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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, not Hispanic
[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, not Hispanic

Both Sexes
    Total /17.........................     109,026     14,706       13.5     73,691      4,714        6.4      4,542      4,412       97.1      1,127      1,050       93.1
16 to 17 years........................       2,119        201        9.5         58          3        (B)        105        103       98.6          1          1        (B)
18 to 64 years........................     101,305     12,258       12.1     71,234      4,341        6.1      4,364      4,235       97.1      1,107      1,030       93.0
   18 to 24 years.....................      13,404      3,470       25.9      4,998        965       19.3      1,510      1,500       99.3        204        202       99.1
   25 to 34 years.....................      20,515      2,494       12.2     15,025        983        6.5      1,098      1,054       96.0        321        294       91.6
   35 to 44 years.....................      23,874      2,047        8.6     18,335        882        4.8        847        780       92.2        280        237       84.7
   45 to 54 years.....................      26,342      2,131        8.1     20,636        912        4.4        566        558       98.6        226        220       97.3
   55 to 64 years.....................      17,170      2,116       12.3     12,240        599        4.9        343        343      100.0         77         77      100.0
65 years and over.....................       5,602      2,248       40.1      2,399        371       15.5         73         73        (B)         19         19        (B)

  Male
    Total /17.........................      57,970      6,652       11.5     43,581      2,351        5.4      1,966      1,891       96.2        603        549       91.0
16 to 17 years........................       1,101        102        9.3         40          1        (B)         49         49        (B)          0          0        (X)
18 to 64 years........................      53,758      5,480       10.2     42,055      2,159        5.1      1,888      1,813       96.0        594        540       90.9
   18 to 24 years.....................       6,894      1,516       22.0      2,906        464       16.0        590        586       99.2        103        103      100.0
   25 to 34 years.....................      10,985      1,187       10.8      8,910        500        5.6        474        452       95.4        162        145       89.9
   35 to 44 years.....................      12,958        962        7.4     11,209        460        4.1        390        349       89.4        167        135       80.7
   45 to 54 years.....................      13,822        977        7.1     12,022        477        4.0        263        256       97.2        116        110       95.0
   55 to 64 years.....................       9,099        838        9.2      7,009        258        3.7        170        170      100.0         47         47        (B)
65 years and over.....................       3,111      1,070       34.4      1,485        191       12.9         29         29        (B)          9          9        (B)

  Female
    Total /17.........................      51,056      8,054       15.8     30,110      2,363        7.8      2,575      2,521       97.9        525        501       95.5
16 to 17 years........................       1,018         98        9.6         18          2        (B)         56         54        (B)          1          1        (B)
18 to 64 years........................      47,547      6,778       14.3     29,179      2,182        7.5      2,475      2,423       97.9        513        490       95.4
   18 to 24 years.....................       6,510      1,955       30.0      2,092        501       23.9        919        914       99.4        101         99       98.2
   25 to 34 years.....................       9,531      1,307       13.7      6,115        483        7.9        623        602       96.6        160        149       93.3
   35 to 44 years.....................      10,916      1,085        9.9      7,126        421        5.9        457        432       94.5        113        102       90.5
   45 to 54 years.....................      12,520      1,154        9.2      8,614        435        5.1        303        302       99.8        110        109       99.7
   55 to 64 years.....................       8,070      1,278       15.8      5,231        341        6.5        173        173      100.0         31         31        (B)
65 years and over.....................       2,491      1,178       47.3        913        180       19.7         44         44        (B)         11         11        (B)

  Household Relationship /17
    People 16 to 64 years old /17.....     103,424     12,458       12.0     71,292      4,343        6.1      4,468      4,339       97.1      1,108      1,031       93.0
In families /2........................      81,642      5,823        7.1     55,581      1,925        3.5      2,287      2,158       94.3        698        620       88.9
    Householder.......................      37,114      3,062        8.3     28,091      1,062        3.8      1,433      1,367       95.4        441        393       89.1
In families with related
    children under 18 years /9........      42,888      3,088        7.2     28,200      1,042        3.7      1,844      1,714       93.0        568        490       86.3
    Householder.......................      20,795      2,099       10.1     15,498        755        4.9      1,248      1,182       94.7        381        333       87.4
In families with related
    children under 6 years /9.........      16,853      1,420        8.4     11,600        507        4.4      1,040        966       92.8        334        284       85.1
    Householder.......................       8,770      1,054       12.0      6,304        368        5.8        759        721       95.0        226        196       86.8
In married-couple families /11........      98,855      4,065        4.1     70,795      1,421        2.0      1,535      1,365       88.9        642        534       83.1
    Husbands /11......................      31,897      1,192        3.7     27,635        534        1.9        569        505       88.6        316        265       84.0
    Wives /11.........................      27,339      1,248        4.6     17,055        352        2.1        371        335       90.2        103         89       85.8
    Related children /18..............       9,000        374        4.2      2,652        112        4.2         84         73       87.4         11         10        (B)
    Other.............................         691         67        9.7        400         22        5.5         13         13        (B)          0          0        (X)
    Householder.......................      29,928      1,185        4.0     23,053        402        1.7        498        440       88.2        212        170       80.5
In married-couple families with
   related children under 18 years /9.      51,861      1,585        3.1     36,223        598        1.7      1,149        978       85.2        500        392       78.4
    Husbands /11......................      17,444        559        3.2     15,543        276        1.8        436        371       85.1        249        199       79.7
    Wives /11.........................      13,624        394        2.9      7,544        115        1.5        270        233       86.5         77         63       81.0
    Related children /18..............       4,535        119        2.6        775         10        1.3         55         45        (B)          4          2        (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, not Hispanic
[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.............................         393         23        5.7        217          6        2.7         10         10        (B)          0          0        (X)
    Householder.......................      15,864        490        3.1     12,145        191        1.6        378        319       84.5        170        128       75.7
In married-couple families with
   related children under 6 years /9..      21,681        821        3.8     15,636        352        2.3        680        583       85.8        321        253       78.8
    Husbands /11......................       7,985        327        4.1      7,083        177        2.5        276        234       84.7        166        132       79.3
    Wives /11.........................       5,750        192        3.3      2,910         52        1.8        153        135       87.8         44         35        (B)
    Related children /18..............         617         13        2.1        194          4        2.0          8          5        (B)          1          1        (B)
    Other.............................         266         13        4.8        141          4        2.9          8          8        (B)          0          0        (X)
    Householder.......................       7,063        276        3.9      5,307        115        2.2        234        201       86.0        110         85       77.3
In families with male householder,
   no wife present....................       3,948        532       13.5      2,682        192        7.1        218        210       96.4         64         60        (B)
    Householder.......................       2,244        313       13.9      1,736        131        7.6        140        138       98.4         49         47        (B)
    Other.............................       1,703        220       12.9        945         60        6.4         78         72       92.6         15         13        (B)
In families with male householder,
  no wife present with related
  children under  18 years /9.........       1,872        273       14.6      1,265         91        7.2        139        131       94.3         41         37        (B)
    Householder.......................       1,326        216       16.3      1,025         86        8.4        106        104       98.0         37         35        (B)
    Related children /18..............         298         32       10.7         63          0        (B)         14         12        (B)          0          0        (X)
    Other.............................         249         26       10.5        177          5        3.0         20         16        (B)          4          2        (B)
In families with male householder,
  no wife present with related
  children under 6 years /9...........         580        130       22.3        397         46       11.5         81         75       92.5         26         22        (B)
    Householder.......................         451        115       25.6        327         45       13.7         66         64        (B)         23         21        (B)
    Related children /18..............          53          6        (B)         15          0        (B)          3          3        (B)          0          0        (X)
    Other.............................          77          9       11.2         55          1        (B)         12          9        (B)          3          1        (B)
In families with female householder,
  no husband present..................       8,768      2,410       27.5      5,158        715       13.9      1,033      1,023       99.0        203        196       96.6
    Householder.......................       4,942      1,565       31.7      3,301        529       16.0        794        789       99.3        181        175       97.1
    Other.............................       3,825        845       22.1      1,857        186       10.0        239        234       97.9         22         21        (B)
In families with female householder
  no husband present with related
  children under 18 years /9..........       5,019      1,719       34.3      2,856        543       19.0        933        923       98.9        197        190       96.4
    Householder.......................       3,605      1,394       38.7      2,328        479       20.6        764        759       99.3        174        169       97.0
    Related children /18..............       1,050        269       25.6        300         46       15.4        130        128       98.6         12         10        (B)
    Other.............................         364         57       15.6        229         18        7.9         39         36        (B)         10         10        (B)
In families with female householder
  no husband present with related
  children under 6 years /9...........       1,654        745       45.0        874        224       25.6        513        509       99.2         97         94       96.8
    Householder.......................       1,256        663       52.8        670        209       31.2        459        456       99.3         93         90       96.7
    Related children /18..............         228         53       23.2         96          8        7.9         35         35        (B)          2          2        (B)
    Other.............................         170         29       16.8        108          7        6.7         19         18        (B)          3          3        (B)
In unrelated subfamilies /3...........         331        156       47.2        176         53       29.8         81         81      100.0         12         12        (B)
Unrelated individuals /4..............      21,754      6,511       29.9     15,544      2,369       15.2      2,112      2,112      100.0        398        398      100.0
    Male..............................      12,125      3,149       26.0      9,008      1,242       13.8        995        995      100.0        201        201      100.0
     Householder......................       8,765      1,877       21.4      6,696        719       10.7        544        544      100.0        123        123      100.0
    Female............................       9,629      3,362       34.9      6,536      1,127       17.2      1,117      1,117      100.0        197        197      100.0
     Householder......................       6,979      2,068       29.6      4,982        735       14.7        572        572      100.0        131        131      100.0
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Source:  U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2007 Annual Social and Economic Supplement.


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