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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, not Hispanic

Both Sexes
 
      Total (17) 		109,046 4,722 4.3 71,433 1,048 1.5 37,613 3,675 9.8 51,915 8,447 16.3
16 to 17 years 1,672 96 5.8 53 5 (B) 1,619 91 5.6 3,658 413 11.3
18 to 64 years 101,153 4,518 4.5 68,821 1,019 1.5 32,332 3,499 10.8 24,329 5,862 24.1
    18 to 24 years 13,295 1,436 10.8 4,564 172 3.8 8,730 1,264 14.5 4,423 1,185 26.8
    25 to 34 years 21,079 1,165 5.5 14,895 291 2.0 6,184 873 14.1 3,111 963 31.0
    35 to 54 years 48,601 1,493 3.1 36,594 434 1.2 12,007 1,059 8.8 8,997 2,333 25.9
    55 to 64 years 18,178 424 2.3 12,768 121 1.0 5,410 302 5.6 7,798 1,381 17.7
65 years and over 6,221 108 1.7 2,558 24 0.9 3,663 84 2.3 23,928 2,172 9.1

Male
 
      Total (17) 		57,699 2,118 3.7 41,513 583 1.4 16,186 1,535 9.5 20,606 3,322 16.1
16 to 17 years 845 56 6.6 34 5 (B) 810 51 6.3 1,904 213 11.2
18 to 64 years 53,406 2,018 3.8 39,876 568 1.4 13,529 1,451 10.7 8,979 2,493 27.8
    18 to 24 years 6,838 558 8.2 2,553 73 2.9 4,285 485 11.3 2,138 527 24.6
    25 to 34 years 11,322 495 4.4 8,700 156 1.8 2,622 339 12.9 837 305 36.4
    35 to 54 years 25,747 747 2.9 21,380 256 1.2 4,367 490 11.2 2,832 1,029 36.3
    55 to 64 years 9,499 219 2.3 7,244 82 1.1 2,255 137 6.1 3,172 633 19.9
65 years and over 3,448 44 1.3 1,602 11 0.7 1,846 33 1.8 9,723 616 6.3

Female
 
      Total (17) 		51,348 2,604 5.1 29,920 464 1.6 21,427 2,140 10.0 31,309 5,125 16.4
16 to 17 years 827 40 4.9 19 0 (B) 808 40 5.0 1,753 201 11.4
18 to 64 years 47,747 2,499 5.2 28,945 451 1.6 18,802 2,048 10.9 15,350 3,369 21.9
    18 to 24 years 6,457 879 13.6 2,012 99 4.9 4,445 780 17.5 2,285 658 28.8
    25 to 34 years 9,757 670 6.9 6,195 136 2.2 3,563 534 15.0 2,274 659 29.0
    35 to 54 years 22,854 747 3.3 15,214 178 1.2 7,640 568 7.4 6,165 1,303 21.1
    55 to 64 years 8,679 204 2.4 5,524 39 0.7 3,155 165 5.2 4,626 749 16.2
65 years and over 2,773 65 2.3 956 13 1.3 1,817 52 2.8 14,205 1,556 11.0

Household Relationship (17)
 
      People 16 to 64 years old (17) 		102,825 4,614 4.5 68,875 1,024 1.5 33,951 3,590 10.6 27,987 6,275 22.4
In families (2) 80,397 2,319 2.9 53,442 697 1.3 26,955 1,621 6.0 23,310 3,319 14.2
      Householder 36,443 1,440 4.0 26,864 437 1.6 9,579 1,003 10.5 7,519 1,497 19.9
In families with related children under
      18 years (9) 		40,563 1,767 4.4 26,536 532 2.0 14,026 1,236 8.8 11,666 1,967 16.9
      Householder 19,771 1,190 6.0 14,460 355 2.5 5,311 835 15.7 3,340 929 27.8
In families with related children under
      6 years (9) 		16,199 992 6.1 10,867 302 2.8 5,332 690 12.9 3,955 870 22.0
      Householder 8,374 701 8.4 5,858 196 3.3 2,516 505 20.1 1,613 463 28.7
In married-couple families (11) 68,004 1,179 1.7 46,153 449 1.0 21,851 729 3.3 18,493 1,767 9.6
      Husbands (11) 31,362 625 2.0 26,486 313 1.2 4,875 312 6.4 3,320 571 17.2
      Wives (11) 27,298 418 1.5 16,989 119 0.7 10,308 300 2.9 9,356 853 9.1
      Related children (18) 8,690 125 1.4 2,367 17 0.7 6,323 108 1.7 5,365 306 5.7
      Other 654 10 1.5 310 0 0.0 344 10 2.9 452 36 8.1
In married-couple families with related
    children under 18 years (9) 		34,142 840 2.5 22,838 337 1.5 11,304 503 4.4 9,075 940 10.4
      Husbands (11) 16,595 471 2.8 14,403 246 1.7 2,192 225 10.3 791 226 28.6
      Wives (11) 13,228 276 2.1 7,570 77 1.0 5,658 199 3.5 4,327 457 10.6
      Related children (18) 3,955 82 2.1 675 13 2.0 3,280 69 2.1 3,735 235 6.3
      Other 363 10 2.7 189 0 0.0 174 10 5.6 221 21 9.7
In married-couple families with related
    children under 6 years (9) 		13,952 473 3.4 9,663 197 2.0 4,289 277 6.4 3,203 424 13.2
      Husbands (11) 7,573 293 3.9 6,502 155 2.4 1,072 138 12.8 280 91 32.6
      Wives (11) 5,543 152 2.7 2,893 37 1.3 2,649 115 4.3 2,343 253 10.8
      Related children (18) 612 18 3.0 154 4 2.6 458 14 3.1 459 64 13.9
      Other 224 10 4.4 114 0 0.0 110 10 8.9 120 16 13.1
In families with male householder,
    no wife present 		4,081 218 5.3 2,580 59 2.3 1,501 159 10.6 1,401 387 27.6
      Householder 2,290 148 6.5 1,660 46 2.8 631 102 16.2 453 198 43.7
      Other 1,791 69 3.9 920 13 1.4 871 57 6.5 949 189 19.9
In families with male householder, no
wife present with related children under
  18 years (9) 		1,771 123 7.0 1,151 40 3.5 620 84 13.5 609 194 31.9
      Householder 1,288 106 8.2 952 36 3.8 336 70 20.8 185 100 54.2
      Related children (18) 287 8 2.9 83 0 0.0 204 8 4.1 345 68 19.7
      Other 196 9 4.5 116 3 2.9 80 6 6.9 79 26 32.9
In families with male householder, no
wife present with related children under
  6 years (9) 		689 69 10.0 447 26 5.9 242 43 17.6 146 65 44.5
      Householder 526 63 11.9 367 23 6.3 158 40 25.0 62 39 (B)
      Related children (18) 82 3 3.3 36 0 (B) 46 3 (B) 47 16 (B)
      Other 82 4 4.5 44 3 (B) 38 0 (B) 36 10 (B)
In families with female householder,
  no husband present 		8,312 922 11.1 4,709 189 4.0 3,603 733 20.4 3,415 1,165 34.1
      Householder 4,791 744 15.5 3,125 176 5.6 1,666 568 34.1 1,062 597 56.2
      Other 3,520 179 5.1 1,584 13 0.8 1,937 165 8.5 2,353 568 24.2
In families with female householder, no
husband present with related children under
  18 years (9) 		4,649 804 17.3 2,547 155 6.1 2,102 650 30.9 1,981 833 42.0
      Householder 3,416 689 20.2 2,118 149 7.1 1,299 539 41.5 748 507 67.7
      Related children (18) 887 89 10.0 222 3 1.5 665 86 12.9 1,007 248 24.7
      Other 346 27 7.7 207 2 1.0 138 25 17.8 226 78 34.5
In families with female householder, no
husband present with related children under
  6 years (9) 		1,558 450 28.9 757 79 10.4 802 371 46.3 607 381 62.7
      Householder 1,204 405 33.7 608 78 12.8 596 328 54.9 344 266 77.2
      Related children (18) 189 33 17.6 56 1 (B) 134 32 24.3 140 60 42.6
      Other 165 11 6.8 94 0 0.2 72 11 (B) 123 56 45.1
 
In unrelated subfamilies (3) 		249 78 31.4 149 23 15.2 100 56 55.5 117 75 64.0
 
Unrelated individuals (4) 		22,179 2,217 10.0 15,284 304 2.0 6,895 1,913 27.7 4,560 2,881 63.2
      Male 12,302 1,088 8.8 8,634 184 2.1 3,667 904 24.6 2,233 1,372 61.5
        Householder 8,760 602 6.9 6,381 113 1.8 2,379 490 20.6 1,569 864 55.1
      Female 9,877 1,130 11.4 6,649 120 1.8 3,228 1,010 31.3 2,328 1,509 64.8
        Householder 6,882 582 8.5 4,883 71 1.4 1,999 511 25.6 1,547 842 54.4

Poverty Footnotes

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