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Table 7. Income of Households From Specified Sources, by Poverty Status: 2009

    One or more members received
  Social Security Public assistance or welfare non-SSI cash assistance
  Mean amount (dollars)   Mean amount (dollars)
Total (thousands) Number (thousands) Percent Value Standard error Number (thousands) Percent Value Standard error

Households with Householders in Poverty
 
        Total 		15,686 3,676 23.4 8,455 146 1,092 7.0 3,151 185

Race and Hispanic Origin of Householder
 
White alone or in combination 		11,185 2,679 24.0 8,419 172 665 5.9 3,057 225
  White alone 10,930 2,631 24.1 8,424 174 637 5.8 3,034 231
      White alone, not Hispanic 8,042 2,182 27.1 8,442 195 413 5.1 2,696 264
Black alone or in combination 3,701 868 23.4 8,597 307 390 10.5 3,308 339
  Black alone 3,590 853 23.8 8,620 310 367 10.2 3,260 348
Asian or Native Hawaiian and other Pacific
 Islander alone or in combination 		695 100 14.5 7,836 671 27 3.9 2,920 753
Asian alone or Native Hawaiian and other
Pacific Islander alone or
      Asian and Native Hawaiian 		636 97 15.3 7,776 678 24 3.8 3,020 826
  Asian alone or in combination 650 97 14.9 7,782 690 24 3.7 2,806 650
      Asian alone 600 94 15.7 7,741 697 21 3.5 2,914 709
Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander
    alone or in combination 		50 4 8.8 9,327 2,517 4 7.6 3,496 3,542
Native Hawaiian and other
        Pacific Islander alone 		36 3 8.7 8,821 1,503 3 8.5 3,640 4,226
American Indian and Alaska Native
 alone or in combination 		405 82 20.3 8,599 829 49 12.1 3,596 869
American Indian and
    Alaska Native alone 		243 45 18.3 8,980 1,291 30 12.2 3,836 963
Two or more races 287 50 17.6 8,132 784 34 12.0 3,666 1,079
Hispanic (of any race) 3,128 482 15.4 8,433 369 252 8.1 3,562 392
White alone or in combination, not Hispanic 8,261 2,227 27.0 8,436 192 435 5.3 2,740 258

Region
Northeast 2,599 616 23.7 8,157 385 256 9.8 3,095 410
Midwest 3,301 747 22.6 8,376 332 275 8.3 2,785 310
South 6,383 1,686 26.4 8,587 208 226 3.5 1,851 271
West 3,403 628 18.4 8,486 415 335 9.8 4,376 381

Type of Household
Married-couple families 3,407 600 17.6 9,399 418 164 4.8 3,520 472
  With related children under 18 2,159 150 7.0 11,032 1,203 150 7.0 3,609 506
      With related children under 6 1,352 60 4.4 11,371 1,951 109 8.1 3,780 603
Female householder, no husband present 4,431 707 15.9 8,793 350 710 16.0 3,361 234
  With related children under 18 3,790 466 12.3 8,929 457 680 17.9 3,403 241
      With related children under 6 2,115 182 8.6 9,225 779 412 19.5 3,460 322
Nonfamily households 6,906 2,211 32.0 7,943 166 133 1.9 1,687 279
  Single-person household 5,394 1,960 36.3 7,517 125 107 2.0 1,573 297
      65 years and over 1,770 1,341 75.8 7,415 145 13 0.7 514 321
          Female 1,380 1,055 76.5 7,384 162 13 0.9 413 187

Educational Attainment by Householder
Less than 12 grade, no diploma 4,576 1,389 30.4 8,698 236 410 9.0 3,340 302
High school graduate, no college 5,293 1,240 23.4 8,296 238 366 6.9 2,879 264
College: Less than bachelor's degree 4,064 780 19.2 8,669 336 269 6.6 3,069 382
Bachelor's degree or more 1,754 268 15.3 7,303 575 47 2.7 4,102 1,502

Work Experience in 2009 of Householder
Total, under 65 years 13,077 1,779 13.6 8,944 240 1,058 8.1 3,171 188
 Worked at full-time jobs 3,309 108 3.3 7,296 1,077 189 5.7 2,765 445
  50 to 52 weeks 1,590 35 2.2 6,229 1,326 46 2.9 2,090 498
 Worked at part-time jobs 2,688 155 5.8 7,636 1,002 199 7.4 2,601 344
 Did not work 7,081 1,515 21.4 9,196 248 669 9.5 3,455 245

Number of Year-Round Full-Time Workers in the Household
No workers 12,499 3,525 28.2 8,442 148 974 7.8 3,212 200
One worker 2,866 140 4.9 8,523 953 116 4.0 2,639 429
Two workers or more 321 11 3.5 11,706 2,424 2 0.6 3,327 2,823

Program Participation Status of Household Members
Cash assistance 2,869 627 21.8 7,893 368 1,092 38.1 3,151 185
  Public assistance or welfare non-SSI 1,092 130 11.9 7,971 825 1,092 100.0 3,151 185
  SSI 1,982 541 27.3 7,769 387 204 10.3 2,766 368
Food stamps 6,334 1,416 22.3 8,592 223 1,003 15.8 3,200 192
Housing assistance 2,674 739 27.6 8,182 280 423 15.8 3,150 284
Energy assistance 1,933 560 29.0 8,607 345 315 16.3 2,991 321
Free or reduced-price school lunches 3,869 489 12.6 9,623 582 612 15.8 3,496 265
Household received
  both food stamps and cash assistance 		2,182 458 21.0 7,617 337 1,003 46.0 3,200 192

 

  One or more members received
SSI Food stamps
  Mean amount (dollars)   Mean amount (dollars)
Number (thousands) Percent Value Standard error Number (thousands) Percent Value Standard error

Households with Householders in Poverty
 
        Total 		1,982 12.6 6,756 200 6,334 40.4 3,486 83

Race and Hispanic Origin of Householder
 
White alone or in combination 		1,280 11.4 6,603 256 4,135 37.0 3,378 98
  White alone 1,234 11.3 6,566 260 4,020 36.8 3,369 100
      White alone, not Hispanic 976 12.1 6,448 302 2,783 34.6 3,234 124
Black alone or in combination 621 16.8 7,107 352 1,955 52.8 3,714 161
  Black alone 595 16.6 7,054 358 1,901 52.9 3,684 164
Asian or Native Hawaiian and other Pacific
 Islander alone or in combination 		56 8.1 7,500 832 173 24.9 3,908 588
Asian alone or Native Hawaiian and other
Pacific Islander alone or
      Asian and Native Hawaiian 		51 8.0 7,450 916 151 23.8 3,852 630
  Asian alone or in combination 49 7.5 7,473 914 148 22.7 3,711 627
      Asian alone 48 8.0 7,473 930 133 22.2 3,696 660
Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander
    alone or in combination 		8 15.8 7,662 1,655 27 54.5 5,140 1,500
Native Hawaiian and other
        Pacific Islander alone 		3 7.6 7,049 4,641 18 50.1 4,992 1,924
American Indian and Alaska Native
 alone or in combination 		79 19.6 6,545 931 208 51.5 3,360 355
American Indian and
    Alaska Native alone 		51 21.1 6,285 980 132 54.3 3,389 442
Two or more races 52 18.1 7,630 1,284 130 45.3 3,879 534
Hispanic (of any race) 299 9.6 6,927 457 1,358 43.4 3,680 156
White alone or in combination, not Hispanic 1,019 12.3 6,477 295 2,877 34.8 3,242 122

Region
Northeast 445 17.1 7,477 440 1,089 41.9 3,490 199
Midwest 397 12.0 6,903 494 1,581 47.9 3,512 166
South 785 12.3 6,102 318 2,594 40.6 3,386 130
West 355 10.4 7,133 449 1,070 31.4 3,685 237

Type of Household
Married-couple families 209 6.1 7,869 686 1,256 36.9 4,478 216
  With related children under 18 108 5.0 8,671 1,013 1,021 47.3 4,955 247
      With related children under 6 52 3.8 8,317 1,372 680 50.3 5,131 328
Female householder, no husband present 571 12.9 7,020 404 2,787 62.9 4,262 123
  With related children under 18 413 10.9 7,447 458 2,504 66.1 4,435 130
      With related children under 6 177 8.4 8,044 775 1,444 68.3 4,671 178
Nonfamily households 1,113 16.1 6,301 244 1,901 27.5 1,662 74
  Single-person household 969 18.0 6,109 235 1,581 29.3 1,535 62
      65 years and over 294 16.6 4,968 443 410 23.2 1,392 127
          Female 244 17.7 5,009 481 320 23.2 1,413 155

Educational Attainment by Householder
Less than 12 grade, no diploma 847 18.5 6,862 316 2,278 49.8 3,550 144
High school graduate, no college 682 12.9 7,000 343 2,286 43.2 3,509 138
College: Less than bachelor's degree 337 8.3 6,148 441 1,498 36.9 3,438 166
Bachelor's degree or more 115 6.6 6,315 775 272 15.5 3,028 283

Work Experience in 2009 of Householder
Total, under 65 years 1,564 12.0 7,236 222 5,739 43.9 3,653 88
 Worked at full-time jobs 83 2.5 6,986 814 1,331 40.2 4,051 194
  50 to 52 weeks 29 1.8 6,778 1,125 567 35.7 4,236 280
 Worked at part-time jobs 108 4.0 5,952 750 1,107 41.2 3,778 192
 Did not work 1,373 19.4 7,352 239 3,301 46.6 3,451 114

Number of Year-Round Full-Time Workers in the Household
No workers 1,888 15.1 6,734 206 5,337 42.7 3,369 89
One worker 89 3.1 7,155 885 942 32.9 4,085 227
Two workers or more 5 1.5 8,071 562 56 17.3 4,556 913

Program Participation Status of Household Members
Cash assistance 1,982 69.1 6,756 200 2,182 76.1 3,344 135
  Public assistance or welfare non-SSI 204 18.7 7,227 693 1,003 91.9 4,402 219
  SSI 1,982 100.0 6,756 200 1,362 68.7 2,581 134
Food stamps 1,362 21.5 6,788 251 6,334 100.0 3,486 83
Housing assistance 700 26.2 6,963 318 1,916 71.7 3,526 161
Energy assistance 505 26.1 6,750 435 1,553 80.3 3,557 173
Free or reduced-price school lunches 433 11.2 7,645 447 2,682 69.3 4,831 139
Household received
  both food stamps and cash assistance 		1,362 62.4 6,788 251 2,182 100.0 3,344 135

 

  One or more members received
Housing assistance Free or reduced-price school lunches
  Mean amount (dollars)   Mean amount (dollars)
Number (thousands) Percent Value Standard error Number (thousands) Percent Value Standard error

Households with Householders in Poverty
 
        Total 		2,674 17.0 3,609 72 3,869 24.7 912 19

Race and Hispanic Origin of Householder
 
White alone or in combination 		1,481 13.2 3,634 100 2,553 22.8 899 22
  White alone 1,433 13.1 3,617 101 2,468 22.6 903 22
      White alone, not Hispanic 1,062 13.2 3,500 113 1,224 15.2 824 28
Black alone or in combination 1,085 29.3 3,556 106 1,169 31.6 926 36
  Black alone 1,057 29.4 3,551 107 1,117 31.1 931 37
Asian or Native Hawaiian and other Pacific
 Islander alone or in combination 		89 12.8 3,838 434 135 19.5 903 104
Asian alone or Native Hawaiian and other
Pacific Islander alone or
      Asian and Native Hawaiian 		81 12.8 3,783 459 115 18.0 922 118
  Asian alone or in combination 79 12.1 3,634 366 116 17.9 911 117
      Asian alone 71 11.9 3,551 375 101 16.8 937 130
Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander
    alone or in combination 		12 22.9 5,322 2,039 22 43.5 865 167
Native Hawaiian and other
        Pacific Islander alone 		10 26.9 5,371 2,261 14 37.9 823 247
American Indian and Alaska Native
 alone or in combination 		76 18.9 4,109 459 117 28.9 970 115
American Indian and
    Alaska Native alone 		49 20.0 3,682 508 71 29.3 1,036 160
Two or more races 55 19.1 4,202 578 99 34.4 820 103
Hispanic (of any race) 425 13.6 3,935 198 1,351 43.2 973 33
White alone or in combination, not Hispanic 1,099 13.3 3,508 111 1,287 15.6 821 27

Region
Northeast 677 26.0 4,377 151 566 21.8 894 47
Midwest 631 19.1 3,000 112 786 23.8 875 42
South 920 14.4 3,288 106 1,650 25.9 925 31
West 446 13.1 3,966 224 867 25.5 932 41

Type of Household
Married-couple families 270 7.9 2,967 203 1,207 35.4 1,004 35
  With related children under 18 206 9.5 3,062 234 1,187 55.0 1,011 35
      With related children under 6 146 10.8 2,976 271 663 49.0 989 49
Female householder, no husband present 1,071 24.2 3,818 122 2,291 51.7 879 24
  With related children under 18 967 25.5 3,800 130 2,256 59.5 884 24
      With related children under 6 568 26.9 3,856 170 1,003 47.4 853 37
Nonfamily households 1,248 18.1 3,458 85 55 0.8 610 80
  Single-person household 1,190 22.1 3,296 64 5 0.1 477 .
      65 years and over 410 23.2 3,449 103 0 0.0 . .
          Female 302 21.9 3,432 122 0 0.0 . .

Educational Attainment by Householder
Less than 12 grade, no diploma 945 20.7 3,783 129 1,487 32.5 946 32
High school graduate, no college 988 18.7 3,533 113 1,349 25.5 905 30
College: Less than bachelor's degree 612 15.1 3,496 148 896 22.0 870 38
Bachelor's degree or more 128 7.3 3,446 252 137 7.8 884 96

Work Experience in 2009 of Householder
Total, under 65 years 2,209 16.9 3,641 84 3,779 28.9 914 19
 Worked at full-time jobs 358 10.8 3,241 208 1,264 38.2 977 35
  50 to 52 weeks 153 9.6 2,826 304 697 43.9 1,012 49
 Worked at part-time jobs 422 15.7 3,456 188 735 27.3 888 40
 Did not work 1,429 20.2 3,796 103 1,780 25.1 880 27

Number of Year-Round Full-Time Workers in the Household
No workers 2,460 19.7 3,649 73 2,748 22.0 882 21
One worker 207 7.2 3,120 309 1,033 36.1 978 39
Two workers or more 7 2.2 3,911 2,833 88 27.5 1,055 130

Program Participation Status of Household Members
Cash assistance 1,048 36.5 3,835 127 935 32.6 920 40
  Public assistance or welfare non-SSI 423 38.7 4,202 230 612 56.1 913 47
  SSI 700 35.3 3,483 134 433 21.8 933 62
Food stamps 1,916 30.3 3,685 85 2,682 42.3 928 23
Housing assistance 2,674 100.0 3,609 72 861 32.2 917 42
Energy assistance 597 30.9 3,517 144 686 35.5 885 44
Free or reduced-price school lunches 861 22.2 3,789 147 3,869 100.0 912 19
Household received
  both food stamps and cash assistance 		844 38.7 3,975 141 843 38.6 915 41

 

  One or more members received
Employer subsidized health insurance Medicare
  Mean amount (dollars)   Mean amount (dollars)
Number (thousands) Percent Value Standard error Number (thousands) Percent Value Standard error

Households with Householders in Poverty
 
        Total 		1,542 9.8 4,211 147 4,138 26.4 648 64

Race and Hispanic Origin of Householder
 
White alone or in combination 		1,147 10.3 4,138 168 2,951 26.4 680 80
  White alone 1,112 10.2 4,137 171 2,898 26.5 676 81
      White alone, not Hispanic 849 10.6 3,919 191 2,380 29.6 683 93
Black alone or in combination 312 8.4 4,275 286 990 26.7 607 116
  Black alone 304 8.5 4,282 290 968 27.0 588 115
Asian or Native Hawaiian and other Pacific
 Islander alone or in combination 		79 11.3 5,043 981 164 23.7 476 204
Asian alone or Native Hawaiian and other
Pacific Islander alone or
      Asian and Native Hawaiian 		63 10.0 5,513 1,139 157 24.7 497 212
  Asian alone or in combination 75 11.5 4,997 1,024 155 23.9 474 212
      Asian alone 60 10.0 5,485 1,192 153 25.5 481 216
Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander
    alone or in combination 		5 10.3 5,779 2,024 10 19.9 478 577
Native Hawaiian and other
        Pacific Islander alone 		3 8.7 6,039 2,287 5 12.6 1,030 970
American Indian and Alaska Native
 alone or in combination 		45 11.0 4,191 754 92 22.7 558 303
American Indian and
    Alaska Native alone 		23 9.3 3,396 946 56 23.1 511 374
Two or more races 39 13.7 4,149 854 58 20.4 799 513
Hispanic (of any race) 290 9.3 4,739 340 560 17.9 687 156
White alone or in combination, not Hispanic 880 10.7 3,930 188 2,430 29.4 688 92

Region
Northeast 255 9.8 4,801 424 742 28.5 912 170
Midwest 364 11.0 4,600 308 844 25.6 584 125
South 588 9.2 3,397 195 1,784 27.9 569 97
West 335 9.8 4,770 353 768 22.6 647 172

Type of Household
Married-couple families 379 11.1 4,785 266 750 22.0 438 108
  With related children under 18 279 12.9 5,105 315 191 8.9 1,186 359
      With related children under 6 170 12.6 5,245 426 99 7.3 1,114 442
Female householder, no husband present 481 10.9 4,282 259 718 16.2 583 145
  With related children under 18 429 11.3 4,432 273 427 11.3 811 223
      With related children under 6 250 11.8 4,717 375 179 8.5 965 339
Nonfamily households 542 7.8 3,493 248 2,501 36.2 725 89
  Single-person household 157 2.9 1,962 209 2,245 41.6 346 40
      65 years and over 5 0.3 1,811 541 1,659 93.7 291 45
          Female 1 0.1 1,021 0 1,307 94.7 275 49

Educational Attainment by Householder
Less than 12 grade, no diploma 285 6.2 4,374 327 1,570 34.3 627 97
High school graduate, no college 497 9.4 4,332 260 1,371 25.9 676 114
College: Less than bachelor's degree 487 12.0 3,954 237 835 20.6 722 169
Bachelor's degree or more 272 15.5 4,281 413 361 20.6 463 149

Work Experience in 2009 of Householder
Total, under 65 years 1,491 11.4 4,242 151 1,725 13.2 1,083 132
 Worked at full-time jobs 660 20.0 4,050 227 141 4.3 1,421 432
  50 to 52 weeks 381 24.0 4,158 302 70 4.4 1,268 608
 Worked at part-time jobs 406 15.1 4,230 278 135 5.0 2,224 839
 Did not work 424 6.0 4,552 291 1,448 20.4 944 128

Number of Year-Round Full-Time Workers in the Household
No workers 564 4.5 3,809 216 3,922 31.4 622 64
One worker 875 30.5 4,284 187 198 6.9 1,088 400
Two workers or more 102 31.8 5,818 888 18 5.6 1,443 1,133

Program Participation Status of Household Members
Cash assistance 73 2.6 3,867 589 1,023 35.6 960 148
  Public assistance or welfare non-SSI 39 3.6 3,971 847 156 14.3 881 292
  SSI 38 1.9 3,693 748 943 47.6 973 156
Food stamps 313 4.9 3,878 293 1,535 24.2 1,076 118
Housing assistance 92 3.4 3,902 490 848 31.7 1,239 149
Energy assistance 71 3.7 4,780 749 621 32.1 903 175
Free or reduced-price school lunches 385 9.9 4,483 281 460 11.9 985 236
Household received
  both food stamps and cash assistance 		37 1.7 3,732 808 698 32.0 1,091 169

 

  One or more members received
Medicaid
  Mean amount (dollars)
Number (thousands) Percent Value Standard error

Households with Householders in Poverty
 
        Total 		7,909 50.4 877 52

Race and Hispanic Origin of Householder
 
White alone or in combination 		5,345 47.8 897 62
  White alone 5,202 47.6 890 63
      White alone, not Hispanic 3,422 42.6 922 80
Black alone or in combination 2,192 59.2 859 102
  Black alone 2,117 59.0 848 104
Asian or Native Hawaiian and other Pacific
 Islander alone or in combination 		298 42.9 646 219
Asian alone or Native Hawaiian and other
Pacific Islander alone or
      Asian and Native Hawaiian 		273 42.8 588 199
  Asian alone or in combination 271 41.7 611 215
      Asian alone 251 41.8 552 198
Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander
    alone or in combination 		32 62.6 1,484 1,170
Native Hawaiian and other
        Pacific Islander alone 		22 59.4 969 1,001
American Indian and Alaska Native
 alone or in combination 		243 60.2 1,018 330
American Indian and
    Alaska Native alone 		153 63.0 1,045 413
Two or more races 165 57.4 1,131 418
Hispanic (of any race) 1,942 62.1 837 97
White alone or in combination, not Hispanic 3,543 42.9 924 78

Region
Northeast 1,444 55.5 1,297 157
Midwest 1,709 51.8 858 106
South 3,076 48.2 686 74
West 1,680 49.4 884 119

Type of Household
Married-couple families 1,819 53.4 1,263 131
  With related children under 18 1,525 70.6 1,421 152
      With related children under 6 1,027 76.0 1,547 192
Female householder, no husband present 3,319 74.9 780 74
  With related children under 18 3,002 79.2 827 80
      With related children under 6 1,770 83.7 981 116
Nonfamily households 2,237 32.4 690 86
  Single-person household 1,830 33.9 377 46
      65 years and over 593 33.5 206 39
          Female 472 34.2 215 46

Educational Attainment by Householder
Less than 12 grade, no diploma 2,835 62.0 875 92
High school graduate, no college 2,800 52.9 925 88
College: Less than bachelor's degree 1,845 45.4 818 94
Bachelor's degree or more 428 24.4 822 205

Work Experience in 2009 of Householder
Total, under 65 years 6,999 53.5 954 57
 Worked at full-time jobs 1,699 51.3 1,379 133
  50 to 52 weeks 797 50.1 1,475 203
 Worked at part-time jobs 1,298 48.3 964 131
 Did not work 4,002 56.5 770 70

Number of Year-Round Full-Time Workers in the Household
No workers 6,335 50.7 740 52
One worker 1,429 49.8 1,396 159
Two workers or more 145 45.2 1,744 557

Program Participation Status of Household Members
Cash assistance 2,799 97.6 970 95
  Public assistance or welfare non-SSI 1,068 97.8 1,074 165
  SSI 1,935 97.6 970 114
Food stamps 5,088 80.3 1,140 72
Housing assistance 2,054 76.8 1,267 114
Energy assistance 1,504 77.8 1,113 133
Free or reduced-price school lunches 3,195 82.6 1,094 93
Household received
  both food stamps and cash assistance 		2,132 97.7 1,123 115

 

  Social Security Cash Assistance SSI
Aggregate Aggregate squared Aggregate Aggregate squared Aggregate Aggregate squared

Households with Householders in Poverty
 
        Total 		31,083,815 317,678,341,791 3,440,505 18,541,382,351 13,390,547 120,349,730,530

Race and Hispanic Origin of Householder
 
White alone or in combination 		22,556,597 229,904,468,809 2,032,459 10,467,784,182 8,449,451 76,098,039,334
  White alone 22,161,153 226,434,163,102 1,932,675 9,963,945,015 8,099,725 72,609,320,726
      White alone, not Hispanic 18,418,567 189,854,465,932 1,114,777 5,265,951,635 6,295,844 57,019,990,657
Black alone or in combination 7,459,614 77,521,646,427 1,289,116 7,575,521,611 4,412,741 40,422,056,401
  Black alone 7,355,916 76,688,841,265 1,194,946 6,967,449,847 4,194,470 38,149,750,293
Asian or Native Hawaiian and other Pacific
 Islander alone or in combination 		786,853 7,025,559,476 80,080 314,559,783 420,082 3,562,039,134
Asian alone or Native Hawaiian and other
Pacific Islander alone or
      Asian and Native Hawaiian 		757,278 6,713,502,700 73,700 299,432,907 378,540 3,229,948,513
  Asian alone or in combination 752,450 6,699,041,805 67,039 233,845,993 365,589 3,110,512,723
      Asian alone 729,349 6,462,857,714 61,601 222,017,589 359,115 3,062,055,322
Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander
    alone or in combination 		41,457 410,378,610 13,312 80,984,046 60,967 499,983,812
Native Hawaiian and other
        Pacific Islander alone 		27,929 250,644,986 11,269 73,428,400 19,425 167,893,191
American Indian and Alaska Native
 alone or in combination 		704,633 6,931,613,910 176,027 975,932,032 518,746 4,425,325,917
American Indian and
    Alaska Native alone 		399,595 4,212,610,188 114,102 593,136,502 322,076 2,501,669,955
Two or more races 409,873 3,629,224,535 125,912 721,404,998 395,737 3,859,041,043
Hispanic (of any race) 4,065,075 40,264,406,678 897,613 5,046,318,205 2,070,149 17,864,192,274
White alone or in combination, not Hispanic 18,783,150 193,050,953,428 1,191,068 5,649,612,752 6,602,496 59,834,920,307

Region
Northeast 5,025,735 51,148,290,457 791,414 4,427,537,214 3,330,314 31,820,408,455
Midwest 6,253,095 63,648,139,307 766,022 3,473,036,215 2,740,946 25,982,891,506
South 14,477,688 145,975,861,443 419,078 1,436,645,050 4,789,540 40,131,226,166
West 5,327,297 56,906,050,584 1,463,992 9,204,163,872 2,529,747 22,415,204,403

Type of Household
Married-couple families 5,641,886 64,946,116,497 577,900 3,171,876,461 1,648,521 16,887,171,261
  With related children under 18 1,655,722 24,435,597,180 541,999 3,048,561,007 933,680 10,347,453,265
      With related children under 6 678,113 10,274,122,226 411,383 2,369,254,401 428,765 4,512,896,731
Female householder, no husband present 6,213,887 66,213,636,860 2,386,701 13,256,980,391 4,009,806 38,226,346,256
  With related children under 18 4,161,402 45,751,656,072 2,314,465 12,942,189,523 3,071,966 29,622,382,731
      With related children under 6 1,679,467 19,299,890,872 1,425,109 8,267,433,847 1,422,223 14,993,046,373
Nonfamily households 17,559,390 164,879,687,606 224,922 641,845,827 7,015,470 58,208,832,021
  Single-person household 14,730,384 122,058,474,426 167,921 453,968,531 5,919,978 46,011,289,535
      65 years and over 9,944,174 80,886,054,632 6,814 6,930,171 1,460,617 10,460,959,917
          Female 7,791,359 63,078,387,204 5,164 3,162,682 1,223,760 8,744,365,841

Educational Attainment by Householder
Less than 12 grade, no diploma 12,080,368 125,428,434,155 1,370,159 7,488,182,705 5,813,742 53,485,175,348
High school graduate, no college 10,284,868 101,865,071,452 1,053,773 4,804,579,682 4,776,167 43,830,433,064
College: Less than bachelor's degree 6,760,937 71,589,768,568 824,362 4,522,242,435 2,073,697 16,936,881,893
Bachelor's degree or more 1,957,642 18,795,067,616 192,211 1,726,377,531 726,942 6,097,240,225

Work Experience in 2009 of Householder
Total, under 65 years 15,907,102 176,734,593,090 3,354,923 18,120,903,250 11,313,796 104,611,933,723
 Worked at full-time jobs 790,303 8,342,449,497 523,062 2,790,515,069 578,034 4,897,558,683
  50 to 52 weeks 219,221 1,777,832,179 97,090 304,400,191 195,124 1,521,043,399
 Worked at part-time jobs 1,184,621 13,624,208,829 518,610 2,241,253,797 644,544 5,086,310,299
 Did not work 13,932,178 154,767,934,764 2,313,251 13,089,134,383 10,091,218 94,628,064,740

Number of Year-Round Full-Time Workers in the Household
No workers 29,759,434 302,460,932,238 3,129,036 17,243,396,654 12,715,184 114,309,462,305
One worker 1,194,399 13,558,651,795 305,189 1,271,713,419 635,579 5,717,713,624
Two workers or more 129,981 1,658,757,758 6,280 26,272,278 39,784 322,554,602

Program Participation Status of Household Members
Cash assistance 4,947,495 49,134,087,315 3,440,505 18,541,382,351 13,390,547 120,349,730,530
  Public assistance or welfare non-SSI 1,039,401 10,477,577,416 3,440,505 18,541,382,351 1,477,792 14,478,528,619
  SSI 4,201,405 40,932,059,238 565,525 2,636,062,800 13,390,547 120,349,730,530
Food stamps 12,163,219 123,317,151,027 3,210,597 17,295,835,001 9,247,547 84,923,973,821
Housing assistance 6,046,828 57,558,733,179 1,332,673 6,935,427,047 4,873,442 43,299,397,112
Energy assistance 4,818,905 48,522,684,227 942,439 4,752,194,455 3,406,152 32,096,554,707
Free or reduced-price school lunches 4,701,669 60,561,703,404 2,140,499 12,460,700,940 3,307,954 32,365,225,283
Household received
  both food stamps and cash assistance 		3,486,551 31,071,901,370 3,210,597 17,295,835,001 9,247,547 84,923,973,821

 

  Food Stamps Housing Assistance School lunches
Aggregate Aggregate squared Aggregate Aggregate squared Aggregate Aggregate squared

Households with Householders in Poverty
 
        Total 		22,080,718 129,082,631,392 9,650,309 41,798,732,811 3,527,630 4,202,986,445

Race and Hispanic Origin of Householder
 
White alone or in combination 		13,967,747 78,313,101,658 5,381,153 23,686,543,767 2,295,562 2,663,875,072
  White alone 13,543,297 75,995,987,487 5,181,424 22,702,191,826 2,227,566 2,591,265,741
      White alone, not Hispanic 9,001,322 51,641,272,860 3,717,787 15,720,032,726 1,008,203 1,052,491,036
Black alone or in combination 7,259,973 45,702,218,761 3,857,489 16,231,865,619 1,082,399 1,338,720,011
  Black alone 7,004,432 44,102,044,146 3,752,912 15,749,530,735 1,039,744 1,292,355,124
Asian or Native Hawaiian and other Pacific
 Islander alone or in combination 		677,110 4,608,620,094 342,637 1,598,636,336 122,040 147,755,334
Asian alone or Native Hawaiian and other
Pacific Islander alone or
      Asian and Native Hawaiian 		582,860 3,964,433,326 308,136 1,429,937,374 105,820 132,522,439
  Asian alone or in combination 548,367 3,660,216,667 286,888 1,200,150,264 105,939 131,603,919
      Asian alone 491,629 3,275,038,899 253,703 1,036,777,177 94,351 120,897,841
Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander
    alone or in combination 		141,297 1,048,342,556 61,452 432,002,601 18,980 18,953,535
Native Hawaiian and other
        Pacific Islander alone 		91,231 689,394,428 52,740 376,608,883 11,387 11,585,226
American Indian and Alaska Native
 alone or in combination 		700,457 3,388,251,213 313,747 1,522,022,294 113,454 144,380,332
American Indian and
    Alaska Native alone 		447,056 2,159,410,542 179,085 774,718,049 73,779 101,119,186
Two or more races 503,073 2,860,755,891 230,445 1,158,906,142 80,803 85,763,327
Hispanic (of any race) 4,998,903 26,871,312,472 1,672,081 7,921,235,092 1,315,123 1,651,462,844
White alone or in combination, not Hispanic 9,326,043 53,395,508,939 3,854,050 16,340,948,598 1,056,070 1,102,660,009

Region
Northeast 3,801,865 21,760,611,080 2,962,298 14,852,406,575 506,089 581,289,747
Midwest 5,550,461 32,113,890,994 1,892,333 6,585,925,959 687,612 799,016,017
South 8,784,629 49,645,469,485 3,026,569 11,625,627,241 1,526,201 1,856,552,209
West 3,943,763 25,562,659,833 1,769,109 8,734,773,036 807,727 966,128,472

Type of Household
Married-couple families 5,622,013 39,100,418,581 802,262 2,949,301,512 1,210,846 1,545,349,538
  With related children under 18 5,056,948 37,130,733,972 631,393 2,374,172,378 1,199,389 1,537,932,250
      With related children under 6 3,489,822 27,326,089,399 434,689 1,589,128,410 655,879 852,030,827
Female householder, no husband present 11,878,276 72,904,893,661 4,088,416 18,860,054,864 2,014,391 2,339,220,684
  With related children under 18 11,104,061 69,295,864,617 3,673,042 16,937,595,417 1,994,721 2,327,319,864
      With related children under 6 6,744,623 44,026,085,337 2,189,786 10,215,352,392 855,302 988,624,122
Nonfamily households 3,158,727 9,028,461,985 4,314,617 17,068,715,853 33,641 24,189,895
  Single-person household 2,426,821 5,537,575,022 3,922,513 14,036,379,090 2,518 1,200,974
      65 years and over 571,208 1,308,753,891 1,414,901 5,214,373,935 0 0
          Female 452,158 1,102,045,455 1,035,528 3,809,835,108 0 0

Educational Attainment by Householder
Less than 12 grade, no diploma 8,087,872 49,030,448,896 3,576,107 16,362,225,392 1,406,276 1,745,803,587
High school graduate, no college 8,019,663 46,990,442,221 3,492,251 14,679,613,723 1,220,824 1,424,513,590
College: Less than bachelor's degree 5,149,845 29,449,629,483 2,139,893 9,035,442,638 779,465 892,691,798
Bachelor's degree or more 823,338 3,612,110,792 442,058 1,721,451,058 121,065 139,977,470

Work Experience in 2009 of Householder
Total, under 65 years 20,966,948 125,077,617,935 8,044,198 35,735,709,183 3,454,178 4,126,056,392
 Worked at full-time jobs 5,393,605 34,472,917,877 1,160,687 4,814,156,999 1,235,851 1,573,436,686
  50 to 52 weeks 2,401,679 14,953,756,726 431,431 1,627,893,449 705,907 933,914,335
 Worked at part-time jobs 4,182,886 24,380,913,987 1,458,020 6,230,263,332 651,947 745,432,362
 Did not work 11,390,458 66,223,786,071 5,425,492 24,691,288,852 1,566,381 1,807,187,344

Number of Year-Round Full-Time Workers in the Household
No workers 17,979,355 103,074,446,184 8,976,853 38,824,169,429 2,424,287 2,791,061,934
One worker 3,848,096 24,366,113,673 645,589 2,788,404,496 1,010,486 1,289,225,942
Two workers or more 253,267 1,642,071,534 27,868 186,158,885 92,857 122,698,569

Program Participation Status of Household Members
Cash assistance 7,297,280 40,836,275,876 4,019,253 18,766,854,284 859,577 1,051,164,125
  Public assistance or welfare non-SSI 4,417,542 28,588,892,369 1,777,616 9,268,494,767 559,206 670,133,050
  SSI 3,516,901 15,396,967,773 2,437,687 10,158,197,986 403,787 513,455,839
Food stamps 22,080,718 129,082,631,392 7,061,148 31,089,096,904 2,489,358 3,044,099,178
Housing assistance 6,756,342 41,856,973,051 9,650,309 41,798,732,811 789,319 969,446,122
Energy assistance 5,523,635 33,354,511,089 2,101,043 8,790,045,498 606,635 710,361,570
Free or reduced-price school lunches 12,958,876 88,788,880,534 3,261,286 15,373,902,935 3,527,630 4,202,986,445
Household received
  both food stamps and cash assistance 		7,297,280 40,836,275,876 3,354,908 16,019,662,444 771,444 934,424,506

 

  Employer subsidized health insurance Medicare Medicaid
Aggregate Aggregate squared Aggregate Aggregate squared Aggregate Aggregate squared

Households with Householders in Poverty
 
        Total 		6,491,979 37,107,122,912 2,681,916 15,040,957,859 6,932,562 37,789,329,873

Race and Hispanic Origin of Householder
 
White alone or in combination 		4,745,078 26,697,034,952 2,006,091 12,028,197,620 4,797,210 25,395,394,657
  White alone 4,600,332 25,906,711,807 1,959,516 11,821,326,770 4,631,261 24,431,062,940
      White alone, not Hispanic 3,328,528 18,039,573,092 1,626,251 10,352,668,779 3,154,788 16,995,284,299
Black alone or in combination 1,335,041 7,222,281,816 601,226 2,839,635,016 1,883,651 11,119,198,004
  Black alone 1,302,473 7,051,669,657 568,909 2,665,662,607 1,795,768 10,678,330,493
Asian or Native Hawaiian and other Pacific
 Islander alone or in combination 		396,381 3,124,598,088 78,308 249,516,539 192,758 929,802,067
Asian alone or Native Hawaiian and other
Pacific Islander alone or
      Asian and Native Hawaiian 		349,520 2,913,342,332 78,231 249,495,275 160,190 652,866,932
  Asian alone or in combination 374,044 2,981,506,094 73,576 240,880,870 165,618 744,204,660
      Asian alone 330,404 2,787,986,608 73,499 240,859,606 138,535 541,076,314
Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander
    alone or in combination 		30,075 194,808,394 4,808 8,656,933 46,793 326,939,119
Native Hawaiian and other
        Pacific Islander alone 		19,116 125,355,724 4,732 8,635,669 20,986 109,208,332
American Indian and Alaska Native
 alone or in combination 		186,854 997,270,332 51,229 174,530,085 247,842 1,474,152,494
American Indian and
    Alaska Native alone 		76,935 348,150,393 28,616 97,579,652 159,980 923,688,501
Two or more races 162,719 887,248,724 46,644 206,893,555 186,033 1,105,963,292
Hispanic (of any race) 1,375,896 8,361,089,503 384,573 1,700,174,021 1,624,846 8,127,453,859
White alone or in combination, not Hispanic 3,458,552 18,762,317,209 1,672,661 10,559,461,697 3,273,173 17,658,636,773

Region
Northeast 1,223,165 7,971,644,458 676,908 3,499,846,369 1,871,950 11,697,176,904
Midwest 1,672,511 10,006,001,656 493,011 2,337,858,128 1,466,462 7,285,829,001
South 1,998,345 9,099,848,568 1,015,343 5,875,216,115 2,108,474 10,642,936,667
West 1,597,958 10,029,628,230 496,655 3,328,037,247 1,485,676 8,163,387,301

Type of Household
Married-couple families 1,814,082 10,612,702,497 328,556 1,383,359,480 2,297,979 13,597,443,816
  With related children under 18 1,424,418 8,737,079,514 226,936 1,162,218,664 2,166,886 13,241,791,454
      With related children under 6 890,604 5,662,955,860 110,406 486,179,950 1,588,408 9,836,098,075
Female householder, no husband present 2,060,112 11,765,515,339 418,504 2,300,254,519 2,587,781 13,397,563,179
  With related children under 18 1,901,887 11,027,379,525 346,190 1,990,186,082 2,481,971 12,982,474,057
      With related children under 6 1,180,235 7,237,409,337 172,848 865,735,718 1,736,889 9,727,918,110
Nonfamily households 1,893,110 10,045,225,054 1,814,228 10,607,221,893 1,544,243 8,021,607,552
  Single-person household 308,848 811,194,496 775,891 1,772,187,119 690,713 1,616,467,473
      65 years and over 9,353 18,415,288 483,083 1,178,370,114 122,365 123,978,621
          Female 1,430 1,460,446 359,888 880,927,450 101,242 111,504,676

Educational Attainment by Householder
Less than 12 grade, no diploma 1,247,587 7,107,862,614 985,272 5,001,465,483 2,481,212 15,106,536,686
High school graduate, no college 2,151,771 12,471,666,356 926,011 5,223,219,221 2,590,321 13,944,608,890
College: Less than bachelor's degree 1,926,596 10,137,861,524 603,364 4,188,134,373 1,508,992 6,986,832,492
Bachelor's degree or more 1,166,026 7,389,732,417 167,270 628,138,782 352,036 1,751,351,804

Work Experience in 2009 of Householder
Total, under 65 years 6,323,256 36,428,245,121 1,868,116 11,856,322,976 6,676,047 36,928,702,758
 Worked at full-time jobs 2,674,781 15,072,086,593 200,455 988,277,622 2,342,526 12,915,571,803
  50 to 52 weeks 1,585,848 9,102,536,004 89,136 458,328,337 1,175,050 6,704,863,706
 Worked at part-time jobs 1,716,446 9,669,243,389 301,315 3,118,413,070 1,251,829 6,688,567,261
 Did not work 1,932,029 11,686,915,138 1,366,346 7,749,632,285 3,081,692 17,324,563,695

Number of Year-Round Full-Time Workers in the Household
No workers 2,149,780 10,994,268,914 2,441,121 13,509,748,693 4,685,869 23,620,689,244
One worker 3,749,932 21,121,610,069 214,813 1,415,013,544 1,994,231 12,499,105,819
Two workers or more 592,267 4,991,243,929 25,982 116,195,623 252,463 1,669,534,809

Program Participation Status of Household Members
Cash assistance 283,647 1,450,164,302 982,080 5,289,100,832 2,714,401 15,950,967,314
  Public assistance or welfare non-SSI 154,009 816,008,302 137,799 515,857,937 1,146,631 7,108,493,006
  SSI 139,439 665,901,861 916,747 5,007,688,276 1,877,047 11,054,179,759
Food stamps 1,214,227 6,298,065,222 1,651,682 7,969,624,774 5,800,486 32,027,579,962
Housing assistance 359,265 1,787,361,653 1,049,978 4,328,946,886 2,602,195 13,730,332,801
Energy assistance 340,429 2,166,344,806 561,073 2,741,925,825 1,673,349 9,463,804,600
Free or reduced-price school lunches 1,725,501 9,949,400,475 453,333 2,684,131,757 3,496,121 20,587,418,677
Household received
  both food stamps and cash assistance 		139,544 693,511,803 761,207 3,462,122,124 2,394,141 14,108,815,585

Race Footnotes

Income Definition Footnotes

Source: U.S. Census Bureau
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