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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
[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 alone

Both Sexes
    Total /17.........................     129,050     18,739       14.5     87,953      6,896        7.8      6,702      6,360       94.9      2,141      1,922       89.8
16 to 17 years........................       2,380        250       10.5         85         10       11.7        136        125       91.9          3          3        (B)
18 to 64 years........................     120,653     16,111       13.4     85,233      6,479        7.6      6,468      6,138       94.9      2,115      1,896       89.7
   18 to 24 years.....................      16,594      4,313       26.0      6,691      1,356       20.3      1,939      1,908       98.4        344        334       97.2
   25 to 34 years.....................      26,648      3,753       14.1     19,572      1,716        8.8      1,835      1,716       93.5        699        621       88.8
   35 to 44 years.....................      28,996      2,968       10.2     22,327      1,429        6.4      1,433      1,295       90.4        595        498       83.7
   45 to 54 years.....................      29,783      2,666        9.0     23,313      1,230        5.3        811        776       95.6        350        320       91.6
   55 to 64 years.....................      18,632      2,412       12.9     13,330        748        5.6        449        443       98.7        128        123       96.4
65 years and over.....................       6,017      2,378       39.5      2,636        407       15.4         98         97       98.6         24         24        (B)

  Male
    Total /17.........................      70,017      9,009       12.9     52,897      3,788        7.2      3,246      3,027       93.2      1,312      1,145       87.3
16 to 17 years........................       1,230        123       10.0         59          2        (B)         61         57        (B)          0          0        (X)
18 to 64 years........................      65,430      7,750       11.8     51,194      3,570        7.0      3,140      2,925       93.1      1,299      1,132       87.2
   18 to 24 years.....................       8,795      2,028       23.1      4,069        739       18.2        846        831       98.2        203        198       97.7
   25 to 34 years.....................      14,897      2,021       13.6     12,014      1,051        8.7        933        857       91.9        443        383       86.5
   35 to 44 years.....................      16,006      1,475        9.2     13,779        790        5.7        731        636       86.9        371        295       79.4
   45 to 54 years.....................      15,770      1,239        7.9     13,635        650        4.8        396        369       93.2        202        178       88.3
   55 to 64 years.....................       9,962        987        9.9      7,697        340        4.4        234        233       99.2         80         78       97.5
65 years and over.....................       3,357      1,136       33.8      1,644        216       13.1         45         45        (B)         13         13        (B)

  Female
    Total /17.........................      59,033      9,730       16.5     35,057      3,108        8.9      3,456      3,333       96.5        829        777       93.7
16 to 17 years........................       1,150        127       11.0         26          8        (B)         75         68       90.7          3          3        (B)
18 to 64 years........................      55,223      8,361       15.1     34,039      2,909        8.5      3,328      3,213       96.6        816        764       93.6
   18 to 24 years.....................       7,799      2,285       29.3      2,622        617       23.5      1,094      1,077       98.5        141        136       96.4
   25 to 34 years.....................      11,751      1,732       14.7      7,558        665        8.8        902        859       95.2        256        238       92.9
   35 to 44 years.....................      12,990      1,492       11.5      8,548        639        7.5        702        660       94.0        224        203       90.7
   45 to 54 years.....................      14,013      1,428       10.2      9,678        580        6.0        415        407       98.0        148        142       96.1
   55 to 64 years.....................       8,670      1,424       16.4      5,632        408        7.2        215        210       98.1         48         45        (B)
65 years and over.....................       2,660      1,242       46.7        992        191       19.3         53         52        (B)         11         11        (B)

  Household Relationship /17
    People 16 to 64 years old /17.....     123,033     16,361       13.3     85,318      6,489        7.6      6,604      6,263       94.8      2,117      1,898       89.7
In families /2........................      97,588      8,050        8.2     66,808      3,048        4.6      3,865      3,526       91.2      1,499      1,282       85.5
    Householder.......................      44,135      4,385        9.9     33,396      1,780        5.3      2,370      2,222       93.7        927        824       88.9
In families with related
    children under 18 years /9........      53,741      4,773        8.9     35,807      1,916        5.4      3,264      2,925       89.6      1,308      1,091       83.4
    Householder.......................      25,910      3,194       12.3     19,342      1,361        7.0      2,114      1,966       93.0        839        736       87.7
In families with related
    children under 6 years /9.........      22,365      2,349       10.5     15,513        995        6.4      1,939      1,714       88.4        809        658       81.4
    Householder.......................      11,410      1,656       14.5      8,235        683        8.3      1,289      1,194       92.6        498        430       86.4
In married-couple families /11........     114,996      5,712        5.0     82,700      2,348        2.8      2,846      2,451       86.1      1,436      1,170       81.4
    Husbands /11......................      37,354      1,882        5.0     32,276        996        3.1      1,184      1,012       85.4        747        607       81.3
    Wives /11.........................      30,987      1,520        4.9     19,344        442        2.3        530        466       87.9        160        133       83.0
    Related children /18..............      10,559        472        4.5      3,400        149        4.4        139        111       80.0         24         18        (B)
    Other.............................       1,397        101        7.2        906         38        4.2         47         41        (B)         20         14        (B)
    Householder.......................      34,699      1,736        5.0     26,773        723        2.7        945        820       86.8        485        398       82.1
In married-couple families with
   related children under 18 years /9.      63,475      2,818        4.4     44,757      1,319        2.9      2,352      1,956       83.2      1,252        985       78.7
    Husbands /11......................      21,542      1,109        5.1     19,050        659        3.5      1,005        833       82.8        660        520       78.9
    Wives /11.........................      16,160        567        3.5      9,069        171        1.9        409        345       84.3        128        100       78.7
    Related children /18..............       5,457        181        3.3      1,160         25        2.2        109         81       74.4         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
[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.............................         948         51        5.3        613         20        3.2         44         38        (B)         20         13        (B)
    Householder.......................      19,368        910        4.7     14,865        444        3.0        785        660       84.1        430        343       79.7
In married-couple families with
   related children under 6 years /9..      27,843      1,613        5.8     20,197        820        4.1      1,496      1,250       83.6        836        657       78.6
    Husbands /11......................      10,319        714        6.9      9,071        446        4.9        689        572       83.1        464        367       79.0
    Wives /11.........................       7,007        285        4.1      3,608         76        2.1        233        200       85.9         66         51        (B)
    Related children /18..............         907         36        4.0        357         14        4.0         34         21        (B)         11          8        (B)
    Other.............................         660         30        4.5        419         10        2.3         31         25        (B)         11          5        (B)
    Householder.......................       8,950        548        6.1      6,742        274        4.1        509        432       84.9        284        227       79.8
In families with male householder,
   no wife present....................       5,617        757       13.5      3,884        315        8.1        349        332       94.9        131        120       91.6
    Householder.......................       2,976        440       14.8      2,300        212        9.2        210        208       98.8         90         88       97.7
    Other.............................       2,640        317       12.0      1,584        102        6.5        139        124       89.1         41         32        (B)
In families with male householder,
  no wife present with related
  children under  18 years /9.........       2,539        388       15.3      1,766        159        9.0        227        210       92.2         86         75       87.2
    Householder.......................       1,686        301       17.9      1,315        146       11.1        161        158       98.4         69         67        (B)
    Related children /18..............         358         36       10.2         93          0        0.2         15         13        (B)          0          0        (X)
    Other.............................         495         50       10.2        358         12        3.4         52         38        (B)         17          8        (B)
In families with male householder,
  no wife present with related
  children under 6 years /9...........         912        202       22.1        647         84       13.0        145        130       89.7         57         47        (B)
    Householder.......................         656        174       26.5        490         83       16.9        110        108       98.0         48         46        (B)
    Related children /18..............          79          8       10.7         28          0        (B)          4          4        (B)          0          0        (X)
    Other.............................         177         20       11.1        129          1        0.9         31         18        (B)          9          1        (B)
In families with female householder,
  no husband present..................      11,674      3,316       28.4      6,997      1,109       15.9      1,615      1,564       96.8        418        391       93.5
    Householder.......................       6,460      2,209       34.2      4,323        845       19.5      1,215      1,194       98.3        353        339       96.0
    Other.............................       5,214      1,107       21.2      2,674        265        9.9        400        370       92.4         65         52        (B)
In families with female householder
  no husband present with related
  children under 18 years /9..........       7,094      2,477       34.9      4,149        882       21.3      1,470      1,419       96.5        400        373       93.2
    Householder.......................       4,856      1,983       40.8      3,162        771       24.4      1,169      1,148       98.2        341        327       95.9
    Related children /18..............       1,496        388       25.9        496         77       15.4        209        192       92.0         27         24        (B)
    Other.............................         742        106       14.3        491         35        7.1         93         79       85.4         32         22        (B)
In families with female householder
  no husband present with related
  children under 6 years /9...........       2,560      1,082       42.3      1,411        365       25.8        807        766       94.9        199        180       90.7
    Householder.......................       1,805        934       51.7      1,004        325       32.4        671        655       97.6        166        157       94.8
    Related children /18..............         401         89       22.2        169         23       13.6         80         65       81.4         14         12        (B)
    Other.............................         354         59       16.6        238         16        6.8         56         46        (B)         19         11        (B)
In unrelated subfamilies /3...........         427        203       47.6        244         75       30.7        113        112       98.9         25         23        (B)
Unrelated individuals /4..............      25,347      8,152       32.2     18,280      3,370       18.4      2,644      2,644      100.0        593        593      100.0
    Male..............................      14,759      4,327       29.3     11,058      2,003       18.1      1,370      1,370      100.0        360        360      100.0
     Householder......................       9,915      2,288       23.1      7,617        984       12.9        663        663      100.0        174        174      100.0
    Female............................      10,589      3,825       36.1      7,222      1,367       18.9      1,274      1,274      100.0        233        233      100.0
     Householder......................       7,551      2,311       30.6      5,414        870       16.1        639        639      100.0        150        150      100.0
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Source:  U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2007 Annual Social and Economic Supplement.


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