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POV23: Poverty Status, Work Experience, and Family Earnings for People 16 Years Old and Over:  2005
       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.................................          155,127          22,918            14.8         104,876           8,003             7.6           9,340           8,707            93.2           2,894           2,502            86.4
16 to 17 years................................            2,804             338            12.1              90              11            12.7             211             190            90.1               7               3             (B)
18 to 64 years................................          145,985          20,043            13.7         102,126           7,538             7.4           9,000           8,390            93.2           2,861           2,473            86.4
   18 to 24 years.............................           20,321           5,048            24.8           8,048           1,482            18.4           2,563           2,449            95.6             454             417            92.0
   25 to 34 years.............................           33,051           4,995            15.1          23,745           2,034             8.6           2,579           2,373            92.0             896             764            85.2
   35 to 44 years.............................           36,285           3,766            10.4          27,865           1,674             6.0           1,933           1,748            90.4             803             665            82.8
   45 to 54 years.............................           35,416           3,307             9.3          27,565           1,441             5.2           1,273           1,185            93.1             496             431            86.9
   55 to 64 years.............................           20,911           2,927            14.0          14,903             907             6.1             653             634            97.2             213             196            92.1
65 years and over.............................            6,338           2,536            40.0           2,660             454            17.1             129             127            98.8              25              25             (B)

  Male

    Total /17.................................           82,735          10,475            12.7          61,510           4,027             6.5           4,216           3,805            90.3           1,609           1,311            81.5
16 to 17 years................................            1,433             158            11.0              67               9             (B)             101              89            88.9               6               2             (B)
18 to 64 years................................           77,740           9,121            11.7          59,810           3,800             6.4           4,050           3,653            90.2           1,581           1,287            81.4
   18 to 24 years.............................           10,641           2,343            22.0           4,726             804            17.0           1,050             981            93.4             210             180            85.5
   25 to 34 years.............................           18,094           2,415            13.3          14,294           1,127             7.9           1,178           1,041            88.3             550             448            81.4
   35 to 44 years.............................           19,583           1,790             9.1          16,609             856             5.2             911             795            87.3             447             349            78.1
   45 to 54 years.............................           18,492           1,486             8.0          15,716             679             4.3             633             568            89.7             273             218            79.9
   55 to 64 years.............................           10,930           1,087             9.9           8,465             333             3.9             278             268            96.3             101              93            91.6
65 years and over.............................            3,562           1,196            33.6           1,632             219            13.4              65              63             (B)              22              22             (B)

  Female

    Total /17.................................           72,392          12,443            17.2          43,366           3,975             9.2           5,124           4,902            95.7           1,285           1,190            92.6
16 to 17 years................................            1,371             180            13.1              23               3             (B)             110             101            91.1               1               1             (B)
18 to 64 years................................           68,245          10,922            16.0          42,316           3,738             8.8           4,950           4,737            95.7           1,280           1,185            92.6
   18 to 24 years.............................            9,679           2,705            27.9           3,322             677            20.4           1,513           1,468            97.1             244             238            97.6
   25 to 34 years.............................           14,957           2,580            17.2           9,451             907             9.6           1,400           1,333            95.2             346             316            91.2
   35 to 44 years.............................           16,702           1,976            11.8          11,255             817             7.3           1,022             953            93.2             356             316            88.7
   45 to 54 years.............................           16,925           1,822            10.8          11,849             762             6.4             640             617            96.4             222             213            95.6
   55 to 64 years.............................            9,982           1,840            18.4           6,438             574             8.9             375             366            97.7             112             103            92.4
65 years and over.............................            2,776           1,340            48.3           1,027             235            22.9              64              64             (B)               4               4             (B)

  Household Relationship /17

    People 16 to 64 years old /17.............          148,789          20,381            13.7         102,216           7,549             7.4           9,211           8,579            93.1           2,869           2,476            86.3
In families /2................................          117,874          10,765             9.1          79,972           3,731             4.7           5,764           5,133            89.1           2,145           1,753            81.7
    Householder...............................           53,608           6,112            11.4          40,273           2,306             5.7           3,641           3,362            92.3           1,387           1,184            85.4
In families with related children under
    18 years /9...............................           65,941           6,570            10.0          43,847           2,411             5.5           4,795           4,185            87.3           1,832           1,461            79.7
    Householder...............................           32,390           4,457            13.8          24,088           1,758             7.3           3,166           2,892            91.4           1,222           1,024            83.8
In families with related children under
    6 years /9................................           27,293           3,179            11.6          18,875           1,200             6.4           2,763           2,344            84.9           1,096             836            76.2
    Householder...............................           14,158           2,271            16.0          10,167             848             8.3           1,863           1,672            89.7             708             569            80.5
In married-couple families /11................          133,337           6,999             5.2          95,636           2,636             2.8           3,869           3,181            82.2           1,898           1,442            76.0
    Husbands /11..............................           43,115           2,182             5.1          37,058           1,032             2.8           1,524           1,252            82.1             912             686            75.2
    Wives /11.................................           35,906           2,001             5.6          22,643             594             2.6             776             669            86.2             253             212            83.6
    Related children /18......................           12,569             569             4.5           3,920             151             3.9             213             148            69.4              41              31             (B)
    Other.....................................            1,616             112             6.9             996              28             2.8              68              35             (B)              30               9             (B)
    Householder...............................           40,131           2,135             5.3          31,019             830             2.7           1,287           1,077            83.7             662             504            76.2

Source:  U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2006 Annual Social and Economic Supplement.
POV23: Poverty Status, Work Experience, and Family Earnings for People 16 Years Old and Over:  2005
       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.................           74,916           3,544             4.7          53,119           1,510             2.8           3,135           2,457            78.4           1,593           1,146            72.0
    Husbands /11..............................           25,391           1,340             5.3          22,276             723             3.2           1,286           1,016            79.0             806             583            72.3
    Wives /11.................................           19,099             782             4.1          11,171             236             2.1             586             479            81.9             181             140            77.6
    Related children /18......................            6,456             249             3.9           1,291              33             2.5             172             110            63.8              24              15             (B)
    Other.....................................            1,072              44             4.1             687              13             1.9              60              29             (B)              27               9             (B)
    Householder...............................           22,898           1,128             4.9          17,693             505             2.9           1,031             823            79.8             554             399            71.9
In married-couple families with related
   children under 6 years /9..................           32,637           1,960             6.0          23,780             886             3.7           2,007           1,531            76.3           1,038             723            69.7
    Husbands /11..............................           12,066             836             6.9          10,532             472             4.5             872             676            77.5             554             390            70.3
    Wives /11.................................            8,236             381             4.6           4,435             102             2.3             353             282            79.8              95              74            78.0
    Related children /18......................            1,102              65             5.9             359              13             3.6              65              31             (B)               9               6             (B)
    Other.....................................              739              27             3.6             492               8             1.6              48              22             (B)              21               6             (B)
    Householder...............................           10,494             650             6.2           7,963             292             3.7             669             520            77.7             359             248            69.0
In families with male householder,
   no wife present............................            7,623           1,063            14.0           5,299             418             7.9             501             446            88.9             185             149            80.7
    Householder...............................            3,910             651            16.7           2,922             272             9.3             342             321            93.7             119             104            87.1
    Other.....................................            3,713             412            11.1           2,377             146             6.1             159             125            78.4              65              45             (B)
In families with male householder, no
  wife present with related children under
  18 years /9.................................            3,309             554            16.7           2,326             242            10.4             364             321            88.2             135             113            83.2
    Householder...............................            2,211             427            19.3           1,708             197            11.5             269             251            93.3              99              87            87.7
    Related children /18......................              449              63            14.1             118               9             7.5              34              33             (B)               5               5             (B)
    Other.....................................              649              64             9.8             500              37             7.4              61              38             (B)              32              22             (B)
In families with male householder, no
  wife present with related children under
  6 years /9..................................            1,155             249            21.6             847             103            12.2             191             165            86.3              74              54             (B)
    Householder...............................              840             212            25.3             633              94            14.9             153             140            91.7              59              47             (B)
    Related children /18......................               86              14            16.4              41               0             (B)               9               8             (B)               0               0             (X)
    Other.....................................              229              23            10.1             174               9             5.1              29              17             (B)              15               7             (B)
In families with female householder,
  no husband present..........................           17,045           4,838            28.4          10,057           1,508            15.0           2,681           2,584            96.4             724             666            92.1
    Householder...............................            9,567           3,326            34.8           6,332           1,204            19.0           2,011           1,963            97.6             606             576            95.1
    Other.....................................            7,477           1,511            20.2           3,724             304             8.2             670             620            92.7             118              90            76.4
In families with female householder, no
  husband present with related children under
  18 years /9.................................           10,614           3,601            33.9           6,095           1,164            19.1           2,327           2,230            95.8             658             601            91.3
    Householder...............................            7,280           2,902            39.9           4,687           1,056            22.5           1,866           1,818            97.4             569             539            94.8
    Related children /18......................            2,160             544            25.2             646              58             8.9             343             315            91.6              36              26             (B)
    Other.....................................            1,173             155            13.2             762              50             6.5             117              97            82.7              53              36             (B)
In families with female householder, no
  husband present with related children under
  6 years /9..................................            3,995           1,620            40.5           2,210             503            22.8           1,234           1,169            94.7             343             306            89.2
    Householder...............................            2,824           1,409            49.9           1,571             461            29.4           1,041           1,012            97.1             289             274            94.8
    Related children /18......................              564             130            23.1             243              19             7.7             113              96            84.5              22              14             (B)
    Other.....................................              607              80            13.2             396              23             5.8              79              61            77.3              33              18             (B)

In unrelated subfamilies /3...................              434             152            35.0             282              57            20.4              84              82            98.0              20              20             (B)

Unrelated individuals /4......................           30,885           9,510            30.8          21,970           3,764            17.1           3,385           3,385           100.0             704             704           100.0
    Male......................................           17,532           4,949            28.2          12,821           2,105            16.4           1,687           1,687           100.0             393             393           100.0
     Householder..............................           11,578           2,812            24.3           8,567           1,053            12.3             935             935           100.0             216             216           100.0
    Female....................................           13,353           4,561            34.2           9,149           1,659            18.1           1,698           1,698           100.0             310             310           100.0
     Householder..............................            9,666           2,892            29.9           6,871           1,070            15.6             938             938           100.0             185             185           100.0
 
 
Source:  U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2006 Annual Social and Economic Supplement.


Poverty Footnotes

Source: U.S. Census Bureau
Contact: Housing and Household Economic Statistics Information Staff at (301)763-3242
Last revised: August 29, 2006
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