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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)

Black A.O.I.C.

Both Sexes
 
      Total (17) 		18,381 3,023 16.4 12,149 1,004 8.3 6,232 2,019 32.4 10,901 5,220 47.9
16 to 17 years 223 45 20.1 25 0 (B) 199 45 22.6 1,350 531 39.3
18 to 64 years 17,554 2,940 16.7 11,834 999 8.4 5,721 1,941 33.9 6,850 3,674 53.6
    18 to 24 years 2,580 687 26.6 1,003 152 15.2 1,576 534 33.9 1,848 903 48.9
    25 to 34 years 4,451 953 21.4 2,888 333 11.5 1,563 620 39.7 1,160 701 60.4
    35 to 54 years 8,385 1,064 12.7 6,400 433 6.8 1,985 631 31.8 2,363 1,372 58.1
    55 to 64 years 2,139 236 11.0 1,542 81 5.2 597 156 26.1 1,479 698 47.2
65 years and over 604 38 6.4 291 5 1.9 313 33 10.5 2,701 1,015 37.6

Male
 
      Total (17) 		8,541 1,069 12.5 5,774 332 5.8 2,767 737 26.6 4,719 2,108 44.7
16 to 17 years 98 23 23.0 7 0 (B) 91 23 24.7 678 270 39.8
18 to 64 years 8,158 1,037 12.7 5,629 330 5.9 2,529 708 28.0 3,035 1,524 50.2
    18 to 24 years 1,252 288 23.0 524 68 13.0 727 220 30.2 893 406 45.4
    25 to 34 years 2,096 299 14.3 1,382 84 6.1 714 215 30.1 506 245 48.4
    35 to 54 years 3,858 357 9.3 2,994 147 4.9 863 210 24.3 996 574 57.7
    55 to 64 years 952 94 9.8 728 31 4.3 224 63 28.0 639 298 46.7
65 years and over 285 9 3.1 138 2 1.7 147 7 4.5 1,006 315 31.3

Female
 
      Total (17) 		9,840 1,954 19.9 6,375 672 10.5 3,465 1,282 37.0 6,182 3,111 50.3
16 to 17 years 125 22 17.9 18 0 (B) 107 22 20.8 672 261 38.9
18 to 64 years 9,397 1,903 20.2 6,205 669 10.8 3,192 1,233 38.6 3,816 2,150 56.4
    18 to 24 years 1,328 399 30.0 479 84 17.6 849 314 37.0 955 497 52.1
    25 to 34 years 2,355 654 27.8 1,506 249 16.5 849 405 47.7 654 456 69.7
    35 to 54 years 4,527 707 15.6 3,406 286 8.4 1,121 420 37.5 1,367 798 58.4
    55 to 64 years 1,187 143 12.0 814 50 6.1 372 93 25.0 840 399 47.6
65 years and over 319 30 9.3 152 3 2.0 166 26 15.9 1,695 700 41.3

Household Relationship (17)
 
      People 16 to 64 years old (17) 		17,778 2,985 16.8 11,858 999 8.4 5,919 1,986 33.5 8,200 4,205 51.3
In families (2) 13,417 2,204 16.4 8,748 826 9.4 4,669 1,378 29.5 6,728 2,940 43.7
      Householder 6,678 1,463 21.9 4,745 591 12.5 1,933 872 45.1 1,857 1,106 59.5
In families with related children under
      18 years (9) 		8,052 1,876 23.3 5,246 739 14.1 2,806 1,137 40.5 4,114 2,160 52.5
      Householder 4,599 1,345 29.2 3,191 559 17.5 1,408 786 55.8 1,140 873 76.6
In families with related children under
      6 years (9) 		3,455 1,037 30.0 2,139 366 17.1 1,316 672 51.0 1,470 940 63.9
      Householder 2,005 728 36.3 1,274 261 20.5 732 468 63.9 570 468 82.1
In married-couple families (11) 7,475 515 6.9 5,262 247 4.7 2,213 267 12.1 2,921 730 25.0
      Husbands (11) 3,322 272 8.2 2,702 155 5.7 620 118 19.0 576 195 33.9
      Wives (11) 2,931 171 5.8 2,111 75 3.5 819 97 11.8 989 288 29.1
      Related children (18) 1,035 54 5.2 357 16 4.6 678 38 5.6 1,229 224 18.2
      Other 187 17 9.1 91 2 2.1 95 15 15.9 127 24 18.6
In married-couple families with related
    children under 18 years (9) 		4,296 411 9.6 3,074 206 6.7 1,222 206 16.8 1,628 486 29.9
      Husbands (11) 2,035 232 11.4 1,673 137 8.2 362 95 26.2 227 117 51.3
      Wives (11) 1,649 134 8.1 1,178 57 4.9 471 77 16.3 503 192 38.2
      Related children (18) 503 30 6.0 165 11 6.7 338 19 5.6 837 165 19.7
      Other 109 15 13.9 57 0 (B) 52 15 (B) 61 13 (B)
In married-couple families with related
    children under 6 years (9) 		1,843 259 14.1 1,296 123 9.5 547 137 25.0 566 227 40.1
      Husbands (11) 942 160 16.9 744 90 12.1 198 69 34.9 80 44 55.0
      Wives (11) 684 75 10.9 452 25 5.5 232 50 21.6 269 117 43.4
      Related children (18) 170 16 9.2 77 8 9.8 93 8 8.6 199 62 30.9
      Other 47 9 (B) 24 0 (B) 23 9 (B) 18 5 (B)
In families with male householder,
    no wife present 		1,138 182 16.0 733 62 8.5 405 119 29.5 601 282 46.9
      Householder 589 115 19.5 394 38 9.8 195 76 39.1 185 107 57.7
      Other 549 67 12.2 339 24 7.0 210 43 20.6 416 175 42.1
In families with male householder, no
wife present with related children under
  18 years (9) 		515 127 24.7 338 56 16.7 177 71 39.9 304 165 54.5
      Householder 341 89 26.1 239 36 15.2 102 53 51.5 96 74 77.1
      Related children (18) 78 16 20.1 34 12 (B) 44 3 (B) 129 51 39.4
      Other 96 22 23.2 65 8 (B) 31 14 (B) 78 40 51.4
In families with male householder, no
wife present with related children under
  6 years (9) 		218 68 31.2 127 24 18.7 91 44 48.6 88 46 51.6
      Householder 153 46 30.0 102 16 15.9 51 30 (B) 33 28 (B)
      Related children (18) 29 4 (B) 8 2 (B) 21 2 (B) 26 9 (B)
      Other 36 18 (B) 17 6 (B) 18 13 (B) 30 9 (B)
In families with female householder,
  no husband present 		4,804 1,507 31.4 2,753 516 18.7 2,051 991 48.3 3,205 1,928 60.1
      Householder 2,911 1,114 38.3 1,865 432 23.1 1,046 682 65.2 933 765 82.0
      Other 1,893 393 20.8 888 84 9.5 1,006 309 30.7 2,272 1,163 51.2
In families with female householder, no
husband present with related children under
  18 years (9) 		3,241 1,337 41.3 1,834 477 26.0 1,408 860 61.1 2,182 1,508 69.1
      Householder 2,346 1,057 45.1 1,464 417 28.5 882 640 72.6 720 653 90.7
      Related children (18) 609 188 30.9 211 35 16.6 399 153 38.4 1,178 677 57.4
      Other 286 92 32.2 160 25 15.8 127 67 52.8 284 179 62.8
In families with female householder, no
husband present with related children under
  6 years (9) 		1,394 710 50.9 715 219 30.6 679 491 72.3 816 667 81.8
      Householder 1,003 558 55.6 542 183 33.8 461 374 81.3 380 360 94.7
      Related children (18) 246 90 36.7 94 19 19.7 151 72 47.3 299 219 73.5
      Other 145 62 42.8 78 17 21.8 67 45 (B) 137 88 64.3
 
In unrelated subfamilies (3) 		35 17 (B) 29 13 (B) 6 5 (B) 19 19 (B)
 
Unrelated individuals (4) 		4,326 764 17.7 3,082 160 5.2 1,244 603 48.5 1,453 1,247 85.8
      Male 2,322 406 17.5 1,629 84 5.2 693 322 46.5 741 640 86.5
        Householder 1,538 229 14.9 1,099 50 4.5 438 179 40.8 487 395 81.1
      Female 2,004 357 17.8 1,452 76 5.3 552 281 51.0 713 607 85.1
        Householder 1,592 253 15.9 1,176 51 4.4 416 201 48.4 557 454 81.5

Poverty Footnotes

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