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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)

Black alone
 
Related children under 18 years (14) 		10,998 6,654 60.5 4,290 1,460 34.0 695 416 59.9 6,013 4,778 79.5
 
People in families with a householder who did
  not work (16) 		2,589 2,248 86.8 735 493 67.1 175 154 88.1 1,680 1,601 95.3
People in families with a working householder (16) 8,408 4,406 52.4 3,555 967 27.2 520 262 50.4 4,333 3,177 73.3
      With a working householder and no other
              workers 		4,539 3,290 72.5 606 345 57.0 401 217 54.0 3,532 2,728 77.2
      With a working householder and at least
              one other worker 		3,870 1,116 28.8 2,949 622 21.1 119 46 38.3 801 449 56.0
          Householder plus one other worker 3,193 958 30.0 2,471 546 22.1 81 25 30.8 641 387 60.4
          Householder plus two or more other workers 677 157 23.3 479 76 15.8 38 21 (B) 160 61 38.2
 
People in families with a householder who
  worked full-time year-round (FTYR) (16) 		5,707 2,422 42.4 2,731 614 22.5 361 151 41.7 2,616 1,658 63.4
      Householder FTYR and no other workers 2,819 1,758 62.4 472 248 52.5 305 140 45.8 2,042 1,370 67.1
      Householder FTYR and at least one other
              worker 		2,888 664 23.0 2,258 366 16.2 56 11 (B) 574 288 50.1
          Householder FTYR plus at least one other
              FTYR worker, no part-time or part-year 		1,768 229 13.0 1,537 169 11.0 32 11 (B) 199 49 24.7
          Householder FTYR plus at least one
              part-time or part-year, no FTYR 		847 412 48.7 503 186 37.0 18 0 (B) 325 226 69.5
          Householder FTYR with both FTYR and a
              part-time or part-year worker 		273 23 8.3 218 10 4.8 6 0 (B) 50 12 (B)
 
Both husband and wife worked (11), (16) 		2,833 555 19.6 2,833 555 19.6 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Wife worked, husband did not work 340 209 61.3 340 209 61.3 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Husband worked, wife did not work 888 500 56.3 888 500 56.3 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
 
Both husband and wife FTYR (11), (16) 		1,689 170 10.1 1,689 170 10.1 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Wife FTYR, husband not FTYR 567 225 39.6 567 225 39.6 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Husband FTYR, wife not FTYR 1,387 600 43.2 1,387 600 43.2 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)

Poverty Footnotes

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