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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)

White alone

Both Sexes
 
      Total (17) 		129,549 11,492 8.9 84,771 3,904 4.6 44,778 7,588 16.9 61,689 16,654 27.0
16 to 17 years 1,902 195 10.2 74 13 (B) 1,828 182 9.9 4,940 1,045 21.2
18 to 64 years 120,970 11,058 9.1 81,890 3,833 4.7 39,080 7,225 18.5 30,711 10,605 34.5
    18 to 24 years 16,325 2,823 17.3 5,891 562 9.5 10,434 2,261 21.7 5,991 2,141 35.7
    25 to 34 years 27,046 3,171 11.7 18,901 1,190 6.3 8,144 1,981 24.3 4,659 2,057 44.2
    35 to 54 years 57,657 4,199 7.3 43,088 1,783 4.1 14,569 2,417 16.6 11,274 4,151 36.8
    55 to 64 years 19,942 865 4.3 14,010 298 2.1 5,933 567 9.6 8,788 2,256 25.7
65 years and over 6,677 239 3.6 2,807 58 2.1 3,870 181 4.7 26,037 5,003 19.2

Male
 
      Total (17) 		69,814 5,778 8.3 50,031 2,373 4.7 19,783 3,406 17.2 24,114 6,107 25.3
16 to 17 years 960 107 11.1 48 12 (B) 913 95 10.4 2,548 528 20.7
18 to 64 years 65,157 5,587 8.6 48,226 2,333 4.8 16,930 3,253 19.2 11,004 4,102 37.3
    18 to 24 years 8,547 1,244 14.6 3,400 306 9.0 5,147 938 18.2 2,817 921 32.7
    25 to 34 years 15,066 1,629 10.8 11,368 715 6.3 3,698 914 24.7 1,207 554 45.9
    35 to 54 years 31,043 2,255 7.3 25,451 1,116 4.4 5,592 1,140 20.4 3,476 1,636 47.1
    55 to 64 years 10,501 458 4.4 8,008 197 2.5 2,493 261 10.5 3,504 991 28.3
65 years and over 3,697 85 2.3 1,757 28 1.6 1,940 58 3.0 10,561 1,476 14.0

Female
 
      Total (17) 		59,735 5,713 9.6 34,740 1,531 4.4 24,995 4,182 16.7 37,575 10,547 28.1
16 to 17 years 942 88 9.4 27 1 (B) 915 87 9.5 2,392 517 21.6
18 to 64 years 55,813 5,472 9.8 33,664 1,500 4.5 22,149 3,972 17.9 19,707 6,503 33.0
    18 to 24 years 7,778 1,579 20.3 2,492 256 10.3 5,287 1,322 25.0 3,174 1,220 38.4
    25 to 34 years 11,980 1,542 12.9 7,534 475 6.3 4,446 1,067 24.0 3,451 1,503 43.5
    35 to 54 years 26,614 1,944 7.3 17,637 667 3.8 8,977 1,277 14.2 7,798 2,515 32.3
    55 to 64 years 9,441 407 4.3 6,002 101 1.7 3,440 306 8.9 5,284 1,265 23.9
65 years and over 2,980 154 5.2 1,050 30 2.9 1,930 124 6.4 15,476 3,527 22.8

Household Relationship (17)
 
      People 16 to 64 years old (17) 		122,872 11,253 9.2 81,964 3,846 4.7 40,908 7,407 18.1 35,652 11,650 32.7
In families (2) 96,741 7,034 7.3 64,106 2,907 4.5 32,635 4,128 12.6 30,218 7,553 25.0
      Householder 43,501 4,037 9.3 31,715 1,711 5.4 11,786 2,326 19.7 9,337 2,972 31.8
In families with related children under
      18 years (9) 		51,595 5,762 11.2 33,621 2,475 7.4 17,974 3,287 18.3 16,642 5,085 30.6
      Householder 24,923 3,494 14.0 17,923 1,509 8.4 7,000 1,985 28.4 4,629 2,022 43.7
In families with related children under
      6 years (9) 		21,588 3,220 14.9 14,307 1,369 9.6 7,281 1,851 25.4 6,301 2,491 39.5
      Householder 10,962 1,993 18.2 7,518 814 10.8 3,444 1,179 34.2 2,386 1,105 46.3
In married-couple families (11) 79,554 3,982 5.0 53,875 1,875 3.5 25,679 2,107 8.2 23,376 4,463 19.1
      Husbands (11) 36,765 2,319 6.3 30,760 1,394 4.5 6,005 925 15.4 3,809 994 26.1
      Wives (11) 31,016 1,130 3.6 19,234 328 1.7 11,782 803 6.8 11,742 2,351 20.0
      Related children (18) 10,462 415 4.0 3,154 100 3.2 7,308 315 4.3 7,016 910 13.0
      Other 1,311 118 9.0 728 53 7.3 583 64 11.1 809 207 25.6
In married-couple families with related
    children under 18 years (9) 		42,356 3,223 7.6 28,270 1,601 5.7 14,086 1,622 11.5 12,670 2,936 23.2
      Husbands (11) 20,659 1,967 9.5 17,603 1,223 6.9 3,056 743 24.3 1,033 443 42.9
      Wives (11) 15,783 852 5.4 9,049 253 2.8 6,735 599 8.9 6,111 1,609 26.3
      Related children (18) 5,042 309 6.1 1,094 79 7.2 3,948 230 5.8 5,027 741 14.7
      Other 872 95 10.9 525 46 8.7 347 50 14.3 499 143 28.7
In married-couple families with related
    children under 6 years (9) 		18,035 1,876 10.4 12,346 932 7.5 5,689 944 16.6 4,959 1,546 31.2
      Husbands (11) 9,767 1,244 12.7 8,178 771 9.4 1,589 472 29.7 385 185 47.9
      Wives (11) 6,726 469 7.0 3,521 116 3.3 3,206 353 11.0 3,452 984 28.5
      Related children (18) 989 98 9.9 321 17 5.2 668 81 12.2 828 268 32.3
      Other 553 65 11.8 326 27 8.4 227 38 16.8 293 109 37.1
In families with male householder,
    no wife present 		5,929 651 11.0 3,775 235 6.2 2,154 416 19.3 1,877 658 35.0
      Householder 3,061 415 13.6 2,162 176 8.1 899 239 26.6 573 297 51.7
      Other 2,867 236 8.2 1,613 59 3.7 1,255 177 14.1 1,304 361 27.7
In families with male householder, no
wife present with related children under
  18 years (9) 		2,555 449 17.6 1,635 184 11.3 919 265 28.8 861 348 40.4
      Householder 1,722 336 19.5 1,228 152 12.4 494 185 37.4 238 150 63.0
      Related children (18) 332 36 11.0 104 4 3.6 228 33 14.3 456 129 28.4
      Other 500 76 15.2 304 29 9.5 197 47 24.1 168 69 41.0
In families with male householder, no
wife present with related children under
  6 years (9) 		1,034 224 21.6 688 98 14.2 346 126 36.4 228 119 52.1
      Householder 748 192 25.7 518 86 16.5 230 107 46.5 82 57 69.6
      Related children (18) 96 8 7.8 46 3 (B) 50 5 (B) 68 30 (B)
      Other 190 24 12.5 125 9 7.5 66 14 (B) 79 32 41.2
In families with female householder,
  no husband present 		11,259 2,401 21.3 6,456 796 12.3 4,803 1,605 33.4 4,965 2,433 49.0
      Householder 6,355 1,768 27.8 4,090 622 15.2 2,265 1,146 50.6 1,609 1,147 71.3
      Other 4,904 633 12.9 2,366 174 7.4 2,538 459 18.1 3,356 1,286 38.3
In families with female householder, no
husband present with related children under
  18 years (9) 		6,684 2,089 31.3 3,716 689 18.6 2,969 1,400 47.1 3,112 1,801 57.9
      Householder 4,659 1,640 35.2 2,861 569 19.9 1,798 1,071 59.6 1,190 973 81.7
      Related children (18) 1,239 254 20.5 353 35 10.0 886 219 24.7 1,541 646 41.9
      Other 786 195 24.8 502 85 17.0 284 109 38.4 380 182 47.8
In families with female householder, no
husband present with related children under
  6 years (9) 		2,519 1,120 44.5 1,274 340 26.7 1,245 781 62.7 1,114 826 74.1
      Householder 1,761 885 50.2 895 257 28.7 867 628 72.4 613 541 88.1
      Related children (18) 322 101 31.5 111 18 16.0 211 84 39.6 300 185 61.6
      Other 435 134 30.8 268 64 24.1 167 70 41.5 201 100 50.1
 
In unrelated subfamilies (3) 		334 132 39.6 195 59 30.4 139 73 52.6 154 107 69.6
 
Unrelated individuals (4) 		25,797 4,086 15.8 17,664 881 5.0 8,133 3,206 39.4 5,280 3,990 75.6
      Male 14,793 2,134 14.4 10,312 511 5.0 4,482 1,623 36.2 2,584 1,920 74.3
        Householder 9,892 1,099 11.1 7,151 265 3.7 2,741 835 30.5 1,730 1,161 67.1
      Female 11,004 1,952 17.7 7,352 370 5.0 3,652 1,583 43.3 2,695 2,070 76.8
        Householder 7,530 1,001 13.3 5,310 222 4.2 2,220 779 35.1 1,728 1,180 68.3

Poverty Footnotes

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