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POV22: Work Experience During Year by Age, Sex, Household Relationship and Poverty Status for People 16 Years Old and Over: 2008

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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2009 Annual Social and Economic Supplement.

(Numbers in thousands)

  Worked during year  
All workers (16) Worked full-time year-round (16) Not full-time year-round (16) Did not work during year (16)
All income levels Below 100% of poverty (5) Percentage below 100% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 100% of poverty (5) Percentage below 100% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 100% of poverty (5) Percentage below 100% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 100% of poverty (5) Percentage below 100% of poverty (6)

White alone

Both Sexes
 
      Total (17) 		129,549 7,292 5.6 84,771 1,956 2.3 44,778 5,336 11.9 61,689 11,724 19.0
16 to 17 years 1,902 133 7.0 74 6 (B) 1,828 127 6.9 4,940 756 15.3
18 to 64 years 120,970 7,031 5.8 81,890 1,918 2.3 39,080 5,113 13.1 30,711 8,325 27.1
    18 to 24 years 16,325 1,910 11.7 5,891 276 4.7 10,434 1,633 15.7 5,991 1,740 29.0
    25 to 34 years 27,046 2,025 7.5 18,901 611 3.2 8,144 1,414 17.4 4,659 1,646 35.3
    35 to 54 years 57,657 2,531 4.4 43,088 868 2.0 14,569 1,664 11.4 11,274 3,283 29.1
    55 to 64 years 19,942 565 2.8 14,010 164 1.2 5,933 402 6.8 8,788 1,657 18.9
65 years and over 6,677 128 1.9 2,807 31 1.1 3,870 97 2.5 26,037 2,643 10.2

Male
 
      Total (17) 		69,814 3,587 5.1 50,031 1,224 2.4 19,783 2,363 11.9 24,114 4,446 18.4
16 to 17 years 960 72 7.4 48 6 (B) 913 66 7.2 2,548 384 15.1
18 to 64 years 65,157 3,461 5.3 48,226 1,202 2.5 16,930 2,258 13.3 11,004 3,291 29.9
    18 to 24 years 8,547 806 9.4 3,400 145 4.3 5,147 662 12.9 2,817 753 26.7
    25 to 34 years 15,066 1,003 6.7 11,368 378 3.3 3,698 625 16.9 1,207 461 38.2
    35 to 54 years 31,043 1,358 4.4 25,451 566 2.2 5,592 792 14.2 3,476 1,331 38.3
    55 to 64 years 10,501 294 2.8 8,008 114 1.4 2,493 180 7.2 3,504 746 21.3
65 years and over 3,697 55 1.5 1,757 16 0.9 1,940 39 2.0 10,561 771 7.3

Female
 
      Total (17) 		59,735 3,705 6.2 34,740 732 2.1 24,995 2,973 11.9 37,575 7,278 19.4
16 to 17 years 942 61 6.5 27 0 (B) 915 61 6.6 2,392 372 15.6
18 to 64 years 55,813 3,570 6.4 33,664 716 2.1 22,149 2,854 12.9 19,707 5,034 25.5
    18 to 24 years 7,778 1,103 14.2 2,492 132 5.3 5,287 972 18.4 3,174 987 31.1
    25 to 34 years 11,980 1,022 8.5 7,534 233 3.1 4,446 789 17.7 3,451 1,185 34.3
    35 to 54 years 26,614 1,174 4.4 17,637 302 1.7 8,977 872 9.7 7,798 1,952 25.0
    55 to 64 years 9,441 272 2.9 6,002 50 0.8 3,440 222 6.4 5,284 911 17.2
65 years and over 2,980 73 2.5 1,050 15 1.5 1,930 58 3.0 15,476 1,871 12.1

Household Relationship (17)
 
      People 16 to 64 years old (17) 		122,872 7,163 5.8 81,964 1,924 2.3 40,908 5,239 12.8 35,652 9,081 25.5
In families (2) 96,741 4,229 4.4 64,106 1,461 2.3 32,635 2,768 8.5 30,218 5,503 18.2
      Householder 43,501 2,511 5.8 31,715 876 2.8 11,786 1,635 13.9 9,337 2,325 24.9
In families with related children under
      18 years (9) 		51,595 3,461 6.7 33,621 1,235 3.7 17,974 2,226 12.4 16,642 3,750 22.5
      Householder 24,923 2,175 8.7 17,923 771 4.3 7,000 1,404 20.1 4,629 1,620 35.0
In families with related children under
      6 years (9) 		21,588 2,007 9.3 14,307 725 5.1 7,281 1,282 17.6 6,301 1,873 29.7
      Householder 10,962 1,292 11.8 7,518 434 5.8 3,444 858 24.9 2,386 901 37.7
In married-couple families (11) 79,554 2,294 2.9 53,875 972 1.8 25,679 1,322 5.1 23,376 3,062 13.1
      Husbands (11) 36,765 1,348 3.7 30,760 732 2.4 6,005 616 10.3 3,809 761 20.0
      Wives (11) 31,016 655 2.1 19,234 168 0.9 11,782 486 4.1 11,742 1,552 13.2
      Related children (18) 10,462 225 2.2 3,154 44 1.4 7,308 181 2.5 7,016 618 8.8
      Other 1,311 66 5.0 728 28 3.8 583 38 6.6 809 130 16.1
In married-couple families with related
    children under 18 years (9) 		42,356 1,838 4.3 28,270 833 2.9 14,086 1,005 7.1 12,670 2,014 15.9
      Husbands (11) 20,659 1,140 5.5 17,603 649 3.7 3,056 491 16.1 1,033 351 34.0
      Wives (11) 15,783 473 3.0 9,049 124 1.4 6,735 349 5.2 6,111 1,060 17.3
      Related children (18) 5,042 174 3.4 1,094 38 3.4 3,948 136 3.4 5,027 508 10.1
      Other 872 51 5.9 525 23 4.3 347 28 8.2 499 94 18.9
In married-couple families with related
    children under 6 years (9) 		18,035 1,105 6.1 12,346 512 4.2 5,689 593 10.4 4,959 1,065 21.5
      Husbands (11) 9,767 745 7.6 8,178 422 5.2 1,589 323 20.3 385 147 38.1
      Wives (11) 6,726 267 4.0 3,521 62 1.8 3,206 205 6.4 3,452 651 18.8
      Related children (18) 989 54 5.4 321 11 3.6 668 42 6.3 828 195 23.6
      Other 553 39 7.1 326 17 5.1 227 22 9.8 293 72 24.4
In families with male householder,
    no wife present 		5,929 355 6.0 3,775 97 2.6 2,154 258 12.0 1,877 498 26.6
      Householder 3,061 228 7.5 2,162 72 3.3 899 156 17.4 573 248 43.2
      Other 2,867 127 4.4 1,613 25 1.5 1,255 102 8.1 1,304 251 19.2
In families with male householder, no
wife present with related children under
  18 years (9) 		2,555 223 8.7 1,635 65 4.0 919 157 17.1 861 262 30.5
      Householder 1,722 176 10.2 1,228 57 4.6 494 119 24.1 238 129 54.5
      Related children (18) 332 12 3.7 104 0 0.0 228 12 5.4 456 92 20.2
      Other 500 34 6.8 304 8 2.7 197 26 13.2 168 41 24.3
In families with male householder, no
wife present with related children under
  6 years (9) 		1,034 122 11.7 688 38 5.4 346 84 24.3 228 93 40.8
      Householder 748 109 14.6 518 34 6.5 230 76 33.0 82 52 63.4
      Related children (18) 96 3 2.8 46 0 (B) 50 3 (B) 68 22 (B)
      Other 190 9 5.0 125 4 3.2 66 5 (B) 79 19 24.2
In families with female householder,
  no husband present 		11,259 1,580 14.0 6,456 392 6.1 4,803 1,188 24.7 4,965 1,943 39.1
      Householder 6,355 1,198 18.9 4,090 320 7.8 2,265 879 38.8 1,609 1,000 62.1
      Other 4,904 382 7.8 2,366 73 3.1 2,538 309 12.2 3,356 943 28.1
In families with female householder, no
husband present with related children under
  18 years (9) 		6,684 1,400 21.0 3,716 337 9.1 2,969 1,064 35.8 3,112 1,474 47.4
      Householder 4,659 1,120 24.0 2,861 284 9.9 1,798 835 46.5 1,190 867 72.8
      Related children (18) 1,239 168 13.6 353 17 4.9 886 151 17.1 1,541 471 30.5
      Other 786 112 14.3 502 35 7.0 284 77 27.1 380 136 35.9
In families with female householder, no
husband present with related children under
  6 years (9) 		2,519 780 31.0 1,274 175 13.8 1,245 605 48.6 1,114 716 64.2
      Householder 1,761 643 36.5 895 143 16.0 867 500 57.7 613 495 80.7
      Related children (18) 322 65 20.1 111 5 4.9 211 59 28.1 300 143 47.8
      Other 435 72 16.6 268 27 10.0 167 46 27.3 201 77 38.5
 
In unrelated subfamilies (3) 		334 99 29.7 195 31 15.7 139 69 49.3 154 96 62.6
 
Unrelated individuals (4) 		25,797 2,835 11.0 17,664 432 2.4 8,133 2,403 29.5 5,280 3,482 66.0
      Male 14,793 1,476 10.0 10,312 283 2.7 4,482 1,192 26.6 2,584 1,667 64.5
        Householder 9,892 738 7.5 7,151 146 2.0 2,741 592 21.6 1,730 985 56.9
      Female 11,004 1,359 12.4 7,352 149 2.0 3,652 1,210 33.2 2,695 1,816 67.4
        Householder 7,530 677 9.0 5,310 75 1.4 2,220 602 27.1 1,728 964 55.8

Poverty Footnotes

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