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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, not Hispanic
All income levels

Both Sexes
 
      Total (17) 		14,905 3,744 6,651 1,499 1,162 1,849 2,337 333 174 461 317 1,051
16 to 17 years 423 13 0 18 8 384 42 1 0 0 2 39
18 to 64 years 8,089 3,085 1,052 1,403 1,109 1,441 2,107 297 60 455 305 990
    18 to 24 years 1,497 101 19 314 174 889 801 31 0 128 64 578
    25 to 34 years 1,218 240 44 394 235 305 507 60 0 149 57 241
    35 to 54 years 3,143 1,665 194 555 518 211 534 127 4 132 137 134
    55 to 64 years 2,230 1,079 794 140 182 36 266 79 56 46 47 38
65 years and over 6,393 646 5,599 79 46 24 187 35 114 5 11 22

Male
 
      Total (17) 		5,458 1,585 2,031 215 719 908 949 143 66 68 179 493
16 to 17 years 206 7 0 2 4 193 20 1 0 0 2 16
18 to 64 years 3,435 1,380 440 212 690 712 868 123 34 68 172 471
    18 to 24 years 624 40 4 37 112 430 320 13 0 15 26 266
    25 to 34 years 463 103 19 43 148 151 189 24 0 18 34 112
    35 to 54 years 1,379 773 74 109 318 105 248 59 4 24 82 79
    55 to 64 years 968 464 343 22 111 27 111 27 30 10 31 13
65 years and over 1,817 198 1,591 1 25 3 61 19 32 0 4 5

Female
 
      Total (17) 		9,447 2,159 4,620 1,284 443 941 1,388 190 108 393 138 559
16 to 17 years 217 6 0 16 4 191 22 0 0 0 0 22
18 to 64 years 4,654 1,704 612 1,191 419 728 1,239 174 26 388 132 519
    18 to 24 years 873 62 15 276 62 459 480 18 0 113 38 312
    25 to 34 years 755 137 26 352 87 154 318 36 0 131 23 128
    35 to 54 years 1,764 892 120 446 199 107 286 68 0 108 55 55
    55 to 64 years 1,262 614 451 117 71 9 156 52 26 37 16 25
65 years and over 4,576 449 4,008 78 21 21 126 16 81 5 6 17

Household Relationship (17)
 
      People 16 to 64 years old (17) 		8,512 3,098 1,052 1,420 1,117 1,825 2,149 299 60 455 307 1,029
In families (2) 4,096 1,276 555 967 453 845 786 107 23 236 116 304
      Householder 1,991 732 290 555 229 185 479 68 10 183 73 146
In families with related children under
      18 years (9) 		2,050 512 47 679 226 586 538 73 2 205 68 189
      Householder 1,118 373 30 432 150 134 378 58 2 171 45 101
In families with related children under
      6 years (9) 		891 172 13 447 94 165 339 34 0 153 35 117
      Householder 565 119 6 296 72 71 255 27 0 128 26 75
In married-couple families (11) 2,096 614 457 562 176 287 290 39 23 69 55 105
      Husbands (11) 766 317 195 64 110 81 129 18 11 12 30 59
      Wives (11) 1,082 259 263 466 53 41 133 14 12 56 18 33
      Related children (18) 224 26 0 29 13 156 27 7 0 1 7 12
      Other 24 12 0 2 1 9 1 1 0 0 0 0
In married-couple families with related
    children under 18 years (9) 		813 173 20 354 76 190 147 22 2 51 28 45
      Husbands (11) 247 95 13 39 58 43 63 12 2 7 15 28
      Wives (11) 400 60 7 299 12 22 67 6 0 43 10 9
      Related children (18) 149 12 0 14 5 119 15 2 0 1 4 8
      Other 16 7 0 2 1 6 1 1 0 0 0 0
In married-couple families with related
    children under 6 years (9) 		398 65 2 242 23 65 97 13 0 39 11 34
      Husbands (11) 113 34 0 27 21 31 42 8 0 5 7 23
      Wives (11) 244 23 2 205 2 12 51 4 0 34 4 8
      Related children (18) 32 4 0 8 0 19 2 0 0 0 0 2
      Other 9 4 0 2 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 0
In families with male householder,
    no wife present 		442 141 39 40 92 129 65 6 0 7 17 35
      Householder 234 98 24 18 64 31 34 6 0 7 10 11
      Other 208 44 15 22 28 99 30 0 0 0 7 24
In families with male householder, no
wife present with related children under
  18 years (9) 		226 59 10 22 50 85 51 5 0 7 11 28
      Householder 129 55 8 6 41 18 32 5 0 7 9 11
      Related children (18) 83 2 2 12 4 63 11 0 0 0 2 9
      Other 14 2 0 3 4 4 7 0 0 0 0 7
In families with male householder, no
wife present with related children under
  6 years (9) 		61 11 2 7 25 16 32 1 0 6 5 21
      Householder 45 10 2 3 25 6 22 1 0 6 5 11
      Related children (18) 14 1 0 4 0 9 3 0 0 0 0 3
      Other 1 0 0 0 0 1 7 0 0 0 0 7
In families with female householder,
  no husband present 		1,559 521 58 365 186 429 431 62 1 161 44 164
      Householder 844 337 31 298 84 95 303 47 1 144 33 78
      Other 714 184 26 67 102 334 128 15 0 17 11 86
In families with female householder, no
husband present with related children under
  18 years (9) 		1,011 280 17 303 100 310 340 46 1 148 29 116
      Householder 670 238 9 273 71 80 282 42 1 140 24 76
      Related children (18) 273 25 0 23 23 202 51 2 0 7 5 37
      Other 67 17 8 8 7 28 7 2 0 1 0 4
In families with female householder, no
husband present with related children under
  6 years (9) 		432 95 9 198 46 84 210 20 0 108 19 62
      Householder 343 81 4 182 36 39 188 17 0 101 16 53
      Related children (18) 56 2 0 14 5 35 18 1 0 6 3 8
      Other 33 12 5 2 5 9 5 2 0 1 0 2
 
In unrelated subfamilies (3) 		90 12 0 40 14 24 36 4 0 20 5 8
 
Unrelated individuals (4) 		4,326 1,810 497 413 649 957 1,328 188 37 200 186 717
      Male 1,953 808 202 78 403 463 639 90 23 41 125 359
        Householder 1,233 606 161 29 253 185 379 62 20 23 84 190
      Female 2,373 1,002 296 335 247 494 689 98 14 159 61 358
        Householder 1,370 759 248 68 115 178 361 67 14 67 27 186

Poverty Footnotes

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