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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 150% of poverty (5) Percentage below 150% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 150% of poverty (5) Percentage below 150% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 150% of poverty (5) Percentage below 150% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 150% of poverty (5) Percentage below 150% of poverty (6)

Black A.O.I.C.
 
Related children under 18 years (14) 		12,201 6,007 49.2 4,929 1,149 23.3 761 371 48.7 6,512 4,487 68.9
 
People in families with a householder who did
  not work (16) 		2,854 2,273 79.6 858 458 53.4 195 166 85.1 1,801 1,649 91.6
People in families with a working householder (16) 9,347 3,733 39.9 4,070 690 17.0 566 204 36.2 4,711 2,838 60.2
      With a working householder and no other
              workers 		4,957 2,955 59.6 666 288 43.2 439 176 40.2 3,852 2,490 64.7
      With a working householder and at least
              one other worker 		4,390 779 17.7 3,404 402 11.8 127 28 22.3 859 348 40.5
          Householder plus one other worker 3,616 688 19.0 2,844 363 12.8 89 23 26.3 683 302 44.2
          Householder plus two or more other workers 774 91 11.8 560 40 7.1 38 5 (B) 176 46 26.3
 
People in families with a householder who
  worked full-time year-round (FTYR) (16) 		6,295 1,780 28.3 3,082 388 12.6 391 102 26.0 2,821 1,290 45.7
      Householder FTYR and no other workers 3,059 1,393 45.5 510 191 37.5 334 94 28.3 2,216 1,107 50.0
      Householder FTYR and at least one other
              worker 		3,236 387 12.0 2,573 197 7.7 57 7 (B) 605 183 30.2
          Householder FTYR plus at least one other
              FTYR worker, no part-time or part-year 		1,940 110 5.7 1,698 76 4.5 32 7 (B) 210 26 12.5
          Householder FTYR plus at least one
              part-time or part-year, no FTYR 		974 273 28.0 615 116 18.9 20 0 (B) 340 157 46.1
          Householder FTYR with both FTYR and a
              part-time or part-year worker 		322 4 1.4 260 4 1.7 6 0 (B) 55 0 (B)
 
Both husband and wife worked (11), (16) 		3,268 362 11.1 3,268 362 11.1 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Wife worked, husband did not work 396 176 44.4 396 176 44.4 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Husband worked, wife did not work 1,007 421 41.8 1,007 421 41.8 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
 
Both husband and wife FTYR (11), (16) 		1,887 75 4.0 1,887 75 4.0 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Wife FTYR, husband not FTYR 639 174 27.3 639 174 27.3 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Husband FTYR, wife not FTYR 1,625 443 27.3 1,625 443 27.3 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)

Poverty Footnotes

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