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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)

Asian alone

Both Sexes
 
      Total (17) 		7,162 758 10.6 5,163 322 6.2 2,000 436 21.8 3,452 1,123 32.5
16 to 17 years 42 9 (B) 0 0 (X) 42 9 (B) 314 77 24.5
18 to 64 years 6,873 731 10.6 5,007 315 6.3 1,867 416 22.3 2,088 751 36.0
    18 to 24 years 662 138 20.8 215 23 10.9 448 114 25.5 475 169 35.7
    25 to 34 years 1,726 179 10.3 1,271 83 6.5 455 95 21.0 435 157 36.1
    35 to 54 years 3,555 343 9.7 2,800 182 6.5 755 162 21.4 735 279 37.9
    55 to 64 years 930 72 7.7 721 27 3.8 209 44 21.2 442 146 33.0
65 years and over 247 18 7.1 156 7 4.4 91 11 11.9 1,050 294 28.1

Male
 
      Total (17) 		3,805 416 10.9 2,958 216 7.3 847 200 23.6 1,195 418 34.9
16 to 17 years 28 6 (B) 0 0 (X) 28 6 (B) 138 39 28.5
18 to 64 years 3,624 397 11.0 2,853 209 7.3 772 188 24.4 670 273 40.8
    18 to 24 years 362 69 19.2 131 17 12.9 232 53 22.7 234 71 30.3
    25 to 34 years 905 91 10.1 716 49 6.9 189 42 22.2 129 70 53.9
    35 to 54 years 1,875 196 10.5 1,600 122 7.6 275 74 27.1 156 79 50.7
    55 to 64 years 482 40 8.3 406 21 5.3 76 19 24.7 151 54 35.5
65 years and over 153 12 8.0 105 7 6.5 48 5 (B) 388 105 27.2

Female
 
      Total (17) 		3,357 342 10.2 2,205 106 4.8 1,153 236 20.5 2,257 705 31.3
16 to 17 years 14 3 (B) 0 0 (X) 14 3 (B) 176 38 21.4
18 to 64 years 3,249 334 10.3 2,154 106 4.9 1,095 228 20.8 1,418 478 33.7
    18 to 24 years 300 68 22.7 84 7 7.9 216 62 28.5 241 99 40.9
    25 to 34 years 821 87 10.6 555 34 6.1 266 53 20.1 306 87 28.6
    35 to 54 years 1,680 147 8.8 1,200 60 5.0 480 87 18.2 579 200 34.5
    55 to 64 years 449 32 7.0 316 6 1.9 133 26 19.2 291 92 31.7
65 years and over 94 5 5.7 51 0 (B) 43 5 (B) 662 189 28.6

Household Relationship (17)
 
      People 16 to 64 years old (17) 		6,915 740 10.7 5,007 315 6.3 1,909 425 22.3 2,402 828 34.5
In families (2) 5,825 547 9.4 4,235 254 6.0 1,590 293 18.5 2,122 598 28.2
      Householder 2,545 267 10.5 1,986 128 6.5 559 139 24.9 543 197 36.3
In families with related children under
      18 years (9) 		3,231 369 11.4 2,362 191 8.1 869 177 20.4 1,187 348 29.3
      Householder 1,508 197 13.1 1,175 104 8.8 333 94 28.2 273 103 37.7
In families with related children under
      6 years (9) 		1,454 157 10.8 1,110 92 8.3 344 66 19.1 488 159 32.6
      Householder 697 96 13.7 550 52 9.5 148 44 29.5 154 52 33.6
In married-couple families (11) 4,805 385 8.0 3,532 186 5.3 1,273 199 15.6 1,740 457 26.3
      Husbands (11) 2,164 210 9.7 1,848 121 6.6 316 89 28.1 220 99 44.8
      Wives (11) 1,956 123 6.3 1,343 50 3.8 613 72 11.8 889 237 26.6
      Related children (18) 500 42 8.4 223 6 2.7 278 36 13.0 520 105 20.2
      Other 185 10 5.5 119 8 7.0 66 2 (B) 112 17 15.4
In married-couple families with related
    children under 18 years (9) 		2,808 270 9.6 2,076 144 6.9 733 126 17.2 1,010 264 26.2
      Husbands (11) 1,361 163 12.0 1,169 96 8.3 192 66 34.6 79 43 55.1
      Wives (11) 1,109 79 7.1 748 39 5.2 361 40 11.0 515 139 27.1
      Related children (18) 215 20 9.4 82 2 2.3 133 18 13.7 336 68 20.2
      Other 123 8 6.7 76 7 8.5 47 2 (B) 79 13 16.5
In married-couple families with related
    children under 6 years (9) 		1,305 126 9.6 993 70 7.1 311 55 17.7 444 135 30.4
      Husbands (11) 676 84 12.5 581 49 8.4 94 36 37.8 36 24 (B)
      Wives (11) 503 36 7.1 328 18 5.4 175 18 10.3 306 80 26.2
      Related children (18) 49 2 (B) 37 2 (B) 13 0 (B) 42 20 (B)
      Other 77 4 4.9 48 2 (B) 30 2 (B) 60 11 (B)
In families with male householder,
    no wife present 		412 66 16.0 300 32 10.8 111 33 29.9 137 37 27.3
      Householder 178 31 17.2 132 16 12.2 46 14 (B) 35 13 (B)
      Other 234 35 15.0 169 16 9.7 65 19 (B) 102 25 24.0
In families with male householder, no
wife present with related children under
  18 years (9) 		129 33 25.5 97 21 22.0 32 12 (B) 45 19 (B)
      Householder 64 19 (B) 50 13 (B) 13 6 (B) 9 3 (B)
      Related children (18) 11 2 (B) 5 0 (B) 6 2 (B) 18 8 (B)
      Other 55 12 (B) 42 9 (B) 13 3 (B) 18 8 (B)
In families with male householder, no
wife present with related children under
  6 years (9) 		41 13 (B) 36 11 (B) 5 2 (B) 6 6 (B)
      Householder 23 6 (B) 19 4 (B) 3 2 (B) 2 2 (B)
      Related children (18) 6 0 (B) 4 0 (B) 2 0 (B) 2 2 (B)
      Other 12 6 (B) 12 6 (B) 1 0 (B) 2 2 (B)
In families with female householder,
  no husband present 		609 97 15.9 403 36 8.8 206 61 29.8 245 103 42.0
      Householder 284 57 20.2 199 21 10.7 85 36 42.5 79 38 48.5
      Other 324 40 12.2 204 14 7.1 121 25 20.8 166 65 38.9
In families with female householder, no
husband present with related children under
  18 years (9) 		293 66 22.4 189 26 13.8 105 40 38.1 132 65 49.3
      Householder 175 46 26.2 118 20 16.5 57 27 (B) 33 23 (B)
      Related children (18) 35 11 (B) 13 0 (B) 21 11 (B) 73 34 (B)
      Other 83 8 10.0 57 6 (B) 26 2 (B) 26 8 (B)
In families with female householder, no
husband present with related children under
  6 years (9) 		108 19 17.8 81 11 13.4 27 8 (B) 37 18 (B)
      Householder 60 17 (B) 47 11 (B) 13 6 (B) 16 12 (B)
      Related children (18) 11 2 (B) 8 0 (B) 2 2 (B) 8 1 (B)
      Other 37 0 (B) 26 0 (B) 11 0 (B) 13 5 (B)
 
In unrelated subfamilies (3) 		6 1 (B) 6 0 (B) 1 1 (B) 2 2 (B)
 
Unrelated individuals (4) 		1,084 192 17.8 766 62 8.0 318 131 41.2 278 228 82.2
      Male 598 91 15.1 448 40 8.9 150 51 33.7 128 103 80.4
        Householder 403 48 11.9 305 20 6.7 98 27 28.1 76 60 78.8
      Female 486 102 21.0 318 22 6.8 168 80 47.8 150 126 83.7
        Householder 327 56 17.2 231 12 5.2 97 44 45.8 94 72 76.6

Poverty Footnotes

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