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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 130% of poverty (5) Percentage below 130% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 130% of poverty (5) Percentage below 130% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 130% of poverty (5) Percentage below 130% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 130% of poverty (5) Percentage below 130% of poverty (6)

Black alone
 
Related children under 18 years (14) 		10,998 4,856 44.2 4,290 779 18.2 695 264 38.0 6,013 3,813 63.4
 
People in families with a householder who did
  not work (16) 		2,589 1,999 77.2 735 356 48.4 175 139 79.3 1,680 1,504 89.5
People in families with a working householder (16) 8,408 2,858 34.0 3,555 423 11.9 520 125 24.1 4,333 2,309 53.3
      With a working householder and no other
              workers 		4,539 2,366 52.1 606 203 33.6 401 118 29.3 3,532 2,045 57.9
      With a working householder and at least
              one other worker 		3,870 492 12.7 2,949 220 7.4 119 8 6.5 801 265 33.0
          Householder plus one other worker 3,193 441 13.8 2,471 201 8.1 81 8 9.5 641 232 36.2
          Householder plus two or more other workers 677 51 7.6 479 18 3.9 38 0 (B) 160 33 20.5
 
People in families with a householder who
  worked full-time year-round (FTYR) (16) 		5,707 1,277 22.4 2,731 248 9.1 361 53 14.8 2,616 976 37.3
      Householder FTYR and no other workers 2,819 1,029 36.5 472 147 31.1 305 50 16.2 2,042 832 40.8
      Householder FTYR and at least one other
              worker 		2,888 249 8.6 2,258 101 4.5 56 4 (B) 574 144 25.1
          Householder FTYR plus at least one other
              FTYR worker, no part-time or part-year 		1,768 67 3.8 1,537 40 2.6 32 4 (B) 199 23 11.7
          Householder FTYR plus at least one
              part-time or part-year, no FTYR 		847 177 20.9 503 57 11.3 18 0 (B) 325 120 37.0
          Householder FTYR with both FTYR and a
              part-time or part-year worker 		273 4 1.6 218 4 2.0 6 0 (B) 50 0 (B)
 
Both husband and wife worked (11), (16) 		2,833 201 7.1 2,833 201 7.1 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Wife worked, husband did not work 340 142 41.6 340 142 41.6 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Husband worked, wife did not work 888 277 31.2 888 277 31.2 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
 
Both husband and wife FTYR (11), (16) 		1,689 43 2.6 1,689 43 2.6 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Wife FTYR, husband not FTYR 567 135 23.8 567 135 23.8 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Husband FTYR, wife not FTYR 1,387 274 19.8 1,387 274 19.8 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)

Poverty Footnotes

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