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POV23: Poverty Status, Work Experience, and Family Earnings for People 16 Years Old and Over:  2004
       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                         Earnings below wtd. avg                         Earnings below wtd. avg                         Earnings below wtd. avg
                                                                        poverty threshold for 4                         poverty threshold for 4                         poverty threshold for 4                         poverty threshold for 4
                                                                        person family /33                               person family /33                               person family /33                               person family /33
                                                                        _______________________                         _______________________                         _______________________                         _______________________
                                                        All                                             All
                                                        income                                          income                                          Poor,                                           Poor,
                                                        levels          Number          Percent         levels          Number          Percent         total           Number          Percent         total           Number          Percent
                                                        _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
All races

Both Sexes

    Total /17.................................          153,050          23,877            15.6         102,495           8,250             8.0           9,384           8,815            93.9           2,891           2,542            87.9
16 to 17 years................................            2,839             330            11.6              95              13            13.9             210             192            91.7               7               7             (B)
18 to 64 years................................          143,840          20,872            14.5          99,889           7,847             7.9           9,035           8,485            93.9           2,838           2,489            87.7
   18 to 24 years.............................           20,250           5,410            26.7           7,806           1,523            19.5           2,576           2,486            96.5             454             421            92.7
   25 to 34 years.............................           32,773           5,140            15.7          23,378           2,048             8.8           2,567           2,375            92.5             865             740            85.6
   35 to 44 years.............................           36,484           3,976            10.9          27,757           1,793             6.5           1,961           1,787            91.1             815             683            83.8
   45 to 54 years.............................           34,666           3,514            10.1          26,927           1,571             5.8           1,289           1,217            94.4             477             432            90.6
   55 to 64 years.............................           19,667           2,833            14.4          14,020             911             6.5             641             621            96.8             226             212            93.8
65 years and over.............................            6,370           2,675            42.0           2,511             390            15.5             140             137            98.0              47              46             (B)

  Male

    Total /17.................................           81,262          11,054            13.6          60,091           4,303             7.2           4,355           3,999            91.8           1,677           1,420            84.7
16 to 17 years................................            1,445             161            11.1              60               7             (B)             104              95            91.4               2               2             (B)
18 to 64 years................................           76,305           9,630            12.6          58,493           4,077             7.0           4,175           3,830            91.8           1,633           1,377            84.3
   18 to 24 years.............................           10,478           2,427            23.2           4,576             772            16.9           1,065           1,019            95.7             237             212            89.2
   25 to 34 years.............................           17,906           2,519            14.1          14,111           1,167             8.3           1,183           1,059            89.5             515             417            80.8
   35 to 44 years.............................           19,540           1,920             9.8          16,534             941             5.7             919             810            88.1             453             365            80.6
   45 to 54 years.............................           18,066           1,652             9.1          15,246             775             5.1             693             642            92.7             283             252            88.8
   55 to 64 years.............................           10,315           1,112            10.8           8,026             422             5.3             315             300            95.3             144             132            91.8
65 years and over.............................            3,512           1,264            36.0           1,538             220            14.3              77              74            96.3              42              41             (B)

  Female

    Total /17.................................           71,788          12,822            17.9          42,404           3,947             9.3           5,029           4,816            95.8           1,214           1,122            92.4
16 to 17 years................................            1,395             169            12.1              35               7             (B)             106              98            92.0               5               5             (B)
18 to 64 years................................           67,535          11,242            16.6          41,396           3,770             9.1           4,860           4,655            95.8           1,205           1,112            92.3
   18 to 24 years.............................            9,772           2,983            30.5           3,231             751            23.2           1,511           1,467            97.1             217             210            96.5
   25 to 34 years.............................           14,867           2,621            17.6           9,267             882             9.5           1,384           1,316            95.1             349             324            92.7
   35 to 44 years.............................           16,944           2,056            12.1          11,223             852             7.6           1,041             976            93.8             362             318            87.8
   45 to 54 years.............................           16,600           1,862            11.2          11,682             796             6.8             597             575            96.3             194             181            93.2
   55 to 64 years.............................            9,352           1,721            18.4           5,994             489             8.2             327             321            98.2              82              80            97.5
65 years and over.............................            2,859           1,411            49.4             973             170            17.4              63              63             (B)               5               5             (B)

  Household Relationship /17

    People 16 to 64 years old /17.............          146,680          21,202            14.5          99,983           7,860             7.9           9,245           8,678            93.9           2,845           2,496            87.8
In families /2................................          116,338          11,184             9.6          78,327           4,028             5.1           5,912           5,344            90.4           2,218           1,869            84.3
    Householder...............................           53,238           6,257            11.8          39,736           2,414             6.1           3,700           3,450            93.2           1,437           1,259            87.6
In families with related children under
    18 years /9...............................           65,852           6,875            10.4          43,153           2,567             5.9           4,931           4,363            88.5           1,884           1,535            81.5
    Householder...............................           32,437           4,643            14.3          23,792           1,845             7.8           3,247           2,997            92.3           1,270           1,092            86.0
In families with related children under
    6 years /9................................           27,152           3,385            12.5          18,361           1,218             6.6           2,844           2,461            86.5           1,077             837            77.7
    Householder...............................           14,194           2,408            17.0          10,010             888             8.9           1,914           1,745            91.2             723             602            83.2
In married-couple families /11................          132,250           7,526             5.7          94,040           2,907             3.1           4,157           3,509            84.4           1,967           1,538            78.2
    Husbands /11..............................           43,047           2,498             5.8          36,703           1,242             3.4           1,717           1,446            84.2           1,011             790            78.1
    Wives /11.................................           35,455           2,030             5.7          22,002             579             2.6             806             705            87.4             226             182            80.6
    Related children /18......................           12,345             639             5.2           3,766             140             3.7             235             180            76.4              36              25             (B)
    Other.....................................            1,521             102             6.7             946              25             2.7              51              27             (B)              16               4             (B)
    Householder...............................           39,882           2,257             5.7          30,624             921             3.0           1,348           1,153            85.5             678             538            79.3

Source:  U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2005 Annual Social and Economic Supplement.  Based on the June 2006 Weighting Correction.
POV23: Poverty Status, Work Experience, and Family Earnings for People 16 Years Old and Over:  2004
       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                         Earnings below wtd. avg                         Earnings below wtd. avg                         Earnings below wtd. avg
                                                                        poverty threshold for 4                         poverty threshold for 4                         poverty threshold for 4                         poverty threshold for 4
                                                                        person family /33                               person family /33                               person family /33                               person family /33
                                                                        _______________________                         _______________________                         _______________________                         _______________________
                                                        All                                             All
                                                        income                                          income                                          Poor,                                           Poor,
                                                        levels          Number          Percent         levels          Number          Percent         total           Number          Percent         total           Number          Percent
                                                        _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
In married-couple families with related
   children under 18 years /9.................           74,748           3,777             5.1          52,241           1,668             3.2           3,316           2,669            80.5           1,656           1,227            74.1
    Husbands /11..............................           25,324           1,494             5.9          21,977             836             3.8           1,424           1,153            81.0             882             660            74.9
    Wives /11.................................           19,017             796             4.2          10,808             232             2.2             599             498            83.1             162             119            73.0
    Related children /18......................            6,518             248             3.8           1,338              28             2.1             181             126            69.4              20               8             (B)
    Other.....................................            1,030              37             3.6             676               6             0.8              44              20             (B)              16               4             (B)
    Householder...............................           22,859           1,203             5.3          17,442             566             3.2           1,068             873            81.7             577             436            75.7
In married-couple families with related
   children under 6 years /9..................           32,231           2,015             6.3          23,062             896             3.9           2,021           1,569            77.6           1,009             703            69.7
    Husbands /11..............................           11,954             901             7.5          10,251             495             4.8             924             727            78.6             559             396            70.8
    Wives /11.................................            8,032             356             4.4           4,169              66             1.6             326             264            80.9              71              49             (B)
    Related children /18......................            1,174              66             5.6             428              13             2.9              74              38             (B)              10               0             (B)
    Other.....................................              682              22             3.2             447               4             0.9              36              17             (B)              15               3             (B)
    Householder...............................           10,388             671             6.5           7,768             318             4.1             661             524            79.3             355             256            72.1
In families with male householder,
   no wife present............................            7,237           1,026            14.2           4,926             384             7.8             527             501            95.1             184             174            95.1
    Householder...............................            3,742             634            16.9           2,752             263             9.5             343             336            97.7             134             129            96.5
    Other.....................................            3,495             392            11.2           2,174             122             5.6             184             166            90.3              49              45             (B)
In families with male householder, no
  wife present with related children under
  18 years /9.................................            3,337             582            17.4           2,296             228             9.9             369             343            93.0             129             120            93.0
    Householder...............................            2,191             444            20.3           1,666             191            11.5             274             266            97.1             107             102            95.6
    Related children /18......................              447              72            16.1             134              14            10.2              32              30             (B)               4               3             (B)
    Other.....................................              699              66             9.4             497              23             4.6              63              47             (B)              18              14             (B)
In families with male householder, no
  wife present with related children under
  6 years /9..................................            1,255             296            23.6             876             121            13.8             216             194            90.0              72              66             (B)
    Householder...............................              917             247            26.9             672             110            16.4             168             162            96.1              64              61             (B)
    Related children /18......................               83              21            25.1              34               7             (B)              11              10             (B)               3               3             (B)
    Other.....................................              255              28            11.1             170               3             2.1              36              23             (B)               5               2             (B)
In families with female householder,
  no husband present..........................           16,733           4,888            29.2           9,984           1,658            16.6           2,576           2,485            96.5             745             695            93.2
    Householder...............................            9,614           3,366            35.0           6,360           1,231            19.4           2,008           1,962            97.7             625             592            94.7
    Other.....................................            7,119           1,522            21.4           3,624             427            11.8             568             523            92.2             120             103            85.8
In families with female householder, no
  husband present with related children under
  18 years /9.................................           10,626           3,719            35.0           6,058           1,237            20.4           2,315           2,224            96.1             675             625            92.5
    Householder...............................            7,386           2,997            40.6           4,684           1,088            23.2           1,904           1,858            97.6             586             553            94.3
    Related children /18......................            2,095             525            25.1             623              64            10.2             278             251            90.5              33              23             (B)
    Other.....................................            1,145             197            17.2             751              85            11.3             132             115            86.6              56              49             (B)
In families with female householder, no
  husband present with related children under
  6 years /9..................................            4,054           1,745            43.1           2,191             520            23.7           1,268           1,221            96.3             351             324            92.3
    Householder...............................            2,889           1,490            51.6           1,570             460            29.3           1,085           1,059            97.7             304             285            93.8
    Related children /18......................              576             151            26.3             248              26            10.5             108              98            90.5              16              13             (B)
    Other.....................................              588             104            17.7             373              33             9.0              75              64            84.9              31              26             (B)

In unrelated subfamilies /3...................              427             187            43.8             277              78            28.3             117             117           100.0              36              36             (B)

Unrelated individuals /4......................           30,383           9,899            32.6          21,402           3,758            17.6           3,255           3,255           100.0             591             591           100.0
    Male......................................           17,004           5,151            30.3          12,305           2,120            17.2           1,650           1,650           100.0             335             335           100.0
     Householder..............................           11,383           2,965            26.0           8,400           1,189            14.2             896             896           100.0             231             231           100.0
    Female....................................           13,380           4,748            35.5           9,097           1,637            18.0           1,605           1,605           100.0             256             256           100.0
     Householder..............................            9,702           3,027            31.2           6,883           1,068            15.5             897             897           100.0             167             167           100.0
 
 
Source:  U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2005 Annual Social and Economic Supplement.  Based on the June 2006 Weighting Correction.


Poverty Footnotes

Source: U.S. Census Bureau
Contact: Housing and Household Economic Statistics Information Staff at (301)763-3242
Last revised: November 02, 2006
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