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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)

Black alone
 
People in families, total (2) 		31,306 14,321 45.7 14,952 4,095 27.4 2,674 1,276 47.7 13,680 8,951 65.4
 
People in families with a householder who did
  not work (16) 		9,830 6,483 66.0 4,115 1,944 47.2 952 649 68.1 4,763 3,891 81.7
People in families with a working householder (16) 21,476 7,838 36.5 10,837 2,151 19.8 1,722 627 36.4 8,916 5,060 56.7
      With a working householder and no other
              workers 		8,948 5,458 61.0 1,816 879 48.4 988 508 51.4 6,143 4,071 66.3
      With a working householder and at least
              one other worker 		12,528 2,380 19.0 9,021 1,272 14.1 733 119 16.2 2,773 989 35.7
          Householder plus one other worker 9,490 1,960 20.7 6,870 1,017 14.8 525 90 17.1 2,096 853 40.7
          Householder plus two or more other workers 3,038 420 13.8 2,152 255 11.8 209 29 13.9 678 136 20.1
 
People in families with a householder who
  worked full-time year-round (FTYR) (16) 		14,935 3,916 26.2 8,260 1,153 14.0 1,085 278 25.6 5,590 2,485 44.5
      Householder FTYR and no other workers 5,815 2,842 48.9 1,412 605 42.8 601 219 36.5 3,802 2,018 53.1
      Householder FTYR and at least one other
              worker 		9,120 1,074 11.8 6,848 548 8.0 484 59 12.1 1,788 467 26.1
          Householder FTYR plus at least one other
              FTYR worker, no part-time or part-year 		5,204 355 6.8 4,429 246 5.6 172 3 1.8 603 106 17.5
          Householder FTYR plus at least one
              part-time or part-year, no FTYR 		2,724 650 23.9 1,513 240 15.9 215 56 25.9 996 354 35.6
          Householder FTYR with both FTYR and a
              part-time or part-year worker 		1,193 69 5.8 906 62 6.9 98 0 0.0 189 7 3.8
 
Both husband and wife worked (11), (16) 		8,422 1,110 13.2 8,422 1,110 13.2 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Wife worked, husband did not work 1,825 726 39.8 1,825 726 39.8 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Husband worked, wife did not work 2,787 1,162 41.7 2,787 1,162 41.7 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
 
Both husband and wife FTYR (11), (16) 		4,946 267 5.4 4,946 267 5.4 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Wife FTYR, husband not FTYR 2,358 660 28.0 2,358 660 28.0 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)
Husband FTYR, wife not FTYR 3,944 1,068 27.1 3,944 1,068 27.1 (N/A) (N/A) (X) (N/A) (N/A) (X)

Poverty Footnotes

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