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Table 5. Primary families: poverty status, presence of related children, and work experience of family members in the labor force for 27 weeks or more, 2024 (Numbers in thousands)

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Table 5. Primary families: poverty status, presence of related children, and work experience of family members in the labor force for 27 weeks or more, 2024 (Numbers in thousands)

Characteristic	Total families	At or above poverty level	Below poverty level	Rate(1)
Total primary families
Total	69,029	65,848	3,181	4.6
With related children under 18 years	34,012	31,456	2,556	7.5
Without children	35,017	34,392	625	1.8
With one member in the labor force	27,782	25,068	2,714	9.8
With two or more members in the labor force	41,247	40,780	467	1.1
With two members	33,718	33,313	405	1.2
With three or more members	7,529	7,467	62	0.8
Married-couple families(2)
Total	49,895	48,739	1,156	2.3
With related children under 18 years	23,751	22,872	879	3.7
Without children	26,144	25,868	276	1.1
With one member in the labor force	15,737	14,824	913	5.8
Husband	10,694	9,957	737	6.9
Wife	4,198	4,058	140	3.3
Relative	845	809	36	4.3
With two or more members in the labor force	34,158	33,916	243	0.7
With two members	28,407	28,189	217	0.8
With three or more members	5,752	5,727	25	0.4
Families maintained by women(3)
Total	12,669	11,034	1,635	12.9
With related children under 18 years	7,358	5,954	1,404	19.1
Without children	5,312	5,080	231	4.4
With one member in the labor force	8,386	6,925	1,461	17.4
Householder	6,589	5,345	1,244	18.9
Relative	1,797	1,580	217	12.1
With two or more members in the labor force	4,283	4,109	174	4.1
Families maintained by men(3)
Total	6,464	6,074	390	6.0
With related children under 18 years	2,903	2,630	273	9.4
Without children	3,561	3,444	117	3.3
With one member in the labor force	3,659	3,319	340	9.3
Householder	2,942	2,662	280	9.5
Relative	717	657	60	8.3
With two or more members in the labor force	2,806	2,755	51	1.8
(1) Number below the poverty level as a percent of the total in the labor force for 27 weeks or more. (2) Beginning with data for 2018, includes both opposite-sex and same-sex married-couple families. Prior to 2018, included opposite-sex married-couple families only. (3) Beginning with data for 2018, includes families with no spouse of either sex present. Prior to 2018, included only families with no opposite-sex spouse present.
NOTE: Data relate to primary families with at least one member in the labor force for 27 weeks or more. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Annual Social and Economic Supplement (ASEC) of the Current Population Survey (CPS).