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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)

White alone (12)
Families with householders under age 65, total
(Counts of families are obtained
by counting the householder from each family.) 		52,458 11,939 22.8 40,357 6,301 15.6 3,809 1,325 34.8 8,292 4,312 52.0
 
Families with a householder who did not work (16) 		10,055 4,681 46.6 7,334 2,621 35.7 777 492 63.3 1,943 1,568 80.7
Families with a working householder (16) 42,402 7,258 17.1 33,022 3,680 11.1 3,032 833 27.5 6,349 2,744 43.2
      Working householder and no other workers 11,366 4,531 39.9 5,522 1,655 30.0 1,645 643 39.1 4,199 2,234 53.2
      Working householder and at least one
              other worker 		31,036 2,727 8.8 27,501 2,026 7.4 1,386 191 13.7 2,150 510 23.7
          Householder plus one other worker 24,912 2,275 9.1 22,150 1,692 7.6 1,064 148 14.0 1,699 434 25.6
          Householder plus two or more other workers 6,124 451 7.4 5,351 334 6.2 322 42 13.1 451 76 16.8
 
Families with a householder who worked
  full-time year-round (FTYR) (16) 		30,023 3,422 11.4 23,980 1,851 7.7 1,990 350 17.6 4,053 1,222 30.1
      Householder FTYR and no other workers 7,839 2,231 28.5 4,149 967 23.3 1,113 286 25.7 2,577 977 37.9
      Householder FTYR and at least one
              other worker 		22,184 1,192 5.4 19,831 883 4.5 877 64 7.3 1,476 245 16.6
          Householder FTYR plus at least one other
              FTYR worker, no part-time or part-year 		12,760 382 3.0 11,796 317 2.7 448 15 3.4 515 49 9.6
          Householder FTYR plus at least one
              part-time or part-year, no FTYR 		6,990 739 10.6 5,763 509 8.8 368 45 12.2 858 185 21.6
          Householder FTYR with both FTYR and a
              part-time or part-year worker 		2,435 72 2.9 2,271 58 2.5 61 3 (B) 103 11 10.3
 
Both husband and wife worked (11), (16) 		26,549 1,795 6.8 26,549 1,795 6.8 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Wife worked, husband did not work 2,589 756 29.2 2,589 756 29.2 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Husband worked, wife did not work 9,225 2,626 28.5 9,225 2,626 28.5 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
 
Both husband and wife FTYR (11), (16) 		13,544 311 2.3 13,544 311 2.3 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Wife FTYR, husband not FTYR 4,612 569 12.3 4,612 569 12.3 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Husband FTYR, wife not FTYR 15,026 2,287 15.2 15,026 2,287 15.2 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)

Poverty Footnotes

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