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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)

White alone
 
People in families, total (2) 		197,938 48,154 24.3 157,992 29,313 18.6 11,783 4,104 34.8 28,163 14,737 52.3
 
People in families with a householder who did
  not work (16) 		53,257 21,076 39.6 40,816 13,182 32.3 3,152 1,674 53.1 9,289 6,220 67.0
People in families with a working householder (16) 144,681 27,078 18.7 117,176 16,131 13.8 8,631 2,430 28.2 18,874 8,517 45.1
      With a working householder and no other
              workers 		36,456 15,085 41.4 20,802 6,871 33.0 4,199 1,724 41.1 11,454 6,490 56.7
      With a working householder and at least
              one other worker 		108,225 11,993 11.1 96,374 9,260 9.6 4,431 705 15.9 7,420 2,027 27.3
          Householder plus one other worker 80,294 9,330 11.6 72,135 7,286 10.1 2,918 479 16.4 5,241 1,565 29.9
          Householder plus two or more other workers 27,932 2,662 9.5 24,239 1,974 8.1 1,513 227 15.0 2,179 462 21.2
 
People in families with a householder who
  worked full-time year-round (FTYR) (16) 		100,567 13,433 13.4 83,134 8,447 10.2 5,638 1,047 18.6 11,794 3,939 33.4
      Householder FTYR and no other workers 24,726 7,945 32.1 15,033 4,232 28.2 2,807 788 28.1 6,886 2,925 42.5
      Householder FTYR and at least one other
              worker 		75,841 5,488 7.2 68,101 4,215 6.2 2,832 260 9.2 4,908 1,014 20.7
          Householder FTYR plus at least one other
              FTYR worker, no part-time or part-year 		40,419 1,868 4.6 37,270 1,542 4.1 1,381 65 4.7 1,768 261 14.8
          Householder FTYR plus at least one
              part-time or part-year, no FTYR 		24,481 3,193 13.0 20,738 2,349 11.3 1,112 171 15.4 2,630 672 25.5
          Householder FTYR with both FTYR and a
              part-time or part-year worker 		10,941 428 3.9 10,093 323 3.2 339 23 6.9 510 81 15.9
 
Both husband and wife worked (11), (16) 		91,352 7,935 8.7 91,352 7,935 8.7 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Wife worked, husband did not work 10,339 2,884 27.9 10,339 2,884 27.9 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Husband worked, wife did not work 37,512 11,900 31.7 37,512 11,900 31.7 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
 
Both husband and wife FTYR (11), (16) 		44,552 1,414 3.2 44,552 1,414 3.2 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Wife FTYR, husband not FTYR 16,041 2,342 14.6 16,041 2,342 14.6 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Husband FTYR, wife not FTYR 57,099 10,643 18.6 57,099 10,643 18.6 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)

Poverty Footnotes

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