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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)

Black A.O.I.C.

Both Sexes
 
      Total (17) 		18,381 3,864 21.0 12,149 1,461 12.0 6,232 2,403 38.6 10,901 5,855 53.7
16 to 17 years 223 63 28.1 25 0 (B) 199 63 31.6 1,350 621 46.0
18 to 64 years 17,554 3,752 21.4 11,834 1,452 12.3 5,721 2,300 40.2 6,850 4,041 59.0
    18 to 24 years 2,580 858 33.3 1,003 219 21.8 1,576 639 40.6 1,848 1,020 55.2
    25 to 34 years 4,451 1,164 26.2 2,888 450 15.6 1,563 714 45.7 1,160 758 65.3
    35 to 54 years 8,385 1,431 17.1 6,400 673 10.5 1,985 758 38.2 2,363 1,484 62.8
    55 to 64 years 2,139 299 14.0 1,542 110 7.1 597 189 31.7 1,479 780 52.7
65 years and over 604 49 8.0 291 9 2.9 313 40 12.8 2,701 1,192 44.1

Male
 
      Total (17) 		8,541 1,456 17.0 5,774 518 9.0 2,767 938 33.9 4,719 2,384 50.5
16 to 17 years 98 30 30.0 7 0 (B) 91 30 32.3 678 315 46.5
18 to 64 years 8,158 1,417 17.4 5,629 515 9.2 2,529 902 35.7 3,035 1,688 55.6
    18 to 24 years 1,252 383 30.6 524 102 19.4 727 281 38.7 893 455 51.0
    25 to 34 years 2,096 399 19.1 1,382 131 9.5 714 268 37.5 506 276 54.4
    35 to 54 years 3,858 517 13.4 2,994 243 8.1 863 275 31.8 996 626 62.9
    55 to 64 years 952 117 12.3 728 39 5.4 224 78 34.8 639 330 51.7
65 years and over 285 9 3.1 138 2 1.7 147 7 4.5 1,006 381 37.8

Female
 
      Total (17) 		9,840 2,408 24.5 6,375 943 14.8 3,465 1,465 42.3 6,182 3,471 56.1
16 to 17 years 125 33 26.6 18 0 (B) 107 33 31.0 672 306 45.5
18 to 64 years 9,397 2,335 24.9 6,205 937 15.1 3,192 1,398 43.8 3,816 2,354 61.7
    18 to 24 years 1,328 475 35.8 479 117 24.4 849 358 42.2 955 565 59.1
    25 to 34 years 2,355 765 32.5 1,506 319 21.2 849 446 52.5 654 483 73.8
    35 to 54 years 4,527 914 20.2 3,406 430 12.6 1,121 483 43.1 1,367 857 62.7
    55 to 64 years 1,187 182 15.3 814 71 8.7 372 111 29.9 840 449 53.5
65 years and over 319 40 12.4 152 6 4.0 166 34 20.2 1,695 812 47.9

Household Relationship (17)
 
      People 16 to 64 years old (17) 		17,778 3,815 21.5 11,858 1,452 12.2 5,919 2,363 39.9 8,200 4,662 56.9
In families (2) 13,417 2,873 21.4 8,748 1,186 13.6 4,669 1,687 36.1 6,728 3,364 50.0
      Householder 6,678 1,842 27.6 4,745 844 17.8 1,933 998 51.6 1,857 1,179 63.5
In families with related children under
      18 years (9) 		8,052 2,364 29.4 5,246 1,025 19.5 2,806 1,339 47.7 4,114 2,412 58.6
      Householder 4,599 1,652 35.9 3,191 768 24.1 1,408 884 62.8 1,140 905 79.4
In families with related children under
      6 years (9) 		3,455 1,254 36.3 2,139 490 22.9 1,316 763 58.0 1,470 1,036 70.4
      Householder 2,005 865 43.1 1,274 353 27.7 732 512 70.0 570 483 84.9
In married-couple families (11) 7,475 767 10.3 5,262 360 6.8 2,213 406 18.4 2,921 927 31.7
      Husbands (11) 3,322 391 11.8 2,702 225 8.3 620 166 26.8 576 224 38.9
      Wives (11) 2,931 247 8.4 2,111 105 5.0 819 142 17.3 989 368 37.2
      Related children (18) 1,035 97 9.4 357 29 8.2 678 68 10.0 1,229 303 24.7
      Other 187 32 17.1 91 2 2.1 95 30 31.5 127 32 24.7
In married-couple families with related
    children under 18 years (9) 		4,296 566 13.2 3,074 281 9.2 1,222 284 23.3 1,628 585 35.9
      Husbands (11) 2,035 315 15.5 1,673 193 11.5 362 122 33.8 227 120 52.7
      Wives (11) 1,649 179 10.9 1,178 75 6.4 471 104 22.1 503 231 46.1
      Related children (18) 503 48 9.6 165 13 8.0 338 35 10.4 837 219 26.2
      Other 109 23 21.1 57 0 (B) 52 23 (B) 61 14 (B)
In married-couple families with related
    children under 6 years (9) 		1,843 349 18.9 1,296 162 12.5 547 187 34.3 566 276 48.7
      Husbands (11) 942 212 22.5 744 124 16.6 198 88 44.4 80 44 55.3
      Wives (11) 684 97 14.2 452 31 6.8 232 67 28.6 269 142 52.9
      Related children (18) 170 27 16.0 77 8 9.8 93 20 21.1 199 84 42.3
      Other 47 13 (B) 24 0 (B) 23 13 (B) 18 5 (B)
In families with male householder,
    no wife present 		1,138 255 22.4 733 107 14.6 405 148 36.7 601 331 55.0
      Householder 589 161 27.4 394 69 17.4 195 93 47.6 185 117 63.0
      Other 549 94 17.1 339 38 11.2 210 56 26.6 416 214 51.4
In families with male householder, no
wife present with related children under
  18 years (9) 		515 180 35.0 338 90 26.5 177 91 51.4 304 200 66.0
      Householder 341 124 36.3 239 58 24.4 102 66 64.3 96 79 82.1
      Related children (18) 78 23 29.3 34 12 (B) 44 11 (B) 129 66 50.9
      Other 96 34 35.2 65 19 (B) 31 14 (B) 78 56 71.2
In families with male householder, no
wife present with related children under
  6 years (9) 		218 93 42.7 127 41 32.0 91 52 57.8 88 63 72.0
      Householder 153 63 41.2 102 28 27.8 51 35 (B) 33 28 (B)
      Related children (18) 29 7 (B) 8 2 (B) 21 5 (B) 26 13 (B)
      Other 36 23 (B) 17 10 (B) 18 13 (B) 30 22 (B)
In families with female householder,
  no husband present 		4,804 1,851 38.5 2,753 719 26.1 2,051 1,132 55.2 3,205 2,107 65.7
      Householder 2,911 1,337 45.9 1,865 598 32.1 1,046 739 70.7 933 786 84.2
      Other 1,893 514 27.2 888 121 13.6 1,006 393 39.1 2,272 1,321 58.1
In families with female householder, no
husband present with related children under
  18 years (9) 		3,241 1,618 49.9 1,834 654 35.7 1,408 964 68.5 2,182 1,627 74.6
      Householder 2,346 1,258 53.6 1,464 565 38.6 882 693 78.5 720 665 92.5
      Related children (18) 609 243 39.9 211 55 25.9 399 188 47.3 1,178 768 65.2
      Other 286 117 40.8 160 35 21.6 127 82 65.0 284 193 67.9
In families with female householder, no
husband present with related children under
  6 years (9) 		1,394 811 58.2 715 288 40.2 679 524 77.1 816 696 85.4
      Householder 1,003 635 63.3 542 241 44.3 461 394 85.6 380 366 96.3
      Related children (18) 246 104 42.5 94 27 28.5 151 77 51.2 299 239 79.9
      Other 145 72 49.7 78 20 25.8 67 52 (B) 137 92 66.9
 
In unrelated subfamilies (3) 		35 20 (B) 29 16 (B) 6 5 (B) 19 19 (B)
 
Unrelated individuals (4) 		4,326 922 21.3 3,082 251 8.1 1,244 671 53.9 1,453 1,280 88.1
      Male 2,322 499 21.5 1,629 129 7.9 693 370 53.5 741 657 88.7
        Householder 1,538 277 18.0 1,099 62 5.6 438 216 49.2 487 412 84.6
      Female 2,004 423 21.1 1,452 122 8.4 552 301 54.5 713 622 87.4
        Householder 1,592 292 18.3 1,176 76 6.5 416 215 51.8 557 470 84.3

Poverty Footnotes

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