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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)

Black A.O.I.C.

Both Sexes
 
      Total (17) 		18,381 5,771 31.4 12,149 2,630 21.6 6,232 3,141 50.4 10,901 7,028 64.5
16 to 17 years 223 89 39.9 25 2 (B) 199 88 44.1 1,350 774 57.3
18 to 64 years 17,554 5,548 31.6 11,834 2,588 21.9 5,721 2,960 51.7 6,850 4,705 68.7
    18 to 24 years 2,580 1,152 44.7 1,003 337 33.6 1,576 816 51.7 1,848 1,203 65.1
    25 to 34 years 4,451 1,675 37.6 2,888 779 27.0 1,563 895 57.3 1,160 819 70.6
    35 to 54 years 8,385 2,253 26.9 6,400 1,249 19.5 1,985 1,004 50.6 2,363 1,745 73.9
    55 to 64 years 2,139 468 21.9 1,542 223 14.4 597 246 41.2 1,479 938 63.4
65 years and over 604 134 22.1 291 41 13.9 313 93 29.7 2,701 1,549 57.3

Male
 
      Total (17) 		8,541 2,293 26.8 5,774 1,007 17.4 2,767 1,286 46.5 4,719 2,892 61.3
16 to 17 years 98 42 42.9 7 2 (B) 91 41 44.5 678 395 58.2
18 to 64 years 8,158 2,210 27.1 5,629 993 17.6 2,529 1,217 48.1 3,035 1,980 65.3
    18 to 24 years 1,252 536 42.8 524 158 30.2 727 378 51.9 893 550 61.6
    25 to 34 years 2,096 628 30.0 1,382 263 19.0 714 365 51.2 506 301 59.4
    35 to 54 years 3,858 863 22.4 2,994 480 16.0 863 382 44.3 996 743 74.6
    55 to 64 years 952 183 19.2 728 91 12.5 224 92 41.0 639 387 60.5
65 years and over 285 41 14.4 138 13 9.2 147 28 19.3 1,006 517 51.4

Female
 
      Total (17) 		9,840 3,477 35.3 6,375 1,623 25.5 3,465 1,855 53.5 6,182 4,137 66.9
16 to 17 years 125 47 37.5 18 0 (B) 107 47 43.7 672 380 56.5
18 to 64 years 9,397 3,338 35.5 6,205 1,595 25.7 3,192 1,743 54.6 3,816 2,725 71.4
    18 to 24 years 1,328 616 46.4 479 178 37.2 849 438 51.6 955 653 68.4
    25 to 34 years 2,355 1,047 44.4 1,506 517 34.3 849 530 62.4 654 519 79.3
    35 to 54 years 4,527 1,390 30.7 3,406 769 22.6 1,121 622 55.4 1,367 1,002 73.3
    55 to 64 years 1,187 285 24.0 814 132 16.2 372 154 41.3 840 551 65.6
65 years and over 319 92 29.0 152 28 18.2 166 65 38.9 1,695 1,032 60.9

Household Relationship (17)
 
      People 16 to 64 years old (17) 		17,778 5,637 31.7 11,858 2,589 21.8 5,919 3,048 51.5 8,200 5,479 66.8
In families (2) 13,417 4,133 30.8 8,748 1,934 22.1 4,669 2,199 47.1 6,728 4,124 61.3
      Householder 6,678 2,520 37.7 4,745 1,329 28.0 1,933 1,192 61.6 1,857 1,352 72.8
In families with related children under
      18 years (9) 		8,052 3,256 40.4 5,246 1,600 30.5 2,806 1,656 59.0 4,114 2,866 69.7
      Householder 4,599 2,178 47.4 3,191 1,168 36.6 1,408 1,010 71.7 1,140 980 85.9
In families with related children under
      6 years (9) 		3,455 1,626 47.1 2,139 742 34.7 1,316 883 67.1 1,470 1,168 79.4
      Householder 2,005 1,073 53.5 1,274 515 40.5 732 558 76.2 570 511 89.7
In married-couple families (11) 7,475 1,300 17.4 5,262 674 12.8 2,213 626 28.3 2,921 1,275 43.7
      Husbands (11) 3,322 636 19.1 2,702 406 15.0 620 229 37.0 576 302 52.3
      Wives (11) 2,931 449 15.3 2,111 216 10.2 819 234 28.5 989 492 49.8
      Related children (18) 1,035 172 16.6 357 47 13.2 678 125 18.4 1,229 422 34.4
      Other 187 43 22.9 91 5 5.6 95 38 39.4 127 59 46.3
In married-couple families with related
    children under 18 years (9) 		4,296 961 22.4 3,074 526 17.1 1,222 435 35.6 1,628 800 49.1
      Husbands (11) 2,035 499 24.5 1,673 339 20.3 362 160 44.3 227 156 68.8
      Wives (11) 1,649 325 19.7 1,178 159 13.5 471 166 35.3 503 302 60.0
      Related children (18) 503 106 21.2 165 27 16.3 338 79 23.5 837 314 37.5
      Other 109 30 27.9 57 1 (B) 52 29 (B) 61 29 (B)
In married-couple families with related
    children under 6 years (9) 		1,843 531 28.8 1,296 283 21.8 547 248 45.4 566 339 59.9
      Husbands (11) 942 305 32.4 744 197 26.5 198 108 54.2 80 54 67.3
      Wives (11) 684 162 23.6 452 69 15.2 232 93 40.1 269 175 65.0
      Related children (18) 170 50 29.4 77 16 20.3 93 34 36.8 199 104 51.9
      Other 47 14 (B) 24 1 (B) 23 13 (B) 18 7 (B)
In families with male householder,
    no wife present 		1,138 380 33.4 733 172 23.5 405 208 51.4 601 388 64.6
      Householder 589 224 38.1 394 116 29.5 195 108 55.4 185 136 73.6
      Other 549 156 28.3 339 56 16.4 210 100 47.7 416 252 60.6
In families with male householder, no
wife present with related children under
  18 years (9) 		515 248 48.1 338 135 39.9 177 113 63.7 304 225 74.0
      Householder 341 170 49.8 239 96 40.2 102 74 72.4 96 83 85.8
      Related children (18) 78 27 34.9 34 12 (B) 44 15 (B) 129 80 61.5
      Other 96 50 52.7 65 27 (B) 31 24 (B) 78 62 80.1
In families with male householder, no
wife present with related children under
  6 years (9) 		218 128 58.9 127 65 50.7 91 64 70.3 88 72 81.8
      Householder 153 86 55.9 102 47 46.5 51 38 (B) 33 31 (B)
      Related children (18) 29 10 (B) 8 2 (B) 21 8 (B) 26 15 (B)
      Other 36 32 (B) 17 15 (B) 18 17 (B) 30 26 (B)
In families with female householder,
  no husband present 		4,804 2,453 51.1 2,753 1,088 39.5 2,051 1,365 66.6 3,205 2,460 76.7
      Householder 2,911 1,732 59.5 1,865 893 47.9 1,046 839 80.2 933 841 90.1
      Other 1,893 720 38.1 888 194 21.9 1,006 526 52.3 2,272 1,619 71.2
In families with female householder, no
husband present with related children under
  18 years (9) 		3,241 2,048 63.2 1,834 939 51.2 1,408 1,108 78.7 2,182 1,841 84.4
      Householder 2,346 1,570 66.9 1,464 808 55.2 882 762 86.3 720 689 95.7
      Related children (18) 609 342 56.1 211 83 39.4 399 259 64.9 1,178 925 78.5
      Other 286 137 47.7 160 48 30.4 127 88 69.5 284 227 80.0
In families with female householder, no
husband present with related children under
  6 years (9) 		1,394 966 69.3 715 395 55.2 679 572 84.2 816 756 92.7
      Householder 1,003 740 73.8 542 326 60.1 461 414 90.0 380 372 97.8
      Related children (18) 246 142 57.6 94 38 40.4 151 103 68.3 299 279 93.4
      Other 145 84 58.2 78 31 39.3 67 54 (B) 137 106 77.2
 
In unrelated subfamilies (3) 		35 24 (B) 29 18 (B) 6 6 (B) 19 19 (B)
 
Unrelated individuals (4) 		4,326 1,480 34.2 3,082 637 20.7 1,244 843 67.7 1,453 1,337 92.0
      Male 2,322 798 34.4 1,629 321 19.7 693 477 68.9 741 672 90.7
        Householder 1,538 462 30.0 1,099 186 17.0 438 276 62.8 487 424 87.0
      Female 2,004 683 34.1 1,452 317 21.8 552 366 66.3 713 665 93.3
        Householder 1,592 483 30.3 1,176 217 18.4 416 266 63.9 557 511 91.8

Poverty Footnotes

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