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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 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
 
People in families, total (2) 		249,384 68,477 27.5 188,001 36,903 19.6 16,067 6,026 37.5 45,315 25,548 56.4
 
People in families with a householder who did
  not work (16) 		67,933 29,981 44.1 48,165 16,555 34.4 4,560 2,578 56.5 15,208 10,847 71.3
People in families with a working householder (16) 181,451 38,496 21.2 139,836 20,348 14.6 11,507 3,448 30.0 30,107 14,700 48.8
      With a working householder and no other
              workers 		49,699 22,532 45.3 24,962 8,555 34.3 5,730 2,505 43.7 19,006 11,472 60.4
      With a working householder and at least
              one other worker 		131,752 15,964 12.1 114,874 11,793 10.3 5,776 943 16.3 11,101 3,228 29.1
          Householder plus one other worker 97,838 12,533 12.8 86,237 9,285 10.8 3,718 642 17.3 7,883 2,607 33.1
          Householder plus two or more other workers 33,914 3,431 10.1 28,637 2,508 8.8 2,059 301 14.6 3,218 621 19.3
 
People in families with a householder who
  worked full-time year-round (FTYR) (16) 		126,403 19,060 15.1 100,148 10,623 10.6 7,442 1,492 20.0 18,813 6,946 36.9
      Householder FTYR and no other workers 33,487 11,728 35.0 18,203 5,251 28.8 3,759 1,122 29.9 11,524 5,355 46.5
      Householder FTYR and at least one other
              worker 		92,916 7,332 7.9 81,945 5,371 6.6 3,683 369 10.0 7,289 1,591 21.8
          Householder FTYR plus at least one other
              FTYR worker, no part-time or part-year 		50,295 2,439 4.8 45,968 1,971 4.3 1,719 75 4.4 2,607 393 15.1
          Householder FTYR plus at least one
              part-time or part-year, no FTYR 		29,283 4,249 14.5 24,002 2,898 12.1 1,407 248 17.7 3,874 1,103 28.5
          Householder FTYR with both FTYR and a
              part-time or part-year worker 		13,339 644 4.8 11,975 503 4.2 556 46 8.3 808 95 11.8
 
Both husband and wife worked (11), (16) 		108,577 10,080 9.3 108,577 10,080 9.3 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Wife worked, husband did not work 13,203 4,037 30.6 13,203 4,037 30.6 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Husband worked, wife did not work 44,146 14,397 32.6 44,146 14,397 32.6 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
 
Both husband and wife FTYR (11), (16) 		54,298 1,900 3.5 54,298 1,900 3.5 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Wife FTYR, husband not FTYR 19,930 3,392 17.0 19,930 3,392 17.0 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Husband FTYR, wife not FTYR 66,429 12,832 19.3 66,429 12,832 19.3 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)

Poverty Footnotes

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