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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)

Asian alone
 
Related children under 18 years (14) 		3,016 854 28.3 2,539 620 24.4 124 52 41.7 353 182 51.6
 
People in families with a householder who did
  not work (16) 		510 267 52.4 421 206 48.9 18 13 (B) 71 48 (B)
People in families with a working householder (16) 2,506 586 23.4 2,118 414 19.6 106 39 36.6 282 134 47.4
      With a working householder and no other
              workers 		816 333 40.8 537 192 35.7 69 27 (B) 209 113 54.1
      With a working householder and at least
              one other worker 		1,690 254 15.0 1,581 222 14.1 36 11 (B) 73 20 (B)
          Householder plus one other worker 1,339 208 15.5 1,299 188 14.5 10 3 (B) 30 17 (B)
          Householder plus two or more other workers 351 46 13.0 282 34 12.2 26 8 (B) 43 4 (B)
 
People in families with a householder who
  worked full-time year-round (FTYR) (16) 		1,977 342 17.3 1,703 243 14.3 80 19 23.3 194 80 41.4
      Householder FTYR and no other workers 632 187 29.7 432 103 23.8 56 15 (B) 144 69 48.1
      Householder FTYR and at least one other
              worker 		1,346 155 11.5 1,271 140 11.0 24 3 (B) 50 11 (B)
          Householder FTYR plus at least one other
              FTYR worker, no part-time or part-year 		842 74 8.8 815 72 8.8 7 0 (B) 20 2 (B)
          Householder FTYR plus at least one
              part-time or part-year, no FTYR 		346 74 21.3 319 61 19.2 8 3 (B) 19 9 (B)
          Householder FTYR with both FTYR and a
              part-time or part-year worker 		158 7 4.5 136 7 5.2 10 0 (B) 12 0 (B)
 
Both husband and wife worked (11), (16) 		1,516 207 13.6 1,516 207 13.6 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Wife worked, husband did not work 88 45 51.4 88 45 51.4 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Husband worked, wife did not work 838 295 35.2 838 295 35.2 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
 
Both husband and wife FTYR (11), (16) 		908 74 8.2 908 74 8.2 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Wife FTYR, husband not FTYR 206 52 25.0 206 52 25.0 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Husband FTYR, wife not FTYR 1,070 241 22.5 1,070 241 22.5 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)

Poverty Footnotes

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