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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)

White alone

Both Sexes
 
      Total (17) 		129,549 24,225 18.7 84,771 10,838 12.8 44,778 13,387 29.9 61,689 27,588 44.7
16 to 17 years 1,902 382 20.1 74 27 (B) 1,828 355 19.4 4,940 1,739 35.2
18 to 64 years 120,970 23,106 19.1 81,890 10,656 13.0 39,080 12,450 31.9 30,711 15,221 49.6
    18 to 24 years 16,325 5,061 31.0 5,891 1,485 25.2 10,434 3,576 34.3 5,991 2,918 48.7
    25 to 34 years 27,046 6,484 24.0 18,901 3,224 17.1 8,144 3,260 40.0 4,659 2,828 60.7
    35 to 54 years 57,657 9,428 16.4 43,088 4,971 11.5 14,569 4,457 30.6 11,274 5,872 52.1
    55 to 64 years 19,942 2,134 10.7 14,010 977 7.0 5,933 1,157 19.5 8,788 3,603 41.0
65 years and over 6,677 737 11.0 2,807 154 5.5 3,870 583 15.1 26,037 10,629 40.8

Male
 
      Total (17) 		69,814 12,588 18.0 50,031 6,386 12.8 19,783 6,202 31.4 24,114 10,362 43.0
16 to 17 years 960 198 20.6 48 17 (B) 913 181 19.8 2,548 886 34.7
18 to 64 years 65,157 12,103 18.6 48,226 6,287 13.0 16,930 5,816 34.4 11,004 5,875 53.4
    18 to 24 years 8,547 2,413 28.2 3,400 816 24.0 5,147 1,596 31.0 2,817 1,261 44.8
    25 to 34 years 15,066 3,586 23.8 11,368 1,979 17.4 3,698 1,608 43.5 1,207 750 62.1
    35 to 54 years 31,043 5,016 16.2 25,451 2,931 11.5 5,592 2,085 37.3 3,476 2,288 65.8
    55 to 64 years 10,501 1,088 10.4 8,008 561 7.0 2,493 527 21.1 3,504 1,575 45.0
65 years and over 3,697 288 7.8 1,757 82 4.7 1,940 205 10.6 10,561 3,601 34.1

Female
 
      Total (17) 		59,735 11,637 19.5 34,740 4,452 12.8 24,995 7,185 28.7 37,575 17,226 45.8
16 to 17 years 942 184 19.5 27 10 (B) 915 174 19.0 2,392 853 35.7
18 to 64 years 55,813 11,004 19.7 33,664 4,370 13.0 22,149 6,634 30.0 19,707 9,346 47.4
    18 to 24 years 7,778 2,648 34.0 2,492 669 26.8 5,287 1,980 37.4 3,174 1,656 52.2
    25 to 34 years 11,980 2,897 24.2 7,534 1,245 16.5 4,446 1,652 37.2 3,451 2,078 60.2
    35 to 54 years 26,614 4,412 16.6 17,637 2,040 11.6 8,977 2,372 26.4 7,798 3,584 46.0
    55 to 64 years 9,441 1,046 11.1 6,002 416 6.9 3,440 630 18.3 5,284 2,028 38.4
65 years and over 2,980 449 15.1 1,050 72 6.8 1,930 377 19.6 15,476 7,027 45.4

Household Relationship (17)
 
      People 16 to 64 years old (17) 		122,872 23,488 19.1 81,964 10,684 13.0 40,908 12,805 31.3 35,652 16,959 47.6
In families (2) 96,741 15,322 15.8 64,106 7,518 11.7 32,635 7,804 23.9 30,218 12,303 40.7
      Householder 43,501 8,089 18.6 31,715 4,189 13.2 11,786 3,899 33.1 9,337 4,401 47.1
In families with related children under
      18 years (9) 		51,595 11,833 22.9 33,621 6,085 18.1 17,974 5,748 32.0 16,642 7,690 46.2
      Householder 24,923 6,635 26.6 17,923 3,542 19.8 7,000 3,093 44.2 4,629 2,683 58.0
In families with related children under
      6 years (9) 		21,588 6,267 29.0 14,307 3,232 22.6 7,281 3,034 41.7 6,301 3,632 57.6
      Householder 10,962 3,562 32.5 7,518 1,832 24.4 3,444 1,730 50.2 2,386 1,455 61.0
In married-couple families (11) 79,554 9,578 12.0 53,875 5,019 9.3 25,679 4,559 17.8 23,376 7,926 33.9
      Husbands (11) 36,765 5,121 13.9 30,760 3,399 11.0 6,005 1,722 28.7 3,809 1,650 43.3
      Wives (11) 31,016 3,031 9.8 19,234 1,187 6.2 11,782 1,844 15.7 11,742 4,148 35.3
      Related children (18) 10,462 1,110 10.6 3,154 283 9.0 7,308 827 11.3 7,016 1,792 25.5
      Other 1,311 317 24.2 728 150 20.6 583 167 28.6 809 336 41.6
In married-couple families with related
    children under 18 years (9) 		42,356 7,502 17.7 28,270 4,119 14.6 14,086 3,383 24.0 12,670 4,922 38.8
      Husbands (11) 20,659 4,186 20.3 17,603 2,894 16.4 3,056 1,292 42.3 1,033 622 60.2
      Wives (11) 15,783 2,233 14.1 9,049 885 9.8 6,735 1,348 20.0 6,111 2,668 43.7
      Related children (18) 5,042 830 16.5 1,094 208 19.0 3,948 621 15.7 5,027 1,389 27.6
      Other 872 254 29.1 525 132 25.1 347 122 35.1 499 243 48.8
In married-couple families with related
    children under 6 years (9) 		18,035 4,174 23.1 12,346 2,299 18.6 5,689 1,875 33.0 4,959 2,504 50.5
      Husbands (11) 9,767 2,521 25.8 8,178 1,733 21.2 1,589 788 49.6 385 253 65.6
      Wives (11) 6,726 1,173 17.4 3,521 399 11.3 3,206 774 24.1 3,452 1,644 47.6
      Related children (18) 989 298 30.1 321 77 24.1 668 221 33.0 828 431 52.0
      Other 553 183 33.1 326 90 27.4 227 93 41.1 293 176 59.9
In families with male householder,
    no wife present 		5,929 1,481 25.0 3,775 696 18.4 2,154 786 36.5 1,877 1,051 56.0
      Householder 3,061 876 28.6 2,162 452 20.9 899 424 47.2 573 412 71.9
      Other 2,867 605 21.1 1,613 244 15.1 1,255 361 28.8 1,304 639 49.0
In families with male householder, no
wife present with related children under
  18 years (9) 		2,555 924 36.2 1,635 486 29.7 919 438 47.6 861 507 58.9
      Householder 1,722 656 38.1 1,228 360 29.3 494 295 59.7 238 188 79.0
      Related children (18) 332 79 23.8 104 16 15.3 228 63 27.7 456 200 43.9
      Other 500 189 37.8 304 110 36.2 197 79 40.4 168 120 71.4
In families with male householder, no
wife present with related children under
  6 years (9) 		1,034 468 45.3 688 270 39.2 346 199 57.4 228 167 73.3
      Householder 748 369 49.4 518 212 40.8 230 158 68.7 82 68 82.7
      Related children (18) 96 25 26.3 46 9 (B) 50 16 (B) 68 40 (B)
      Other 190 74 38.6 125 49 39.5 66 24 (B) 79 59 75.1
In families with female householder,
  no husband present 		11,259 4,263 37.9 6,456 1,804 27.9 4,803 2,459 51.2 4,965 3,326 67.0
      Householder 6,355 2,944 46.3 4,090 1,382 33.8 2,265 1,563 69.0 1,609 1,315 81.7
      Other 4,904 1,319 26.9 2,366 422 17.8 2,538 896 35.3 3,356 2,011 59.9
In families with female householder, no
husband present with related children under
  18 years (9) 		6,684 3,407 51.0 3,716 1,480 39.8 2,969 1,927 64.9 3,112 2,260 72.6
      Householder 4,659 2,591 55.6 2,861 1,209 42.3 1,798 1,382 76.9 1,190 1,052 88.4
      Related children (18) 1,239 484 39.1 353 95 27.0 886 389 43.9 1,541 941 61.1
      Other 786 331 42.1 502 175 34.8 284 156 54.9 380 267 70.2
In families with female householder, no
husband present with related children under
  6 years (9) 		2,519 1,624 64.5 1,274 664 52.1 1,245 960 77.1 1,114 961 86.3
      Householder 1,761 1,236 70.2 895 501 56.0 867 735 84.8 613 568 92.6
      Related children (18) 322 159 49.5 111 37 33.1 211 123 58.1 300 245 81.8
      Other 435 229 52.6 268 126 47.1 167 103 61.4 201 148 73.8
 
In unrelated subfamilies (3) 		334 215 64.4 195 110 56.6 139 105 75.3 154 136 88.7
 
Unrelated individuals (4) 		25,797 7,951 30.8 17,664 3,055 17.3 8,133 4,896 60.2 5,280 4,520 85.6
      Male 14,793 4,293 29.0 10,312 1,734 16.8 4,482 2,559 57.1 2,584 2,177 84.3
        Householder 9,892 2,286 23.1 7,151 885 12.4 2,741 1,401 51.1 1,730 1,380 79.8
      Female 11,004 3,658 33.2 7,352 1,321 18.0 3,652 2,337 64.0 2,695 2,342 86.9
        Householder 7,530 2,046 27.2 5,310 792 14.9 2,220 1,254 56.5 1,728 1,416 82.0

Poverty Footnotes

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