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POV23: Poverty Status, Work Experience, and Family Earnings for People 16 Years Old and Over:  2006
       Below 100% of Poverty -- All Races
[Numbers in thousands]

                                           ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                                                 All income levels                                        With income below poverty threshold
                                           ______________________________________________________________    ______________________________________________________________
                                                                                  Worked full-time                                                  Worked full-time
                                            Worked in previous year /16            year-round /16             Worked in previous year /16            year-round /16
                                           _____________________________    _____________________________    _____________________________    _____________________________
                                                      Earnings below                   Earnings below                   Earnings below                   Earnings below
                                                      wtd. avg. poverty                wtd. avg. poverty                wtd. avg. poverty                wtd. avg. poverty
                                                      threshold for 4                  threshold for 4                  threshold for 4                  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.........................     157,352     24,305       15.4    107,734      9,189        8.5      9,181      8,681       94.6      2,906      2,601       89.5
16 to 17 years........................       2,801        329       11.7        100         10        9.9        194        172       88.6          3          3        (B)
18 to 64 years........................     147,789     21,312       14.4    104,626      8,709        8.3      8,854      8,381       94.7      2,871      2,567       89.4
   18 to 24 years.....................      20,386      5,516       27.1      8,186      1,731       21.1      2,563      2,505       97.7        439        427       97.3
   25 to 34 years.....................      33,647      5,289       15.7     24,530      2,374        9.7      2,622      2,477       94.5        967        875       90.5
   35 to 44 years.....................      36,033      3,999       11.1     27,966      1,959        7.0      1,922      1,735       90.3        796        664       83.4
   45 to 54 years.....................      36,006      3,572        9.9     28,304      1,674        5.9      1,174      1,097       93.5        499        437       87.6
   55 to 64 years.....................      21,716      2,936       13.5     15,640        972        6.2        573        566       98.8        169        164       96.7
65 years and over.....................       6,763      2,664       39.4      3,008        470       15.6        132        128       96.9         33         31        (B)

  Male
    Total /17.........................      83,767     11,315       13.5     63,058      4,767        7.6      4,193      3,902       93.1      1,637      1,427       87.2
16 to 17 years........................       1,418        170       12.0         70          2        (B)         92         84       91.1          0          0        (X)
18 to 64 years........................      78,628      9,890       12.6     61,158      4,519        7.4      4,034      3,752       93.0      1,616      1,407       87.1
   18 to 24 years.....................      10,664      2,551       23.9      4,870        917       18.8      1,093      1,065       97.4        248        243       98.1
   25 to 34 years.....................      18,395      2,672       14.5     14,610      1,346        9.2      1,204      1,121       93.1        550        486       88.4
   35 to 44 years.....................      19,438      1,909        9.8     16,711      1,021        6.1        900        784       87.2        444        352       79.3
   45 to 54 years.....................      18,748      1,599        8.5     16,124        810        5.0        563        511       90.8        277        231       83.6
   55 to 64 years.....................      11,383      1,159       10.2      8,842        424        4.8        274        271       98.9         98         95       97.0
65 years and over.....................       3,721      1,255       33.7      1,831        247       13.5         67         65        (B)         21         19        (B)

  Female
    Total /17.........................      73,585     12,990       17.7     44,676      4,422        9.9      4,988      4,779       95.8      1,269      1,174       92.5
16 to 17 years........................       1,383        158       11.4         30          8        (B)        102         88       86.3          3          3        (B)
18 to 64 years........................      69,161     11,422       16.5     43,468      4,190        9.6      4,821      4,628       96.0      1,255      1,160       92.4
   18 to 24 years.....................       9,723      2,965       30.5      3,316        814       24.5      1,470      1,440       97.9        192        184       96.1
   25 to 34 years.....................      15,252      2,617       17.2      9,920      1,027       10.4      1,418      1,356       95.6        417        389       93.3
   35 to 44 years.....................      16,596      2,090       12.6     11,255        938        8.3      1,023        951       93.0        352        312       88.5
   45 to 54 years.....................      17,258      1,973       11.4     12,179        864        7.1        610        586       96.0        223        206       92.5
   55 to 64 years.....................      10,332      1,778       17.2      6,798        547        8.0        300        295       98.6         71         69        (B)
65 years and over.....................       3,041      1,409       46.3      1,177        223       19.0         65         63        (B)         12         12        (B)

  Household Relationship /17
    People 16 to 64 years old /17.....     150,590     21,641       14.4    104,726      8,719        8.3      9,049      8,553       94.5      2,873      2,570       89.4
In families /2........................     118,990     11,028        9.3     81,733      4,239        5.2      5,540      5,042       91.0      2,090      1,788       85.5
    Householder.......................      54,237      6,217       11.5     41,126      2,581        6.3      3,489      3,273       93.8      1,364      1,213       89.0
In families with related
    children under 18 years /9........      66,609      6,826       10.2     44,681      2,740        6.1      4,716      4,219       89.5      1,854      1,552       83.7
    Householder.......................      32,676      4,680       14.3     24,429      2,015        8.2      3,138      2,921       93.1      1,252      1,102       88.0
In families with related
    children under 6 years /9.........      27,845      3,311       11.9     19,310      1,363        7.1      2,742      2,430       88.6      1,105        905       81.9
    Householder.......................      14,469      2,399       16.6     10,420        989        9.5      1,898      1,759       92.7        733        637       86.9
In married-couple families /11........     134,771      6,883        5.1     97,710      2,852        2.9      3,555      3,018       84.9      1,755      1,411       80.4
    Husbands /11......................      43,458      2,204        5.1     37,595      1,175        3.1      1,422      1,204       84.7        895        718       80.3
    Wives /11.........................      36,404      1,872        5.1     23,204        570        2.5        703        612       86.9        220        179       81.5
    Related children /18..............      12,535        604        4.8      4,139        179        4.3        216        160       74.2         26         19        (B)
    Other.............................       1,815        128        7.1      1,193         45        3.8         63         54        (B)         22         14        (B)
    Householder.......................      40,559      2,074        5.1     31,579        883        2.8      1,151        989       86.0        593        480       81.0
In married-couple families with
   related children under 18 years /9.      75,645      3,507        4.6     53,962      1,639        3.0      2,955      2,418       81.8      1,549      1,205       77.8
    Husbands /11......................      25,481      1,328        5.2     22,509        788        3.5      1,216        998       82.1        800        623       77.9
    Wives /11.........................      19,391        744        3.8     11,319        242        2.1        544        452       83.1        181        140       77.4
    Related children /18..............       6,485        251        3.9      1,434         32        2.2        176        120       68.4         17         10        (B)

Source:  U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2007 Annual Social and Economic Supplement.
POV23: Poverty Status, Work Experience, and Family Earnings for People 16 Years Old and Over:  2006
       Below 100% of Poverty -- All Races
[Numbers in thousands]

                                           ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                                                 All income levels                                        With income below poverty threshold
                                           ______________________________________________________________    ______________________________________________________________
                                                                                  Worked full-time                                                  Worked full-time
                                            Worked in previous year /16            year-round /16             Worked in previous year /16            year-round /16
                                           _____________________________    _____________________________    _____________________________    _____________________________
                                                      Earnings below                   Earnings below                   Earnings below                   Earnings below
                                                      wtd. avg. poverty                wtd. avg. poverty                wtd. avg. poverty                wtd. avg. poverty
                                                      threshold for 4                  threshold for 4                  threshold for 4                  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
                                           ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
    Other.............................       1,221         66        5.4        804         24        3.0         55         45        (B)         21         13        (B)
    Householder.......................      23,067      1,119        4.9     17,896        553        3.1        965        803       83.2        531        418       78.8
In married-couple families with
   related children under 6 years /9..      33,248      1,932        5.8     24,335        973        4.0      1,810      1,498       82.8        990        771       77.8
    Husbands /11......................      12,218        833        6.8     10,730        517        4.8        801        662       82.6        534        419       78.5
    Wives /11.........................       8,413        356        4.2      4,503         98        2.2        305        260       85.0         92         69       74.9
    Related children /18..............       1,124         54        4.8        451         16        3.5         57         34        (B)         13          9        (B)
    Other.............................         808         38        4.7        526         13        2.4         35         28        (B)         13          5        (B)
    Householder.......................      10,685        651        6.1      8,125        330        4.1        611        514       84.2        339        268       79.1
In families with male householder,
   no wife present....................       7,382      1,125       15.2      5,092        461        9.1        519        497       95.8        188        173       92.2
    Householder.......................       3,872        661       17.1      2,911        295       10.1        324        319       98.7        127        124       97.2
    Other.............................       3,510        464       13.2      2,181        166        7.6        195        177       90.9         61         50        (B)
In families with male householder,
  no wife present with related
  children under  18 years /9.........       3,286        571       17.4      2,278        225        9.9        347        325       93.7        133        118       88.9
    Householder.......................       2,167        436       20.1      1,641        195       11.9        251        247       98.4        103         99       96.6
    Related children /18..............         450         57       12.7        139          8        5.7         28         24        (B)          6          5        (B)
    Other.............................         670         77       11.5        499         22        4.4         68         54        (B)         24         14        (B)
In families with male householder,
  no wife present with related
  children under 6 years /9...........       1,211        296       24.4        849        117       13.7        213        195       91.7         81         69       84.8
    Householder.......................         871        248       28.5        633        112       17.7        168        166       98.7         69         67        (B)
    Related children /18..............         112         22       19.2         47          4        (B)         11          9        (B)          2          1        (B)
    Other.............................         229         27       11.7        169          1        0.7         34         21        (B)         10          1        (B)
In families with female householder,
  no husband present..................      17,395      5,095       29.3     10,510      1,810       17.2      2,616      2,516       96.2        739        684       92.5
    Householder.......................       9,807      3,482       35.5      6,635      1,402       21.1      2,015      1,964       97.5        644        609       94.6
    Other.............................       7,588      1,614       21.3      3,875        408       10.5        601        552       91.8         96         75       78.2
In families with female householder
  no husband present with related
  children under 18 years /9..........      10,744      3,867       36.0      6,337      1,428       22.5      2,379      2,278       95.8        703        647       92.1
    Householder.......................       7,442      3,125       42.0      4,892      1,268       25.9      1,922      1,870       97.3        619        584       94.4
    Related children /18..............       2,224        576       25.9        741        105       14.2        316        292       92.4         36         31        (B)
    Other.............................       1,077        166       15.4        704         56        7.9        142        116       82.0         47         32        (B)
In families with female householder
  no husband present with related
  children under 6 years /9...........       4,070      1,733       42.6      2,251        603       26.8      1,330      1,250       94.0        373        334       89.5
    Householder.......................       2,913      1,501       51.5      1,661        547       32.9      1,120      1,080       96.4        325        301       92.7
    Related children /18..............         629        138       21.9        257         27       10.6        119        100       83.5         18         14        (B)
    Other.............................         529         94       17.9        333         30        8.9         91         71       78.0         30         18        (B)
In unrelated subfamilies /3...........         542        253       46.7        320         99       30.9        147        145       99.1         36         35        (B)
Unrelated individuals /4..............      31,447     10,422       33.1     22,691      4,388       19.3      3,393      3,393      100.0        749        749      100.0
    Male..............................      18,074      5,509       30.5     13,479      2,545       18.9      1,761      1,761      100.0        465        465      100.0
     Householder......................      12,121      2,971       24.5      9,272      1,287       13.9        871        871      100.0        222        222      100.0
    Female............................      13,373      4,913       36.7      9,212      1,843       20.0      1,632      1,632      100.0        284        284      100.0
     Householder......................       9,655      3,036       31.4      6,960      1,189       17.1        858        858      100.0        184        184      100.0
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Source:  U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2007 Annual Social and Economic Supplement.


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