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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 150% of poverty (5) Percentage below 150% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 150% of poverty (5) Percentage below 150% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 150% of poverty (5) Percentage below 150% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 150% of poverty (5) Percentage below 150% of poverty (6)

All races
 
People in families, total (2) 		249,384 52,569 21.1 188,001 26,328 14.0 16,067 4,696 29.2 45,315 21,546 47.5
 
People in families with a householder who did
  not work (16) 		67,933 24,147 35.5 48,165 12,369 25.7 4,560 2,155 47.3 15,208 9,623 63.3
People in families with a working householder (16) 181,451 28,423 15.7 139,836 13,958 10.0 11,507 2,541 22.1 30,107 11,923 39.6
      With a working householder and no other
              workers 		49,699 18,025 36.3 24,962 6,497 26.0 5,730 1,925 33.6 19,006 9,603 50.5
      With a working householder and at least
              one other worker 		131,752 10,397 7.9 114,874 7,461 6.5 5,776 616 10.7 11,101 2,320 20.9
          Householder plus one other worker 97,838 8,390 8.6 86,237 6,027 7.0 3,718 424 11.4 7,883 1,940 24.6
          Householder plus two or more other workers 33,914 2,007 5.9 28,637 1,435 5.0 2,059 192 9.3 3,218 381 11.8
 
People in families with a householder who
  worked full-time year-round (FTYR) (16) 		126,403 12,810 10.1 100,148 6,762 6.8 7,442 959 12.9 18,813 5,089 27.0
      Householder FTYR and no other workers 33,487 8,404 25.1 18,203 3,637 20.0 3,759 749 19.9 11,524 4,018 34.9
      Householder FTYR and at least one other
              worker 		92,916 4,406 4.7 81,945 3,125 3.8 3,683 211 5.7 7,289 1,070 14.7
          Householder FTYR plus at least one other
              FTYR worker, no part-time or part-year 		50,295 1,409 2.8 45,968 1,101 2.4 1,719 52 3.0 2,607 256 9.8
          Householder FTYR plus at least one
              part-time or part-year, no FTYR 		29,283 2,698 9.2 24,002 1,806 7.5 1,407 143 10.2 3,874 748 19.3
          Householder FTYR with both FTYR and a
              part-time or part-year worker 		13,339 299 2.2 11,975 218 1.8 556 16 2.9 808 66 8.1
 
Both husband and wife worked (11), (16) 		108,577 6,339 5.8 108,577 6,339 5.8 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Wife worked, husband did not work 13,203 3,014 22.8 13,203 3,014 22.8 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Husband worked, wife did not work 44,146 10,789 24.4 44,146 10,789 24.4 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
 
Both husband and wife FTYR (11), (16) 		54,298 1,039 1.9 54,298 1,039 1.9 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Wife FTYR, husband not FTYR 19,930 2,174 10.9 19,930 2,174 10.9 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Husband FTYR, wife not FTYR 66,429 8,623 13.0 66,429 8,623 13.0 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)

Poverty Footnotes

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