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Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey

Women in the Labor Force: A Databook (2009 Edition)

(Numbers in thousands)
Table 27. Working poor: Poverty status of persons in the labor force for 27 weeks or more by age, sex, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, 2007
Age and sexTotalBelow poverty levelRate (1)
TotalWhiteBlack or
African
American
AsianHispanic
or Latino
ethnicity
TotalWhiteBlack or
African
American
AsianHispanic
or Latino
ethnicity
TotalWhiteBlack or
African
American
AsianHispanic
or Latino
ethnicity

Total, 16 years and older

146,567119,79216,5866,76620,4617,5215,3571,6122622,1395.14.59.73.910.5

16 to 19 years

4,0793,397416946644163187199910.29.417.09.214.9

20 to 24 years

13,31510,7361,6944332,3461,4131,0382962030210.69.717.44.512.9

25 to 34 years

31,96325,3773,9731,6986,2042,1261,460514657136.75.812.93.811.5

35 to 44 years

34,21127,3464,1651,8925,4581,7161,212381675955.04.49.13.510.9

45 to 54 years

35,18729,0603,8851,5773,6841,175869211553123.33.05.43.58.5

55 to 64 years

21,65818,4761,9828601,682569385117441022.62.15.95.16.1

65 years and older

6,1555,40147121242210675243161.71.45.01.33.7

Women, 16 years and older

67,62453,9998,9023,1677,9973,8902,5921,0361238565.84.811.63.910.7

16 to 19 years

2,0321,679235392622121623814210.49.716.3(2)16.1

20 to 24 years

6,1474,9198332098938286001871513313.512.222.57.314.9

25 to 34 years

14,42811,0672,1557912,2251,125676367372517.86.117.04.711.3

35 to 44 years

15,56012,0702,2598582,171840554228302555.44.610.13.511.8

45 to 54 years

16,50213,3672,0577561,559539379119221223.32.85.82.97.8

55 to 64 years

10,2218,5391,1124167302901837916472.82.17.13.96.4

65 years and older

2,7342,35925198158553716152.01.66.5.63.2

Men, 16 years and older

78,94465,7947,6843,59912,4643,6312,7655761401,2834.64.27.53.910.3

16 to 19 years

2,0481,718181544022041563375710.09.118.0(2)14.1

20 to 24 years

7,1685,8178612241,45358443810841698.27.512.62.011.6

25 to 34 years

17,53514,3101,8189073,9781,001783147284625.75.58.13.111.6

35 to 44 years

18,65115,2761,9061,0353,288876658152373404.74.38.03.510.3

45 to 54 years

18,68515,6931,8288212,12663749091331903.43.15.04.08.9

55 to 64 years

11,4379,9378704459532782023828552.42.04.36.25.8

65 years and older

3,4213,042220114264513872111.51.33.31.94.0

Footnotes:
(1) Number below the poverty level as a percent of the total in the labor force for 27 weeks or more.
(2) Data not shown where labor force base is less than 80,000.

NOTE: These data, collected in the Annual Social and Economic Supplement, reflect the earnings and work experience of the entire year. Estimates for the above race groups (white, black or African American, and Asian) do not sum to totals because data are not presented for all races. Persons whose ethnicity is identified as Hispanic or Latino may be of any race.

 

SOURCE: 2008 Annual Social and Economic Supplement, Current Population Survey, U.S. Department of Labor, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.