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POV23: Poverty Status, Work Experience, and Family Earnings for People 16 Years Old and Over:  2006
       Below 100% of Poverty -- White Alone or in Combination (A.O.I.C.)
[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
                                           ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
White A.O.I.C.

Both Sexes
    Total /17.........................     130,931     19,104       14.6     89,035      7,004        7.9      6,847      6,494       94.8      2,173      1,950       89.7
16 to 17 years........................       2,465        260       10.5         85         10       11.6        148        130       88.3          3          3        (B)
18 to 64 years........................     122,407     16,443       13.4     86,302      6,585        7.6      6,601      6,267       94.9      2,147      1,924       89.6
   18 to 24 years.....................      17,004      4,413       25.9      6,828      1,374       20.1      1,987      1,955       98.4        348        338       97.2
   25 to 34 years.....................      27,118      3,859       14.2     19,882      1,761        8.9      1,869      1,749       93.6        707        628       88.9
   35 to 44 years.....................      29,336      3,017       10.3     22,565      1,444        6.4      1,457      1,316       90.3        605        504       83.3
   45 to 54 years.....................      30,126      2,707        9.0     23,574      1,248        5.3        828        792       95.7        354        325       91.7
   55 to 64 years.....................      18,823      2,448       13.0     13,453        758        5.6        461        455       98.7        133        128       96.5
65 years and over.....................       6,060      2,401       39.6      2,648        409       15.5         98         97       98.6         24         24        (B)

  Male
    Total /17.........................      71,006      9,179       12.9     53,543      3,838        7.2      3,319      3,093       93.2      1,331      1,161       87.2
16 to 17 years........................       1,268        131       10.3         60          2        (B)         68         60        (B)          0          0        (X)
18 to 64 years........................      66,359      7,901       11.9     51,832      3,619        7.0      3,206      2,987       93.2      1,318      1,148       87.1
   18 to 24 years.....................       9,009      2,068       23.0      4,153        745       17.9        870        855       98.3        204        199       97.7
   25 to 34 years.....................      15,159      2,071       13.7     12,207      1,077        8.8        946        870       92.0        449        389       86.7
   35 to 44 years.....................      16,189      1,507        9.3     13,922        797        5.7        746        647       86.7        379        299       79.0
   45 to 54 years.....................      15,952      1,259        7.9     13,787        657        4.8        404        377       93.3        204        180       88.4
   55 to 64 years.....................      10,050        996        9.9      7,764        344        4.4        240        238       99.2         83         81       97.6
65 years and over.....................       3,379      1,147       33.9      1,651        217       13.1         45         45        (B)         13         13        (B)

  Female
    Total /17.........................      59,925      9,925       16.6     35,492      3,166        8.9      3,528      3,402       96.4        842        789       93.7
16 to 17 years........................       1,197        129       10.7         26          8        (B)         80         70       87.3          3          3        (B)
18 to 64 years........................      56,048      8,542       15.2     34,469      2,966        8.6      3,395      3,280       96.6        829        776       93.6
   18 to 24 years.....................       7,995      2,345       29.3      2,675        629       23.5      1,117      1,101       98.5        144        139       96.5
   25 to 34 years.....................      11,959      1,788       15.0      7,675        685        8.9        923        880       95.3        258        240       92.9
   35 to 44 years.....................      13,147      1,511       11.5      8,643        647        7.5        711        668       94.0        226        205       90.5
   45 to 54 years.....................      14,173      1,447       10.2      9,787        592        6.0        423        415       98.1        151        145       96.2
   55 to 64 years.....................       8,774      1,452       16.5      5,689        414        7.3        221        217       98.2         50         47        (B)
65 years and over.....................       2,681      1,254       46.8        997        192       19.3         53         52        (B)         11         11        (B)

  Household Relationship /17
    People 16 to 64 years old /17.....     124,872     16,703       13.4     86,387      6,595        7.6      6,749      6,398       94.8      2,149      1,926       89.6
In families /2........................      99,022      8,233        8.3     67,621      3,101        4.6      3,957      3,607       91.2      1,527      1,305       85.5
    Householder.......................      44,711      4,468       10.0     33,804      1,813        5.4      2,416      2,263       93.7        950        843       88.7
In families with related
    children under 18 years /9........      54,585      4,889        9.0     36,272      1,956        5.4      3,343      2,993       89.5      1,335      1,114       83.4
    Householder.......................      26,291      3,260       12.4     19,614      1,393        7.1      2,157      2,004       92.9        863        755       87.6
In families with related
    children under 6 years /9.........      22,749      2,406       10.6     15,748      1,014        6.4      1,977      1,752       88.6        824        673       81.6
    Householder.......................      11,599      1,688       14.6      8,364        700        8.4      1,313      1,217       92.7        511        442       86.6
In married-couple families /11........     116,391      5,803        5.0     83,563      2,377        2.8      2,906      2,499       86.0      1,463      1,191       81.4
    Husbands /11......................      37,737      1,905        5.0     32,608      1,008        3.1      1,203      1,029       85.5        759        618       81.4
    Wives /11.........................      31,330      1,544        4.9     19,536        448        2.3        541        476       88.0        163        135       82.9
    Related children /18..............      10,826        491        4.5      3,454        149        4.3        152        118       77.4         24         18        (B)
    Other.............................       1,421        106        7.5        913         39        4.3         49         43        (B)         20         14        (B)
    Householder.......................      35,077      1,758        5.0     27,051        732        2.7        961        833       86.8        496        407       81.9
In married-couple families with
   related children under 18 years /9.      64,321      2,867        4.5     45,280      1,344        3.0      2,404      1,997       83.1      1,278      1,007       78.8
    Husbands /11......................      21,788      1,123        5.2     19,271        669        3.5      1,022        847       82.9        672        531       79.0
    Wives /11.........................      16,351        577        3.5      9,165        175        1.9        417        353       84.5        131        103       78.6
    Related children /18..............       5,621        191        3.4      1,182         26        2.2        120         86       71.4         15          9        (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 -- White Alone or in Combination (A.O.I.C.)
[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.............................         957         55        5.8        618         21        3.5         46         40        (B)         20         13        (B)
    Householder.......................      19,603        921        4.7     15,044        453        3.0        798        671       84.1        441        351       79.7
In married-couple families with
   related children under 6 years /9..      28,247      1,637        5.8     20,462        831        4.1      1,519      1,272       83.7        849        668       78.7
    Husbands /11......................      10,454        722        6.9      9,188        451        4.9        697        580       83.3        468        371       79.2
    Wives /11.........................       7,116        291        4.1      3,657         78        2.1        239        206       86.0         69         53        (B)
    Related children /18..............         939         40        4.3        367         14        3.9         36         23        (B)         11          8        (B)
    Other.............................         663         30        4.5        421         10        2.3         31         25        (B)         11          5        (B)
    Householder.......................       9,076        554        6.1      6,828        278        4.1        515        438       85.0        289        231       79.9
In families with male householder,
   no wife present....................       5,726        775       13.5      3,957        319        8.1        362        343       94.7        137        124       90.9
    Householder.......................       3,036        450       14.8      2,341        217        9.3        219        215       98.1         96         92       96.3
    Other.............................       2,690        325       12.1      1,617        102        6.3        143        128       89.4         41         32        (B)
In families with male householder,
  no wife present with related
  children under  18 years /9.........       2,591        401       15.5      1,796        163        9.1        236        217       91.9         92         79       86.4
    Householder.......................       1,724        310       18.0      1,338        151       11.3        168        164       97.6         75         71        (B)
    Related children /18..............         363         39       10.8         93          0        0.2         15         13        (B)          0          0        (X)
    Other.............................         503         52       10.3        365         12        3.4         53         40        (B)         17          8        (B)
In families with male householder,
  no wife present with related
  children under 6 years /9...........         936        209       22.4        665         88       13.2        149        134       89.9         61         51        (B)
    Householder.......................         672        179       26.6        504         87       17.2        114        112       98.1         52         50        (B)
    Related children /18..............          82         11       13.4         28          0        (B)          4          4        (B)          0          0        (X)
    Other.............................         182         20       10.9        134          1        0.9         31         18        (B)          9          1        (B)
In families with female householder,
  no husband present..................      11,982      3,413       28.5      7,152      1,138       15.9      1,651      1,599       96.9        424        396       93.6
    Householder.......................       6,598      2,260       34.2      4,411        864       19.6      1,237      1,216       98.3        358        344       96.1
    Other.............................       5,384      1,153       21.4      2,741        274       10.0        414        384       92.7         65         52        (B)
In families with female householder
  no husband present with related
  children under 18 years /9..........       7,277      2,543       34.9      4,240        901       21.3      1,502      1,450       96.6        406        379       93.3
    Householder.......................       4,964      2,029       40.9      3,232        790       24.4      1,191      1,170       98.2        347        333       96.0
    Related children /18..............       1,547        407       26.3        503         77       15.2        218        201       92.3         27         24        (B)
    Other.............................         767        107       14.0        505         35        6.9         93         80       85.5         32         22        (B)
In families with female householder
  no husband present with related
  children under 6 years /9...........       2,641      1,114       42.2      1,449        374       25.8        825        784       95.0        203        184       90.9
    Householder.......................       1,851        955       51.6      1,032        334       32.4        683        668       97.7        170        161       94.9
    Related children /18..............         421         99       23.5        173         23       13.4         85         70       82.4         14         12        (B)
    Other.............................         370         60       16.2        244         16        6.6         56         46        (B)         19         11        (B)
In unrelated subfamilies /3...........         436        205       47.1        247         75       30.3        115        114       98.9         25         23        (B)
Unrelated individuals /4..............      25,753      8,310       32.3     18,533      3,424       18.5      2,695      2,695      100.0        598        598      100.0
    Male..............................      14,993      4,404       29.4     11,220      2,031       18.1      1,396      1,396      100.0        361        361      100.0
     Householder......................      10,085      2,344       23.2      7,729      1,001       13.0        679        679      100.0        174        174      100.0
    Female............................      10,759      3,905       36.3      7,313      1,393       19.0      1,299      1,299      100.0        237        237      100.0
     Householder......................       7,648      2,350       30.7      5,465        882       16.1        651        651      100.0        152        152      100.0
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Source:  U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2007 Annual Social and Economic Supplement.


Poverty Footnotes

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