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Working Poor Table 1. People ages 16 and older in the labor force: poverty status and work experience by weeks in the labor force, 2024

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Working Poor Table 1. People ages 16 and older in the labor force: poverty status and work experience by weeks in the labor force, 2024

Poverty status and work experience	Total in labor force	27 weeks or more in labor force
Poverty status and work experience	Total in labor force	Total	50 to 52 weeks
Total
Total in the labor force	177,156	164,346	149,552
Did not work during the year	2,602	1,147	916
Worked during the year	174,555	163,199	148,635
Usual full-time workers	140,785	136,423	127,663
Usual part-time workers	33,770	26,776	20,972
Involuntary part-time workers	5,956	5,123	4,320
Voluntary part-time workers	27,815	21,652	16,653
At or above poverty level
Total in the labor force	168,848	158,143	144,404
Did not work during the year	1,661	726	557
Worked during the year	167,187	157,417	143,847
Usual full-time workers	136,889	133,137	124,842
Usual part-time workers	30,298	24,280	19,005
Involuntary part-time workers	4,909	4,271	3,564
Voluntary part-time workers	25,389	20,008	15,441
Below poverty level
Total in the labor force	8,308	6,203	5,148
Did not work during the year	940	421	359
Worked during the year	7,368	5,782	4,789
Usual full-time workers	3,895	3,286	2,821
Usual part-time workers	3,472	2,496	1,968
Involuntary part-time workers	1,047	852	756
Voluntary part-time workers	2,426	1,644	1,212
Rate(1)
Total in the labor force	4.7	3.8	3.4
Did not work during the year	36.1	36.7	39.2
Worked during the year	4.2	3.5	3.2
Usual full-time workers	2.8	2.4	2.2
Usual part-time workers	10.3	9.3	9.4
Involuntary part-time workers	17.6	16.6	17.5
Voluntary part-time workers	8.7	7.6	7.3
(1) Number below the poverty level as a percent of the total in the labor force.
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Annual Social and Economic Supplement (ASEC) of the Current Population Survey (CPS).