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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
White alone
All income levels

Both Sexes
 
      Total (17) 		18,870 4,595 7,428 2,595 1,607 2,644 3,006 395 182 614 533 1,282
16 to 17 years 763 22 0 41 11 689 56 1 0 1 2 51
18 to 64 years 10,912 3,796 1,210 2,438 1,540 1,928 2,746 356 64 603 515 1,207
    18 to 24 years 2,151 136 34 492 280 1,209 1,002 35 1 157 117 693
    25 to 34 years 1,901 308 53 782 352 406 724 75 0 210 139 300
    35 to 54 years 4,223 2,073 211 973 697 268 725 161 5 182 203 174
    55 to 64 years 2,638 1,279 912 191 212 45 295 86 58 55 56 41
65 years and over 7,195 777 6,218 116 56 28 204 37 118 9 16 24

Male
 
      Total (17) 		6,960 2,005 2,340 318 1,014 1,284 1,265 163 69 86 339 608
16 to 17 years 349 12 0 5 5 327 31 1 0 0 2 27
18 to 64 years 4,501 1,744 512 311 980 954 1,169 142 36 86 329 575
    18 to 24 years 881 56 15 46 182 583 421 14 0 21 68 318
    25 to 34 years 660 133 21 85 224 197 295 28 0 27 97 143
    35 to 54 years 1,800 989 78 154 440 140 333 70 5 29 129 100
    55 to 64 years 1,160 566 399 26 135 34 119 30 31 10 35 14
65 years and over 2,110 249 1,828 1 28 4 66 19 33 0 9 5

Female
 
      Total (17) 		11,910 2,590 5,088 2,277 594 1,361 1,741 232 113 528 194 674
16 to 17 years 414 10 0 36 5 362 25 0 0 1 0 24
18 to 64 years 6,411 2,052 698 2,127 560 974 1,577 214 28 517 187 632
    18 to 24 years 1,270 80 20 446 98 626 581 21 1 136 49 375
    25 to 34 years 1,241 175 32 697 127 208 429 46 0 183 42 157
    35 to 54 years 2,423 1,084 134 820 257 129 392 91 0 153 74 74
    55 to 64 years 1,478 713 512 165 78 11 176 56 28 45 21 27
65 years and over 5,085 528 4,390 115 28 24 139 18 85 9 7 19

Household Relationship (17)
 
      People 16 to 64 years old (17) 		11,675 3,818 1,210 2,479 1,551 2,617 2,802 358 64 604 517 1,258
In families (2) 6,371 1,698 664 1,844 717 1,448 1,161 147 23 332 227 431
      Householder 2,838 942 336 962 341 257 706 105 10 249 128 214
In families with related children under
      18 years (9) 		3,747 747 90 1,445 393 1,071 810 104 2 286 146 271
      Householder 1,773 508 48 799 231 186 552 86 2 232 82 150
In families with related children under
      6 years (9) 		1,793 256 39 964 196 338 503 46 0 208 89 161
      Householder 949 157 17 555 121 98 361 38 0 171 49 102
In married-couple families (11) 3,196 785 530 1,098 282 501 420 50 23 101 109 137
      Husbands (11) 966 394 219 100 165 88 186 24 11 14 63 74
      Wives (11) 1,684 322 296 927 78 59 191 19 12 85 31 44
      Related children (18) 469 44 6 47 32 339 40 7 0 1 15 17
      Other 78 25 8 23 7 14 3 1 0 1 0 2
In married-couple families with related
    children under 18 years (9) 		1,657 269 45 827 137 379 241 27 2 78 69 66
      Husbands (11) 372 140 21 67 95 49 106 14 2 8 42 40
      Wives (11) 863 85 12 707 25 34 108 9 0 67 18 14
      Related children (18) 354 24 5 30 11 285 24 2 0 1 9 11
      Other 68 20 6 23 7 12 3 1 0 1 0 1
In married-couple families with related
    children under 6 years (9) 		892 109 21 557 63 143 160 16 0 61 39 44
      Husbands (11) 183 49 6 44 48 37 73 10 0 6 27 30
      Wives (11) 547 35 5 482 6 18 80 6 0 54 10 10
      Related children (18) 113 12 4 14 5 79 5 0 0 0 1 4
      Other 49 13 6 18 4 8 3 1 0 1 0 1
In families with male householder,
    no wife present 		697 202 50 95 141 209 125 10 0 14 42 59
      Householder 331 131 28 27 91 54 70 10 0 7 27 27
      Other 366 71 21 68 50 155 55 0 0 7 15 32
In families with male householder, no
wife present with related children under
  18 years (9) 		383 93 17 61 73 140 79 8 0 10 17 43
      Householder 193 77 12 14 57 33 50 8 0 7 14 22
      Related children (18) 127 5 2 18 6 97 16 0 0 1 2 13
      Other 63 11 3 29 10 9 12 0 0 2 1 9
In families with male householder, no
wife present with related children under
  6 years (9) 		127 30 3 30 37 26 46 1 0 8 9 29
      Householder 72 19 3 8 33 7 31 1 0 6 9 16
      Related children (18) 21 2 0 4 0 16 5 0 0 1 0 4
      Other 34 9 0 18 4 3 10 0 0 1 0 9
In families with female householder,
  no husband present 		2,478 710 85 651 294 737 615 87 1 217 76 235
      Householder 1,273 440 45 520 135 133 430 71 1 194 49 114
      Other 1,204 270 40 131 160 604 186 16 0 22 26 122
In families with female householder, no
husband present with related children under
  18 years (9) 		1,706 385 29 557 183 552 490 69 1 198 59 162
      Householder 1,030 310 15 479 116 109 395 64 1 187 38 104
      Related children (18) 542 46 2 49 42 403 71 2 0 9 8 52
      Other 134 30 11 29 24 40 24 3 0 2 13 6
In families with female householder, no
husband present with related children under
  6 years (9) 		774 117 14 377 96 170 297 29 0 139 41 87
      Householder 550 91 7 328 64 60 251 25 0 132 25 69
      Related children (18) 148 10 0 28 14 96 27 1 0 6 5 15
      Other 76 16 8 21 17 14 19 3 0 1 12 4
 
In unrelated subfamilies (3) 		140 17 1 67 19 35 50 7 0 27 5 11
 
Unrelated individuals (4) 		5,165 2,103 544 569 815 1,134 1,591 204 41 245 285 816
      Male 2,385 979 227 103 528 549 794 99 25 53 206 411
        Householder 1,395 699 170 31 288 207 431 65 22 24 112 208
      Female 2,780 1,125 317 467 287 585 796 105 16 191 80 405
        Householder 1,552 861 262 88 130 211 405 73 16 72 36 209

Poverty Footnotes

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