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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) 21,784 5,182 23.8 13,356 1,915 14.3 3,041 2,669 87.8 933 734 78.6
16 to 17 years 209 42 19.9 18 3 (B) 28 24 (B) 0 0 (X)
18 to 64 years 21,065 4,990 23.7 13,076 1,878 14.4 2,982 2,616 87.7 927 729 78.6
    18 to 24 years 3,279 965 29.4 1,270 279 22.0 582 513 88.2 103 82 79.8
    25 to 34 years 6,324 1,633 25.8 3,967 640 16.1 1,024 920 89.9 326 268 82.2
    35 to 44 years 5,515 1,206 21.9 3,753 495 13.2 799 676 84.6 313 230 73.5
    45 to 54 years 4,032 795 19.7 2,775 309 11.1 427 372 87.1 134 109 81.6
    55 to 64 years 1,915 391 20.4 1,311 155 11.8 151 135 89.4 51 39 (B)
65 years and over 510 151 29.6 262 34 12.9 32 29 (B) 6 5 (B)

Male
 
      Total (17) 		12,777 3,050 23.9 8,167 1,174 14.4 1,791 1,548 86.5 611 471 77.0
16 to 17 years 120 27 22.9 13 3 (B) 18 15 (B) 0 0 (X)
18 to 64 years 12,360 2,939 23.8 7,992 1,150 14.4 1,755 1,518 86.5 608 468 76.8
    18 to 24 years 1,878 563 30.0 806 182 22.6 328 285 86.9 65 50 (B)
    25 to 34 years 3,879 1,028 26.5 2,507 425 16.9 626 556 88.8 220 176 80.1
    35 to 44 years 3,323 752 22.6 2,322 303 13.1 497 415 83.4 204 146 71.5
    45 to 54 years 2,240 406 18.1 1,611 158 9.8 221 193 87.4 83 70 84.4
    55 to 64 years 1,040 191 18.3 744 82 11.0 83 69 83.2 36 25 (B)
65 years and over 298 83 28.0 163 21 13.1 17 16 (B) 3 3 (B)

Female
 
      Total (17) 		9,006 2,133 23.7 5,189 741 14.3 1,250 1,120 89.6 322 263 81.7
16 to 17 years 89 14 15.9 5 0 (B) 10 9 (B) 0 0 (X)
18 to 64 years 8,705 2,051 23.6 5,084 728 14.3 1,226 1,098 89.6 319 261 82.0
    18 to 24 years 1,401 401 28.6 464 97 21.0 254 228 89.8 38 32 (B)
    25 to 34 years 2,445 605 24.7 1,460 216 14.8 398 365 91.7 106 92 86.5
    35 to 44 years 2,192 455 20.7 1,430 191 13.4 302 261 86.7 109 85 77.2
    45 to 54 years 1,792 389 21.7 1,164 151 13.0 206 179 86.9 51 39 (B)
    55 to 64 years 875 201 22.9 566 73 12.9 68 66 (B) 14 14 (B)
65 years and over 212 67 31.8 100 12 12.5 15 13 (B) 3 2 (B)

Household Relationship (17)
 
      People 16 to 64 years old (17) 		21,274 5,032 23.7 13,094 1,881 14.4 3,009 2,640 87.7 927 729 78.6
In families (2) 17,155 2,979 17.4 10,534 1,060 10.1 2,257 1,888 83.7 796 598 75.1
      Householder 7,426 1,688 22.7 4,905 636 13.0 1,281 1,145 89.4 463 372 80.4
In families with related
      children under 18 years (9) 		11,579 2,188 18.9 7,065 806 11.4 1,959 1,609 82.1 741 548 74.0
      Householder 5,400 1,379 25.5 3,515 532 15.1 1,157 1,022 88.3 436 346 79.4
In families with related
      children under 6 years (9) 		5,854 1,202 20.5 3,543 433 12.2 1,245 965 77.5 475 319 67.1
      Householder 2,731 742 27.2 1,676 271 16.2 692 592 85.5 258 188 72.9
In married-couple families (11) 16,357 2,108 12.9 10,571 787 7.4 1,760 1,421 80.8 744 532 71.5
      Husbands (11) 5,378 863 16.0 3,935 374 9.5 781 640 82.0 383 277 72.4
      Wives (11) 3,719 365 9.8 2,255 95 4.2 235 189 80.6 60 44 (B)
      Related children (18) 1,804 145 8.0 693 30 4.4 108 69 64.1 23 9 (B)
      Other 718 56 7.8 429 17 4.0 60 39 (B) 21 11 (B)
      Householder 4,738 679 14.3 3,260 271 8.3 576 484 83.9 258 190 73.7
In married-couple families with
    related children under 18 years (9) 		11,639 1,604 13.8 7,465 635 8.5 1,584 1,250 78.9 707 498 70.4
      Husbands (11) 4,055 707 17.4 2,957 322 10.9 718 578 80.5 369 263 71.3
      Wives (11) 2,504 238 9.5 1,464 56 3.8 207 163 78.4 52 38 (B)
      Related children (18) 1,056 78 7.4 353 18 5.0 83 47 56.6 20 8 (B)
In married-couple families with
    related children under 6 years (9) 		6,048 985 16.3 3,785 380 10.1 1,073 813 75.8 475 309 65.1
      Husbands (11) 2,221 456 20.6 1,582 207 13.1 492 386 78.4 250 168 67.4
      Wives (11) 1,218 130 10.7 636 28 4.3 129 94 73.2 36 21 (B)
      Related children (18) 377 35 9.2 150 5 3.6 56 28 (B) 11 3 (B)
      Other 411 37 8.9 252 11 4.3 56 35 (B) 21 11 (B)
      Householder 1,820 327 18.0 1,165 130 11.2 340 271 79.6 158 105 66.8
In families with male householder,
    no wife present 		1,986 359 18.1 1,197 118 9.9 250 231 92.6 62 61 (B)
      Householder 833 213 25.5 507 66 13.1 141 136 96.7 32 32 (B)
      Other 1,153 147 12.7 690 52 7.5 109 95 87.3 29 29 (B)
In families with male householder,
no wife present with related
  children under 18 years (9) 		943 215 22.8 569 78 13.7 173 154 89.3 51 50 (B)
      Householder 484 150 30.9 300 50 16.7 108 104 95.7 27 27 (B)
      Related children (18) 89 21 23.7 33 6 (B) 10 10 (B) 2 2 (B)
      Other 370 44 12.0 236 22 9.2 55 41 (B) 21 21 (B)
In families with male householder,
no wife present with related
  children under 6 years (9) 		454 113 24.8 252 33 13.1 103 84 82.0 19 18 (B)
      Householder 252 92 36.4 141 28 20.0 70 65 (B) 14 14 (B)
      Related children (18) 36 8 (B) 13 2 (B) 6 6 (B) 2 2 (B)
      Other 166 13 7.9 97 2 2.2 27 13 (B) 3 2 (B)
In families with female householder,
  no husband present 		3,550 1,191 33.6 2,025 426 21.0 824 719 87.3 248 195 78.6
      Householder 1,855 796 42.9 1,138 299 26.2 564 526 93.2 173 150 86.7
      Other 1,695 395 23.3 887 127 14.3 259 193 74.6 75 45 60.0
In families with female householder
no husband present with related
  children under 18 years (9) 		2,450 907 37.0 1,375 318 23.1 721 632 87.6 229 179 78.0
      Householder 1,462 691 47.3 870 258 29.6 529 491 92.7 164 141 86.0
      Related children (18) 480 117 24.3 184 31 16.8 75 62 82.5 14 11 (B)
      Other 508 99 19.5 321 29 9.0 117 79 67.8 52 26 (B)
In families with female householder
no husband present with related
  children under 6 years (9) 		1,172 431 36.8 672 150 22.3 409 338 82.6 139 97 69.7
      Householder 658 323 49.1 369 113 30.5 282 256 90.8 87 69 79.7
      Related children (18) 181 43 23.8 89 16 18.1 37 26 (B) 9 7 (B)
      Other 333 65 19.6 214 21 9.8 91 56 61.8 43 21 (B)
In unrelated subfamilies (3) 120 68 56.2 67 26 (B) 39 39 (B) 8 8 (B)
Unrelated individuals (4) 4,035 1,994 49.4 2,496 795 31.8 718 718 100.0 123 123 100.0
      Male 2,823 1,410 49.9 1,750 569 32.5 499 499 100.0 98 98 100.0
        Householder 1,223 476 38.9 832 199 24.0 149 149 100.0 40 40 (B)
      Female 1,212 585 48.2 746 226 30.2 219 219 100.0 25 25 (B)
        Householder 646 271 42.0 421 112 26.5 88 88 100.0 16 16 (B)

Poverty Footnotes

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