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POV18: People in Families 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)

  People in families (total) (2) People in married-couple families (11) People in families with a male householder, no wife present People in families with a female householder, no husband present
All income levels Below 130% of poverty (5) Percentage below 130% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 130% of poverty (5) Percentage below 130% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 130% of poverty (5) Percentage below 130% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 130% of poverty (5) Percentage below 130% of poverty (6)

Black alone
 
People in families, total (2) 		31,306 10,106 32.3 14,952 2,325 15.5 2,674 886 33.1 13,680 6,895 50.4
 
People in families with a householder who did
  not work (16) 		9,830 5,110 52.0 4,115 1,280 31.1 952 510 53.6 4,763 3,320 69.7
People in families with a working householder (16) 21,476 4,996 23.3 10,837 1,045 9.6 1,722 376 21.8 8,916 3,575 40.1
      With a working householder and no other
              workers 		8,948 3,862 43.2 1,816 513 28.3 988 327 33.1 6,143 3,022 49.2
      With a working householder and at least
              one other worker 		12,528 1,134 9.1 9,021 531 5.9 733 49 6.7 2,773 554 20.0
          Householder plus one other worker 9,490 998 10.5 6,870 448 6.5 525 40 7.6 2,096 510 24.3
          Householder plus two or more other workers 3,038 136 4.5 2,152 83 3.9 209 9 4.3 678 44 6.4
 
People in families with a householder who
  worked full-time year-round (FTYR) (16) 		14,935 2,125 14.2 8,260 465 5.6 1,085 159 14.6 5,590 1,501 26.9
      Householder FTYR and no other workers 5,815 1,719 29.6 1,412 313 22.2 601 127 21.0 3,802 1,279 33.6
      Householder FTYR and at least one other
              worker 		9,120 407 4.5 6,848 152 2.2 484 32 6.7 1,788 223 12.4
          Householder FTYR plus at least one other
              FTYR worker, no part-time or part-year 		5,204 84 1.6 4,429 39 0.9 172 3 1.8 603 43 7.1
          Householder FTYR plus at least one
              part-time or part-year, no FTYR 		2,724 309 11.3 1,513 100 6.6 215 29 13.6 996 180 18.0
          Householder FTYR with both FTYR and a
              part-time or part-year worker 		1,193 13 1.1 906 13 1.5 98 0 0.0 189 0 0.0
 
Both husband and wife worked (11), (16) 		8,422 475 5.6 8,422 475 5.6 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Wife worked, husband did not work 1,825 336 18.4 1,825 336 18.4 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Husband worked, wife did not work 2,787 775 27.8 2,787 775 27.8 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
 
Both husband and wife FTYR (11), (16) 		4,946 52 1.0 4,946 52 1.0 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Wife FTYR, husband not FTYR 2,358 297 12.6 2,358 297 12.6 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Husband FTYR, wife not FTYR 3,944 585 14.8 3,944 585 14.8 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)

Poverty Footnotes

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