Poverty 23--Part 100

Current Population Survey (CPS)

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Annual Social and Economic (ASEC) Supplement

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POV23: Poverty Status, Work Experience, and Family Earnings for People 16 Years Old and Over: 2007

Below 100% of Poverty -- All Races

[Numbers in thousands]

	All income levels						With income below poverty threshold
	Worked in previous year /16			Worked full-time year-round /16			Worked in previous year /16			Worked full-time year-round /16
		Earnings below wtd. avg poverty threshold for 4 person family /33			Earnings below wtd. avg poverty threshold for 4 person family /33			Earnings below wtd. avg poverty threshold for 4 person family /33			Earnings below wtd. avg poverty threshold for 4 person family /33
	All income levels	Number	Percent	All income levels	Number	Percent	Poor, total	Number	Percent	Poor, total	Number	Percent
All races
Both Sexes
Total /17	158,468	24,655	15.6	108,617	9,198	8.5	9,089	8,575	94.4	2,768	2,444	88.3
16 to 17 years	2,615	335	12.8	99	19	19.5	193	176	91.4	8	4	(B)
18 to 64 years	148,603	21,707	14.6	105,244	8,747	8.3	8,769	8,274	94.4	2,740	2,421	88.4
18 to 24 years	20,245	5,402	26.7	8,140	1,766	21.7	2,419	2,330	96.3	458	427	93.1
25 to 34 years	33,792	5,510	16.3	24,472	2,378	9.7	2,523	2,387	94.6	814	725	89.0
35 to 44 years	35,553	3,966	11.2	27,617	1,850	6.7	1,879	1,717	91.4	800	685	85.6
45 to 54 years	36,222	3,670	10.1	28,457	1,685	5.9	1,286	1,198	93.1	499	432	86.5
55 to 64 years	22,792	3,160	13.9	16,558	1,069	6.5	662	642	96.9	168	153	91.0
65 years and over	7,250	2,613	36.0	3,274	432	13.2	127	126	98.9	20	19	(B)
Male
Total /17	84,292	11,668	13.8	62,994	4,824	7.7	4,199	3,865	92.0	1,534	1,303	85.0
16 to 17 years	1,323	177	13.4	59	11	(B)	104	95	91.1	8	4	(B)
18 to 64 years	79,027	10,308	13.0	60,927	4,588	7.5	4,032	3,708	92.0	1,514	1,288	85.1
18 to 24 years	10,727	2,546	23.7	4,775	965	20.2	1,009	961	95.2	232	215	92.8
25 to 34 years	18,286	2,791	15.3	14,309	1,348	9.4	1,136	1,044	91.9	449	384	85.6
35 to 44 years	19,114	1,979	10.4	16,357	1,020	6.2	893	787	88.1	444	363	81.7
45 to 54 years	19,003	1,736	9.1	16,141	842	5.2	680	620	91.1	297	248	83.4
55 to 64 years	11,897	1,257	10.6	9,346	412	4.4	313	297	94.8	91	78	85.5
65 years and over	3,942	1,182	30.0	2,008	225	11.2	63	62	(B)	13	11	(B)
Female
Total /17	74,176	12,987	17.5	45,622	4,375	9.6	4,890	4,710	96.3	1,234	1,141	92.5
16 to 17 years	1,292	158	12.2	40	8	(B)	88	81	91.8	0	0	(B)
18 to 64 years	69,576	11,398	16.4	44,317	4,159	9.4	4,738	4,565	96.4	1,226	1,133	92.4
18 to 24 years	9,517	2,856	30.0	3,365	801	23.8	1,410	1,370	97.2	226	212	93.5
25 to 34 years	15,506	2,719	17.5	10,163	1,029	10.1	1,387	1,343	96.8	365	340	93.2
35 to 44 years	16,439	1,987	12.1	11,261	830	7.4	986	930	94.4	355	322	90.6
45 to 54 years	17,220	1,934	11.2	12,317	843	6.8	606	578	95.4	202	184	91.1
55 to 64 years	10,894	1,903	17.5	7,211	657	9.1	349	345	98.8	77	75	97.5
65 years and over	3,308	1,431	43.3	1,266	207	16.4	64	64	(B)	8	8	(B)
Household Relationship /17
People 16 to 64 years old /17	151,218	22,042	14.6	105,343	8,766	8.3	8,962	8,450	94.3	2,748	2,425	88.3
In families /2	118,526	11,157	9.4	81,543	4,145	5.1	5,698	5,187	91.0	2,125	1,804	84.9
Householder	53,834	6,290	11.7	40,653	2,491	6.1	3,585	3,370	94.0	1,377	1,221	88.7
In families with related children under 18 years /9	64,794	6,828	10.5	43,468	2,628	6.0	4,786	4,281	89.5	1,852	1,536	82.9
Householder	31,843	4,705	14.8	23,672	1,935	8.2	3,209	2,995	93.3	1,245	1,089	87.5
In families with related children under 6 years /9	27,013	3,335	12.3	18,699	1,280	6.8	2,795	2,456	87.9	1,076	862	80.1
Householder	14,061	2,441	17.4	10,076	936	9.3	1,912	1,774	92.8	710	606	85.4
In married-couple families /11	133,340	6,816	5.1	96,925	2,717	2.8	3,532	3,005	85.1	1,707	1,356	79.5
Husbands /11	42,919	2,160	5.0	37,046	1,062	2.9	1,438	1,209	84.0	852	672	78.8
Wives /11	36,086	1,847	5.1	23,491	574	2.4	638	568	89.0	191	157	82.3
Related children /18	12,684	641	5.1	4,158	193	4.6	240	187	78.2	63	43	(B)
Other	1,655	128	7.7	1,043	36	3.5	81	56	69.3	30	20	(B)
Householder	39,996	2,040	5.1	31,187	851	2.7	1,136	985	86.7	572	464	81.3
In married-couple families with related children under 18 years /9	72,729	3,371	4.6	52,148	1,538	2.9	2,918	2,395	82.0	1,492	1,144	76.7
Husbands /11	24,573	1,302	5.3	21,564	726	3.4	1,254	1,026	81.8	776	596	76.9
Wives /11	18,675	683	3.7	11,229	212	1.9	480	410	85.4	145	111	76.7
Related children /18	6,281	257	4.1	1,433	53	3.7	183	133	72.8	42	24	(B)
Other	1,032	45	4.3	694	18	2.6	59	34	(B)	23	14	(B)
Householder	22,168	1,083	4.9	17,228	528	3.1	943	792	84.0	505	398	78.8
In married-couple families with related children under 6 years /9	31,671	1,846	5.8	23,203	840	3.6	1,801	1,459	81.0	912	678	74.3
Husbands /11	11,671	801	6.9	10,107	445	4.4	822	665	80.9	496	374	75.4
Wives /11	8,020	302	3.8	4,468	70	1.6	263	220	83.7	69	48	(B)
Related children /18	1,151	82	7.2	452	15	3.3	75	52	(B)	13	3	(B)
Other	665	35	5.2	441	15	3.4	52	29	(B)	23	14	(B)
Householder	10,165	626	6.2	7,735	296	3.8	589	492	83.6	311	239	76.8
In families with male householder, no wife present	7,549	1,197	15.9	5,133	466	9.1	532	502	94.3	183	165	90.1
Householder	3,958	720	18.2	2,906	289	9.9	340	329	96.7	125	118	94.4
Other	3,591	477	13.3	2,227	177	8.0	192	173	90.0	58	47	(B)
In families with male householder, no wife present with related children under 18 years /9	3,456	627	18.2	2,317	264	11.4	354	327	92.3	140	123	88.4
Householder	2,293	494	21.5	1,732	223	12.9	271	261	96.3	108	101	93.5
Related children /18	524	58	11.0	138	14	10.0	26	23	(B)	4	4	(B)
Other	639	76	11.9	446	27	6.0	57	42	(B)	28	19	(B)
In families with male householder, no wife present with related children under 6 years /9	1,354	317	23.4	943	148	15.7	212	192	90.7	91	79	87.6
Householder	969	278	28.6	719	136	18.9	173	167	96.5	78	73	94.1
Related children /18	140	19	13.8	45	3	(B)	17	15	(B)	0	0	(X)
Other	246	20	8.0	179	10	5.5	22	11	(B)	13	6	(B)
In families with female householder, no husband present	17,634	5,183	29.4	10,672	1,813	17.0	2,770	2,665	96.2	807	747	92.6
Householder	9,880	3,530	35.7	6,559	1,350	20.6	2,110	2,057	97.5	681	639	93.9
Other	7,753	1,654	21.3	4,112	463	11.3	660	608	92.2	126	108	86.0
In families with female householder no husband present with related children under 18 years /9	10,777	3,913	36.3	6,232	1,355	21.7	2,456	2,352	95.8	726	668	91.9
Householder	7,382	3,127	42.4	4,711	1,183	25.1	1,995	1,942	97.3	631	590	93.4
Related children /18	2,222	589	26.5	709	85	11.9	317	287	90.6	30	26	(B)
Other	1,173	197	16.8	812	87	10.7	144	123	85.3	65	52	(B)
In families with female householder no husband present with related children under 6 years /9	4,152	1,798	43.3	2,288	588	25.7	1,371	1,297	94.6	384	344	89.5
Householder	2,928	1,538	52.5	1,623	504	31.1	1,150	1,115	96.9	321	294	91.7
Related children /18	620	141	22.7	243	24	10.1	119	100	83.8	14	12	(B)
Other	604	120	19.8	423	59	13.9	101	82	81.0	49	38	(B)
In unrelated subfamilies /3	568	199	35.1	345	51	14.8	118	117	98.9	17	15	(B)
Unrelated individuals /4	32,569	10,751	33.0	23,478	4,576	19.5	3,172	3,172	100.0	606	606	100.0
Male	18,656	5,895	31.6	13,769	2,673	19.4	1,693	1,693	100.0	374	374	100.0
Householder	12,484	3,203	25.7	9,413	1,301	13.8	906	906	100.0	214	214	100.0
Female	13,913	4,856	34.9	9,709	1,903	19.6	1,479	1,479	100.0	232	232	100.0
Householder	9,972	3,042	30.5	7,233	1,218	16.8	798	798	100.0	128	128	100.0

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2008 Annual Social and Economic Supplement.

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