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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 A.O.I.C.
Below 200% of poverty

Both Sexes
 
      Total (17) 		1,781 201 476 363 139 601 340 19 5 68 54 194
16 to 17 years 131 0 0 9 2 120 11 0 0 0 0 11
18 to 64 years 1,191 157 92 336 131 476 324 18 3 68 54 181
    18 to 24 years 326 6 6 34 23 257 105 3 0 7 19 77
    25 to 34 years 270 9 10 89 25 137 105 2 0 25 11 68
    35 to 54 years 402 77 22 177 61 64 90 9 0 31 19 31
    55 to 64 years 194 65 54 35 22 18 24 4 3 6 5 6
65 years and over 459 44 384 19 7 5 5 0 2 0 0 2

Male
 
      Total (17) 		700 85 187 42 79 307 170 11 1 20 24 115
16 to 17 years 41 0 0 0 0 41 4 0 0 0 0 4
18 to 64 years 490 73 37 41 74 265 165 11 0 20 24 111
    18 to 24 years 168 5 4 6 16 136 47 2 0 2 5 38
    25 to 34 years 117 3 4 10 6 93 60 2 0 7 5 46
    35 to 54 years 135 42 9 18 37 29 44 7 0 5 11 21
    55 to 64 years 71 23 19 7 15 7 14 0 0 6 3 5
65 years and over 168 11 151 0 5 1 1 0 1 0 0 0

Female
 
      Total (17) 		1,081 116 289 322 60 294 170 8 4 49 30 79
16 to 17 years 90 0 0 8 2 80 7 0 0 0 0 7
18 to 64 years 701 84 55 295 57 211 159 8 3 49 30 70
    18 to 24 years 158 0 1 28 7 121 58 1 0 5 14 38
    25 to 34 years 153 6 5 79 19 44 45 0 0 18 5 22
    35 to 54 years 267 35 14 159 24 34 47 3 0 26 9 10
    55 to 64 years 123 41 35 29 7 11 10 4 3 0 2 1
65 years and over 290 33 234 18 2 4 4 0 2 0 0 2

Household Relationship (17)
 
      People 16 to 64 years old (17) 		1,322 157 92 345 132 596 335 18 3 68 54 192
In families (2) 996 116 78 324 111 366 221 13 2 55 47 104
      Householder 298 44 31 102 61 61 85 8 2 24 16 34
In families with related children under
      18 years (9) 		666 60 22 264 57 263 150 7 0 50 28 65
      Householder 192 25 7 91 32 38 64 7 0 24 12 21
In families with related children under
      6 years (9) 		293 26 6 158 21 82 78 2 0 28 17 31
      Householder 96 5 0 58 8 24 35 2 0 13 7 12
In married-couple families (11) 690 74 54 258 82 221 158 12 2 41 31 72
      Husbands (11) 130 30 19 15 35 31 56 6 0 6 13 32
      Wives (11) 329 28 22 213 33 33 60 5 2 31 16 7
      Related children (18) 168 11 0 19 11 127 37 2 0 2 3 30
      Other 62 6 12 11 4 30 5 0 0 2 0 3
In married-couple families with related
    children under 18 years (9) 		479 37 19 220 42 161 118 7 0 41 22 49
      Husbands (11) 74 17 5 15 21 16 41 5 0 6 10 20
      Wives (11) 226 12 3 182 11 18 45 2 0 31 10 3
      Related children (18) 126 2 0 15 6 101 27 0 0 2 1 24
      Other 53 6 10 7 4 26 5 0 0 2 0 3
In married-couple families with related
    children under 6 years (9) 		252 20 5 141 19 66 65 2 0 23 13 27
      Husbands (11) 37 7 0 13 3 14 27 2 0 4 5 16
      Wives (11) 140 7 0 115 7 11 26 0 0 15 8 3
      Related children (18) 45 0 0 12 5 28 7 0 0 2 0 6
      Other 31 6 5 2 4 14 5 0 0 2 0 3
In families with male householder,
    no wife present 		124 12 14 31 17 51 24 0 0 5 8 11
      Householder 34 3 1 4 8 18 7 0 0 1 1 5
      Other 90 9 13 27 9 32 17 0 0 5 7 5
In families with male householder, no
wife present with related children under
  18 years (9) 		59 9 1 15 6 29 9 0 0 2 6 2
      Householder 19 3 0 2 4 10 1 0 0 1 0 0
      Related children (18) 17 0 0 1 0 16 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Other 22 5 1 11 2 3 8 0 0 1 6 2
In families with male householder, no
wife present with related children under
  6 years (9) 		19 2 1 7 0 9 5 0 0 1 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 9 2 1 6 0 2 5 0 0 1 4 0
In families with female householder,
  no husband present 		182 30 10 35 12 94 39 1 0 9 9 21
      Householder 71 15 8 22 11 16 16 1 0 7 1 8
      Other 111 15 2 14 1 78 23 0 0 2 8 13
In families with female householder, no
husband present with related children under
  18 years (9) 		128 13 3 29 9 74 22 1 0 7 1 14
      Householder 46 7 1 18 7 13 16 1 0 7 1 8
      Related children (18) 66 2 0 7 1 56 6 0 0 0 0 6
      Other 16 4 2 4 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0
In families with female householder, no
husband present with related children under
  6 years (9) 		22 4 0 9 2 7 8 1 0 3 0 4
      Householder 12 0 0 7 1 4 6 1 0 3 0 3
      Related children (18) 5 0 0 2 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 1
      Other 5 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
 
In unrelated subfamilies (3) 		9 0 0 5 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
 
Unrelated individuals (4) 		317 41 14 16 20 226 114 6 0 13 7 88
      Male 178 15 6 7 13 138 58 3 0 6 2 47
        Householder 95 10 6 5 11 64 30 0 0 0 0 30
      Female 139 26 8 8 7 89 56 2 0 7 5 41
        Householder 73 19 3 5 4 44 25 2 0 7 2 14

Poverty Footnotes

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