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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 130% of poverty (5) Percentage below 130% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 130% of poverty (5) Percentage below 130% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 130% of poverty (5) Percentage below 130% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 130% of poverty (5) Percentage below 130% of poverty (6)

All races

Both Sexes
 
      Total (17) 		158,317 15,567 9.8 104,023 5,303 5.1 54,294 10,263 18.9 77,707 23,576 30.3
16 to 17 years 2,229 260 11.7 99 13 13.2 2,130 247 11.6 6,822 1,709 25.1
18 to 64 years 148,463 15,010 10.1 100,626 5,220 5.2 47,837 9,790 20.5 40,723 15,497 38.1
    18 to 24 years 20,123 3,741 18.6 7,284 763 10.5 12,839 2,979 23.2 8,565 3,308 38.6
    25 to 34 years 34,065 4,411 12.9 23,580 1,637 6.9 10,484 2,774 26.5 6,455 3,021 46.8
    35 to 54 years 70,925 5,673 8.0 53,257 2,411 4.5 17,668 3,263 18.5 14,763 5,995 40.6
    55 to 64 years 23,350 1,184 5.1 16,504 410 2.5 6,846 774 11.3 10,940 3,174 29.0
65 years and over 7,625 296 3.9 3,298 70 2.1 4,327 226 5.2 30,163 6,370 21.1

Male
 
      Total (17) 		83,889 7,407 8.8 59,869 2,959 4.9 24,020 4,448 18.5 30,733 8,863 28.8
16 to 17 years 1,123 141 12.6 55 12 (B) 1,068 130 12.1 3,472 857 24.7
18 to 64 years 78,581 7,156 9.1 57,792 2,910 5.0 20,790 4,245 20.4 15,137 6,094 40.3
    18 to 24 years 10,451 1,645 15.7 4,158 405 9.8 6,294 1,240 19.7 4,057 1,435 35.4
    25 to 34 years 18,537 2,072 11.2 13,780 863 6.3 4,757 1,209 25.4 1,903 902 47.4
    35 to 54 years 37,485 2,843 7.6 30,593 1,392 4.6 6,892 1,451 21.1 4,778 2,374 49.7
    55 to 64 years 12,108 596 4.9 9,261 250 2.7 2,847 346 12.2 4,398 1,382 31.4
65 years and over 4,185 110 2.6 2,023 37 1.8 2,162 73 3.4 12,124 1,912 15.8

Female
 
      Total (17) 		74,428 8,160 11.0 44,154 2,344 5.3 30,274 5,815 19.2 46,975 14,713 31.3
16 to 17 years 1,106 119 10.8 44 1 (B) 1,062 118 11.1 3,350 852 25.4
18 to 64 years 69,882 7,854 11.2 42,834 2,310 5.4 27,047 5,544 20.5 25,586 9,404 36.8
    18 to 24 years 9,672 2,096 21.7 3,127 357 11.4 6,545 1,739 26.6 4,508 1,873 41.5
    25 to 34 years 15,528 2,339 15.1 9,800 774 7.9 5,728 1,565 27.3 4,552 2,118 46.5
    35 to 54 years 33,440 2,830 8.5 22,664 1,018 4.5 10,776 1,812 16.8 9,984 3,621 36.3
    55 to 64 years 11,242 588 5.2 7,243 160 2.2 3,998 428 10.7 6,542 1,792 27.4
65 years and over 3,440 186 5.4 1,275 33 2.6 2,165 153 7.1 18,039 4,458 24.7

Household Relationship (17)
 
      People 16 to 64 years old (17) 		150,692 15,270 10.1 100,725 5,233 5.2 49,967 10,037 20.1 47,545 17,206 36.2
In families (2) 118,398 9,965 8.4 78,552 4,041 5.1 39,846 5,924 14.9 40,147 11,433 28.5
      Householder 53,822 5,904 11.0 39,183 2,473 6.3 14,639 3,431 23.4 12,041 4,401 36.6
In families with related children under
      18 years (9) 		64,322 8,192 12.7 42,127 3,465 8.2 22,195 4,727 21.3 22,652 7,866 34.7
      Householder 31,769 5,174 16.3 22,797 2,216 9.7 8,972 2,958 33.0 6,220 3,106 49.9
In families with related children under
      6 years (9) 		27,164 4,541 16.7 17,974 1,863 10.4 9,190 2,678 29.1 8,550 3,738 43.7
      Householder 14,020 2,912 20.8 9,574 1,156 12.1 4,446 1,756 39.5 3,202 1,687 52.7
In married-couple families (11) 93,489 4,930 5.3 63,717 2,325 3.6 29,773 2,605 8.7 28,741 5,819 20.2
      Husbands (11) 42,970 2,850 6.6 35,869 1,696 4.7 7,101 1,153 16.2 4,720 1,330 28.2
      Wives (11) 36,491 1,425 3.9 23,045 448 1.9 13,447 977 7.3 13,908 2,953 21.2
      Related children (18) 12,292 511 4.2 3,832 121 3.2 8,460 390 4.6 9,024 1,277 14.2
      Other 1,736 144 8.3 970 59 6.1 765 85 11.1 1,089 258 23.7
In married-couple families with related
    children under 18 years (9) 		50,454 3,974 7.9 34,052 1,974 5.8 16,402 2,000 12.2 15,767 3,826 24.3
      Husbands (11) 24,531 2,420 9.9 20,817 1,487 7.1 3,714 933 25.1 1,390 630 45.3
      Wives (11) 18,891 1,076 5.7 11,182 348 3.1 7,709 727 9.4 7,302 2,007 27.5
      Related children (18) 5,895 360 6.1 1,375 91 6.6 4,520 269 6.0 6,404 1,010 15.8
      Other 1,137 118 10.4 678 48 7.1 459 70 15.3 672 179 26.6
In married-couple families with related
    children under 6 years (9) 		21,633 2,313 10.7 14,932 1,146 7.7 6,701 1,167 17.4 6,165 1,998 32.4
      Husbands (11) 11,615 1,529 13.2 9,682 935 9.7 1,933 594 30.7 522 269 51.5
      Wives (11) 8,069 585 7.3 4,385 158 3.6 3,684 427 11.6 4,133 1,228 29.7
      Related children (18) 1,247 117 9.4 450 24 5.4 797 93 11.7 1,117 367 32.8
      Other 702 81 11.6 415 29 7.1 287 52 18.1 392 134 34.2
In families with male householder,
    no wife present 		7,737 908 11.7 4,967 330 6.6 2,769 578 20.9 2,718 1,013 37.3
      Householder 3,967 576 14.5 2,774 234 8.4 1,193 342 28.7 826 435 52.6
      Other 3,770 331 8.8 2,193 95 4.4 1,577 236 14.9 1,892 578 30.6
In families with male householder, no
wife present with related children under
  18 years (9) 		3,328 628 18.9 2,155 265 12.3 1,174 363 30.9 1,270 562 44.3
      Householder 2,215 461 20.8 1,578 206 13.0 636 255 40.1 364 243 66.8
      Related children (18) 434 57 13.1 146 17 11.8 288 40 13.7 633 197 31.1
      Other 679 110 16.2 430 42 9.7 249 68 27.3 273 122 44.6
In families with male householder, no
wife present with related children under
  6 years (9) 		1,349 314 23.3 889 133 14.9 459 182 39.6 333 176 52.8
      Householder 968 256 26.5 668 109 16.4 299 147 49.1 119 90 75.1
      Related children (18) 133 13 9.4 60 6 (B) 73 6 (B) 98 41 42.3
      Other 248 45 18.3 161 17 10.6 87 28 32.5 117 45 38.9
In families with female householder,
  no husband present 		17,172 4,128 24.0 9,867 1,386 14.0 7,304 2,742 37.5 8,688 4,602 53.0
      Householder 9,808 3,020 30.8 6,310 1,103 17.5 3,499 1,917 54.8 2,708 2,009 74.2
      Other 7,363 1,107 15.0 3,558 283 7.9 3,805 824 21.7 5,980 2,592 43.4
In families with female householder, no
husband present with related children under
  18 years (9) 		10,540 3,591 34.1 5,920 1,226 20.7 4,620 2,365 51.2 5,615 3,478 61.9
      Householder 7,379 2,818 38.2 4,570 1,030 22.5 2,809 1,788 63.6 2,004 1,699 84.8
      Related children (18) 1,958 471 24.0 600 77 12.8 1,358 394 29.0 2,892 1,395 48.2
      Other 1,203 302 25.1 749 119 15.9 454 183 40.4 718 384 53.5
In families with female householder, no
husband present with related children under
  6 years (9) 		4,182 1,914 45.8 2,153 584 27.1 2,029 1,329 65.5 2,051 1,563 76.2
      Householder 2,932 1,507 51.4 1,543 460 29.8 1,389 1,047 75.3 1,046 944 90.3
      Related children (18) 609 204 33.5 225 40 17.7 384 164 42.7 640 417 65.2
      Other 642 203 31.6 386 84 21.7 256 119 46.4 366 202 55.2
 
In unrelated subfamilies (3) 		398 164 41.1 239 73 30.5 159 91 57.1 181 132 73.0
 
Unrelated individuals (4) 		31,896 5,141 16.1 21,934 1,119 5.1 9,962 4,022 40.4 7,217 5,641 78.2
      Male 18,105 2,680 14.8 12,639 644 5.1 5,466 2,036 37.3 3,551 2,748 77.4
        Householder 12,062 1,391 11.5 8,715 334 3.8 3,347 1,057 31.6 2,364 1,675 70.9
      Female 13,791 2,461 17.8 9,295 475 5.1 4,496 1,986 44.2 3,666 2,893 78.9
        Householder 9,649 1,331 13.8 6,837 286 4.2 2,812 1,046 37.2 2,445 1,756 71.8

Poverty Footnotes

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