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POV23: Poverty Status, Work Experience, and Family Earnings for People 16 Years Old and Over: 2007

Below 100% of Poverty -- White Alone

[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 poverty threshold for 4 person family /33   Earnings below wtd. avg poverty threshold for 4 person family /33   Earnings below wtd. avg poverty threshold for 4 person family /33   Earnings below wtd. avg poverty threshold for 4 person family /33
All income levels Number Percent All income levels Number Percent Poor, total Number Percent Poor, total Number Percent

White alone

Both Sexes
 
      Total /17 		129,735 19,011 14.7 88,504 6,885 7.8 6,546 6,143 93.8 1,994 1,746 87.5
16 to 17 years 2,220 242 10.9 79 11 13.8 131 114 87.3 6 2 (B)
18 to 64 years 121,106 16,415 13.6 85,595 6,493 7.6 6,320 5,934 93.9 1,968 1,725 87.6
    18 to 24 years 16,399 4,143 25.3 6,540 1,345 20.6 1,782 1,719 96.5 349 323 92.7
    25 to 34 years 26,849 3,976 14.8 19,570 1,747 8.9 1,781 1,668 93.7 596 525 88.0
    35 to 44 years 28,430 2,932 10.3 21,956 1,345 6.1 1,326 1,203 90.7 542 460 85.0
    45 to 54 years 29,939 2,831 9.5 23,377 1,241 5.3 963 891 92.6 364 309 85.0
    55 to 64 years 19,489 2,533 13.0 14,153 815 5.8 468 452 96.8 117 106 91.2
65 years and over 6,410 2,354 36.7 2,829 381 13.5 96 94 98.5 20 19 (B)

Male
 
      Total /17 		70,274 9,333 13.3 52,637 3,821 7.3 3,230 2,949 91.3 1,230 1,034 84.1
16 to 17 years 1,144 130 11.3 45 5 (B) 72 62 (B) 6 2 (B)
18 to 64 years 65,610 8,136 12.4 50,834 3,617 7.1 3,107 2,837 91.3 1,211 1,021 84.3
    18 to 24 years 8,740 1,987 22.7 3,896 756 19.4 759 722 95.1 186 169 91.1
    25 to 34 years 14,913 2,176 14.6 11,795 1,086 9.2 912 827 90.7 388 329 84.6
    35 to 44 years 15,627 1,529 9.8 13,421 792 5.9 664 578 87.0 337 274 81.1
    45 to 54 years 15,963 1,408 8.8 13,571 666 4.9 534 485 90.9 228 188 82.5
    55 to 64 years 10,367 1,036 10.0 8,151 317 3.9 237 224 94.4 72 62 (B)
65 years and over 3,520 1,068 30.3 1,758 199 11.3 52 50 (B) 13 11 (B)

Female
 
      Total /17 		59,461 9,678 16.3 35,867 3,065 8.5 3,316 3,193 96.3 765 712 93.1
16 to 17 years 1,076 113 10.5 34 6 (B) 59 52 (B) 0 0 (B)
18 to 64 years 55,496 8,279 14.9 34,761 2,876 8.3 3,213 3,098 96.4 756 703 93.0
    18 to 24 years 7,658 2,156 28.2 2,644 589 22.3 1,023 997 97.5 163 154 94.6
    25 to 34 years 11,936 1,800 15.1 7,775 662 8.5 869 841 96.8 208 196 94.4
    35 to 44 years 12,803 1,403 11.0 8,535 554 6.5 662 625 94.5 205 187 91.4
    45 to 54 years 13,976 1,423 10.2 9,805 575 5.9 429 406 94.7 136 121 89.1
    55 to 64 years 9,123 1,497 16.4 6,003 498 8.3 231 229 99.1 45 45 (B)
65 years and over 2,889 1,286 44.5 1,071 182 17.0 44 44 (B) 8 8 (B)

Household Relationship /17
 
      People 16 to 64 years old /17 		123,326 16,658 13.5 85,674 6,504 7.6 6,450 6,048 93.8 1,974 1,727 87.5
In families /2 96,906 8,030 8.3 66,479 2,912 4.4 3,905 3,503 89.7 1,484 1,239 83.4
      Householder 43,609 4,370 10.0 32,948 1,658 5.0 2,376 2,219 93.4 906 796 87.9
In families with related
      children under 18 years /9 		51,962 4,759 9.2 34,645 1,800 5.2 3,322 2,928 88.1 1,310 1,069 81.6
      Householder 25,058 3,159 12.6 18,642 1,259 6.8 2,127 1,971 92.6 824 715 86.7
In families with related
      children under 6 years /9 		21,503 2,302 10.7 14,910 873 5.9 1,957 1,703 87.0 767 608 79.4
      Householder 11,004 1,615 14.7 7,897 595 7.5 1,271 1,177 92.6 468 399 85.3
In married-couple families /11 113,632 5,613 4.9 82,053 2,215 2.7 2,835 2,403 84.8 1,400 1,113 79.5
      Husbands /11 36,855 1,820 4.9 31,791 893 2.8 1,181 992 84.0 710 563 79.3
      Wives /11 30,678 1,513 4.9 19,654 450 2.3 487 432 88.7 141 116 82.1
      Related children /18 10,728 488 4.5 3,380 154 4.6 193 145 74.9 55 35 (B)
      Other 1,232 93 7.5 756 22 2.9 60 41 (B) 26 17 (B)
      Householder 34,139 1,700 5.0 26,471 696 2.6 914 793 86.8 469 383 81.7
In married-couple families with
    related children under 18 years /9 		61,010 2,784 4.6 43,314 1,293 3.0 2,397 1,968 82.1 1,252 968 77.3
      Husbands /11 20,785 1,102 5.3 18,268 629 3.4 1,045 857 82.0 657 512 77.9
      Wives /11 15,544 536 3.4 9,074 159 1.7 374 319 85.3 107 82 76.4
      Related children /18 5,333 211 4.0 1,129 45 4.0 156 110 70.5 42 24 (B)
      Other 773 38 4.9 511 15 2.9 48 29 (B) 22 13 (B)
      Householder 18,575 896 4.8 14,331 445 3.1 774 653 84.4 423 337 79.7
In married-couple families with
    related children under 6 years /9 		26,499 1,519 5.7 19,284 716 3.7 1,474 1,199 81.3 771 576 74.8
      Husbands /11 9,884 681 6.9 8,582 390 4.5 689 562 81.5 425 326 76.8
      Wives /11 6,682 234 3.5 3,605 47 1.3 204 171 83.6 48 32 (B)
      Related children /18 908 57 6.3 347 15 4.3 54 33 (B) 13 3 (B)
      Other 505 30 5.9 328 14 4.2 41 25 (B) 22 12 (B)
      Householder 8,521 518 6.1 6,421 250 3.9 486 409 84.2 263 204 77.3
In families with male householder,
    no wife present 		5,738 835 14.6 3,907 308 7.9 346 316 91.2 117 99 84.5
      Householder 3,088 531 17.2 2,281 199 8.7 239 227 95.2 82 75 91.4
      Other 2,650 304 11.5 1,626 109 6.7 108 88 82.2 35 24 (B)
In families with male householder,
no wife present with related
  children under 18 years /9 		2,630 446 17.0 1,776 173 9.7 244 217 88.8 91 75 82.3
      Householder 1,822 365 20.0 1,388 154 11.1 193 183 94.8 74 67 (B)
      Related children /18 371 43 11.6 81 7 8.7 19 16 (B) 0 0 (X)
      Other 437 38 8.7 307 12 3.8 32 18 (B) 17 8 (B)
In families with male householder,
no wife present with related
  children under 6 years /9 		1,055 241 22.8 738 98 13.3 171 151 88.4 65 54 (B)
      Householder 782 212 27.2 576 92 16.0 134 128 95.4 54 50 (B)
      Related children /18 86 17 19.4 25 0 (B) 17 15 (B) 0 0 (X)
      Other 187 12 6.2 136 5 4.0 21 9 (B) 11 4 (B)
In families with female householder,
  no husband present 		11,675 3,282 28.1 6,991 1,085 15.5 1,637 1,577 96.3 436 410 93.9
      Householder 6,382 2,140 33.5 4,196 764 18.2 1,224 1,198 97.9 355 339 95.4
      Other 5,293 1,142 21.6 2,795 322 11.5 413 378 91.6 81 71 87.3
In families with female householder
no husband present with related
  children under 18 years /9 		6,896 2,425 35.2 3,887 779 20.0 1,455 1,395 95.9 389 364 93.4
      Householder 4,661 1,898 40.7 2,923 661 22.6 1,161 1,135 97.8 327 310 95.0
      Related children /18 1,457 396 27.2 422 57 13.6 200 181 90.3 17 16 (B)
      Other 779 132 16.9 542 60 11.1 94 79 84.7 45 37 (B)
In families with female householder
no husband present with related
  children under 6 years /9 		2,470 1,060 42.9 1,310 310 23.6 798 762 95.5 194 182 93.5
      Householder 1,702 885 52.0 900 252 28.0 651 640 98.3 150 146 97.0
      Related children /18 366 94 25.7 134 20 14.9 78 65 83.9 10 8 (B)
      Other 402 80 20.0 276 37 13.6 69 56 (B) 34 27 (B)
In unrelated subfamilies /3 477 171 35.9 287 43 15.0 96 94 98.6 12 11 (B)
Unrelated individuals /4 26,304 8,502 32.3 18,923 3,554 18.8 2,468 2,468 100.0 477 477 100.0
      Male 15,243 4,696 30.8 11,265 2,111 18.7 1,315 1,315 100.0 297 297 100.0
        Householder 10,255 2,538 24.8 7,742 1,008 13.0 717 717 100.0 169 169 100.0
      Female 11,060 3,806 34.4 7,658 1,443 18.8 1,153 1,153 100.0 180 180 100.0
        Householder 7,763 2,300 29.6 5,609 892 15.9 600 600 100.0 100 100 100.0
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2008 Annual Social and Economic Supplement.

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