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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)
Below 200% of poverty

Both Sexes
 
      Total (17) 		7,593 1,389 1,226 2,274 816 1,887 1,523 162 21 364 460 516
16 to 17 years 836 12 1 35 6 782 60 0 0 1 1 58
18 to 64 years 5,465 1,139 274 2,161 794 1,097 1,426 157 10 354 449 456
    18 to 24 years 1,442 72 24 344 202 800 416 10 1 69 97 240
    25 to 34 years 1,341 121 25 799 216 180 459 47 0 141 159 111
    35 to 54 years 1,976 623 34 904 310 105 470 81 2 132 162 93
    55 to 64 years 706 324 191 113 65 12 81 19 8 12 31 11
65 years and over 1,292 239 951 79 16 8 36 6 11 9 10 2

Male
 
      Total (17) 		2,833 660 513 155 549 956 733 72 11 46 343 262
16 to 17 years 411 6 1 6 5 393 39 0 0 0 1 38
18 to 64 years 1,917 559 114 146 537 560 679 69 7 46 335 224
    18 to 24 years 609 36 13 21 141 398 199 3 0 6 75 116
    25 to 34 years 348 48 11 59 143 87 219 18 0 22 124 55
    35 to 54 years 666 316 12 63 208 67 215 36 1 17 114 46
    55 to 64 years 294 159 78 4 45 8 46 12 5 0 22 6
65 years and over 505 94 399 3 6 3 15 3 4 0 8 0

Female
 
      Total (17) 		4,760 729 713 2,119 267 931 790 90 11 318 116 254
16 to 17 years 425 5 0 29 1 389 21 0 0 1 0 20
18 to 64 years 3,548 580 161 2,014 256 537 747 88 4 309 114 233
    18 to 24 years 833 35 11 323 61 402 217 7 1 63 22 125
    25 to 34 years 993 73 14 741 73 93 240 30 0 119 36 56
    35 to 54 years 1,310 307 22 842 101 38 256 44 0 115 48 47
    55 to 64 years 412 165 113 109 20 4 35 7 3 12 8 5
65 years and over 787 144 552 76 9 5 21 2 7 9 2 2

Household Relationship (17)
 
      People 16 to 64 years old (17) 		6,301 1,151 275 2,195 800 1,880 1,487 157 10 356 450 514
In families (2) 5,283 814 221 1,990 598 1,659 1,128 127 6 296 324 375
      Householder 1,508 353 81 770 180 125 505 90 4 161 130 120
In families with related children under
      18 years (9) 		4,174 487 102 1,778 417 1,389 867 105 2 262 219 279
      Householder 1,200 241 34 696 135 94 408 76 0 147 93 93
In families with related children under
      6 years (9) 		2,179 204 59 1,212 233 471 525 55 1 187 143 139
      Householder 713 84 20 493 71 45 249 37 0 106 54 52
In married-couple families (11) 3,164 396 142 1,486 310 829 626 71 4 181 189 180
      Husbands (11) 390 151 45 56 118 20 196 34 3 23 97 39
      Wives (11) 1,585 137 62 1,266 76 43 265 26 1 147 48 43
      Related children (18) 958 69 14 78 80 718 117 6 0 3 30 78
      Other 231 38 22 86 36 49 48 4 0 9 15 20
In married-couple families with related
    children under 18 years (9) 		2,603 242 59 1,344 218 740 500 54 1 164 142 138
      Husbands (11) 260 95 17 48 84 16 151 23 1 17 78 32
      Wives (11) 1,322 74 14 1,150 56 28 224 23 0 136 35 31
      Related children (18) 815 40 9 66 47 653 87 4 0 3 17 62
      Other 205 33 19 79 30 43 38 4 0 9 12 13
In married-couple families with related
    children under 6 years (9) 		1,475 114 37 916 122 286 316 38 1 125 85 66
      Husbands (11) 134 33 9 36 48 9 96 13 1 11 51 19
      Wives (11) 865 38 8 770 32 17 151 16 0 105 15 14
      Related children (18) 323 20 4 44 25 230 37 4 0 2 10 21
      Other 153 24 17 65 17 31 32 4 0 6 9 13
In families with male householder,
    no wife present 		467 100 21 102 80 163 146 12 2 18 58 56
      Householder 142 46 4 12 35 44 64 9 2 1 28 24
      Other 325 54 16 90 45 119 82 4 0 17 29 31
In families with male householder, no
wife present with related children under
  18 years (9) 		291 53 11 74 44 108 85 11 0 10 25 39
      Householder 97 33 4 10 21 30 36 8 0 1 13 15
      Related children (18) 84 5 0 15 5 59 18 0 0 3 4 11
      Other 109 15 8 50 18 19 31 3 0 6 9 12
In families with male householder, no
wife present with related children under
  6 years (9) 		111 21 3 46 21 21 47 0 0 6 18 22
      Householder 32 11 1 5 11 3 21 0 0 1 10 10
      Related children (18) 21 1 0 7 2 11 10 0 0 1 4 5
      Other 59 9 1 34 7 7 16 0 0 3 5 8
In families with female householder,
  no husband present 		1,652 318 58 402 208 667 356 43 0 97 76 139
      Householder 580 162 27 273 64 54 192 39 0 75 22 56
      Other 1,072 155 31 129 144 613 164 5 0 22 55 83
In families with female householder, no
husband present with related children under
  18 years (9) 		1,280 192 32 360 155 541 282 40 0 88 52 102
      Householder 479 116 15 251 53 44 174 36 0 71 19 48
      Related children (18) 615 42 2 54 58 458 75 4 0 11 13 47
      Other 186 34 15 55 43 39 33 1 0 6 20 7
In families with female householder, no
husband present with related children under
  6 years (9) 		593 69 20 250 91 164 162 17 0 56 39 50
      Householder 278 35 9 174 31 29 97 17 0 44 12 25
      Related children (18) 198 15 0 33 32 118 37 0 0 7 10 20
      Other 117 19 10 44 28 16 28 1 0 5 17 5
 
In unrelated subfamilies (3) 		64 6 4 32 6 16 20 5 0 10 1 4
 
Unrelated individuals (4) 		954 331 50 174 195 204 339 25 4 50 125 134
      Male 491 191 26 28 145 101 201 15 2 13 105 67
        Householder 186 108 10 5 39 24 68 6 2 2 33 25
      Female 463 141 24 145 50 103 138 10 2 38 21 68
        Householder 212 117 16 20 21 37 59 8 2 6 10 33

Poverty Footnotes

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