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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 alone

Both Sexes
 
      Total (17) 		17,706 2,931 16.6 11,758 969 8.2 5,948 1,962 33.0 10,561 5,059 47.9
16 to 17 years 197 42 21.6 23 0 (B) 173 42 24.5 1,277 512 40.1
18 to 64 years 16,917 2,850 16.8 11,449 963 8.4 5,468 1,886 34.5 6,648 3,554 53.5
    18 to 24 years 2,415 655 27.1 941 139 14.8 1,474 516 35.0 1,781 866 48.6
    25 to 34 years 4,268 921 21.6 2,767 322 11.6 1,500 600 40.0 1,114 669 60.1
    35 to 54 years 8,147 1,043 12.8 6,240 428 6.9 1,906 615 32.3 2,309 1,340 58.0
    55 to 64 years 2,088 230 11.0 1,500 74 4.9 588 155 26.4 1,444 678 47.0
65 years and over 592 38 6.5 286 5 1.9 306 33 10.8 2,637 993 37.7

Male
 
      Total (17) 		8,208 1,016 12.4 5,576 306 5.5 2,632 710 27.0 4,568 2,044 44.8
16 to 17 years 91 21 22.8 7 0 (B) 84 21 24.7 641 261 40.8
18 to 64 years 7,835 986 12.6 5,431 303 5.6 2,404 683 28.4 2,948 1,476 50.1
    18 to 24 years 1,166 269 23.1 494 58 11.7 672 212 31.5 859 390 45.3
    25 to 34 years 2,006 283 14.1 1,319 76 5.8 687 207 30.1 485 233 48.1
    35 to 54 years 3,737 345 9.2 2,912 143 4.9 825 202 24.4 973 560 57.6
    55 to 64 years 926 89 9.6 706 26 3.7 220 62 28.4 631 293 46.5
65 years and over 282 9 3.2 138 2 1.7 143 7 4.5 979 307 31.3

Female
 
      Total (17) 		9,498 1,915 20.2 6,182 663 10.7 3,316 1,252 37.7 5,994 3,014 50.3
16 to 17 years 105 22 20.5 16 0 (B) 89 22 24.2 636 251 39.4
18 to 64 years 9,082 1,864 20.5 6,018 660 11.0 3,064 1,204 39.3 3,700 2,077 56.1
    18 to 24 years 1,249 386 30.9 447 82 18.3 802 304 38.0 922 477 51.7
    25 to 34 years 2,262 638 28.2 1,448 246 17.0 813 393 48.3 629 436 69.3
    35 to 54 years 4,409 698 15.8 3,328 285 8.6 1,081 413 38.2 1,336 780 58.4
    55 to 64 years 1,163 141 12.1 794 48 6.0 368 93 25.3 813 385 47.3
65 years and over 311 30 9.5 148 3 2.1 162 26 16.3 1,658 686 41.4

Household Relationship (17)
 
      People 16 to 64 years old (17) 		17,114 2,892 16.9 11,472 963 8.4 5,642 1,929 34.2 7,925 4,066 51.3
In families (2) 12,954 2,141 16.5 8,495 798 9.4 4,459 1,344 30.1 6,505 2,842 43.7
      Householder 6,486 1,424 22.0 4,616 572 12.4 1,870 853 45.6 1,805 1,072 59.4
In families with related children under
      18 years (9) 		7,762 1,822 23.5 5,096 715 14.0 2,666 1,108 41.6 3,956 2,081 52.6
      Householder 4,468 1,310 29.3 3,103 541 17.4 1,365 769 56.4 1,105 846 76.5
In families with related children under
      6 years (9) 		3,317 999 30.1 2,058 348 16.9 1,259 652 51.8 1,415 902 63.8
      Householder 1,929 703 36.4 1,227 248 20.2 703 454 64.7 552 453 82.0
In married-couple families (11) 7,196 489 6.8 5,095 232 4.6 2,101 257 12.2 2,793 688 24.6
      Husbands (11) 3,227 259 8.0 2,621 141 5.4 606 118 19.4 566 189 33.3
      Wives (11) 2,844 165 5.8 2,060 75 3.6 784 90 11.5 946 264 27.9
      Related children (18) 947 50 5.3 327 14 4.3 620 36 5.9 1,159 217 18.7
      Other 178 15 8.6 88 2 2.1 91 13 14.9 122 18 15.1
In married-couple families with related
    children under 18 years (9) 		4,114 389 9.4 2,967 192 6.5 1,148 196 17.1 1,538 455 29.6
      Husbands (11) 1,963 219 11.1 1,608 124 7.7 355 95 26.7 223 113 50.9
      Wives (11) 1,587 127 8.0 1,146 57 5.0 442 70 15.8 473 174 36.8
      Related children (18) 459 29 6.4 157 11 7.0 302 18 6.0 786 160 20.4
      Other 105 13 12.9 56 0 (B) 49 13 (B) 56 8 (B)
In married-couple families with related
    children under 6 years (9) 		1,755 242 13.8 1,238 113 9.1 517 130 25.1 540 214 39.7
      Husbands (11) 899 149 16.6 705 80 11.4 193 69 35.7 80 44 55.0
      Wives (11) 654 70 10.7 437 25 5.7 217 45 20.7 250 104 41.4
      Related children (18) 158 16 9.9 72 8 (B) 86 8 9.4 191 62 32.2
      Other 45 8 (B) 24 0 (B) 21 8 (B) 18 5 (B)
In families with male householder,
    no wife present 		1,098 175 15.9 711 59 8.4 388 115 29.7 581 269 46.2
      Householder 566 107 19.0 383 36 9.3 183 72 39.2 180 104 57.9
      Other 532 67 12.6 328 24 7.3 205 43 21.1 401 164 41.0
In families with male householder, no
wife present with related children under
  18 years (9) 		501 121 24.2 333 54 16.1 168 68 40.4 293 156 53.4
      Householder 331 83 25.2 234 33 14.3 96 50 51.8 94 72 76.4
      Related children (18) 75 16 (B) 34 12 (B) 41 3 (B) 121 45 36.9
      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) 		209 63 29.9 125 21 16.8 84 42 49.3 85 44 52.0
      Householder 146 41 27.8 99 13 13.4 47 27 (B) 33 28 (B)
      Related children (18) 27 4 (B) 8 2 (B) 19 2 (B) 22 7 (B)
      Other 36 18 (B) 17 6 (B) 18 13 (B) 30 9 (B)
In families with female householder,
  no husband present 		4,660 1,477 31.7 2,689 506 18.8 1,970 971 49.3 3,132 1,885 60.2
      Householder 2,842 1,096 38.6 1,827 425 23.2 1,015 672 66.2 913 746 81.7
      Other 1,818 381 20.9 863 82 9.5 955 299 31.3 2,219 1,140 51.4
In families with female householder, no
husband present with related children under
  18 years (9) 		3,147 1,312 41.7 1,796 469 26.1 1,350 844 62.5 2,126 1,470 69.2
      Householder 2,298 1,043 45.4 1,439 411 28.6 859 631 73.5 702 635 90.6
      Related children (18) 575 179 31.2 206 34 16.4 369 146 39.5 1,142 659 57.7
      Other 274 90 33.0 150 24 15.6 123 67 54.3 282 176 62.5
In families with female householder, no
husband present with related children under
  6 years (9) 		1,353 694 51.3 695 214 30.8 658 480 73.0 791 644 81.5
      Householder 980 550 56.1 531 181 34.1 448 369 82.3 369 349 94.6
      Related children (18) 235 84 35.7 92 18 19.0 143 66 46.3 284 207 72.8
      Other 138 60 43.7 72 15 (B) 66 45 (B) 137 88 64.3
 
In unrelated subfamilies (3) 		33 17 (B) 27 13 (B) 6 5 (B) 17 17 (B)
 
Unrelated individuals (4) 		4,126 733 17.8 2,949 153 5.2 1,177 580 49.3 1,402 1,206 86.0
      Male 2,209 384 17.4 1,567 78 5.0 643 306 47.6 719 621 86.4
        Householder 1,476 221 15.0 1,066 47 4.4 411 174 42.3 473 384 81.2
      Female 1,917 350 18.2 1,383 75 5.5 534 274 51.4 684 585 85.5
        Householder 1,528 249 16.3 1,122 51 4.6 407 198 48.6 535 440 82.1

Poverty Footnotes

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