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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 200% of poverty (5) Percentage below 200% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 200% of poverty (5) Percentage below 200% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 200% of poverty (5) Percentage below 200% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 200% of poverty (5) Percentage below 200% of poverty (6)

All races
 
Related children under 18 years (14) 		72,980 29,208 40.0 51,344 14,543 28.3 4,180 2,107 50.4 17,456 12,559 71.9
 
People in families with a householder who did
  not work (16) 		13,870 9,162 66.1 8,632 4,472 51.8 725 581 80.1 4,513 4,110 91.1
People in families with a working householder (16) 59,110 20,046 33.9 42,712 10,071 23.6 3,455 1,526 44.2 12,943 8,449 65.3
      With a working householder and no other
              workers 		20,945 12,377 59.1 8,152 4,041 49.6 2,674 1,253 46.9 10,119 7,083 70.0
      With a working householder and at least
              one other worker 		38,165 7,669 20.1 34,561 6,030 17.4 781 273 35.0 2,824 1,366 48.4
          Householder plus one other worker 30,601 6,256 20.4 27,963 4,953 17.7 521 189 36.2 2,117 1,114 52.6
          Householder plus two or more other workers 7,564 1,413 18.7 6,597 1,077 16.3 260 84 32.4 707 252 35.6
 
People in families with a householder who
  worked full-time year-round (FTYR) (16) 		41,945 11,082 26.4 31,737 6,071 19.1 2,440 842 34.5 7,768 4,169 53.7
      Householder FTYR and no other workers 14,579 7,115 48.8 6,724 2,947 43.8 1,954 729 37.3 5,901 3,440 58.3
      Householder FTYR and at least one other
              worker 		27,367 3,967 14.5 25,014 3,125 12.5 486 113 23.3 1,867 729 39.1
          Householder FTYR plus at least one other
              FTYR worker, no part-time or part-year 		14,669 1,510 10.3 13,885 1,277 9.2 176 53 30.2 608 180 29.6
          Householder FTYR plus at least one
              part-time or part-year, no FTYR 		9,599 2,154 22.4 8,304 1,602 19.3 241 45 18.4 1,054 508 48.2
          Householder FTYR with both FTYR and a
              part-time or part-year worker 		3,099 303 9.8 2,825 246 8.7 69 16 (B) 205 41 20.1
 
Both husband and wife worked (11), (16) 		33,100 5,359 16.2 33,100 5,359 16.2 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Wife worked, husband did not work 1,837 1,005 54.7 1,837 1,005 54.7 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Husband worked, wife did not work 15,123 7,147 47.3 15,123 7,147 47.3 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
 
Both husband and wife FTYR (11), (16) 		15,992 1,325 8.3 15,992 1,325 8.3 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Wife FTYR, husband not FTYR 3,937 1,309 33.2 3,937 1,309 33.2 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Husband FTYR, wife not FTYR 24,730 7,463 30.2 24,730 7,463 30.2 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)

Poverty Footnotes

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