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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
Hispanic (any race)
All income levels

Both Sexes
 
      Total (17) 		4,294 937 821 1,165 487 884 739 72 8 164 233 262
16 to 17 years 360 9 0 24 3 324 15 0 0 1 0 13
18 to 64 years 3,084 781 169 1,104 474 556 707 70 4 158 228 247
    18 to 24 years 742 35 16 198 123 371 223 6 1 30 55 131
    25 to 34 years 740 77 13 419 121 111 246 16 0 66 93 70
    35 to 54 years 1,166 454 20 431 195 66 206 40 1 54 68 43
    55 to 64 years 435 215 120 56 34 9 33 9 2 8 10 3
65 years and over 850 147 651 37 11 4 17 2 4 4 5 2

Male
 
      Total (17) 		1,640 459 328 112 320 422 343 23 3 18 173 126
16 to 17 years 154 5 0 3 2 144 11 0 0 0 0 11
18 to 64 years 1,173 397 75 109 316 277 327 23 2 18 169 115
    18 to 24 years 290 16 10 10 80 174 107 1 0 5 45 56
    25 to 34 years 219 33 4 49 79 53 122 4 0 9 72 36
    35 to 54 years 460 239 4 46 129 43 89 15 1 4 47 21
    55 to 64 years 203 108 56 4 27 7 10 3 1 0 5 1
65 years and over 313 57 253 0 3 1 5 0 0 0 4 0

Female
 
      Total (17) 		2,653 479 493 1,053 167 462 396 49 6 146 59 136
16 to 17 years 206 4 0 21 1 180 4 0 0 1 0 3
18 to 64 years 1,910 384 95 995 158 279 379 47 2 140 59 132
    18 to 24 years 452 19 6 188 43 196 116 5 1 25 11 75
    25 to 34 years 521 43 9 370 42 57 124 12 0 58 21 34
    35 to 54 years 706 215 16 385 66 23 117 25 0 49 22 22
    55 to 64 years 232 107 64 52 7 2 23 6 1 8 5 2
65 years and over 537 90 398 37 8 3 12 2 4 4 1 2

Household Relationship (17)
 
      People 16 to 64 years old (17) 		3,444 790 169 1,128 477 880 722 70 4 160 228 260
In families (2) 2,460 462 119 923 293 664 410 48 0 105 120 137
      Householder 915 235 49 431 124 76 246 45 0 72 58 72
In families with related children under
      18 years (9) 		1,833 261 46 809 190 527 294 35 0 88 81 89
      Householder 710 155 20 391 88 56 190 33 0 67 38 52
In families with related children under
      6 years (9) 		968 96 28 552 108 184 178 16 0 61 56 45
      Householder 417 47 12 276 52 29 117 15 0 49 26 28
In married-couple families (11) 1,175 187 78 567 114 229 138 14 0 33 58 33
      Husbands (11) 225 85 27 41 63 9 60 9 0 2 33 15
      Wives (11) 634 71 36 483 26 19 63 4 0 30 17 12
      Related children (18) 255 18 6 20 19 191 13 0 0 0 8 4
      Other 61 14 9 23 6 10 2 0 0 1 0 2
In married-couple families with related
    children under 18 years (9) 		892 103 25 501 66 197 96 5 0 27 43 21
      Husbands (11) 141 49 9 34 42 7 43 2 0 2 28 12
      Wives (11) 486 29 5 428 13 12 43 3 0 25 10 5
      Related children (18) 211 12 5 16 6 172 9 0 0 0 6 3
      Other 54 14 6 23 6 5 2 0 0 1 0 1
In married-couple families with related
    children under 6 years (9) 		529 48 19 341 41 80 65 3 0 22 29 11
      Husbands (11) 82 18 6 23 28 7 30 2 0 2 20 7
      Wives (11) 323 13 3 296 4 6 30 1 0 19 8 2
      Related children (18) 83 7 4 5 4 62 3 0 0 0 1 1
      Other 41 9 6 17 4 5 2 0 0 1 0 1
In families with male householder,
    no wife present 		277 70 10 56 53 88 66 4 0 7 30 24
      Householder 104 37 4 9 29 25 37 4 0 0 17 15
      Other 172 33 6 47 23 63 29 0 0 7 12 9
In families with male householder, no
wife present with related children under
  18 years (9) 		171 40 6 39 26 60 29 3 0 4 7 16
      Householder 71 26 4 8 18 17 19 3 0 0 6 10
      Related children (18) 47 3 0 5 1 37 5 0 0 1 0 4
      Other 54 11 3 26 7 7 6 0 0 2 1 2
In families with male householder, no
wife present with related children under
  6 years (9) 		66 19 1 23 13 10 16 0 0 2 5 9
      Householder 26 10 1 5 9 1 10 0 0 0 5 6
      Related children (18) 7 1 0 0 0 7 2 0 0 1 0 1
      Other 33 9 0 18 4 2 3 0 0 1 0 2
In families with female householder,
  no husband present 		1,008 204 30 301 126 347 206 30 0 64 32 80
      Householder 466 116 15 236 58 41 141 29 0 56 16 39
      Other 542 88 15 64 69 306 65 1 0 8 16 41
In families with female householder, no
husband present with related children under
  18 years (9) 		770 118 14 269 98 270 168 27 0 58 30 53
      Householder 393 83 7 221 50 32 127 27 0 53 15 32
      Related children (18) 304 21 2 27 30 225 24 0 0 3 3 18
      Other 73 14 5 21 19 14 17 1 0 1 13 2
In families with female householder, no
husband present with related children under
  6 years (9) 		373 29 8 188 54 94 98 12 0 38 22 26
      Householder 226 16 4 154 29 23 72 12 0 36 9 16
      Related children (18) 100 7 0 15 11 67 11 0 0 2 1 8
      Other 47 6 4 19 14 5 15 1 0 0 12 2
 
In unrelated subfamilies (3) 		55 6 1 32 5 12 16 3 0 8 1 3
 
Unrelated individuals (4) 		928 323 49 173 179 204 296 19 4 47 107 120
      Male 476 188 26 28 134 101 172 10 2 12 88 60
        Householder 177 105 9 5 35 24 57 3 2 2 30 21
      Female 452 135 24 145 45 103 124 9 2 35 19 60
        Householder 201 111 16 20 16 37 51 8 2 5 9 28

Poverty Footnotes

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