U.S. Department of Commerce
Current Population Survey (CPS)
A joint effort between the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the Census Bureau

Annual Social and Economic (ASEC) Supplement


There is also additional background information for this table group.

Contents for Table

POV21: Related Children Under 18 by Householder's Work Experience and Family Structure: 2008

For information on confidentiality protection, sampling error, nonsampling error, and definitions, see www.census.gov/apsd/techdoc/cps/cpsmar09.pdf [PDF].

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)

Black A.O.I.C.
 
Related children under 18 years (14) 		12,201 7,048 57.8 4,929 1,574 31.9 761 453 59.5 6,512 5,022 77.1
 
People in families with a householder who did
  not work (16) 		2,854 2,442 85.5 858 559 65.1 195 174 89.4 1,801 1,708 94.9
People in families with a working householder (16) 9,347 4,607 49.3 4,070 1,015 24.9 566 278 49.2 4,711 3,314 70.3
      With a working householder and no other
              workers 		4,957 3,455 69.7 666 365 54.9 439 226 51.6 3,852 2,863 74.3
      With a working householder and at least
              one other worker 		4,390 1,152 26.2 3,404 649 19.1 127 52 41.1 859 451 52.5
          Householder plus one other worker 3,616 979 27.1 2,844 565 19.9 89 31 35.4 683 383 56.0
          Householder plus two or more other workers 774 173 22.4 560 85 15.1 38 21 (B) 176 68 38.6
 
People in families with a householder who
  worked full-time year-round (FTYR) (16) 		6,295 2,421 38.5 3,082 600 19.5 391 151 38.7 2,821 1,669 59.2
      Householder FTYR and no other workers 3,059 1,792 58.6 510 250 49.1 334 140 42.1 2,216 1,401 63.2
      Householder FTYR and at least one other
              worker 		3,236 629 19.4 2,573 350 13.6 57 11 (B) 605 268 44.3
          Householder FTYR plus at least one other
              FTYR worker, no part-time or part-year 		1,940 203 10.5 1,698 148 8.7 32 11 (B) 210 44 21.1
          Householder FTYR plus at least one
              part-time or part-year, no FTYR 		974 405 41.5 615 191 31.1 20 0 (B) 340 213 62.8
          Householder FTYR with both FTYR and a
              part-time or part-year worker 		322 21 6.5 260 10 4.0 6 0 (B) 55 11 (B)
 
Both husband and wife worked (11), (16) 		3,268 580 17.8 3,268 580 17.8 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Wife worked, husband did not work 396 223 56.1 396 223 56.1 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Husband worked, wife did not work 1,007 556 55.2 1,007 556 55.2 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
 
Both husband and wife FTYR (11), (16) 		1,887 149 7.9 1,887 149 7.9 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Wife FTYR, husband not FTYR 639 228 35.7 639 228 35.7 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Husband FTYR, wife not FTYR 1,625 650 40.0 1,625 650 40.0 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)

Poverty Footnotes

Source: U.S. Census Bureau
Contact: Demographic Call Center Staff at 301-763-2422 or 1-866-758-1060 (toll free)