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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) 7,211 824 11.4 5,107 274 5.4 423 374 88.4 122 103 84.3
16 to 17 years 35 3 (B) 3 0 (B) 2 2 (B) 0 0 (X)
18 to 64 years 6,923 768 11.1 4,945 255 5.2 411 362 88.1 115 95 83.3
    18 to 24 years 623 159 25.5 210 20 9.4 124 103 83.3 12 8 (B)
    25 to 34 years 1,792 213 11.9 1,262 54 4.2 96 88 91.2 19 14 (B)
    35 to 44 years 1,915 143 7.5 1,464 64 4.4 82 76 92.6 39 37 (B)
    45 to 54 years 1,621 156 9.6 1,260 76 6.1 72 61 (B) 32 28 (B)
    55 to 64 years 972 97 10.0 749 42 5.6 37 34 (B) 12 9 (B)
65 years and over 252 52 20.7 159 19 11.7 10 10 (B) 8 8 (B)

Male
 
      Total (17) 		3,837 450 11.7 2,912 151 5.2 233 205 88.0 77 64 84.1
16 to 17 years 21 3 (B) 1 0 (B) 2 2 (B) 0 0 (X)
18 to 64 years 3,663 418 11.4 2,808 140 5.0 222 194 87.5 70 58 (B)
    18 to 24 years 340 84 24.7 129 15 11.9 62 53 (B) 6 5 (B)
    25 to 34 years 962 136 14.1 722 35 4.9 54 50 (B) 11 8 (B)
    35 to 44 years 1,010 72 7.1 845 28 3.3 42 38 (B) 20 19 (B)
    45 to 54 years 838 83 9.9 704 47 6.7 44 38 (B) 23 19 (B)
    55 to 64 years 513 43 8.4 409 15 3.6 19 16 (B) 9 5 (B)
65 years and over 154 29 19.0 103 11 10.9 9 9 (B) 7 7 (B)

Female
 
      Total (17) 		3,374 375 11.1 2,195 123 5.6 190 169 88.9 46 39 (B)
16 to 17 years 15 0 (B) 2 0 (B) 0 0 (B) 0 0 (X)
18 to 64 years 3,261 351 10.8 2,136 115 5.4 189 168 88.8 45 38 (B)
    18 to 24 years 282 75 26.4 81 5 5.6 62 51 (B) 6 3 (B)
    25 to 34 years 830 77 9.3 541 18 3.4 42 38 (B) 7 5 (B)
    35 to 44 years 905 72 7.9 619 36 5.9 39 37 (B) 19 17 (B)
    45 to 54 years 784 74 9.4 556 29 5.2 28 24 (B) 9 9 (B)
    55 to 64 years 460 54 11.8 340 27 7.9 18 18 (B) 3 3 (B)
65 years and over 99 23 23.5 56 7 (B) 1 1 (B) 1 1 (B)

Household Relationship (17)
 
      People 16 to 64 years old (17) 		6,959 772 11.1 4,948 255 5.2 413 364 88.1 115 95 83.3
In families (2) 5,884 447 7.6 4,211 151 3.6 272 223 82.0 92 73 79.2
      Householder 2,586 218 8.4 1,975 80 4.0 130 111 85.1 44 38 (B)
In families with related
      children under 18 years (9) 		3,379 267 7.9 2,453 94 3.8 208 176 84.7 83 67 80.3
      Householder 1,586 144 9.0 1,213 57 4.7 109 91 83.9 41 35 (B)
In families with related
      children under 6 years (9) 		1,561 142 9.1 1,146 44 3.8 111 98 88.7 38 33 (B)
      Householder 741 77 10.4 550 27 4.8 59 52 (B) 17 16 (B)
In married-couple families (11) 6,942 442 6.4 5,137 149 2.9 275 236 85.8 103 86 83.3
      Husbands (11) 2,201 151 6.8 1,836 55 3.0 104 91 87.0 47 40 (B)
      Wives (11) 1,934 121 6.2 1,291 43 3.3 62 58 (B) 19 18 (B)
      Related children (18) 509 36 7.1 250 7 2.7 17 13 (B) 1 1 (B)
      Other 168 2 0.9 110 0 0.0 3 0 (B) 3 0 (B)
      Householder 2,130 133 6.3 1,648 44 2.7 89 74 83.1 33 27 (B)
In married-couple families with
    related children under 18 years (9) 		4,269 290 6.8 3,178 92 2.9 238 202 85.1 95 78 82.0
      Husbands (11) 1,454 117 8.1 1,231 44 3.6 100 87 86.5 45 38 (B)
      Wives (11) 1,133 63 5.6 734 16 2.2 46 44 (B) 16 14 (B)
      Related children (18) 205 16 7.7 88 3 2.9 12 7 (B) 1 1 (B)
In married-couple families with
    related children under 6 years (9) 		2,092 182 8.7 1,556 51 3.3 148 134 90.8 50 46 (B)
      Husbands (11) 748 78 10.5 622 25 4.0 65 59 (B) 23 23 (B)
      Wives (11) 532 37 6.9 344 9 2.5 27 25 (B) 10 9 (B)
      Related children (18) 62 4 (B) 33 0 (B) 3 3 (B) 0 0 (X)
      Other 75 2 2.0 49 0 (B) 1 0 (B) 1 0 (B)
      Householder 674 62 9.2 506 17 3.4 51 46 (B) 15 15 (B)
In families with male householder,
    no wife present 		447 51 11.3 307 15 4.8 22 22 (B) 4 4 (B)
      Householder 176 34 19.5 125 12 9.9 11 11 (B) 4 4 (B)
      Other 271 16 6.0 182 2 1.3 11 11 (B) 0 0 (X)
In families with male householder,
no wife present with related
  children under 18 years (9) 		147 13 9.2 106 6 6.1 10 10 (B) 4 4 (B)
      Householder 60 9 (B) 52 6 (B) 6 6 (B) 4 4 (B)
      Related children (18) 14 0 (B) 6 0 (B) 0 0 (B) 0 0 (X)
      Other 72 4 (B) 48 0 (B) 4 4 (B) 0 0 (X)
In families with male householder,
no wife present with related
  children under 6 years (9) 		59 8 (B) 43 3 (B) 5 5 (B) 0 0 (B)
      Householder 25 4 (B) 21 3 (B) 1 1 (B) 0 0 (B)
      Related children (18) 4 0 (B) 3 0 (B) 0 0 (X) 0 0 (X)
      Other 30 4 (B) 19 0 (B) 4 4 (B) 0 0 (X)
In families with female householder,
  no husband present 		626 87 13.9 416 32 7.6 64 39 (B) 19 10 (B)
      Householder 280 50 17.9 202 23 11.5 30 26 (B) 7 7 (B)
      Other 346 37 10.7 214 9 4.0 34 14 (B) 11 3 (B)
In families with female householder
no husband present with related
  children under 18 years (9) 		317 56 17.7 213 24 11.5 38 28 (B) 15 9 (B)
      Householder 173 42 24.5 117 21 18.0 25 21 (B) 7 7 (B)
      Related children (18) 56 9 (B) 26 0 (B) 3 3 (B) 0 0 (X)
      Other 89 5 5.6 69 3 (B) 9 4 (B) 8 2 (B)
In families with female householder
no husband present with related
  children under 6 years (9) 		84 13 16.0 53 7 (B) 9 5 (B) 3 1 (B)
      Householder 42 11 (B) 23 6 (B) 7 5 (B) 1 1 (B)
      Related children (18) 21 1 (B) 12 0 (B) 0 0 (X) 0 0 (X)
      Other 20 1 (B) 19 1 (B) 3 1 (B) 2 0 (B)
In unrelated subfamilies (3) 16 1 (B) 13 0 (B) 1 1 (B) 0 0 (X)
Unrelated individuals (4) 1,069 329 30.7 726 104 14.3 142 142 100.0 22 22 (B)
      Male 604 179 29.7 426 66 15.4 68 68 (B) 11 11 (B)
        Householder 391 98 25.2 287 35 12.3 34 34 (B) 7 7 (B)
      Female 465 149 32.1 300 38 12.8 74 74 (B) 11 11 (B)
        Householder 282 72 25.4 194 19 9.8 32 32 (B) 6 6 (B)

Poverty Footnotes

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