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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, not Hispanic
 
People in families, total (2) 		158,646 28,639 18.1 131,417 17,609 13.4 8,197 2,501 30.5 19,033 8,530 44.8
 
People in families with a householder who did
  not work (16) 		42,902 14,127 32.9 34,328 9,223 26.9 2,341 1,111 47.4 6,233 3,793 60.9
People in families with a working householder (16) 115,744 14,513 12.5 97,088 8,386 8.6 5,856 1,390 23.7 12,800 4,736 37.0
      With a working householder and no other
              workers 		27,123 8,638 31.8 15,940 3,575 22.4 3,184 1,151 36.2 7,999 3,911 48.9
      With a working householder and at least
              one other worker 		88,621 5,875 6.6 81,148 4,811 5.9 2,672 238 8.9 4,801 826 17.2
          Householder plus one other worker 67,310 4,846 7.2 61,740 3,958 6.4 2,035 197 9.7 3,535 691 19.6
          Householder plus two or more other workers 21,311 1,029 4.8 19,409 853 4.4 637 42 6.6 1,265 134 10.6
 
People in families with a householder who
  worked full-time year-round (FTYR) (16) 		81,586 6,850 8.4 69,543 4,197 6.0 3,940 625 15.9 8,104 2,028 25.0
      Householder FTYR and no other workers 18,616 4,276 23.0 11,519 2,065 17.9 2,189 546 24.9 4,908 1,665 33.9
      Householder FTYR and at least one other
              worker 		62,970 2,575 4.1 58,024 2,132 3.7 1,751 79 4.5 3,195 363 11.4
          Householder FTYR plus at least one other
              FTYR worker, no part-time or part-year 		33,569 772 2.3 31,793 740 2.3 808 8 1.0 968 23 2.4
          Householder FTYR plus at least one
              part-time or part-year, no FTYR 		20,501 1,670 8.1 17,765 1,263 7.1 828 70 8.5 1,908 337 17.7
          Householder FTYR with both FTYR and a
              part-time or part-year worker 		8,901 133 1.5 8,465 129 1.5 116 1 0.8 319 3 0.8
 
Both husband and wife worked (11), (16) 		77,839 4,245 5.5 77,839 4,245 5.5 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Wife worked, husband did not work 8,969 2,228 24.8 8,969 2,228 24.8 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Husband worked, wife did not work 27,983 5,928 21.2 27,983 5,928 21.2 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
 
Both husband and wife FTYR (11), (16) 		38,466 748 1.9 38,466 748 1.9 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Wife FTYR, husband not FTYR 13,452 1,483 11.0 13,452 1,483 11.0 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Husband FTYR, wife not FTYR 46,519 5,448 11.7 46,519 5,448 11.7 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)

Poverty Footnotes

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