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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 185% of poverty (5) Percentage below 185% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 185% of poverty (5) Percentage below 185% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 185% of poverty (5) Percentage below 185% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 185% of poverty (5) Percentage below 185% of poverty (6)

White alone, not Hispanic

Both Sexes
 
      Total (17) 		109,046 14,157 13.0 71,433 5,488 7.7 37,613 8,669 23.0 51,915 19,566 37.7
16 to 17 years 1,672 248 14.8 53 18 (B) 1,619 230 14.2 3,658 886 24.2
18 to 64 years 101,153 13,391 13.2 68,821 5,385 7.8 32,332 8,006 24.8 24,329 10,324 42.4
    18 to 24 years 13,295 3,345 25.2 4,564 821 18.0 8,730 2,524 28.9 4,423 1,859 42.0
    25 to 34 years 21,079 3,490 16.6 14,895 1,539 10.3 6,184 1,950 31.5 3,111 1,596 51.3
    35 to 54 years 48,601 5,121 10.5 36,594 2,403 6.6 12,007 2,718 22.6 8,997 4,033 44.8
    55 to 64 years 18,178 1,436 7.9 12,768 622 4.9 5,410 813 15.0 7,798 2,835 36.4
65 years and over 6,221 519 8.3 2,558 85 3.3 3,663 434 11.8 23,928 8,356 34.9

Male
 
      Total (17) 		57,699 6,756 11.7 41,513 2,980 7.2 16,186 3,776 23.3 20,606 7,489 36.3
16 to 17 years 845 130 15.3 34 11 (B) 810 118 14.6 1,904 485 25.5
18 to 64 years 53,406 6,435 12.0 39,876 2,923 7.3 13,529 3,512 26.0 8,979 4,296 47.8
    18 to 24 years 6,838 1,463 21.4 2,553 407 15.9 4,285 1,056 24.7 2,138 826 38.6
    25 to 34 years 11,322 1,734 15.3 8,700 869 10.0 2,622 865 33.0 837 466 55.7
    35 to 54 years 25,747 2,535 9.8 21,380 1,311 6.1 4,367 1,224 28.0 2,832 1,714 60.5
    55 to 64 years 9,499 703 7.4 7,244 337 4.6 2,255 366 16.2 3,172 1,290 40.7
65 years and over 3,448 191 5.5 1,602 46 2.9 1,846 146 7.9 9,723 2,708 27.9

Female
 
      Total (17) 		51,348 7,401 14.4 29,920 2,508 8.4 21,427 4,893 22.8 31,309 12,077 38.6
16 to 17 years 827 118 14.3 19 7 (B) 808 111 13.8 1,753 401 22.9
18 to 64 years 47,747 6,955 14.6 28,945 2,462 8.5 18,802 4,493 23.9 15,350 6,028 39.3
    18 to 24 years 6,457 1,882 29.1 2,012 414 20.6 4,445 1,468 33.0 2,285 1,033 45.2
    25 to 34 years 9,757 1,755 18.0 6,195 671 10.8 3,563 1,085 30.4 2,274 1,130 49.7
    35 to 54 years 22,854 2,585 11.3 15,214 1,092 7.2 7,640 1,494 19.6 6,165 2,320 37.6
    55 to 64 years 8,679 733 8.4 5,524 286 5.2 3,155 447 14.2 4,626 1,545 33.4
65 years and over 2,773 328 11.8 956 39 4.1 1,817 288 15.9 14,205 5,648 39.8

Household Relationship (17)
 
      People 16 to 64 years old (17) 		102,825 13,638 13.3 68,875 5,403 7.8 33,951 8,235 24.3 27,987 11,211 40.1
In families (2) 80,397 7,929 9.9 53,442 3,521 6.6 26,955 4,408 16.4 23,310 7,345 31.5
      Householder 36,443 4,390 12.0 26,864 2,084 7.8 9,579 2,307 24.1 7,519 2,910 38.7
In families with related children under
      18 years (9) 		40,563 5,833 14.4 26,536 2,703 10.2 14,026 3,130 22.3 11,666 3,971 34.0
      Householder 19,771 3,483 17.6 14,460 1,696 11.7 5,311 1,787 33.6 3,340 1,575 47.2
In families with related children under
      6 years (9) 		16,199 3,008 18.6 10,867 1,412 13.0 5,332 1,597 29.9 3,955 1,713 43.3
      Householder 8,374 1,841 22.0 5,858 861 14.7 2,516 980 38.9 1,613 797 49.4
In married-couple families (11) 68,004 4,767 7.0 46,153 2,308 5.0 21,851 2,459 11.3 18,493 4,618 25.0
      Husbands (11) 31,362 2,516 8.0 26,486 1,590 6.0 4,875 925 19.0 3,320 1,226 36.9
      Wives (11) 27,298 1,654 6.1 16,989 607 3.6 10,308 1,046 10.2 9,356 2,372 25.4
      Related children (18) 8,690 531 6.1 2,367 86 3.6 6,323 445 7.0 5,365 890 16.6
      Other 654 67 10.3 310 25 8.0 344 42 12.3 452 130 28.8
In married-couple families with related
    children under 18 years (9) 		34,142 3,444 10.1 22,838 1,747 7.6 11,304 1,697 15.0 9,075 2,375 26.2
      Husbands (11) 16,595 1,907 11.5 14,403 1,259 8.7 2,192 648 29.5 791 397 50.2
      Wives (11) 13,228 1,129 8.5 7,570 406 5.4 5,658 723 12.8 4,327 1,259 29.1
      Related children (18) 3,955 356 9.0 675 60 8.9 3,280 296 9.0 3,735 641 17.1
      Other 363 53 14.5 189 22 11.6 174 31 17.7 221 79 35.9
In married-couple families with related
    children under 6 years (9) 		13,952 1,871 13.4 9,663 967 10.0 4,289 904 21.1 3,203 1,123 35.1
      Husbands (11) 7,573 1,133 15.0 6,502 765 11.8 1,072 367 34.3 280 157 56.0
      Wives (11) 5,543 598 10.8 2,893 174 6.0 2,649 423 16.0 2,343 744 31.7
      Related children (18) 612 101 16.5 154 11 7.1 458 90 19.7 459 164 35.7
      Other 224 40 17.6 114 17 14.4 110 23 21.0 120 58 48.3
In families with male householder,
    no wife present 		4,081 726 17.8 2,580 319 12.4 1,501 407 27.1 1,401 714 51.0
      Householder 2,290 492 21.5 1,660 247 14.9 631 245 38.8 453 311 68.8
      Other 1,791 234 13.1 920 72 7.8 871 162 18.6 949 403 42.5
In families with male householder, no
wife present with related children under
  18 years (9) 		1,771 472 26.7 1,151 240 20.8 620 233 37.5 609 327 53.7
      Householder 1,288 375 29.1 952 205 21.5 336 170 50.6 185 142 76.6
      Related children (18) 287 49 17.0 83 9 11.1 204 40 19.3 345 131 37.9
      Other 196 49 24.9 116 26 22.2 80 23 28.8 79 55 68.7
In families with male householder, no
wife present with related children under
  6 years (9) 		689 246 35.6 447 136 30.5 242 109 45.1 146 100 68.7
      Householder 526 213 40.5 367 123 33.4 158 90 56.9 62 49 (B)
      Related children (18) 82 15 18.9 36 3 (B) 46 12 (B) 47 28 (B)
      Other 82 18 21.5 44 10 (B) 38 7 (B) 36 23 (B)
In families with female householder,
  no husband present 		8,312 2,436 29.3 4,709 894 19.0 3,603 1,542 42.8 3,415 2,014 59.0
      Householder 4,791 1,801 37.6 3,125 768 24.6 1,666 1,033 62.0 1,062 814 76.6
      Other 3,520 635 18.0 1,584 126 8.0 1,937 509 26.3 2,353 1,199 51.0
In families with female householder, no
husband present with related children under
  18 years (9) 		4,649 1,917 41.2 2,547 717 28.1 2,102 1,200 57.1 1,981 1,268 64.0
      Householder 3,416 1,577 46.2 2,118 660 31.2 1,299 917 70.6 748 638 85.2
      Related children (18) 887 256 28.8 222 27 12.3 665 228 34.3 1,007 490 48.7
      Other 346 84 24.3 207 29 14.1 138 55 39.5 226 140 62.0
In families with female householder, no
husband present with related children under
  6 years (9) 		1,558 892 57.2 757 308 40.7 802 584 72.8 607 490 80.7
      Householder 1,204 767 63.7 608 275 45.2 596 492 82.6 344 309 89.8
      Related children (18) 189 72 38.3 56 12 (B) 134 61 45.5 140 97 69.3
      Other 165 52 31.6 94 22 23.3 72 30 (B) 123 84 68.2
 
In unrelated subfamilies (3) 		249 155 62.4 149 79 52.9 100 77 76.6 117 100 86.0
 
Unrelated individuals (4) 		22,179 5,554 25.0 15,284 1,803 11.8 6,895 3,751 54.4 4,560 3,765 82.6
      Male 12,302 2,751 22.4 8,634 926 10.7 3,667 1,825 49.8 2,233 1,813 81.2
        Householder 8,760 1,614 18.4 6,381 557 8.7 2,379 1,058 44.5 1,569 1,204 76.7
      Female 9,877 2,802 28.4 6,649 877 13.2 3,228 1,925 59.6 2,328 1,952 83.9
        Householder 6,882 1,588 23.1 4,883 547 11.2 1,999 1,040 52.0 1,547 1,213 78.4

Poverty Footnotes

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