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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 200% of poverty (5) Percentage below 200% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 200% of poverty (5) Percentage below 200% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 200% of poverty (5) Percentage below 200% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 200% of poverty (5) Percentage below 200% of poverty (6)

All races

Both Sexes
 
      Total (17) 		158,317 32,163 20.3 104,023 14,481 13.9 54,294 17,683 32.6 77,707 37,040 47.7
16 to 17 years 2,229 498 22.3 99 29 29.1 2,130 469 22.0 6,822 2,744 40.2
18 to 64 years 148,463 30,741 20.7 100,626 14,238 14.1 47,837 16,502 34.5 40,723 21,533 52.9
    18 to 24 years 20,123 6,645 33.0 7,284 1,927 26.5 12,839 4,718 36.7 8,565 4,504 52.6
    25 to 34 years 34,065 8,719 25.6 23,580 4,268 18.1 10,484 4,452 42.5 6,455 3,968 61.5
    35 to 54 years 70,925 12,590 17.8 53,257 6,752 12.7 17,668 5,838 33.0 14,763 8,220 55.7
    55 to 64 years 23,350 2,787 11.9 16,504 1,292 7.8 6,846 1,495 21.8 10,940 4,841 44.3
65 years and over 7,625 925 12.1 3,298 214 6.5 4,327 711 16.4 30,163 12,763 42.3

Male
 
      Total (17) 		83,889 16,004 19.1 59,869 7,983 13.3 24,020 8,020 33.4 30,733 14,188 46.2
16 to 17 years 1,123 257 22.9 55 19 (B) 1,068 238 22.3 3,472 1,391 40.1
18 to 64 years 78,581 15,383 19.6 57,792 7,853 13.6 20,790 7,530 36.2 15,137 8,463 55.9
    18 to 24 years 10,451 3,165 30.3 4,158 1,039 25.0 6,294 2,127 33.8 4,057 1,987 49.0
    25 to 34 years 18,537 4,505 24.3 13,780 2,391 17.4 4,757 2,114 44.4 1,903 1,164 61.2
    35 to 54 years 37,485 6,345 16.9 30,593 3,716 12.1 6,892 2,630 38.2 4,778 3,233 67.7
    55 to 64 years 12,108 1,367 11.3 9,261 708 7.6 2,847 660 23.2 4,398 2,079 47.3
65 years and over 4,185 363 8.7 2,023 111 5.5 2,162 252 11.6 12,124 4,333 35.7

Female
 
      Total (17) 		74,428 16,160 21.7 44,154 6,498 14.7 30,274 9,662 31.9 46,975 22,853 48.6
16 to 17 years 1,106 241 21.8 44 10 (B) 1,062 231 21.7 3,350 1,353 40.4
18 to 64 years 69,882 15,357 22.0 42,834 6,385 14.9 27,047 8,972 33.2 25,586 13,070 51.1
    18 to 24 years 9,672 3,479 36.0 3,127 888 28.4 6,545 2,591 39.6 4,508 2,517 55.8
    25 to 34 years 15,528 4,214 27.1 9,800 1,876 19.1 5,728 2,337 40.8 4,552 2,804 61.6
    35 to 54 years 33,440 6,245 18.7 22,664 3,037 13.4 10,776 3,208 29.8 9,984 4,987 49.9
    55 to 64 years 11,242 1,419 12.6 7,243 584 8.1 3,998 836 20.9 6,542 2,762 42.2
65 years and over 3,440 562 16.3 1,275 102 8.0 2,165 460 21.2 18,039 8,430 46.7

Household Relationship (17)
 
      People 16 to 64 years old (17) 		150,692 31,239 20.7 100,725 14,267 14.2 49,967 16,971 34.0 47,545 24,277 51.1
In families (2) 118,398 20,982 17.7 78,552 10,217 13.0 39,846 10,765 27.0 40,147 17,817 44.4
      Householder 53,822 11,381 21.1 39,183 5,922 15.1 14,639 5,459 37.3 12,041 6,180 51.3
In families with related children under
      18 years (9) 		64,322 16,204 25.2 42,127 8,297 19.7 22,195 7,908 35.6 22,652 11,478 50.7
      Householder 31,769 9,423 29.7 22,797 5,045 22.1 8,972 4,377 48.8 6,220 3,929 63.2
In families with related children under
      6 years (9) 		27,164 8,439 31.1 17,974 4,278 23.8 9,190 4,161 45.3 8,550 5,216 61.0
      Householder 14,020 4,952 35.3 9,574 2,518 26.3 4,446 2,434 54.8 3,202 2,106 65.8
In married-couple families (11) 93,489 11,820 12.6 63,717 6,195 9.7 29,773 5,626 18.9 28,741 10,134 35.3
      Husbands (11) 42,970 6,258 14.6 35,869 4,126 11.5 7,101 2,132 30.0 4,720 2,127 45.1
      Wives (11) 36,491 3,786 10.4 23,045 1,541 6.7 13,447 2,245 16.7 13,908 5,077 36.5
      Related children (18) 12,292 1,383 11.3 3,832 352 9.2 8,460 1,031 12.2 9,024 2,481 27.5
      Other 1,736 394 22.7 970 176 18.2 765 217 28.4 1,089 449 41.2
In married-couple families with related
    children under 18 years (9) 		50,454 9,183 18.2 34,052 5,055 14.8 16,402 4,128 25.2 15,767 6,335 40.2
      Husbands (11) 24,531 5,096 20.8 20,817 3,506 16.8 3,714 1,591 42.8 1,390 863 62.1
      Wives (11) 18,891 2,779 14.7 11,182 1,151 10.3 7,709 1,627 21.1 7,302 3,253 44.6
      Related children (18) 5,895 998 16.9 1,375 249 18.1 4,520 749 16.6 6,404 1,904 29.7
      Other 1,137 310 27.3 678 149 22.0 459 161 35.1 672 315 46.8
In married-couple families with related
    children under 6 years (9) 		21,633 5,071 23.4 14,932 2,796 18.7 6,701 2,275 34.0 6,165 3,150 51.1
      Husbands (11) 11,615 3,048 26.2 9,682 2,079 21.5 1,933 969 50.1 522 352 67.4
      Wives (11) 8,069 1,437 17.8 4,385 514 11.7 3,684 923 25.0 4,133 1,986 48.1
      Related children (18) 1,247 372 29.8 450 102 22.6 797 270 33.9 1,117 590 52.8
      Other 702 215 30.6 415 101 24.4 287 114 39.6 392 222 56.5
In families with male householder,
    no wife present 		7,737 2,035 26.3 4,967 950 19.1 2,769 1,086 39.2 2,718 1,544 56.8
      Householder 3,967 1,188 30.0 2,774 606 21.9 1,193 582 48.8 826 588 71.2
      Other 3,770 847 22.5 2,193 343 15.7 1,577 504 32.0 1,892 956 50.5
In families with male householder, no
wife present with related children under
  18 years (9) 		3,328 1,273 38.3 2,155 678 31.5 1,174 595 50.7 1,270 802 63.1
      Householder 2,215 886 40.0 1,578 485 30.7 636 401 63.0 364 295 80.9
      Related children (18) 434 112 25.7 146 30 20.2 288 82 28.5 633 305 48.2
      Other 679 276 40.6 430 164 38.1 249 112 44.9 273 202 74.0
In families with male householder, no
wife present with related children under
  6 years (9) 		1,349 639 47.4 889 359 40.3 459 280 61.0 333 253 76.0
      Householder 968 485 50.1 668 272 40.8 299 213 71.1 119 103 86.5
      Related children (18) 133 37 27.8 60 12 (B) 73 25 (B) 98 59 60.6
      Other 248 116 47.0 161 74 45.8 87 43 49.3 117 91 78.2
In families with female householder,
  no husband present 		17,172 7,126 41.5 9,867 3,072 31.1 7,304 4,054 55.5 8,688 6,139 70.7
      Householder 9,808 4,925 50.2 6,310 2,401 38.0 3,499 2,524 72.1 2,708 2,276 84.1
      Other 7,363 2,201 29.9 3,558 671 18.9 3,805 1,530 40.2 5,980 3,862 64.6
In families with female householder, no
husband present with related children under
  18 years (9) 		10,540 5,748 54.5 5,920 2,563 43.3 4,620 3,185 68.9 5,615 4,341 77.3
      Householder 7,379 4,364 59.1 4,570 2,129 46.6 2,809 2,235 79.6 2,004 1,826 91.1
      Related children (18) 1,958 876 44.7 600 189 31.4 1,358 687 50.6 2,892 1,986 68.7
      Other 1,203 508 42.2 749 245 32.7 454 263 58.0 718 529 73.6
In families with female householder, no
husband present with related children under
  6 years (9) 		4,182 2,729 65.3 2,153 1,123 52.2 2,029 1,606 79.1 2,051 1,812 88.4
      Householder 2,932 2,078 70.9 1,543 879 57.0 1,389 1,200 86.4 1,046 987 94.4
      Related children (18) 609 323 53.0 225 80 35.8 384 242 63.0 640 552 86.3
      Other 642 328 51.1 386 164 42.6 256 164 64.1 366 273 74.7
 
In unrelated subfamilies (3) 		398 259 65.1 239 135 56.7 159 124 77.8 181 163 90.2
 
Unrelated individuals (4) 		31,896 9,997 31.3 21,934 3,915 17.8 9,962 6,082 61.1 7,217 6,297 87.3
      Male 18,105 5,369 29.7 12,639 2,180 17.2 5,466 3,189 58.3 3,551 3,053 86.0
        Householder 12,062 2,887 23.9 8,715 1,132 13.0 3,347 1,755 52.4 2,364 1,936 81.9
      Female 13,791 4,629 33.6 9,295 1,735 18.7 4,496 2,893 64.4 3,666 3,244 88.5
        Householder 9,649 2,688 27.9 6,837 1,064 15.6 2,812 1,625 57.8 2,445 2,069 84.6

Poverty Footnotes

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