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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)

Black alone

Both Sexes
 
      Total (17) 		17,706 1,982 11.2 11,758 516 4.4 5,948 1,467 24.7 10,561 3,937 37.3
16 to 17 years 197 35 17.8 23 0 (B) 173 35 20.2 1,277 383 30.0
18 to 64 years 16,917 1,924 11.4 11,449 513 4.5 5,468 1,412 25.8 6,648 2,931 44.1
    18 to 24 years 2,415 480 19.9 941 86 9.2 1,474 394 26.7 1,781 699 39.2
    25 to 34 years 4,268 642 15.0 2,767 184 6.7 1,500 458 30.5 1,114 577 51.8
    35 to 54 years 8,147 665 8.2 6,240 219 3.5 1,906 446 23.4 2,309 1,134 49.1
    55 to 64 years 2,088 138 6.6 1,500 23 1.5 588 115 19.5 1,444 520 36.0
65 years and over 592 23 3.8 286 3 1.1 306 20 6.4 2,637 623 23.6

Male
 
      Total (17) 		8,208 706 8.6 5,576 182 3.3 2,632 524 19.9 4,568 1,572 34.4
16 to 17 years 91 14 15.5 7 0 (B) 84 14 16.8 641 196 30.6
18 to 64 years 7,835 687 8.8 5,431 182 3.4 2,404 505 21.0 2,948 1,204 40.8
    18 to 24 years 1,166 195 16.7 494 43 8.7 672 152 22.6 859 326 37.9
    25 to 34 years 2,006 190 9.5 1,319 41 3.1 687 149 21.7 485 205 42.4
    35 to 54 years 3,737 234 6.3 2,912 85 2.9 825 149 18.1 973 451 46.4
    55 to 64 years 926 68 7.3 706 13 1.9 220 55 24.9 631 222 35.2
65 years and over 282 5 1.6 138 0 0.0 143 5 3.2 979 172 17.6

Female
 
      Total (17) 		9,498 1,277 13.4 6,182 334 5.4 3,316 943 28.4 5,994 2,365 39.5
16 to 17 years 105 21 19.9 16 0 (B) 89 21 23.5 636 188 29.5
18 to 64 years 9,082 1,238 13.6 6,018 331 5.5 3,064 907 29.6 3,700 1,727 46.7
    18 to 24 years 1,249 286 22.9 447 43 9.7 802 242 30.2 922 373 40.5
    25 to 34 years 2,262 452 20.0 1,448 143 9.9 813 308 37.9 629 372 59.1
    35 to 54 years 4,409 430 9.8 3,328 134 4.0 1,081 296 27.4 1,336 683 51.1
    55 to 64 years 1,163 70 6.0 794 10 1.2 368 60 16.3 813 298 36.7
65 years and over 311 18 5.9 148 3 2.1 162 15 9.3 1,658 451 27.2

Household Relationship (17)
 
      People 16 to 64 years old (17) 		17,114 1,959 11.4 11,472 513 4.5 5,642 1,447 25.6 7,925 3,314 41.8
In families (2) 12,954 1,426 11.0 8,495 425 5.0 4,459 1,001 22.4 6,505 2,243 34.5
      Householder 6,486 958 14.8 4,616 293 6.3 1,870 665 35.6 1,805 919 50.9
In families with related children under
      18 years (9) 		7,762 1,231 15.9 5,096 379 7.4 2,666 852 31.9 3,956 1,677 42.4
      Householder 4,468 897 20.1 3,103 277 8.9 1,365 620 45.5 1,105 748 67.7
In families with related children under
      6 years (9) 		3,317 711 21.4 2,058 201 9.8 1,259 510 40.5 1,415 744 52.6
      Householder 1,929 521 27.0 1,227 147 12.0 703 374 53.2 552 406 73.6
In married-couple families (11) 7,196 297 4.1 5,095 120 2.4 2,101 177 8.4 2,793 487 17.5
      Husbands (11) 3,227 155 4.8 2,621 71 2.7 606 84 13.8 566 138 24.4
      Wives (11) 2,844 88 3.1 2,060 34 1.6 784 54 6.9 946 190 20.1
      Related children (18) 947 45 4.7 327 13 3.9 620 32 5.1 1,159 149 12.8
      Other 178 9 5.2 88 2 2.1 91 7 8.1 122 11 9.0
In married-couple families with related
    children under 18 years (9) 		4,114 227 5.5 2,967 96 3.2 1,148 131 11.4 1,538 300 19.5
      Husbands (11) 1,963 128 6.5 1,608 60 3.7 355 68 19.1 223 83 37.3
      Wives (11) 1,587 69 4.3 1,146 27 2.3 442 42 9.6 473 113 23.9
      Related children (18) 459 23 5.1 157 10 6.2 302 14 4.5 786 102 13.0
      Other 105 7 7.0 56 0 (B) 49 7 (B) 56 2 (B)
In married-couple families with related
    children under 6 years (9) 		1,755 139 7.9 1,238 52 4.2 517 87 16.8 540 142 26.3
      Husbands (11) 899 84 9.4 705 36 5.2 193 48 24.7 80 37 46.2
      Wives (11) 654 38 5.8 437 10 2.2 217 28 13.0 250 66 26.3
      Related children (18) 158 13 8.0 72 6 (B) 86 6 7.5 191 39 20.2
      Other 45 4 (B) 24 0 (B) 21 4 (B) 18 0 (B)
In families with male householder,
    no wife present 		1,098 106 9.6 711 35 5.0 388 71 18.2 581 203 34.9
      Householder 566 66 11.6 383 19 4.9 183 47 25.9 180 79 43.9
      Other 532 40 7.5 328 17 5.1 205 23 11.4 401 124 30.8
In families with male householder, no
wife present with related children under
  18 years (9) 		501 70 14.0 333 31 9.2 168 39 23.5 293 121 41.4
      Householder 331 49 14.7 234 16 7.0 96 32 33.5 94 57 60.8
      Related children (18) 75 10 (B) 34 9 (B) 41 2 (B) 121 34 28.3
      Other 96 11 11.5 65 6 (B) 31 5 (B) 78 30 38.2
In families with male householder, no
wife present with related children under
  6 years (9) 		209 33 16.0 125 11 8.8 84 22 26.7 85 34 39.9
      Householder 146 22 15.4 99 5 5.4 47 17 (B) 33 24 (B)
      Related children (18) 27 0 (B) 8 0 (B) 19 0 (B) 22 5 (B)
      Other 36 11 (B) 17 6 (B) 18 5 (B) 30 4 (B)
In families with female householder,
  no husband present 		4,660 1,023 22.0 2,689 270 10.0 1,970 753 38.2 3,132 1,553 49.6
      Householder 2,842 768 27.0 1,827 220 12.0 1,015 548 54.0 913 678 74.2
      Other 1,818 255 14.0 863 50 5.8 955 205 21.5 2,219 875 39.5
In families with female householder, no
husband present with related children under
  18 years (9) 		3,147 933 29.7 1,796 252 14.0 1,350 681 50.5 2,126 1,256 59.1
      Householder 2,298 747 32.5 1,439 216 15.0 859 531 61.9 702 590 84.2
      Related children (18) 575 116 20.2 206 21 10.2 369 95 25.8 1,142 516 45.2
      Other 274 71 25.8 150 15 10.1 123 55 44.9 282 149 53.0
In families with female householder, no
husband present with related children under
  6 years (9) 		1,353 538 39.8 695 138 19.8 658 401 60.9 791 569 72.0
      Householder 980 435 44.4 531 114 21.5 448 321 71.6 369 329 89.0
      Related children (18) 235 58 24.5 92 14 14.8 143 44 30.7 284 169 59.4
      Other 138 46 33.1 72 10 (B) 66 36 (B) 137 71 52.0
 
In unrelated subfamilies (3) 		33 9 (B) 27 6 (B) 6 3 (B) 17 16 (B)
 
Unrelated individuals (4) 		4,126 524 12.7 2,949 81 2.8 1,177 443 37.7 1,402 1,055 75.2
      Male 2,209 297 13.5 1,567 55 3.5 643 242 37.7 719 550 76.5
        Householder 1,476 169 11.5 1,066 33 3.1 411 136 33.1 473 323 68.2
      Female 1,917 227 11.8 1,383 26 1.9 534 201 37.6 684 505 73.9
        Householder 1,528 150 9.8 1,122 13 1.2 407 137 33.7 535 360 67.2

Poverty Footnotes

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