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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 alone
 
Related children under 18 years (14) 		10,998 5,500 50.0 4,290 987 23.0 695 323 46.4 6,013 4,191 69.7
 
People in families with a householder who did
  not work (16) 		2,589 2,087 80.6 735 401 54.5 175 146 83.4 1,680 1,540 91.7
People in families with a working householder (16) 8,408 3,414 40.6 3,555 586 16.5 520 177 34.0 4,333 2,651 61.2
      With a working householder and no other
              workers 		4,539 2,732 60.2 606 254 42.0 401 153 38.1 3,532 2,325 65.8
      With a working householder and at least
              one other worker 		3,870 681 17.6 2,949 332 11.3 119 24 20.2 801 325 40.6
          Householder plus one other worker 3,193 596 18.7 2,471 295 11.9 81 19 23.6 641 282 44.0
          Householder plus two or more other workers 677 85 12.5 479 37 7.8 38 5 (B) 160 43 26.7
 
People in families with a householder who
  worked full-time year-round (FTYR) (16) 		5,707 1,655 29.0 2,731 332 12.1 361 87 24.2 2,616 1,236 47.3
      Householder FTYR and no other workers 2,819 1,307 46.4 472 172 36.4 305 80 26.2 2,042 1,055 51.7
      Householder FTYR and at least one other
              worker 		2,888 348 12.1 2,258 159 7.1 56 7 (B) 574 181 31.6
          Householder FTYR plus at least one other
              FTYR worker, no part-time or part-year 		1,768 96 5.4 1,537 62 4.0 32 7 (B) 199 26 13.2
          Householder FTYR plus at least one
              part-time or part-year, no FTYR 		847 248 29.3 503 93 18.5 18 0 (B) 325 155 47.6
          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) 		2,833 297 10.5 2,833 297 10.5 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Wife worked, husband did not work 340 151 44.3 340 151 44.3 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Husband worked, wife did not work 888 371 41.8 888 371 41.8 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
 
Both husband and wife FTYR (11), (16) 		1,689 61 3.6 1,689 61 3.6 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Wife FTYR, husband not FTYR 567 153 27.0 567 153 27.0 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Husband FTYR, wife not FTYR 1,387 382 27.6 1,387 382 27.6 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)

Poverty Footnotes

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