Poverty in the United StatesU.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census |
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... going to school or gave some other reason . The proportion of poor family householders who worked has changed little during the 1980's , after falling slightly during the 1970's ( from 55 percent in 1969 ) . The proportion of poor ...
... going to school or gave some other reason . The proportion of poor family householders who worked has changed little during the 1980's , after falling slightly during the 1970's ( from 55 percent in 1969 ) . The proportion of poor ...
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... going to school or gave some other reason . The proportion of poor family householders who worked has changed little during the 1980's , after falling slightly during the 1970's ( from 55 percent in 1969 ) . The proportion of poor ...
... going to school or gave some other reason . The proportion of poor family householders who worked has changed little during the 1980's , after falling slightly during the 1970's ( from 55 percent in 1969 ) . The proportion of poor ...
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... GOING TO SCHOOL . 9 438 6 211 1 970 1 027 158 52 7 6 7 UNABLE TO FIND WORK . 2 348 112 329 915 450 278 115 88 62 RETIRED . OTHER . IN ARMED FORCES . · · . · 18 583 3 21 42 215 594 2 169 15 539 1 153 84 151 318 146 128 86 74 166 1 090 ...
... GOING TO SCHOOL . 9 438 6 211 1 970 1 027 158 52 7 6 7 UNABLE TO FIND WORK . 2 348 112 329 915 450 278 115 88 62 RETIRED . OTHER . IN ARMED FORCES . · · . · 18 583 3 21 42 215 594 2 169 15 539 1 153 84 151 318 146 128 86 74 166 1 090 ...
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... GOING TO SCHOOL . 4.934 3 182 1.091 493 112 40 UNABLE TO FIND WORK . RETIRED . 1 167 9.321 672 33 149 474 224 743 36 1 18 96 251 OR 50 154 63 86 73 OTHER .. INCOME BELOW POVERTY LEVEL BOTH SEXES TOTAL . 21 954 WORKED LAST YEAR 9.112 ...
... GOING TO SCHOOL . 4.934 3 182 1.091 493 112 40 UNABLE TO FIND WORK . RETIRED . 1 167 9.321 672 33 149 474 224 743 36 1 18 96 251 OR 50 154 63 86 73 OTHER .. INCOME BELOW POVERTY LEVEL BOTH SEXES TOTAL . 21 954 WORKED LAST YEAR 9.112 ...
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... GOING TO SCHOOL . 22.8 20.6 25 . 30.0 22.9 ( B ) ( 8 ) UNABLE TO FIND WORK . 33.4 30.5 36.7 67.5 46.2 $ 3.2 RETIRED ... 11.6 ( 8 ) ( B ) 16.8 10.9 OTHEA .... 37.1 47.8 33.7 43.3 36.2 22.6 IN ARMED FORCES . MALE 25.7 3.8 3.7 ( B ) ( B ) ...
... GOING TO SCHOOL . 22.8 20.6 25 . 30.0 22.9 ( B ) ( 8 ) UNABLE TO FIND WORK . 33.4 30.5 36.7 67.5 46.2 $ 3.2 RETIRED ... 11.6 ( 8 ) ( B ) 16.8 10.9 OTHEA .... 37.1 47.8 33.7 43.3 36.2 22.6 IN ARMED FORCES . MALE 25.7 3.8 3.7 ( B ) ( B ) ...
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13 WEEKS 18 YEARS RELATED 1985 of Families 1985 of Persons 26 WEEKS 49 WEEKS 52 WEEKS ALIMONY AREAS TOTAL INSIDE BLACK BELOW POVERTY CHILDREN UNDER 18 DOLLARS FAMILIES TOTAL FAMILY HOUSEHOLDERS FAMILY MEMBERS FARM SELF-EMPLOYMENT INCOME FEMALE HOUSEHOLDER ILL OR DISABLED INSIDE OUTSIDE POVERTY INUMBERS IN THOUSANDS LEVEL NUMBER PERCENT LEVEL PERCENT NUMBER MARCH MEAN FAMILY INCOME MEAN INCOME MEAN NUMBER MEANING OF SYMBOLS NONFARM SELF-EMPLOYMENT INCOME NUMBER OF CHILDREN NUMBER OF TOTAL NUMBER OF WEEKS Number Percent Total NUMBERS IN THOUSANDS PERCENT OF TOTAL Percent Total Number POVERTY AREAS AREAS POVERTY LEVEL NUMBER POVERTY LEVEL PERCENT POVERTY POVERTY AREAS poverty threshold PUBLIC ASSISTANCE INCOME RACES WHITE RELATED CHILDREN SALARY INCOME SEF TEXT SOCIAL SECURITY INCOME SPOUSE A WORKER SPOUSE OF HOUSEHOLDER SPOUSE PRESENT MARRIED Status in 1985 SUPPLEMENTAL SECURITY INCOME Table TEXTI TOTAL 15 Total Number Percent UNABLE TO FIND UNRELATED INDIVIDUALS WEEKS 27 WEEKS OR LESS YEAR-ROUND FULL-TIME
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Page 134 - South— Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and...
Page 164 - Columbia) and members of the Armed Forces living off post or with their families on post, but excludes all other members of the Armed Forces.
Page 149 - Also included as unemployed are those who did not work at all, were available for work, and (a) were waiting to be called back to a job from which they had been laid off; or (b) were waiting to report to a new wage or salary job within 30 days.
Page 150 - Nonsampling variability. Nonsampling errors can be attributed to many sources, eg, inability to obtain information about all cases in the sample, definitional difficulties, differences in the interpretation of questions, inability or unwillingness...
Page 140 - ... unable to work because of longterm physical or mental illness; persons who are retired or too old to work, seasonal workers for whom the survey week fell in an off season, and the voluntary idle.
Page 138 - One person in each household is designated as the householder. In most cases, this is the person, or one of the persons, in whose name the home is owned, being bought, or rented and who is listed in column 1 of the census questionnaire.
Page 134 - Includes net money income (gross receipts minus expenses) from one's own business, professional enterprise, or partnership. Gross receipts include the value of all goods sold and services rendered. Expenses...
Page 147 - Money received from the sale of property, such as stocks, bonds, a house, or a car (unless the person was engaged in the business of selling such property, in which case the net proceeds would be counted as income from...
Page 146 - Data reliability The data in this bulletin are estimates from a scientifically selected probability sample. There are two types of errors possible in an estimate based on a sample survey, sampling and nonsampling. Sampling errors occur because observations come only from a sample and not from an entire population. The sample used for this survey is one of a number of possible samples of the same size that could have been selected using the sample design. Estimates derived from the different samples...
Page 152 - ... percentage is based. Estimated percentages are relatively more reliable than the corresponding estimates of the numerators of the percentages, particularly if the percentages are 50 percent or more.