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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
Asian alone
All income levels

Both Sexes
 
      Total (17) 		1,020 104 333 165 73 344 164 12 4 31 17 99
16 to 17 years 49 0 0 7 2 41 2 0 0 0 0 2
18 to 64 years 644 80 45 148 68 303 159 12 3 31 17 97
    18 to 24 years 166 0 2 19 10 134 53 0 0 3 8 43
    25 to 34 years 162 1 4 36 10 111 52 2 0 7 1 42
    35 to 54 years 209 44 10 72 36 47 39 7 0 17 4 11
    55 to 64 years 106 35 29 21 11 10 15 3 3 4 4 1
65 years and over 327 24 287 11 4 1 3 0 2 0 0 0

Male
 
      Total (17) 		429 37 134 23 39 197 78 8 0 7 6 58
16 to 17 years 11 0 0 0 0 11 2 0 0 0 0 2
18 to 64 years 297 33 20 23 37 185 76 8 0 7 6 56
    18 to 24 years 90 0 2 3 8 76 24 0 0 0 2 22
    25 to 34 years 87 0 4 4 1 78 34 2 0 3 0 29
    35 to 54 years 87 23 4 14 21 25 13 6 0 0 2 5
    55 to 64 years 33 10 9 2 7 5 6 0 0 4 2 0
65 years and over 121 4 114 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0

Female
 
      Total (17) 		590 68 199 143 34 148 86 4 4 24 11 41
16 to 17 years 38 0 0 7 2 30 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 to 64 years 347 47 26 125 30 118 83 4 3 24 11 41
    18 to 24 years 76 0 0 16 2 58 30 0 0 3 6 21
    25 to 34 years 75 1 0 32 9 33 18 0 0 4 1 13
    35 to 54 years 122 21 5 58 15 22 26 1 0 17 2 6
    55 to 64 years 73 25 21 18 4 5 9 3 3 0 2 1
65 years and over 206 21 173 11 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 0

Household Relationship (17)
 
      People 16 to 64 years old (17) 		693 80 45 155 69 344 161 12 3 31 17 99
In families (2) 395 42 31 137 49 135 77 7 2 24 13 32
      Householder 142 21 12 49 30 31 36 5 2 7 8 14
In families with related children under
      18 years (9) 		240 16 9 109 21 86 56 5 0 20 11 20
      Householder 83 10 1 43 12 17 28 5 0 7 8 9
In families with related children under
      6 years (9) 		120 8 2 75 8 27 32 2 0 9 9 13
      Householder 44 3 0 24 4 13 17 2 0 3 7 6
In married-couple families (11) 269 28 27 104 40 71 58 7 2 17 12 20
      Husbands (11) 66 13 8 6 16 23 21 5 0 2 4 10
      Wives (11) 142 12 12 85 17 15 31 2 2 16 7 5
      Related children (18) 42 1 0 11 7 24 6 0 0 0 2 5
      Other 19 2 7 2 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0
In married-couple families with related
    children under 18 years (9) 		167 12 8 85 16 47 45 5 0 17 10 13
      Husbands (11) 31 6 0 6 6 12 19 5 0 2 4 8
      Wives (11) 84 4 0 68 5 7 24 0 0 16 6 3
      Related children (18) 39 0 0 11 5 24 2 0 0 0 0 2
      Other 13 2 7 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0
In married-couple families with related
    children under 6 years (9) 		104 8 2 67 6 21 31 2 0 8 9 12
      Husbands (11) 20 5 0 5 0 9 15 2 0 2 3 8
      Wives (11) 59 1 0 51 3 4 15 0 0 6 6 3
      Related children (18) 18 0 0 11 3 4 2 0 0 0 0 2
      Other 7 2 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
In families with male householder,
    no wife present 		50 4 1 15 6 25 7 0 0 2 0 5
      Householder 20 2 1 4 6 7 4 0 0 1 0 4
      Other 30 1 0 11 0 18 3 0 0 1 0 1
In families with male householder, no
wife present with related children under
  18 years (9) 		22 2 0 7 2 11 1 0 0 1 0 0
      Householder 9 2 0 2 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 0
      Related children (18) 7 0 0 1 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Other 6 0 0 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
In families with male householder, no
wife present with related children under
  6 years (9) 		7 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Householder 3 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Related children (18) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Other 3 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
In families with female householder,
  no husband present 		75 11 3 18 4 39 12 0 0 4 1 7
      Householder 35 6 3 15 4 8 6 0 0 2 1 3
      Other 40 5 0 3 0 31 6 0 0 2 0 4
In families with female householder, no
husband present with related children under
  18 years (9) 		51 2 1 17 3 28 10 0 0 2 1 7
      Householder 25 2 1 14 3 6 6 0 0 2 1 3
      Related children (18) 21 0 0 0 0 21 3 0 0 0 0 3
      Other 5 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
In families with female householder, no
husband present with related children under
  6 years (9) 		9 0 0 5 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0
      Householder 9 0 0 5 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0
      Related children (18) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Other 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 
In unrelated subfamilies (3) 		7 0 0 3 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
 
Unrelated individuals (4) 		292 38 14 15 19 206 83 5 0 7 4 67
      Male 168 14 6 7 12 129 40 3 0 3 0 34
        Householder 87 9 6 5 10 58 21 0 0 0 0 21
      Female 124 24 8 8 7 77 44 2 0 4 4 33
        Householder 60 16 3 4 3 33 19 2 0 3 2 12

Poverty Footnotes

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