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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 185% of poverty (5) Percentage below 185% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 185% of poverty (5) Percentage below 185% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 185% of poverty (5) Percentage below 185% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 185% of poverty (5) Percentage below 185% of poverty (6)

All races
 
Related children under 18 years (14) 		72,980 27,220 37.3 51,344 13,148 25.6 4,180 1,955 46.8 17,456 12,116 69.4
 
People in families with a householder who did
  not work (16) 		13,870 8,920 64.3 8,632 4,269 49.5 725 568 78.4 4,513 4,082 90.5
People in families with a working householder (16) 59,110 18,300 31.0 42,712 8,879 20.8 3,455 1,387 40.1 12,943 8,034 62.1
      With a working householder and no other
              workers 		20,945 11,631 55.5 8,152 3,711 45.5 2,674 1,138 42.6 10,119 6,781 67.0
      With a working householder and at least
              one other worker 		38,165 6,669 17.5 34,561 5,168 15.0 781 249 31.8 2,824 1,253 44.4
          Householder plus one other worker 30,601 5,451 17.8 27,963 4,250 15.2 521 178 34.2 2,117 1,023 48.3
          Householder plus two or more other workers 7,564 1,218 16.1 6,597 918 13.9 260 70 27.0 707 229 32.4
 
People in families with a householder who
  worked full-time year-round (FTYR) (16) 		41,945 9,813 23.4 31,737 5,231 16.5 2,440 737 30.2 7,768 3,844 49.5
      Householder FTYR and no other workers 14,579 6,501 44.6 6,724 2,660 39.6 1,954 638 32.7 5,901 3,203 54.3
      Householder FTYR and at least one other
              worker 		27,367 3,312 12.1 25,014 2,572 10.3 486 99 20.4 1,867 641 34.3
          Householder FTYR plus at least one other
              FTYR worker, no part-time or part-year 		14,669 1,191 8.1 13,885 1,003 7.2 176 49 28.0 608 139 22.9
          Householder FTYR plus at least one
              part-time or part-year, no FTYR 		9,599 1,871 19.5 8,304 1,371 16.5 241 37 15.5 1,054 462 43.9
          Householder FTYR with both FTYR and a
              part-time or part-year worker 		3,099 250 8.1 2,825 198 7.0 69 13 (B) 205 39 19.3
 
Both husband and wife worked (11), (16) 		33,100 4,577 13.8 33,100 4,577 13.8 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Wife worked, husband did not work 1,837 933 50.8 1,837 933 50.8 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Husband worked, wife did not work 15,123 6,631 43.8 15,123 6,631 43.8 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
 
Both husband and wife FTYR (11), (16) 		15,992 1,026 6.4 15,992 1,026 6.4 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Wife FTYR, husband not FTYR 3,937 1,183 30.1 3,937 1,183 30.1 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Husband FTYR, wife not FTYR 24,730 6,683 27.0 24,730 6,683 27.0 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)

Poverty Footnotes

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