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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, not Hispanic

Both Sexes
 
      Total (17) 		109,046 16,154 14.8 71,433 6,612 9.3 37,613 9,542 25.4 51,915 21,303 41.0
16 to 17 years 1,672 267 15.9 53 18 (B) 1,619 249 15.4 3,658 979 26.8
18 to 64 years 101,153 15,265 15.1 68,821 6,481 9.4 32,332 8,784 27.2 24,329 10,909 44.8
    18 to 24 years 13,295 3,692 27.8 4,564 960 21.0 8,730 2,732 31.3 4,423 1,939 43.8
    25 to 34 years 21,079 3,979 18.9 14,895 1,865 12.5 6,184 2,114 34.2 3,111 1,671 53.7
    35 to 54 years 48,601 5,957 12.3 36,594 2,940 8.0 12,007 3,017 25.1 8,997 4,244 47.2
    55 to 64 years 18,178 1,637 9.0 12,768 716 5.6 5,410 921 17.0 7,798 3,055 39.2
65 years and over 6,221 623 10.0 2,558 114 4.4 3,663 509 13.9 23,928 9,415 39.3

Male
 
      Total (17) 		57,699 7,795 13.5 41,513 3,577 8.6 16,186 4,219 26.1 20,606 8,201 39.8
16 to 17 years 845 137 16.2 34 11 (B) 810 126 15.5 1,904 540 28.3
18 to 64 years 53,406 7,428 13.9 39,876 3,510 8.8 13,529 3,918 29.0 8,979 4,526 50.4
    18 to 24 years 6,838 1,643 24.0 2,553 473 18.5 4,285 1,170 27.3 2,138 859 40.2
    25 to 34 years 11,322 2,014 17.8 8,700 1,053 12.1 2,622 961 36.7 837 489 58.4
    35 to 54 years 25,747 2,962 11.5 21,380 1,594 7.5 4,367 1,368 31.3 2,832 1,800 63.6
    55 to 64 years 9,499 809 8.5 7,244 390 5.4 2,255 419 18.6 3,172 1,377 43.4
65 years and over 3,448 231 6.7 1,602 56 3.5 1,846 175 9.5 9,723 3,136 32.3

Female
 
      Total (17) 		51,348 8,359 16.3 29,920 3,036 10.1 21,427 5,323 24.8 31,309 13,102 41.8
16 to 17 years 827 130 15.7 19 7 (B) 808 123 15.2 1,753 439 25.1
18 to 64 years 47,747 7,837 16.4 28,945 2,971 10.3 18,802 4,866 25.9 15,350 6,383 41.6
    18 to 24 years 6,457 2,049 31.7 2,012 487 24.2 4,445 1,562 35.1 2,285 1,080 47.3
    25 to 34 years 9,757 1,965 20.1 6,195 812 13.1 3,563 1,153 32.4 2,274 1,182 52.0
    35 to 54 years 22,854 2,994 13.1 15,214 1,346 8.8 7,640 1,648 21.6 6,165 2,444 39.6
    55 to 64 years 8,679 828 9.5 5,524 326 5.9 3,155 502 15.9 4,626 1,678 36.3
65 years and over 2,773 392 14.1 956 58 6.1 1,817 334 18.4 14,205 6,279 44.2

Household Relationship (17)
 
      People 16 to 64 years old (17) 		102,825 15,531 15.1 68,875 6,499 9.4 33,951 9,033 26.6 27,987 11,888 42.5
In families (2) 80,397 9,183 11.4 53,442 4,196 7.9 26,955 4,987 18.5 23,310 7,945 34.1
      Householder 36,443 5,024 13.8 26,864 2,466 9.2 9,579 2,557 26.7 7,519 3,075 40.9
In families with related children under
      18 years (9) 		40,563 6,692 16.5 26,536 3,211 12.1 14,026 3,480 24.8 11,666 4,282 36.7
      Householder 19,771 3,950 20.0 14,460 2,004 13.9 5,311 1,946 36.6 3,340 1,640 49.1
In families with related children under
      6 years (9) 		16,199 3,387 20.9 10,867 1,638 15.1 5,332 1,749 32.8 3,955 1,836 46.4
      Householder 8,374 2,055 24.5 5,858 1,002 17.1 2,516 1,053 41.8 1,613 824 51.1
In married-couple families (11) 68,004 5,621 8.3 46,153 2,761 6.0 21,851 2,860 13.1 18,493 5,084 27.5
      Husbands (11) 31,362 2,920 9.3 26,486 1,878 7.1 4,875 1,042 21.4 3,320 1,329 40.0
      Wives (11) 27,298 1,983 7.3 16,989 746 4.4 10,308 1,237 12.0 9,356 2,602 27.8
      Related children (18) 8,690 629 7.2 2,367 105 4.4 6,323 524 8.3 5,365 1,015 18.9
      Other 654 88 13.5 310 32 10.2 344 57 16.5 452 138 30.5
In married-couple families with related
    children under 18 years (9) 		34,142 4,076 11.9 22,838 2,107 9.2 11,304 1,969 17.4 9,075 2,622 28.9
      Husbands (11) 16,595 2,218 13.4 14,403 1,507 10.5 2,192 711 32.4 791 427 53.9
      Wives (11) 13,228 1,364 10.3 7,570 505 6.7 5,658 859 15.2 4,327 1,384 32.0
      Related children (18) 3,955 430 10.9 675 71 10.5 3,280 359 11.0 3,735 730 19.5
      Other 363 63 17.4 189 23 12.4 174 40 22.9 221 82 37.0
In married-couple families with related
    children under 6 years (9) 		13,952 2,176 15.6 9,663 1,143 11.8 4,289 1,033 24.1 3,203 1,229 38.4
      Husbands (11) 7,573 1,299 17.2 6,502 895 13.8 1,072 404 37.7 280 167 59.7
      Wives (11) 5,543 711 12.8 2,893 219 7.6 2,649 492 18.6 2,343 821 35.0
      Related children (18) 612 121 19.8 154 12 7.8 458 109 23.9 459 181 39.3
      Other 224 45 20.1 114 17 14.4 110 29 25.9 120 61 50.5
In families with male householder,
    no wife present 		4,081 862 21.1 2,580 386 15.0 1,501 476 31.7 1,401 757 54.1
      Householder 2,290 576 25.1 1,660 301 18.2 631 274 43.5 453 321 71.0
      Other 1,791 286 16.0 920 85 9.2 871 201 23.1 949 436 46.0
In families with male householder, no
wife present with related children under
  18 years (9) 		1,771 543 30.6 1,151 282 24.5 620 261 42.1 609 339 55.6
      Householder 1,288 430 33.4 952 244 25.7 336 185 55.2 185 142 76.7
      Related children (18) 287 61 21.1 83 11 13.3 204 50 24.3 345 138 40.1
      Other 196 53 26.8 116 26 22.5 80 26 33.1 79 58 73.3
In families with male householder, no
wife present with related children under
  6 years (9) 		689 278 40.4 447 155 34.6 242 124 51.0 146 102 69.9
      Householder 526 238 45.2 367 139 37.8 158 99 62.6 62 49 (B)
      Related children (18) 82 19 23.3 36 5 (B) 46 14 (B) 47 28 (B)
      Other 82 21 26.0 44 11 (B) 38 11 (B) 36 25 (B)
In families with female householder,
  no husband present 		8,312 2,701 32.5 4,709 1,049 22.3 3,603 1,652 45.9 3,415 2,104 61.6
      Householder 4,791 1,959 40.9 3,125 876 28.0 1,666 1,083 65.0 1,062 833 78.4
      Other 3,520 742 21.1 1,584 173 10.9 1,937 569 29.4 2,353 1,270 54.0
In families with female householder, no
husband present with related children under
  18 years (9) 		4,649 2,073 44.6 2,547 823 32.3 2,102 1,250 59.4 1,981 1,321 66.7
      Householder 3,416 1,697 49.7 2,118 747 35.3 1,299 950 73.1 748 639 85.4
      Related children (18) 887 279 31.5 222 38 17.2 665 241 36.3 1,007 527 52.3
      Other 346 96 27.9 207 37 18.0 138 59 42.6 226 155 68.8
In families with female householder, no
husband present with related children under
  6 years (9) 		1,558 932 59.8 757 340 44.9 802 592 73.9 607 505 83.2
      Householder 1,204 796 66.1 608 300 49.4 596 496 83.2 344 310 90.2
      Related children (18) 189 78 41.4 56 15 (B) 134 63 47.5 140 104 74.2
      Other 165 58 35.1 94 25 27.0 72 33 (B) 123 91 73.9
 
In unrelated subfamilies (3) 		249 161 64.6 149 80 53.8 100 81 80.6 117 102 87.2
 
Unrelated individuals (4) 		22,179 6,187 27.9 15,284 2,223 14.5 6,895 3,964 57.5 4,560 3,842 84.2
      Male 12,302 3,092 25.1 8,634 1,118 13.0 3,667 1,974 53.8 2,233 1,849 82.8
        Householder 8,760 1,848 21.1 6,381 682 10.7 2,379 1,166 49.0 1,569 1,238 78.9
      Female 9,877 3,095 31.3 6,649 1,104 16.6 3,228 1,991 61.7 2,328 1,993 85.6
        Householder 6,882 1,777 25.8 4,883 691 14.2 1,999 1,085 54.3 1,547 1,253 81.0

Poverty Footnotes

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