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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)

White alone
 
People in families, total (2) 		197,938 36,054 18.2 157,992 20,584 13.0 11,783 3,162 26.8 28,163 12,308 43.7
 
People in families with a householder who did
  not work (16) 		53,257 16,426 30.8 40,816 9,585 23.5 3,152 1,385 43.9 9,289 5,456 58.7
People in families with a working householder (16) 144,681 19,629 13.6 117,176 10,999 9.4 8,631 1,777 20.6 18,874 6,852 36.3
      With a working householder and no other
              workers 		36,456 11,882 32.6 20,802 5,186 24.9 4,199 1,311 31.2 11,454 5,386 47.0
      With a working householder and at least
              one other worker 		108,225 7,746 7.2 96,374 5,813 6.0 4,431 466 10.5 7,420 1,467 19.8
          Householder plus one other worker 80,294 6,168 7.7 72,135 4,671 6.5 2,918 323 11.1 5,241 1,174 22.4
          Householder plus two or more other workers 27,932 1,578 5.6 24,239 1,142 4.7 1,513 143 9.5 2,179 293 13.4
 
People in families with a householder who
  worked full-time year-round (FTYR) (16) 		100,567 8,824 8.8 83,134 5,329 6.4 5,638 664 11.8 11,794 2,831 24.0
      Householder FTYR and no other workers 24,726 5,543 22.4 15,033 2,897 19.3 2,807 517 18.4 6,886 2,128 30.9
      Householder FTYR and at least one other
              worker 		75,841 3,281 4.3 68,101 2,431 3.6 2,832 147 5.2 4,908 703 14.3
          Householder FTYR plus at least one other
              FTYR worker, no part-time or part-year 		40,419 1,095 2.7 37,270 874 2.3 1,381 49 3.5 1,768 172 9.7
          Householder FTYR plus at least one
              part-time or part-year, no FTYR 		24,481 1,996 8.2 20,738 1,430 6.9 1,112 94 8.5 2,630 472 17.9
          Householder FTYR with both FTYR and a
              part-time or part-year worker 		10,941 190 1.7 10,093 127 1.3 339 4 1.3 510 59 11.6
 
Both husband and wife worked (11), (16) 		91,352 4,939 5.4 91,352 4,939 5.4 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Wife worked, husband did not work 10,339 2,130 20.6 10,339 2,130 20.6 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Husband worked, wife did not work 37,512 8,808 23.5 37,512 8,808 23.5 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
 
Both husband and wife FTYR (11), (16) 		44,552 777 1.7 44,552 777 1.7 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Wife FTYR, husband not FTYR 16,041 1,460 9.1 16,041 1,460 9.1 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Husband FTYR, wife not FTYR 57,099 7,049 12.3 57,099 7,049 12.3 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)

Poverty Footnotes

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