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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
Below 100% of poverty

Both Sexes
 
      Total (17) 		916 93 213 186 70 356 144 9 3 29 26 78
16 to 17 years 55 0 0 7 2 46 2 0 0 0 0 2
18 to 64 years 658 72 45 170 65 306 142 8 3 29 26 76
    18 to 24 years 170 0 2 19 8 141 55 0 0 1 14 40
    25 to 34 years 159 1 8 41 10 99 31 0 0 5 1 25
    35 to 54 years 232 41 11 89 38 54 45 7 0 19 9 11
    55 to 64 years 97 29 25 21 9 12 10 1 3 4 2 1
65 years and over 203 21 167 9 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0

Male
 
      Total (17) 		389 32 98 23 34 201 68 6 0 6 10 46
16 to 17 years 13 0 0 0 0 13 2 0 0 0 0 2
18 to 64 years 292 31 19 23 32 187 66 6 0 6 10 44
    18 to 24 years 94 0 2 3 6 83 22 0 0 0 2 20
    25 to 34 years 79 0 4 4 1 70 19 0 0 2 0 17
    35 to 54 years 87 21 4 14 20 28 19 6 0 0 6 7
    55 to 64 years 32 9 8 2 5 7 6 0 0 4 2 0
65 years and over 83 2 79 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0

Female
 
      Total (17) 		528 60 114 163 36 154 76 2 3 23 16 32
16 to 17 years 41 0 0 7 2 33 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 to 64 years 366 41 26 147 32 119 76 2 3 23 16 32
    18 to 24 years 76 0 0 16 2 58 33 0 0 1 12 20
    25 to 34 years 80 1 3 37 8 30 13 0 0 3 1 8
    35 to 54 years 145 19 6 75 18 26 26 1 0 18 3 4
    55 to 64 years 64 20 17 18 4 5 5 1 3 0 0 1
65 years and over 120 20 88 9 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0

Household Relationship (17)
 
      People 16 to 64 years old (17) 		713 72 45 177 66 353 144 8 3 29 26 78
In families (2) 449 42 33 164 49 160 85 5 2 22 24 32
      Householder 150 20 13 52 30 34 38 5 2 6 10 15
In families with related children under
      18 years (9) 		313 20 10 133 29 121 63 5 0 19 15 24
      Householder 98 10 1 46 18 23 32 5 0 6 8 13
In families with related children under
      6 years (9) 		151 13 3 86 11 37 34 2 0 6 13 14
      Householder 52 3 0 25 6 18 17 2 0 1 7 7
In married-couple families (11) 311 27 28 127 39 89 56 5 2 15 13 21
      Husbands (11) 71 14 8 6 17 25 20 5 0 1 4 10
      Wives (11) 152 10 12 100 15 15 27 0 2 14 8 4
      Related children (18) 55 1 0 12 7 35 9 0 0 0 2 7
      Other 32 2 8 8 0 14 0 0 0 0 0 0
In married-couple families with related
    children under 18 years (9) 		215 12 9 105 20 69 47 5 0 15 10 17
      Husbands (11) 36 6 0 6 9 14 20 5 0 1 4 10
      Wives (11) 102 4 0 83 7 9 22 0 0 14 6 3
      Related children (18) 50 0 0 11 5 35 5 0 0 0 0 5
      Other 27 2 8 5 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 0
In married-couple families with related
    children under 6 years (9) 		120 9 3 74 9 26 27 2 0 5 9 12
      Husbands (11) 24 5 0 5 2 11 14 2 0 1 3 8
      Wives (11) 66 1 0 56 4 4 12 0 0 4 6 3
      Related children (18) 19 0 0 11 3 5 2 0 0 0 0 2
      Other 11 2 3 2 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0
In families with male householder,
    no wife present 		49 3 1 19 2 25 9 0 0 2 4 3
      Householder 16 2 1 4 2 7 3 0 0 1 0 2
      Other 33 0 0 15 0 18 7 0 0 1 4 1
In families with male householder, no
wife present with related children under
  18 years (9) 		32 3 0 11 2 16 5 0 0 1 4 0
      Householder 11 2 0 2 2 5 1 0 0 1 0 0
      Related children (18) 10 0 0 1 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Other 10 0 0 8 0 2 4 0 0 0 4 0
In families with male householder, no
wife present with related children under
  6 years (9) 		17 0 0 7 0 9 4 0 0 0 4 0
      Householder 6 0 0 2 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Related children (18) 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Other 7 0 0 6 0 2 4 0 0 0 4 0
In families with female householder,
  no husband present 		88 11 4 18 8 46 19 0 0 6 6 7
      Householder 41 5 4 15 8 9 10 0 0 4 1 5
      Other 47 6 0 3 0 38 9 0 0 2 6 2
In families with female householder, no
husband present with related children under
  18 years (9) 		66 6 1 17 7 36 11 0 0 4 1 7
      Householder 30 2 1 14 7 7 10 0 0 4 1 5
      Related children (18) 27 0 0 0 0 27 1 0 0 0 0 1
      Other 9 4 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) 		14 4 0 5 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 2
      Householder 9 0 0 5 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 2
      Related children (18) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Other 5 4 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) 		258 30 12 10 16 190 59 3 0 7 2 46
      Male 145 9 6 6 9 115 28 1 0 3 0 24
        Householder 73 5 6 3 7 52 11 0 0 0 0 11
      Female 113 21 6 4 7 75 31 2 0 3 2 23
        Householder 49 14 1 0 3 31 10 2 0 3 0 4

Poverty Footnotes

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