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POV17: Families With Householders Under Age 65 by Householder's Work Experience and Family Structure: 2009

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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2010 Annual Social and Economic Supplement.

(Numbers in thousands)

  Families (total) (10) Married-couple families (11) Families with a male householder, no wife present Families with a female householder, no husband present
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)

All races (12)
Families with householders under age 65, total
(Counts of families are obtained
by counting the householder from each family.) 		65,461 16,850 25.7 47,538 7,850 16.5 5,086 1,899 37.3 12,838 7,101 55.3
 
Families with a householder who did not work (16) 		13,086 6,667 50.9 8,740 3,260 37.3 1,138 746 65.6 3,209 2,661 82.9
Families with a working householder (16) 52,375 10,183 19.4 38,798 4,590 11.8 3,948 1,153 29.2 9,629 4,440 46.1
      Working householder and no other workers 15,337 6,625 43.2 6,604 2,044 30.9 2,187 906 41.4 6,546 3,675 56.1
      Working householder and at least one
              other worker 		37,038 3,558 9.6 32,194 2,546 7.9 1,761 247 14.0 3,082 765 24.8
          Householder plus one other worker 29,739 2,986 10.0 25,974 2,131 8.2 1,330 192 14.4 2,435 663 27.2
          Householder plus two or more other workers 7,299 572 7.8 6,221 415 6.7 431 56 12.9 648 102 15.7
 
Families with a householder who worked
  full-time year-round (FTYR) (16) 		37,039 4,789 12.9 28,359 2,305 8.1 2,548 476 18.7 6,133 2,009 32.8
      Householder FTYR and no other workers 10,473 3,239 30.9 4,995 1,199 24.0 1,440 388 27.0 4,038 1,651 40.9
      Householder FTYR and at least one
              other worker 		26,566 1,550 5.8 23,363 1,105 4.7 1,108 88 7.9 2,095 357 17.1
          Householder FTYR plus at least one other
              FTYR worker, no part-time or part-year 		15,425 494 3.2 14,129 404 2.9 557 18 3.2 740 72 9.8
          Householder FTYR plus at least one
              part-time or part-year, no FTYR 		8,231 950 11.5 6,576 616 9.4 456 63 13.8 1,200 271 22.6
          Householder FTYR with both FTYR and a
              part-time or part-year worker 		2,910 107 3.7 2,658 86 3.2 96 7 7.6 156 14 8.9
 
Both husband and wife worked (11), (16) 		31,023 2,257 7.3 31,023 2,257 7.3 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Wife worked, husband did not work 3,265 1,022 31.3 3,265 1,022 31.3 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Husband worked, wife did not work 10,798 3,137 29.1 10,798 3,137 29.1 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
 
Both husband and wife FTYR (11), (16) 		16,112 408 2.5 16,112 408 2.5 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Wife FTYR, husband not FTYR 5,591 801 14.3 5,591 801 14.3 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Husband FTYR, wife not FTYR 17,348 2,728 15.7 17,348 2,728 15.7 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)

Poverty Footnotes

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