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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 alone
 
Related children under 18 years (14) 		55,339 18,268 33.0 42,235 10,421 24.7 3,117 1,351 43.3 9,987 6,496 65.0
 
People in families with a householder who did
  not work (16) 		9,980 5,863 58.7 7,028 3,336 47.5 476 353 74.2 2,477 2,173 87.7
People in families with a working householder (16) 45,358 12,405 27.3 35,207 7,085 20.1 2,642 998 37.8 7,510 4,322 57.6
      With a working householder and no other
              workers 		14,487 7,423 51.2 6,689 3,011 45.0 2,056 822 40.0 5,742 3,590 62.5
      With a working householder and at least
              one other worker 		30,872 4,981 16.1 28,518 4,073 14.3 585 176 30.1 1,768 732 41.4
          Householder plus one other worker 24,683 4,044 16.4 22,959 3,318 14.5 401 136 34.0 1,324 590 44.5
          Householder plus two or more other workers 6,189 938 15.2 5,560 756 13.6 185 40 21.6 444 142 32.1
 
People in families with a householder who
  worked full-time year-round (FTYR) (16) 		32,386 6,693 20.7 26,044 4,195 16.1 1,870 529 28.3 4,472 1,968 44.0
      Householder FTYR and no other workers 10,409 4,279 41.1 5,574 2,205 39.6 1,489 448 30.1 3,347 1,627 48.6
      Householder FTYR and at least one other
              worker 		21,977 2,414 11.0 20,470 1,990 9.7 381 82 21.5 1,126 342 30.3
          Householder FTYR plus at least one other
              FTYR worker, no part-time or part-year 		11,476 878 7.7 10,987 750 6.8 131 37 28.5 358 91 25.4
          Householder FTYR plus at least one
              part-time or part-year, no FTYR 		7,969 1,330 16.7 7,121 1,074 15.1 199 32 15.9 649 224 34.5
          Householder FTYR with both FTYR and a
              part-time or part-year worker 		2,532 206 8.1 2,362 166 7.0 51 13 (B) 119 27 22.5
 
Both husband and wife worked (11), (16) 		27,335 3,609 13.2 27,335 3,609 13.2 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Wife worked, husband did not work 1,270 630 49.6 1,270 630 49.6 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Husband worked, wife did not work 12,758 5,509 43.2 12,758 5,509 43.2 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
 
Both husband and wife FTYR (11), (16) 		12,784 773 6.1 12,784 773 6.1 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Wife FTYR, husband not FTYR 2,947 849 28.8 2,947 849 28.8 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Husband FTYR, wife not FTYR 21,239 5,518 26.0 21,239 5,518 26.0 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)

Poverty Footnotes

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