,110 7,531 12.7 42,712 2,934 6.9 3,455 472 13.7 12,943 4,125 31.9
      With a working householder and no other
              workers 		20,945 5,802 27.7 8,152 1,682 20.6 2,674 447 16.7 10,119 3,673 36.3
      With a working householder and at least
              one other worker 		38,165 1,729 4.5 34,561 1,252 3.6 781 25 3.2 2,824 452 16.0
          Householder plus one other worker 30,601 1,509 4.9 27,963 1,088 3.9 521 22 4.2 2,117 399 18.8
          Householder plus two or more other workers 7,564 220 2.9 6,597 164 2.5 260 3 1.2 707 53 7.6
 
People in families with a householder who
  worked full-time year-round (FTYR) (16) 		41,945 2,918 7.0 31,737 1,504 4.7 2,440 169 6.9 7,768 1,244 16.0
      Householder FTYR and no other workers 14,579 2,289 15.7 6,724 1,034 15.4 1,954 156 8.0 5,901 1,099 18.6
      Householder FTYR and at least one other
              worker 		27,367 629 2.3 25,014 470 1.9 486 13 2.7 1,867 146 7.8
          Householder FTYR plus at least one other
              FTYR worker, no part-time or part-year 		14,669 172 1.2 13,885 150 1.1 176 5 3.0 608 16 2.7
          Householder FTYR plus at least one
              part-time or part-year, no FTYR 		9,599 445 4.6 8,304 308 3.7 241 8 3.2 1,054 129 12.3
          Householder FTYR with both FTYR and a
              part-time or part-year worker 		3,099 12 0.4 2,825 12 0.4 69 0 (B) 205 0 0.0
 
Both husband and wife worked (11), (16) 		33,100 1,053 3.2 33,100 1,053 3.2 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Wife worked, husband did not work 1,837 464 25.3 1,837 464 25.3 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Husband worked, wife did not work 15,123 2,794 18.5 15,123 2,794 18.5 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
 
Both husband and wife FTYR (11), (16) 		15,992 123 0.8 15,992 123 0.8 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Wife FTYR, husband not FTYR 3,937 336 8.5 3,937 336 8.5 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Husband FTYR, wife not FTYR 24,730 2,142 8.7 24,730 2,142 8.7 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)

Poverty Footnotes

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