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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 150% of poverty (5) Percentage below 150% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 150% of poverty (5) Percentage below 150% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 150% of poverty (5) Percentage below 150% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 150% of poverty (5) Percentage below 150% of poverty (6)

White alone, not Hispanic

Both Sexes
 
      Total (17) 		109,046 9,693 8.9 71,433 3,187 4.5 37,613 6,506 17.3 51,915 14,798 28.5
16 to 17 years 1,672 173 10.4 53 14 (B) 1,619 159 9.8 3,658 690 18.9
18 to 64 years 101,153 9,227 9.1 68,821 3,118 4.5 32,332 6,110 18.9 24,329 8,510 35.0
    18 to 24 years 13,295 2,567 19.3 4,564 500 10.9 8,730 2,068 23.7 4,423 1,596 36.1
    25 to 34 years 21,079 2,415 11.5 14,895 911 6.1 6,184 1,505 24.3 3,111 1,333 42.8
    35 to 54 years 48,601 3,343 6.9 36,594 1,356 3.7 12,007 1,988 16.6 8,997 3,426 38.1
    55 to 64 years 18,178 901 5.0 12,768 352 2.8 5,410 550 10.2 7,798 2,156 27.6
65 years and over 6,221 293 4.7 2,558 55 2.2 3,663 237 6.5 23,928 5,598 23.4

Male
 
      Total (17) 		57,699 4,513 7.8 41,513 1,717 4.1 16,186 2,796 17.3 20,606 5,594 27.1
16 to 17 years 845 90 10.6 34 8 (B) 810 81 10.0 1,904 371 19.5
18 to 64 years 53,406 4,314 8.1 39,876 1,679 4.2 13,529 2,635 19.5 8,979 3,578 39.9
    18 to 24 years 6,838 1,091 16.0 2,553 233 9.1 4,285 858 20.0 2,138 712 33.3
    25 to 34 years 11,322 1,143 10.1 8,700 498 5.7 2,622 645 24.6 837 404 48.2
    35 to 54 years 25,747 1,626 6.3 21,380 738 3.5 4,367 888 20.3 2,832 1,494 52.8
    55 to 64 years 9,499 454 4.8 7,244 210 2.9 2,255 244 10.8 3,172 969 30.5
65 years and over 3,448 109 3.2 1,602 30 1.9 1,846 79 4.3 9,723 1,645 16.9

Female
 
      Total (17) 		51,348 5,180 10.1 29,920 1,470 4.9 21,427 3,710 17.3 31,309 9,204 29.4
16 to 17 years 827 83 10.1 19 6 (B) 808 78 9.6 1,753 319 18.2
18 to 64 years 47,747 4,913 10.3 28,945 1,439 5.0 18,802 3,474 18.5 15,350 4,932 32.1
    18 to 24 years 6,457 1,476 22.9 2,012 266 13.2 4,445 1,210 27.2 2,285 884 38.7
    25 to 34 years 9,757 1,272 13.0 6,195 413 6.7 3,563 859 24.1 2,274 929 40.9
    35 to 54 years 22,854 1,718 7.5 15,214 618 4.1 7,640 1,099 14.4 6,165 1,931 31.3
    55 to 64 years 8,679 447 5.2 5,524 142 2.6 3,155 305 9.7 4,626 1,188 25.7
65 years and over 2,773 183 6.6 956 25 2.6 1,817 158 8.7 14,205 3,953 27.8

Household Relationship (17)
 
      People 16 to 64 years old (17) 		102,825 9,400 9.1 68,875 3,132 4.5 33,951 6,269 18.5 27,987 9,200 32.9
In families (2) 80,397 5,153 6.4 53,442 2,065 3.9 26,955 3,087 11.5 23,310 5,565 23.9
      Householder 36,443 3,032 8.3 26,864 1,255 4.7 9,579 1,776 18.5 7,519 2,261 30.1
In families with related children under
      18 years (9) 		40,563 3,971 9.8 26,536 1,638 6.2 14,026 2,333 16.6 11,666 3,167 27.1
      Householder 19,771 2,480 12.5 14,460 1,037 7.2 5,311 1,443 27.2 3,340 1,332 39.9
In families with related children under
      6 years (9) 		16,199 2,093 12.9 10,867 871 8.0 5,332 1,221 22.9 3,955 1,378 34.8
      Householder 8,374 1,349 16.1 5,858 539 9.2 2,516 810 32.2 1,613 668 41.4
In married-couple families (11) 68,004 2,894 4.3 46,153 1,318 2.9 21,851 1,576 7.2 18,493 3,297 17.8
      Husbands (11) 31,362 1,577 5.0 26,486 929 3.5 4,875 648 13.3 3,320 906 27.3
      Wives (11) 27,298 970 3.6 16,989 322 1.9 10,308 647 6.3 9,356 1,679 17.9
      Related children (18) 8,690 304 3.5 2,367 52 2.2 6,323 252 4.0 5,365 611 11.4
      Other 654 43 6.6 310 15 4.8 344 28 8.2 452 101 22.3
In married-couple families with related
    children under 18 years (9) 		34,142 2,160 6.3 22,838 1,020 4.5 11,304 1,140 10.1 9,075 1,755 19.3
      Husbands (11) 16,595 1,228 7.4 14,403 743 5.2 2,192 485 22.1 791 328 41.4
      Wives (11) 13,228 688 5.2 7,570 225 3.0 5,658 463 8.2 4,327 928 21.4
      Related children (18) 3,955 208 5.3 675 40 5.9 3,280 168 5.1 3,735 441 11.8
      Other 363 36 9.9 189 12 6.5 174 24 13.7 221 59 26.8
In married-couple families with related
    children under 6 years (9) 		13,952 1,183 8.5 9,663 568 5.9 4,289 615 14.3 3,203 832 26.0
      Husbands (11) 7,573 735 9.7 6,502 453 7.0 1,072 282 26.3 280 135 48.3
      Wives (11) 5,543 370 6.7 2,893 101 3.5 2,649 269 10.1 2,343 533 22.7
      Related children (18) 612 53 8.6 154 6 4.2 458 46 10.1 459 119 25.9
      Other 224 26 11.7 114 8 6.7 110 19 16.9 120 45 37.4
In families with male householder,
    no wife present 		4,081 487 11.9 2,580 188 7.3 1,501 299 19.9 1,401 556 39.7
      Householder 2,290 345 15.1 1,660 155 9.3 631 190 30.2 453 256 56.6
      Other 1,791 142 7.9 920 33 3.6 871 109 12.5 949 300 31.6
In families with male householder, no
wife present with related children under
  18 years (9) 		1,771 322 18.2 1,151 144 12.5 620 179 28.8 609 267 43.7
      Householder 1,288 262 20.3 952 128 13.5 336 134 39.8 185 122 66.2
      Related children (18) 287 33 11.4 83 5 6.1 204 28 13.6 345 104 30.2
      Other 196 28 14.2 116 10 9.0 80 17 21.8 79 40 50.4
In families with male householder, no
wife present with related children under
  6 years (9) 		689 165 23.9 447 80 18.0 242 84 34.8 146 82 56.6
      Householder 526 148 28.1 367 76 20.7 158 72 45.3 62 45 (B)
      Related children (18) 82 6 7.9 36 1 (B) 46 5 (B) 47 21 (B)
      Other 82 11 13.0 44 3 (B) 38 7 (B) 36 17 (B)
In families with female householder,
  no husband present 		8,312 1,772 21.3 4,709 560 11.9 3,603 1,212 33.6 3,415 1,712 50.1
      Householder 4,791 1,385 28.9 3,125 486 15.6 1,666 899 53.9 1,062 744 70.0
      Other 3,520 387 11.0 1,584 73 4.6 1,937 314 16.2 2,353 968 41.1
In families with female householder, no
husband present with related children under
  18 years (9) 		4,649 1,489 32.0 2,547 474 18.6 2,102 1,015 48.3 1,981 1,145 57.8
      Householder 3,416 1,252 36.7 2,118 434 20.5 1,299 818 63.0 748 608 81.2
      Related children (18) 887 177 20.0 222 18 8.0 665 159 24.0 1,007 415 41.2
      Other 346 60 17.3 207 22 10.7 138 38 27.1 226 123 54.4
In families with female householder, no
husband present with related children under
  6 years (9) 		1,558 744 47.8 757 223 29.4 802 522 65.1 607 464 76.4
      Householder 1,204 654 54.3 608 198 32.5 596 456 76.5 344 299 87.0
      Related children (18) 189 58 30.7 56 11 (B) 134 47 35.5 140 86 61.6
      Other 165 33 19.8 94 15 15.7 72 18 (B) 123 78 63.6
 
In unrelated subfamilies (3) 		249 126 50.5 149 58 39.2 100 67 67.3 117 96 81.9
 
Unrelated individuals (4) 		22,179 4,122 18.6 15,284 1,008 6.6 6,895 3,114 45.2 4,560 3,540 77.6
      Male 12,302 2,011 16.3 8,634 512 5.9 3,667 1,499 40.9 2,233 1,703 76.3
        Householder 8,760 1,177 13.4 6,381 317 5.0 2,379 859 36.1 1,569 1,110 70.8
      Female 9,877 2,111 21.4 6,649 496 7.5 3,228 1,615 50.0 2,328 1,837 78.9
        Householder 6,882 1,165 16.9 4,883 328 6.7 1,999 837 41.9 1,547 1,113 71.9

Poverty Footnotes

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