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POV22: Work Experience During Year by Age, Sex, Household Relationship and Poverty Status for People 16 Years Old and Over: 2009

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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2010 Annual Social and Economic Supplement.

(Numbers in thousands)

  Worked during year  
All workers (16) Worked full-time year-round (16) Not full-time year-round (16) Did not work during year (16)
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

Both Sexes
 
      Total (17) 		16,938 4,950 29.2 11,065 2,106 19.0 5,873 2,844 48.4 11,795 7,409 62.8
16 to 17 years 186 65 34.9 5 2 (B) 181 63 34.9 1,273 718 56.4
18 to 64 years 16,218 4,804 29.6 10,800 2,073 19.2 5,418 2,731 50.4 7,735 5,195 67.2
    18 to 24 years 2,267 1,033 45.6 779 266 34.2 1,488 767 51.5 2,037 1,274 62.5
    25 to 34 years 4,112 1,438 35.0 2,672 638 23.9 1,440 800 55.5 1,410 1,036 73.4
    35 to 54 years 7,764 1,928 24.8 5,856 993 17.0 1,907 935 49.0 2,660 1,894 71.2
    55 to 64 years 2,075 406 19.6 1,492 176 11.8 583 230 39.4 1,628 991 60.9
65 years and over 534 81 15.1 260 31 11.8 274 50 18.3 2,786 1,496 53.7

Male
 
      Total (17) 		7,751 1,920 24.8 5,172 800 15.5 2,579 1,121 43.5 5,243 3,143 59.9
16 to 17 years 90 32 35.8 2 0 (B) 88 32 36.7 635 354 55.8
18 to 64 years 7,420 1,863 25.1 5,042 788 15.6 2,378 1,074 45.2 3,546 2,262 63.8
    18 to 24 years 1,033 421 40.8 334 94 28.2 699 327 46.8 1,039 625 60.1
    25 to 34 years 1,937 551 28.4 1,263 239 18.9 674 312 46.3 639 414 64.9
    35 to 54 years 3,523 766 21.7 2,729 395 14.5 794 371 46.8 1,166 801 68.7
    55 to 64 years 927 124 13.4 716 60 8.4 212 64 30.3 701 422 60.1
65 years and over 240 25 10.6 128 11 8.8 112 14 12.5 1,063 528 49.7

Female
 
      Total (17) 		9,188 3,030 33.0 5,893 1,306 22.2 3,294 1,724 52.3 6,551 4,266 65.1
16 to 17 years 96 33 34.1 3 2 (B) 93 31 33.2 638 363 56.9
18 to 64 years 8,798 2,942 33.4 5,757 1,285 22.3 3,040 1,657 54.5 4,189 2,934 70.0
    18 to 24 years 1,234 611 49.6 445 172 38.7 789 440 55.7 998 649 65.1
    25 to 34 years 2,175 887 40.8 1,409 398 28.3 766 488 63.7 771 621 80.6
    35 to 54 years 4,240 1,162 27.4 3,127 598 19.1 1,113 563 50.6 1,493 1,093 73.2
    55 to 64 years 1,148 282 24.6 777 116 15.0 371 166 44.7 927 570 61.5
65 years and over 294 55 18.9 132 19 14.6 161 36 22.3 1,724 969 56.2

Household Relationship (17)
 
      People 16 to 64 years old (17) 		16,404 4,869 29.7 10,805 2,075 19.2 5,599 2,794 49.9 9,008 5,913 65.6
In families (2) 12,303 3,484 28.3 7,974 1,519 19.0 4,329 1,965 45.4 7,231 4,304 59.5
      Householder 6,172 2,155 34.9 4,277 1,014 23.7 1,896 1,141 60.2 2,093 1,495 71.4
In families with related children under
      18 years (9) 		7,365 2,734 37.1 4,690 1,231 26.3 2,675 1,502 56.1 4,308 2,863 66.5
      Householder 4,178 1,828 43.7 2,842 889 31.3 1,337 939 70.2 1,289 1,080 83.8
In families with related children under
      6 years (9) 		3,200 1,384 43.2 1,999 624 31.2 1,201 760 63.3 1,546 1,159 75.0
      Householder 1,886 975 51.7 1,190 445 37.4 697 530 76.1 615 534 86.9
In married-couple families (11) 6,823 1,133 16.6 4,811 529 11.0 2,013 604 30.0 3,053 1,227 40.2
      Husbands (11) 3,040 524 17.2 2,425 291 12.0 615 233 38.0 693 355 51.2
      Wives (11) 2,677 410 15.3 1,939 200 10.3 739 209 28.4 1,003 465 46.4
      Related children (18) 956 172 18.0 379 34 9.0 577 138 23.9 1,187 331 27.9
      Other 150 27 18.0 68 4 (B) 82 23 28.4 170 76 44.7
In married-couple families with related
    children under 18 years (9) 		3,988 860 21.6 2,795 422 15.1 1,193 438 36.7 1,718 795 46.3
      Husbands (11) 1,871 424 22.7 1,481 249 16.8 390 175 44.8 302 202 66.9
      Wives (11) 1,549 296 19.1 1,118 149 13.3 431 147 34.2 510 289 56.7
      Related children (18) 477 119 25.0 146 20 13.9 331 99 30.0 805 250 31.1
      Other 91 20 22.5 49 4 (B) 41 17 (B) 102 54 53.0
In married-couple families with related
    children under 6 years (9) 		1,737 436 25.1 1,232 221 17.9 505 215 42.6 661 386 58.4
      Husbands (11) 900 250 27.8 704 160 22.7 196 90 46.1 119 89 74.8
      Wives (11) 658 140 21.3 451 51 11.3 207 90 43.2 287 174 60.8
      Related children (18) 135 38 28.3 54 10 (B) 81 28 34.6 193 83 42.8
      Other 44 8 (B) 23 0 (B) 21 7 (B) 62 40 (B)
In families with male householder,
    no wife present 		1,096 313 28.5 666 129 19.3 430 184 42.8 689 442 64.2
      Householder 602 214 35.5 364 83 22.9 238 130 54.8 255 193 75.8
      Other 494 99 20.0 302 45 15.0 192 54 27.9 435 249 57.3
In families with male householder, no
wife present with related children under
  18 years (9) 		526 229 43.6 300 93 31.0 226 136 60.4 307 206 67.0
      Householder 367 170 46.2 223 71 32.0 145 99 68.2 124 107 87.0
      Related children (18) 71 24 (B) 27 6 (B) 44 19 (B) 112 53 47.3
      Other 87 35 40.5 50 16 (B) 37 19 (B) 71 45 (B)
In families with male householder, no
wife present with related children under
  6 years (9) 		221 127 57.7 121 61 49.9 100 67 67.0 100 84 84.2
      Householder 166 98 59.4 96 48 50.2 69 50 (B) 58 54 (B)
      Related children (18) 19 9 (B) 4 1 (B) 15 8 (B) 13 8 (B)
      Other 36 20 (B) 21 11 (B) 15 9 (B) 29 23 (B)
In families with female householder,
  no husband present 		4,383 2,038 46.5 2,497 861 34.5 1,886 1,177 62.4 3,489 2,635 75.5
      Householder 2,685 1,443 53.7 1,700 673 39.6 985 770 78.2 1,040 936 90.0
      Other 1,698 595 35.0 797 188 23.6 902 407 45.1 2,449 1,698 69.3
In families with female householder, no
husband present with related children under
  18 years (9) 		2,852 1,644 57.7 1,595 716 44.9 1,257 928 73.8 2,283 1,862 81.6
      Householder 2,076 1,275 61.4 1,281 610 47.6 794 665 83.7 790 757 95.8
      Related children (18) 529 257 48.5 179 53 29.4 350 204 58.3 1,184 872 73.7
      Other 246 112 45.6 134 54 40.0 112 59 52.4 309 233 75.5
In families with female householder, no
husband present with related children under
  6 years (9) 		1,242 820 66.0 646 342 53.0 596 478 80.1 786 689 87.8
      Householder 921 665 72.3 497 284 57.1 423 381 90.0 380 365 96.1
      Related children (18) 192 96 49.7 75 26 (B) 118 70 59.4 273 228 83.6
      Other 129 59 45.7 74 32 (B) 55 27 (B) 133 96 72.3
 
In unrelated subfamilies (3) 		34 24 (B) 21 13 (B) 12 10 (B) 25 24 (B)
 
Unrelated individuals (4) 		4,068 1,362 33.5 2,810 543 19.3 1,258 819 65.1 1,752 1,585 90.5
      Male 2,108 693 32.9 1,462 280 19.2 646 413 64.0 837 757 90.4
        Householder 1,456 432 29.7 1,030 181 17.6 426 251 59.0 518 447 86.4
      Female 1,960 669 34.1 1,348 263 19.5 613 406 66.2 915 828 90.5
        Householder 1,509 457 30.3 1,063 191 17.9 446 266 59.7 676 598 88.5

Poverty Footnotes

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