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POV24: Reason For Not Working or Reason For Spending Time Out of The Labor Force -- Poverty Status of People Who Did Not Work or Who Spent Time Out of the Labor Force: 2009

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

(Numbers in thousands)

  Did not work last year (16) Worked last year, spent time out of the labor force (16)
Reason Reason
Total Ill or disabled Retired Home or family reasons Could not find work School or other Total Ill or disabled Retired Home or family reasons Could not find work School or other
All races
All income levels

Both Sexes
 
      Total (17) 		26,052 6,770 9,018 3,648 2,505 4,111 3,950 537 204 791 687 1,731
16 to 17 years 1,225 39 5 56 27 1,099 87 1 0 2 2 82
18 to 64 years 15,942 5,588 1,538 3,448 2,394 2,974 3,637 495 76 779 666 1,622
    18 to 24 years 3,265 247 53 706 470 1,789 1,304 52 1 208 156 887
    25 to 34 years 2,934 500 78 1,111 582 663 1,004 109 0 268 187 440
    35 to 54 years 6,126 3,005 273 1,357 1,045 446 953 221 9 241 238 244
    55 to 64 years 3,618 1,836 1,135 274 297 76 377 113 67 62 83 51
65 years and over 8,884 1,144 7,475 144 84 38 226 41 128 10 19 27

Male
 
      Total (17) 		9,916 2,915 2,934 518 1,530 2,018 1,627 216 77 109 415 810
16 to 17 years 554 19 0 9 11 515 43 1 0 0 2 40
18 to 64 years 6,657 2,534 635 509 1,480 1,498 1,514 194 42 109 404 765
    18 to 24 years 1,402 119 21 90 301 871 539 15 0 22 90 412
    25 to 34 years 1,091 235 34 129 347 346 423 44 0 39 126 215
    35 to 54 years 2,608 1,376 106 247 645 234 408 100 7 34 147 120
    55 to 64 years 1,556 804 474 42 187 48 144 36 35 13 41 19
65 years and over 2,705 362 2,298 1 39 5 70 20 35 0 10 5

Female
 
      Total (17) 		16,136 3,855 6,084 3,130 974 2,093 2,323 322 127 682 272 921
16 to 17 years 671 19 4 48 16 584 44 0 0 2 0 42
18 to 64 years 9,286 3,054 903 2,940 913 1,476 2,123 301 34 670 262 857
    18 to 24 years 1,863 128 32 616 169 918 765 37 1 185 67 476
    25 to 34 years 1,843 264 44 982 234 318 581 65 0 229 62 225
    35 to 54 years 3,518 1,630 167 1,109 400 212 545 121 2 207 91 124
    55 to 64 years 2,062 1,032 661 232 110 28 233 78 32 48 42 32
65 years and over 6,180 782 5,177 142 45 33 156 21 93 10 10 21

Household Relationship (17)
 
      People 16 to 64 years old (17) 		17,167 5,626 1,543 3,505 2,421 4,073 3,724 496 76 780 668 1,704
In families (2) 9,703 2,562 846 2,660 1,258 2,377 1,649 216 30 473 307 623
      Householder 4,236 1,377 410 1,453 595 399 1,005 159 14 350 169 314
In families with related children under
      18 years (9) 		5,860 1,155 137 2,095 734 1,739 1,171 153 3 407 196 413
      Householder 2,781 768 64 1,232 430 286 798 128 3 324 115 228
In families with related children under
      6 years (9) 		2,726 398 57 1,386 344 541 715 77 0 292 113 234
      Householder 1,483 236 22 840 223 161 522 65 0 241 65 151
In married-couple families (11) 4,129 981 642 1,381 423 702 563 78 29 135 137 183
      Husbands (11) 1,252 483 261 132 237 138 236 45 14 15 73 90
      Wives (11) 2,106 404 352 1,151 112 86 264 24 16 118 47 59
      Related children (18) 647 62 10 71 59 445 57 7 0 1 17 32
      Other 123 30 19 27 15 33 6 4 0 1 0 2
In married-couple families with related
    children under 18 years (9) 		2,215 349 65 1,052 226 523 338 42 2 109 88 97
      Husbands (11) 513 177 26 92 137 81 139 25 2 10 52 50
      Wives (11) 1,102 112 16 886 41 48 158 11 0 97 27 22
      Related children (18) 497 34 7 50 34 373 36 2 0 1 9 24
      Other 103 25 16 25 15 21 5 4 0 1 0 1
In married-couple families with related
    children under 6 years (9) 		1,212 149 27 717 107 211 214 20 0 80 50 64
      Husbands (11) 270 71 6 62 70 63 91 11 0 8 33 40
      Wives (11) 699 45 5 610 11 27 108 6 0 71 16 16
      Related children (18) 178 18 6 26 22 106 9 0 0 0 1 8
      Other 65 17 10 19 4 15 5 4 0 1 0 1
In families with male householder,
    no wife present 		1,123 341 60 163 239 320 172 10 0 23 61 78
      Householder 526 195 34 65 150 83 102 10 0 14 38 40
      Other 597 146 26 98 90 237 71 0 0 9 24 38
In families with male householder, no
wife present with related children under
  18 years (9) 		583 144 17 96 125 202 101 8 0 17 26 50
      Householder 308 113 12 39 100 45 69 8 0 14 22 25
      Related children (18) 170 5 2 20 7 135 19 0 0 1 2 16
      Other 106 26 4 37 18 21 14 0 0 2 3 9
In families with male householder, no
wife present with related children under
  6 years (9) 		206 46 4 50 67 40 57 1 0 9 14 33
      Householder 126 25 3 26 60 12 41 1 0 7 13 20
      Related children (18) 25 2 0 4 0 19 6 0 0 1 0 5
      Other 56 19 1 21 7 9 11 0 0 1 1 9
In families with female householder,
  no husband present 		4,452 1,241 144 1,116 596 1,355 914 128 1 315 109 361
      Householder 2,159 734 70 858 280 218 637 110 1 277 62 187
      Other 2,292 506 74 259 316 1,137 277 18 0 37 47 175
In families with female householder, no
husband present with related children under
  18 years (9) 		3,062 663 54 947 383 1,015 731 103 1 280 81 267
      Householder 1,753 504 26 794 248 180 580 96 1 264 49 171
      Related children (18) 1,045 89 5 89 95 766 120 3 0 12 17 89
      Other 264 70 23 64 40 68 31 4 0 4 15 7
In families with female householder, no
husband present with related children under
  6 years (9) 		1,307 203 26 618 170 290 443 56 0 203 49 136
      Householder 919 146 12 534 126 102 379 50 0 194 29 106
      Related children (18) 260 19 0 55 21 165 42 1 0 7 7 26
      Other 128 38 14 30 24 22 23 4 0 1 14 4
 
In unrelated subfamilies (3) 		179 21 1 84 23 49 54 7 0 30 6 11
 
Unrelated individuals (4) 		7,285 3,043 696 760 1,139 1,647 2,021 273 46 277 354 1,071
      Male 3,429 1,408 282 168 738 834 1,010 129 28 64 243 546
        Householder 1,997 997 214 59 397 330 559 85 24 26 133 290
      Female 3,856 1,635 414 593 401 813 1,011 143 18 213 112 525
        Householder 2,294 1,292 345 129 211 317 532 100 17 82 62 271

Poverty Footnotes

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