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POV23: Poverty Status, Work Experience, and Family Earnings 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)

  All income levels With income below poverty threshold
Worked in previous year (16) Worked full-time year-round (16) Worked in previous year (16) Worked full-time year-round (16)
  Earnings below wtd. avg poverty threshold for 4 person family (33)   Earnings below wtd. avg poverty threshold for 4 person family (33)   Earnings below wtd. avg poverty threshold for 4 person family (33)   Earnings below wtd. avg poverty threshold for 4 person family (33)
All income levels Number Percent All income levels Number Percent Poor, total Number Percent Poor, total Number Percent

Both Sexes
      Total (17) 128,798 21,588 16.8 82,025 6,285 7.7 8,157 7,667 94.0 1,980 1,710 86.4
16 to 17 years 1,695 184 10.9 64 5 (B) 100 91 91.0 2 0 (B)
18 to 64 years 120,286 18,912 15.7 78,984 5,960 7.5 7,928 7,450 94.0 1,952 1,686 86.3
    18 to 24 years 15,818 4,415 27.9 5,283 1,045 19.8 2,032 1,966 96.7 258 238 92.1
    25 to 34 years 27,130 4,886 18.0 18,083 1,637 9.1 2,384 2,231 93.6 621 536 86.3
    35 to 44 years 26,898 3,309 12.3 19,419 1,188 6.1 1,656 1,482 89.5 558 442 79.2
    45 to 54 years 29,910 3,342 11.2 22,039 1,175 5.3 1,186 1,120 94.5 330 299 90.7
    55 to 64 years 20,530 2,960 14.4 14,160 914 6.5 670 650 97.1 185 170 92.1
65 years and over 6,818 2,492 36.6 2,977 320 10.7 129 126 97.5 26 24 (B)

Male
 
      Total (17) 		69,332 10,572 15.2 47,397 3,161 6.7 4,102 3,783 92.2 1,177 976 82.9
16 to 17 years 873 92 10.5 43 4 (B) 50 44 (B) 2 0 (B)
18 to 64 years 64,684 9,330 14.4 45,526 2,983 6.6 3,985 3,674 92.2 1,155 955 82.7
    18 to 24 years 8,311 2,119 25.5 3,043 522 17.2 903 862 95.5 150 133 88.4
    25 to 34 years 14,988 2,601 17.4 10,489 896 8.5 1,229 1,124 91.4 362 295 81.5
    35 to 44 years 14,888 1,764 11.8 11,651 624 5.4 922 806 87.4 350 264 75.5
    45 to 54 years 15,767 1,570 10.0 12,421 529 4.3 594 560 94.3 180 163 90.4
    55 to 64 years 10,729 1,276 11.9 7,923 413 5.2 337 321 95.4 112 100 88.9
65 years and over 3,775 1,151 30.5 1,828 175 9.6 67 65 (B) 21 21 (B)

Female
 
      Total (17) 		59,467 11,016 18.5 34,628 3,124 9.0 4,055 3,884 95.8 803 734 91.5
16 to 17 years 822 93 11.3 22 1 (B) 51 47 (B) 0 0 (X)
18 to 64 years 55,602 9,582 17.2 33,457 2,977 8.9 3,942 3,776 95.8 797 731 91.6
    18 to 24 years 7,507 2,296 30.6 2,240 523 23.3 1,129 1,104 97.7 108 105 97.2
    25 to 34 years 12,142 2,285 18.8 7,594 742 9.8 1,155 1,107 95.9 259 241 93.0
    35 to 44 years 12,009 1,545 12.9 7,768 565 7.3 734 676 92.2 208 178 85.6
    45 to 54 years 14,143 1,772 12.5 9,618 646 6.7 592 560 94.7 150 136 90.9
    55 to 64 years 9,801 1,684 17.2 6,238 502 8.0 333 329 98.8 72 70 (B)
65 years and over 3,043 1,342 44.1 1,149 145 12.7 62 61 (B) 5 4 (B)

Household Relationship (17)
 
      People 16 to 64 years old (17) 		121,981 19,096 15.7 79,048 5,965 7.5 8,028 7,541 93.9 1,954 1,686 86.3
In families (2) 95,402 9,628 10.1 61,369 2,873 4.7 4,790 4,303 89.8 1,485 1,217 81.9
      Householder 42,991 5,158 12.0 30,386 1,651 5.4 2,848 2,653 93.2 883 762 86.3
In families with related
      children under 18 years (9) 		51,075 5,572 10.9 32,296 1,764 5.5 3,887 3,408 87.7 1,291 1,024 79.4
      Householder 24,688 3,610 14.6 17,219 1,204 7.0 2,450 2,258 92.2 777 656 84.5
In families with related
      children under 6 years (9) 		21,624 2,809 13.0 13,956 888 6.4 2,372 1,994 84.0 801 589 73.6
      Householder 10,961 1,858 16.9 7,319 585 8.0 1,469 1,327 90.3 453 361 79.7
In married-couple families (11) 111,291 7,216 6.5 75,548 2,196 2.9 3,641 3,144 86.3 1,389 1,082 77.9
      Husbands (11) 35,854 2,334 6.5 28,695 848 3.0 1,470 1,258 85.5 685 524 76.5
      Wives (11) 30,396 1,978 6.5 18,927 535 2.8 705 635 90.1 187 164 87.6
      Related children (18) 10,239 567 5.5 2,944 81 2.7 216 164 75.8 29 12 (B)
      Other 1,398 123 8.8 740 25 3.4 62 41 (B) 21 11 (B)
      Householder 33,404 2,213 6.6 24,243 707 2.9 1,188 1,047 88.1 467 371 79.5
In married-couple families with
    related children under 18 years (9) 		59,620 3,651 6.1 39,979 1,261 3.2 2,895 2,407 83.2 1,192 887 74.4
      Husbands (11) 20,163 1,398 6.9 16,424 574 3.5 1,229 1,020 83.0 613 452 73.8
      Wives (11) 15,406 794 5.2 8,868 219 2.5 503 434 86.3 136 113 83.0
      Related children (18) 4,930 224 4.6 997 27 2.7 153 103 67.0 26 10 (B)
In married-couple families with
    related children under 6 years (9) 		26,062 2,046 7.9 17,696 708 4.0 1,874 1,502 80.2 771 534 69.3
      Husbands (11) 9,480 875 9.2 7,568 365 4.8 834 673 80.7 417 293 70.3
      Wives (11) 6,614 390 5.9 3,575 87 2.4 304 252 82.9 73 51 (B)
      Related children (18) 1,001 65 6.5 311 8 2.5 74 37 (B) 13 4 (B)
      Other 644 45 7.0 372 11 2.9 54 34 (B) 19 11 (B)
      Householder 8,324 671 8.1 5,870 238 4.0 608 506 83.1 249 176 70.7
In families with male householder,
    no wife present 		5,985 1,075 18.0 3,600 317 8.8 511 493 96.5 119 119 99.8
      Householder 3,088 645 20.9 2,018 196 9.7 321 316 98.6 78 78 100.0
      Other 2,897 430 14.8 1,582 121 7.6 190 177 92.9 41 41 (B)
In families with male householder,
no wife present with related
  children under 18 years (9) 		2,659 608 22.9 1,647 192 11.7 369 351 95.1 96 96 99.8
      Householder 1,726 456 26.4 1,163 149 12.8 260 256 98.3 66 66 (B)
      Related children (18) 355 78 22.0 116 14 12.3 36 36 (B) 4 4 (B)
      Other 577 74 12.8 367 29 7.9 73 59 (B) 26 26 (B)
In families with male householder,
no wife present with related
  children under 6 years (9) 		1,134 292 25.8 664 87 13.0 193 175 90.8 35 35 (B)
      Householder 762 243 31.9 460 78 16.9 147 142 97.1 30 30 (B)
      Related children (18) 113 23 20.8 53 5 (B) 12 12 (B) 3 3 (B)
      Other 258 25 9.9 151 4 2.6 34 20 (B) 2 2 (B)
In families with female householder,
  no husband present 		11,530 3,550 30.8 6,464 1,068 16.5 1,826 1,712 93.8 445 388 87.2
      Householder 6,499 2,300 35.4 4,126 748 18.1 1,339 1,290 96.4 338 313 92.5
      Other 5,031 1,250 24.8 2,338 320 13.7 487 422 86.6 107 75 70.5
In families with female householder
no husband present with related
  children under 18 years (9) 		6,991 2,492 35.7 3,831 737 19.2 1,575 1,463 92.9 399 343 85.8
      Householder 4,767 1,975 41.4 2,894 629 21.7 1,238 1,189 96.1 314 289 92.0
      Related children (18) 1,338 353 26.4 388 56 14.3 174 157 90.1 15 13 (B)
      Other 885 164 18.6 548 52 9.4 164 117 71.4 70 41 (B)
In families with female householder
no husband present with related
  children under 6 years (9) 		2,751 1,142 41.5 1,465 331 22.6 914 823 90.0 244 196 80.4
      Householder 1,875 943 50.3 989 269 27.2 714 679 95.1 175 156 89.1
      Related children (18) 350 93 26.5 147 23 15.7 74 61 (B) 11 8 (B)
      Other 527 106 20.1 329 38 11.6 126 82 65.2 58 32 (B)
In unrelated subfamilies (3) 383 180 46.9 209 53 25.3 116 116 100.0 22 22 (B)
Unrelated individuals (4) 26,428 9,311 35.2 17,484 3,041 17.4 3,134 3,134 100.0 447 447 100.0
      Male 15,363 5,076 33.0 10,243 1,661 16.2 1,702 1,702 100.0 273 273 100.0
        Householder 10,221 2,770 27.1 7,114 872 12.3 873 873 100.0 147 147 100.0
      Female 11,065 4,235 38.3 7,241 1,380 19.1 1,432 1,432 100.0 174 174 100.0
        Householder 7,348 2,399 32.7 5,123 845 16.5 713 713 100.0 122 122 100.0

Poverty Footnotes

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