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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)

White A.O.I.C.
 
Related children under 18 years (14) 		57,720 19,253 33.4 43,797 10,842 24.8 3,252 1,429 43.9 10,670 6,982 65.4
 
People in families with a householder who did
  not work (16) 		10,479 6,196 59.1 7,320 3,477 47.5 516 386 74.7 2,643 2,333 88.3
People in families with a working householder (16) 47,240 13,056 27.6 36,477 7,365 20.2 2,736 1,043 38.1 8,028 4,649 57.9
      With a working householder and no other
              workers 		15,149 7,817 51.6 6,868 3,096 45.1 2,128 856 40.2 6,153 3,865 62.8
      With a working householder and at least
              one other worker 		32,092 5,239 16.3 29,609 4,268 14.4 608 187 30.8 1,875 784 41.8
          Householder plus one other worker 25,669 4,253 16.6 23,861 3,482 14.6 415 145 34.9 1,393 626 44.9
          Householder plus two or more other workers 6,423 986 15.3 5,748 786 13.7 192 42 21.8 482 158 32.7
 
People in families with a householder who
  worked full-time year-round (FTYR) (16) 		33,633 6,992 20.8 26,926 4,337 16.1 1,940 553 28.5 4,767 2,102 44.1
      Householder FTYR and no other workers 10,835 4,473 41.3 5,711 2,257 39.5 1,545 469 30.3 3,579 1,747 48.8
      Householder FTYR and at least one other
              worker 		22,797 2,519 11.1 21,215 2,080 9.8 395 85 21.4 1,188 355 29.9
          Householder FTYR plus at least one other
              FTYR worker, no part-time or part-year 		11,883 912 7.7 11,374 783 6.9 134 39 28.7 374 91 24.3
          Householder FTYR plus at least one
              part-time or part-year, no FTYR 		8,291 1,401 16.9 7,405 1,131 15.3 208 33 16.0 679 236 34.8
          Householder FTYR with both FTYR and a
              part-time or part-year worker 		2,623 206 7.9 2,436 166 6.8 53 13 (B) 135 27 20.3
 
Both husband and wife worked (11), (16) 		28,373 3,783 13.3 28,373 3,783 13.3 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Wife worked, husband did not work 1,371 669 48.8 1,371 669 48.8 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Husband worked, wife did not work 13,132 5,679 43.2 13,132 5,679 43.2 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
 
Both husband and wife FTYR (11), (16) 		13,227 802 6.1 13,227 802 6.1 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Wife FTYR, husband not FTYR 3,101 894 28.8 3,101 894 28.8 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Husband FTYR, wife not FTYR 21,967 5,734 26.1 21,967 5,734 26.1 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)

Poverty Footnotes

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