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according to the Census Bureau. The majority of the Nation’s

poor were children and adults who had not participated in the

labor force during the year. However, 7.8 million were

classified as “working poor”—persons who, during the year,

spent 27 weeks or more in the labor force during the year

(working or looking for work), but whose incomes still fell

below the official poverty level. These individuals represented

5.6 percent of all persons 16 years and older who were in the

labor force for 27 weeks or more—an increase of 0.3 percentage

point (407,000 persons) from the prior year. (See tables A and

1, and chart 1.) Additional highlights from the 2004 data

include:

• Although working full-time (35 or more hours per week)

substantially lowers a person’s probability of being poor, a

majority (58.3 percent) of the working poor usually worked full

time. Still, full-time workers were less likely than part-time

workers to be considered working poor: in 2004, 3.9 percent of

all persons who spent 27 or more weeks in the labor force and

usually worked full time were classified as working poor,

compared with 11.6 percent of usual part-time workers.

• Black and Hispanic or Latino workers continued to be

more than twice as likely as their white counterparts to be

among the working poor.

• In general, the risk of being poor falls rapidly as

individuals attain higher education levels. Of those in the

labor force for most of 2004, only 1.7 percent of college

graduates were among the working poor, compared with 15.2

percent of those with less than a high school diploma.

• The probability of being among the working poor was

lowest for individuals employed in management, professional,

(This report was reissued on Wednesday, December 13, 2006, to reflect corrections to the survey sample weights made after the publication of the original report. The analyses in this report were not affected

by the corrections. )

A Profile of the Working

Poor, 2004

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U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

May 2006

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n 2004, 37.0 million people, or 12.7 percent of the population, lived at or below the official poverty threshold,

2003

Total persons ..............

In poverty .................

Poverty rate ..............

Unrelated individuals .

In poverty .................

Poverty rate ..............

Primary families ...........

In poverty .................

Poverty rate ..............

140,908

7,836

5.6

30,694

2,742

8.9

63,912

4,261

6.7

138,143

6,802

4.9

29,387

2,388

8.1

62,251

3,697

5.9

139,728

7,359

5.3

29,847

2,584

8.7

63,352

3,973

6.3

140,007

7,429

5.3

29,898

2,472

8.3

63,567

4,167

6.6

Table A. Poverty status of persons and primary families

in the labor force for 27 weeks or more, 2001-2004

2004 1 2 Characteristic 2001 2002

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4

(Numbers in thousands)

Data, beginning in 2002 with the collection of the

2003 Annual Social and Economic Supplement to the

Current Population, are not strictly comparable with data

for earlier years because of the introduction in the

January 2003 survey of revised population controls used

in the survey.

Data, beginning in 2003 with the collection of the

2004 Annual Social and Economic Supplement to the

Current Population, are not strictly comparable with data

for earlier years because of the introduction in the

January 2004 survey of revised population controls used

in the survey.

Includes persons in families, not shown separately.

Primary families with at least one member in the labor

force for more than half of the year.

NOTE: Data for 2004 may vary slightly from that

previously published due to corrections to the sample

weights.

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4

1

2

Additional errors were found in this report; data in table 4 were corrected since its reissue. More information is at www.bls.gov/bls/errata/

corrected-working-poor-data.htm.
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and related occupations and highest for those holding service

jobs.

• Among families with at least one member in the labor

force for 27 weeks or more, those including children under 18

years old were about four times as likely as those without

children to live in poverty or to be among the working poor.

This report presents data on the relationship between

labor force activity and poverty in 2004 for workers and their

families. The specific income thresholds used to determine

people’s poverty status differ, depending on whether the

individuals were living with family members or were living

alone or with nonrelatives. For family members, the poverty

threshold was determined by their family’s total income; for

individuals not living in families, their personal income was

used as the determinant.

The data were collected in the 2005 Annual Social and

Economic Supplement to the Current Population Survey. For

a more detailed description of the source of the data and an

explanation of the concepts and definitions used in this report,

see the Technical Note.

Demographic characteristics

Of all persons in the labor force for at least 27 weeks during

2004, about the same number of women and men were poor,

4.0 and 3.8 million, respectively. The working-poor rate—the

proportion of persons in the labor force for at least 27 weeks,

who lived below the poverty level—was 6.2 percent for

women, compared with 5.0 percent for men. (See table 2.) The

rate for men was slightly higher than in 2003.

As in past years, younger workers were more likely to be

among the working poor than were their older counterparts,

largely because of young people’s lower earnings and higher

rates of unemployment. Among youth who were in the labor

force for 27 weeks or more in 2004, 10.2 percent of 16- to 19-

year-olds and 11.7 percent of 20- to 24-year-olds were living

in poverty. These rates were at least double the rate for

workers aged 35 to 44 (5.1 percent), and more than triple the

rate for workers 55 to 64 years of age (3.0 percent).

Black and Hispanic teenage workers are more likely to be

in poverty. Among teenagers who were in the labor force for

27 weeks or more, 19.5 percent of blacks and 15.6 percent of

Hispanics were living in poverty, compared with 9.0 percent

of whites and 7.0 percent of Asians. (See table 2.)

Educational attainment

Achieving higher levels of education dramatically reduces the

likelihood of being among the working poor. Individuals with

higher levels of education have greater access to higher

paying jobs, such as management, professional, and related

occupations, than those with lower education. In 2004, the

working-poor rate for college graduates was 1.7 percent, the

lowest by education level. Persons with less than a high

school diploma were those most likely to be among the

working poor (15.2 percent); having a high school diploma or

equivalent, but no college, reduced the working-poor rate to

6.5 percent. Blacks and Hispanics were more likely to be

among the working poor than were whites at all levels of

educational attainment. (See table 3.)

At lower levels of educational attainment, white women

were slightly more likely to be among the working poor than

were white men. There were some marked disparities,

however, among black men and women. The working-poor

rate for black women workers with less than a high school

diploma was 31.5 percent, compared with 17.6 percent for black

men. Among high school graduates (no college), the gap was

narrower, but the working-poor rate was still higher for black

Chart 1. Poverty rates of persons in the labor force for 27 

weeks or more, 1987-2004

4.0

4.5

5.0

5.5

6.0

6.5

7.0

1987 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004

Percent
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women (14.6 percent) than for black men (9.4 percent). Among

college graduates, however, the working-poor rate for black

women was slightly below that for black men.

Occupation

The likelihood of being among the working poor varies widely

by occupation. In 2004, two-thirds of the working poor who

had been employed at some point during the year worked in

one of the following three occupational groups: Service

occupations; sales and office occupations; and production,

transportation, and material moving occupations. (Individuals

are classified by occupation based on the job they held the

longest during the year.) Those who had worked in

occupations requiring higher levels of education and offering

higher earnings had a lower incidence of being poor.

Management, professional, and related occupations had the

lowest working-poor rate—1.9 percent. The proportion of

workers classified as working poor was highest for those

employed in service occupations; at 11.2 percent, the rate was

twice that for all workers. Individuals who had worked in

natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations

also had an above-average working-poor rate—7.3 percent.

(See table 4.)

Families

In 2004, 4.3 million families were classified as living below the

poverty level, despite having at least one family member in the

labor force for half the year or more. This number represented

6.7 percent of all families who had at least one member in the

labor force in 2004, little changed from 2003. Among families

with one member in the labor force for at least 27 weeks in 2004,

married-couple families—regardless of whether the husband

or the wife was the family member in the labor force—were the

least likely to fall below the poverty level (8.8 percent).

Families maintained by single women had a working-poor rate

of 22.6 percent and families maintained by single men, 13.1

percent. (See table 5.)

The working-poor rate was higher in families with children than in those without children. Married-couple families

with children had a working-poor rate of 5.9 percent; marriedcouple families without children had a working-poor rate of

only 1.8 percent. Families maintained by single women with

children under 18 years old had a working-poor rate of 23.3

percent. The working-poor rate for families maintained by

single men with children also was high—12.4 percent). (See

table 5.)

Unrelated individuals

In 2004, 30.7 million unrelated individuals were in the labor

force for half the year or longer, and 2.7 million lived below the

poverty level. Unrelated individuals are persons who live by

themselves or with others not related to them. Their workingpoor rate was 8.9 percent in 2004, up from 8.3 percent in 2003.

(See tables 6 and A.)

Of the 2.7 million unrelated individuals who lived below

the poverty level, roughly 3 in every 5 lived with others.

Persons living with unrelated individuals had a working-poor

rate of 12.1 percent, compared with 6.2 percent for individuals

living alone. Many unrelated individuals with low incomes

may live with others out of necessity; if they had sufficient

incomes to support themselves, they might choose to live

alone. Poverty status for unrelated individuals in either living

situation is determined using the individual’s resources, but

the pooling of resources and sharing of expenses may permit

some individuals who are technically classified as poor to live

above the poverty level.

Among unrelated individuals, teenagers living alone or

with others not related to them were those most likely to live

below the poverty level: about 3 in every 5 (227,000) were

below the poverty level in 2004. Roughly equal numbers of

men and women below the poverty level who were living alone

or with unrelated individuals; however, women living alone or

with unrelated individuals had a higher working poor rate (9.9

percent) than did men (8.2 percent). Working-poor rates for

unrelated blacks and unrelated Hispanics were 11.6 and 10.4

percent, respectively, compared with 8.4 percent for unrelated

whites. (See table 7.)

Labor market problems

Three major labor market problems commonly experienced by

persons in the labor force who live below the poverty level are

unemployment, low earnings, and involuntary part-time

employment. (See the Technical Note for detailed definitions.)

Among those who participated in the labor force for more than

half the year and who usually worked in full-time wage and

salary jobs, 3.8 million, or 3.5 percent, were classified as

working poor in 2004. This proportion was little different from

the prior year. This analysis is limited to full-time wage and

salary workers. (See table 8.)

In 2004, 8 in 10 of the working poor who usually worked

full time in wage and salary jobs experienced at least one labor

market problem. Low earnings continued to be the most

common problem, reported by two-thirds of workers in this

group, either alone or in combination with other labor market

problems. Unemployment, either alone or combined with other

labor market problems, was experienced by about 3 in 10. Only

3.2 percent experienced all three problems—low earnings,

unemployment, and involuntary part-time work.

Some 729,000 of the working poor who usually work fulltime in wage and salary jobs did not experience any of the

three main labor market problems in 2004. Their poverty status

may be associated with other factors, including short-term

employment, some weeks of voluntary part-time work, or a

family structure that increases the likelihood of poverty.
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Technical Note

Source of data

The primary source of data in this report is the 2005 Annual Social

and Economic Supplement to the Current Population Survey

(CPS). The CPS is a monthly survey of 60,000 households

conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau for the Bureau of Labor

Statistics to collect demographic, social, and economic information

about persons 16 years of age and older. The Annual Social and

Economic Supplement is asked of part of the CPS samples for

February and April and of the entire sample for March, making up

a total of 78,000 households. Work experience and income data

collected in the Annual Social and Economic Supplement refer to

activity in the entire prior calendar year.

The estimates in this report are based on a sample and,

consequently, may differ from figures that would have been

obtained from a complete count using the same questionnaire and

procedures. Sampling variability may be relatively large in cases

where the numbers are small. Thus, small estimates, or small

differences between estimates, should be interpreted with caution.

For a detailed explanation of the Annual Social and Economic

Supplement to the CPS, its sampling variability, and more extensive

definitions than those provided below, see Income, Poverty, and

Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2004, Current

Population Reports, series P-60, no. 229 (U.S. Census Bureau,

August 2005). This publication also is available on the Census

Bureau Web site at www.census.gov/prod/2005pubs/p60-229.pdf.

Information in this report will be made available to sensory

impaired individuals upon request. Voice phone: (202) 691-5200;

Federal Relay Service: 1-800-877-8339. This material is in the

public domain and, with appropriate credit, may be reproduced

without permission.

For more information on the data provided in this report, write

to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Division of Labor Force Statistics,

Room 4675, 2 Massachusetts Avenue, NE., Washington, DC

20212; e-mail: cpsinfo@bls.gov; or telephone (202) 691-6378.

Comparability of estimates

The 2004 estimates in this report, which were collected in the 2005

Annual Social and Economic Supplement to the CPS, are not

strictly comparable with data for 2003 and earlier years because

of the introduction in January 2005 of revised populations

controls used in the CPS. For additional information, see

“Adjustments to Household Survey Population Estimates in

January 2005” in the February 2005 issue of Employment and

Earnings, available on the Internet at www.bls.gov/cps/

cps05adj.pdf.

Concepts and definitions

Poverty classification. Poverty statistics presented in this report

are based on definitions developed by the Social Security

Administration in 1964 and revised by Federal interagency

committees in 1969 and 1981. These definitions originally were

based on the Department of Agriculture’s Economy Food Plan

and reflected the different consumption requirements of families,

based on factors such as family size and the number of children

under 18 years of age.

The actual poverty thresholds vary in accordance with the

makeup of the family. In 2004, the average poverty threshold for

a family of four was $19,307; for a family of nine or more persons,

the threshold was $39,048; and for an unrelated individual aged

65 or older, it was $9,060. Poverty thresholds are updated each

year to reflect changes in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban

Consumers (CPI-U). The thresholds do not vary geographically.

For more information, see Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance

Coverage in the United States: 2004, cited above.

Low earnings. The low earnings level, as first developed in 1987,

represented the average of the real value of the minimum wage

between 1967 and 1987 for a 40-hour workweek. The base year

of 1967 was chosen because that was the first year in which

minimum-wage legislation covered essentially the same broad

group of workers that currently is covered. The low earnings level

has subsequently been adjusted each year using the CPI-U, so

that the measure maintains the same real value that it held in 1987.

In 2004, the low earnings threshold was $278.03 per week. For a

more complete definition, see Bruce W. Klein and Philip L. Rones,

“A profile of the working poor,” Monthly Labor Review, October

1989, pp. 3-13.

Income. Data on income are limited to money income received in

the calendar year preceding the supplement, before personal

income taxes and payroll deductions. They do not include the

value of noncash benefits such as Food Stamps, Medicare,

Medicaid, public housing, and employer-provided benefits. For

a complete definition of the income concept, see Income, Poverty,

and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2004,

cited above.

In the labor force. Persons in the labor force are those who

worked or looked for work sometime during the calendar year

preceding the supplement. The number of weeks in the labor force

is accumulated over the entire year. The focus in this report is on

persons in the labor force for 27 weeks or more.

Involuntary part-time workers. These are persons who, in at

least 1 week of the year, worked fewer than 35 hours because of

slack work or business conditions, or because they could not find

full-time work. The number of weeks of involuntary part-time

work is accumulated over the year.

Occupation. Refers to the occupation in which a person worked

the most weeks during the calendar year.
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Unemployed. Unemployed persons are those who looked for

work while not employed or those who were on layoff from a job

and expecting recall. The number of weeks unemployed is

accumulated over the entire year.

Family. A family is defined as a group of two or more persons

residing together who are related by birth, marriage, or adoption.

The count of families used in this report includes only primary

families. A primary family includes the reference person

(householder) and all people living in the household who are

related to the reference person. Families are classified either as

married-couple families or as those maintained by men or women

without spouses present. Family status is determined at the time

of the interview, and thus may be different from that of the

previous year.

Unrelated individuals. These are persons who are not living with

any relatives. Such individuals may live alone, reside in a

nonrelated family household, or live in group quarters with other

unrelated individuals.

Related children. Data on related children refer to own children

(including sons, daughters, and step- or adopted children) of the

husband, wife, or person maintaining the family and all other

children related to the householder by birth, marriage, or adoption.

Race. White, black or African American, and Asian are terms

used to describe the race of people. People in these categories

are those who selected that race group only. Data for the

remaining race categories—American Indian or Alaska Native,

Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander—and for people who

selected more than one race category are included in totals but

are not shown separately because the number of survey

respondents is too small to develop estimates of sufficient quality

for publication. In the enumeration process, race is determined

by the household respondent.

Hispanic or Latino ethnicity. This term refers to persons who

identified themselves in the CPS enumeration process as being

Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino. People whose ethnicity is identified

as Hispanic or Latino may be of any race.
Table 1. People in the labor force: Poverty status and work experience by weeks in the labor force, 2004

(Numbers in thousands)

Poverty status and work experience Total in the labor force

27 weeks or more in the labor force

Total 50 to 52 weeks

TOTAL

Total in labor force ................................................................................ 154,796 140,908 127,562

 Did not work during the year ............................................................... 2,543 1,247 1,069

 Worked during the year ...................................................................... 152,253 139,662 126,493

 Usual full-time workers ..................................................................... 121,730 116,549 108,730

 Usual part-time workers .................................................................... 30,523 23,113 17,763

 Involuntary part-time workers ......................................................... 5,147 4,222 3,463

 Voluntary part-time workers ............................................................ 25,377 18,891 14,300

At or above poverty level

Total in labor force ................................................................................ 144,411 133,073 121,068

 Did not work during the year ............................................................... 1,525 672 562

 Worked during the year ...................................................................... 142,886 132,400 120,506

 Usual full-time workers ..................................................................... 116,201 111,978 104,838

 Usual part-time workers .................................................................... 26,685 20,422 15,667

 Involuntary part-time workers ......................................................... 3,823 3,181 2,591

 Voluntary part-time workers ............................................................ 22,862 17,242 13,076

Below poverty level

Total in labor force ................................................................................ 10,385 7,836 6,494

 Did not work during the year ............................................................... 1,019 575 507

 Worked during the year ...................................................................... 9,366 7,261 5,987

 Usual full-time workers ..................................................................... 5,529 4,571 3,892

 Usual part-time workers .................................................................... 3,838 2,691 2,095

 Involuntary part-time workers ......................................................... 1,323 1,041 871

 Voluntary part-time workers ............................................................ 2,514 1,649 1,224

Rate 1

Total in labor force ................................................................................ 6.7 5.6 5.1

 Did not work during the year ............................................................... 40.1 46.1 47.4

 Worked during the year ...................................................................... 6.2 5.2 4.7

 Usual full-time workers ..................................................................... 4.5 3.9 3.6

 Usual part-time workers .................................................................... 12.6 11.6 11.8

 Involuntary part-time workers ......................................................... 25.7 24.7 25.2

 Voluntary part-time workers ............................................................ 9.9 8.7 8.6

1 Number below the poverty level as a percent of the total in the labor

force.

 NOTE: Data refer to people 16 years and older. Data for 2004, which

were collected in the 2004 Annual Social and Economic Supplement to the

Current Population Survey, are not stricly comparable with data for 2003

and earlier years because of the introduction in January 2004 of revised

population controls used in the survey. For additional information, see the

Technical Note and the article "Adjustments to Household Survey

Population Estimates in January 2004," available on the Internet at

www.bls.gov/cps/cps05adj.pdf. Data in this table may vary slightly from

that previously published due to corrections to the sample weights.

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Table 2. People in the labor force for 27 weeks or more: Poverty status by age, sex, race, and Hispanic or Latino

ethnicity, 2004

(Numbers in thousands)

Age and sex Total White

Black or

African

American

Asian

Hispanic

or Latino

ethnicity

Below poverty level

Total White

Black or

African

American

Asian

Hispanic

or Latino

ethnicity

 Total, 16 years and older .................. 140,908 115,662 15,819 6,039 18,296 7,836 5,615 1,670 266 1,930

16 to 19 years ....................................... 4,208 3,550 410 103 595 430 319 80 7 93

20 to 24 years ....................................... 13,327 10,792 1,591 410 2,363 1,557 1,164 279 33 310

25 to 34 years ....................................... 30,867 24,453 3,959 1,598 5,728 2,227 1,508 577 57 709

35 to 44 years ....................................... 35,003 28,295 4,200 1,702 4,814 1,774 1,266 382 85 491

45 to 54 years ....................................... 33,705 28,057 3,633 1,357 3,127 1,195 852 251 53 225

55 to 64 years ....................................... 18,578 15,938 1,609 717 1,362 548 423 89 20 88

65 years and older ................................ 5,221 4,577 417 152 308 106 83 11 10 14

 Men, 16 years and older ................... 75,887 63,368 7,401 3,284 11,174 3,799 2,892 621 154 1,156

16 to 19 years ....................................... 2,068 1,736 209 48 346 188 126 46 3 45

20 to 24 years ....................................... 7,102 5,854 756 204 1,479 686 525 109 19 173

25 to 34 years ....................................... 17,203 13,973 1,842 911 3,695 1,067 808 185 27 447

35 to 44 years ....................................... 19,001 15,658 1,942 957 2,931 875 678 132 52 297

45 to 54 years ....................................... 17,737 15,001 1,704 688 1,783 641 471 113 35 143

55 to 64 years ....................................... 9,870 8,557 752 389 773 276 228 35 11 44

65 years and older ................................ 2,906 2,589 196 87 166 66 56 1 7 7

 Women, 16 years and older ............. 65,022 52,294 8,419 2,755 7,122 4,036 2,723 1,049 112 774

16 to 19 years ....................................... 2,140 1,814 201 54 249 241 193 34 5 48

20 to 24 years ....................................... 6,225 4,938 835 206 883 871 640 170 14 136

25 to 34 years ....................................... 13,664 10,479 2,117 688 2,033 1,159 700 393 30 262

35 to 44 years ....................................... 16,002 12,637 2,258 746 1,883 899 587 250 34 194

45 to 54 years ....................................... 15,968 13,057 1,928 670 1,343 554 381 138 18 82

55 to 64 years ....................................... 8,707 7,381 858 328 589 272 195 55 10 45

65 years and older ................................ 2,316 1,988 221 65 142 40 27 10 2 7

Age and sex

Rate 1

Total White

Black or

African

American

Asian

Hispanic or

Latino

ethnicity

 Total, 16 years and older .................. 5.6 4.9 10.6 4.4 10.5

16 to 19 years ....................................... 10.2 9.0 19.5 7.0 15.6

20 to 24 years ....................................... 11.7 10.8 17.5 8.2 13.1

25 to 34 years ....................................... 7.2 6.2 14.6 3.6 12.4

35 to 44 years ....................................... 5.1 4.5 9.1 5.0 10.2

45 to 54 years ....................................... 3.5 3.0 6.9 3.9 7.2

55 to 64 years ....................................... 3.0 2.7 5.6 2.8 6.5

65 years and older ................................ 2.0 1.8 2.6 6.3 4.4

 Men, 16 years and older ................... 5.0 4.6 8.4 4.7 10.3

16 to 19 years ....................................... 9.1 7.3 22.1 2 ( ) 13.1

20 to 24 years ....................................... 9.7 9.0 14.5 9.4 11.7

25 to 34 years ....................................... 6.2 5.8 10.0 3.0 12.1

35 to 44 years ....................................... 4.6 4.3 6.8 5.4 10.1

45 to 54 years ....................................... 3.6 3.1 6.6 5.2 8.0

55 to 64 years ....................................... 2.8 2.7 4.6 2.7 5.6

65 years and older ................................ 2.3 2.2 0.7 8.6 4.2

 Women, 16 years and older ............. 6.2 5.2 12.5 4.1 10.9

16 to 19 years ....................................... 11.3 10.6 16.8 2 ( ) 19.2

20 to 24 years ....................................... 14.0 12.9 20.3 7.0 15.4

25 to 34 years ....................................... 8.5 6.7 18.6 4.4 12.9

35 to 44 years ....................................... 5.6 4.6 11.1 4.5 10.3

45 to 54 years ....................................... 3.5 2.9 7.1 2.6 6.1

55 to 64 years ....................................... 3.1 2.6 6.4 2.9 7.6

65 years and older ................................ 1.7 1.4 4.3 2 ( ) 4.7

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 base is less than 80,000.

 NOTE: 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. In addition, people whose ethnicity is

identified as Hispanic or Latino may be of any race and, therefore, are

classified by ethnicity as well as by race. Also, see Note, table 1. 

Data in this table may vary slightly from that previously published due

to corrections to the sample weights.

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Table 3. People in the labor force for 27 weeks or more: Poverty status by educational attainment, race, Hispanic or Latino

ethnicity, and sex, 2004

(Numbers in thousands)

Educational attainment, race, and 

Hispanic or Latino ethnicity Total Men Women

Below poverty level Rate 1

Total Men Women Total Men Women

 Total, 16 years and older ......................... 140,908 75,887 65,022 7,836 3,799 4,036 5.6 5.0 6.2

Less than a high school diploma ................ 16,013 10,032 5,981 2,427 1,341 1,087 15.2 13.4 18.2

 Less than 1 year of high school ............... 5,055 3,490 1,566 846 562 284 16.7 16.1 18.1

 1-3 years of high school .......................... 9,226 5,463 3,763 1,368 672 696 14.8 12.3 18.5

 4 years of high school, no diploma .......... 1,732 1,079 653 214 106 107 12.3 9.8 16.4

High school graduates, no college 2 ........... 42,922 24,129 18,792 2,792 1,382 1,410 6.5 5.7 7.5

Some college or associate degree ............. 40,570 19,818 20,753 1,903 727 1,176 4.7 3.7 5.7

 Some college, no degree ......................... 27,385 13,706 13,679 1,499 575 924 5.5 4.2 6.8

 Associate degree ..................................... 13,186 6,112 7,073 404 152 252 3.1 2.5 3.6

Bachelor’s degree and higher 3 .................. 41,404 21,908 19,495 714 350 364 1.7 1.6 1.9

 White, 16 years and older ........................ 115,662 63,368 52,294 5,615 2,892 2,723 4.9 4.6 5.2

Less than a high school diploma ................ 12,957 8,410 4,547 1,790 1,072 718 13.8 12.7 15.8

 Less than 1 year of high school ............... 4,374 3,095 1,279 728 497 231 16.6 16.1 18.0

 1-3 years of high school .......................... 7,296 4,450 2,846 935 492 444 12.8 11.0 15.6

 4 years of high school, no diploma .......... 1,287 865 422 128 84 44 9.9 9.7 10.4

High school graduates, no college 2 ........... 34,898 19,844 15,054 1,939 1,009 930 5.6 5.1 6.2

Some college or associate degree ............. 33,356 16,621 16,736 1,362 559 804 4.1 3.4 4.8

 Some college, no degree ......................... 22,312 11,419 10,893 1,062 447 616 4.8 3.9 5.7

 Associate degree ..................................... 11,044 5,202 5,842 300 112 188 2.7 2.2 3.2

Bachelor’s degree and higher 3 .................. 34,450 18,494 15,957 523 252 271 1.5 1.4 1.7

 Black or African American, 16 years and

older ..................................................... 15,819 7,401 8,419 1,670 621 1,049 10.6 8.4 12.5

Less than a high school diploma ................ 2,022 1,054 968 490 185 305 24.3 17.6 31.5

 Less than 1 year of high school ............... 303 174 130 57 25 32 18.8 14.3 25.0

 1-3 years of high school .......................... 1,406 724 681 359 141 218 25.5 19.5 32.0

 4 years of high school, no diploma .......... 313 156 157 74 19 55 23.7 12.3 35.1

High school graduates, no college 2 ........... 5,867 3,052 2,815 697 286 411 11.9 9.4 14.6

Some college or associate degree ............. 4,825 2,023 2,803 383 101 283 7.9 5.0 10.1

 Some college, no degree ......................... 3,450 1,464 1,986 307 74 233 8.9 5.1 11.7

 Associate degree ..................................... 1,375 558 817 77 27 50 5.6 4.8 6.1

Bachelor’s degree and higher 3 .................. 3,105 1,272 1,833 99 49 50 3.2 3.8 2.7

 Asian, 16 years and older ........................ 6,039 3,284 2,755 266 154 112 4.4 4.7 4.1

Less than a high school diploma ................ 498 236 261 50 28 22 10.1 11.8 8.5

 Less than 1 year of high school ............... 224 114 110 25 17 8 10.9 14.5 7.3

 1-3 years of high school .......................... 203 96 107 19 10 10 9.6 10.0 9.2

 4 years of high school, no diploma .......... 71 26 44 6 2 4 4 ( ) 4 ( ) 4 ( )

High school graduates, no college 2 ........... 1,146 644 502 61 38 23 5.3 5.8 4.7

Some college or associate degree ............. 1,235 611 625 76 41 35 6.1 6.7 5.6

 Some college, no degree ......................... 820 415 404 64 33 30 7.8 8.0 7.5

 Associate degree ..................................... 416 195 220 12 7 5 2.9 3.8 2.1

Bachelor’s degree and higher 3 .................. 3,161 1,793 1,367 79 48 31 2.5 2.7 2.3

 Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, 16 years and

older ...................................................... 18,296 11,174 7,122 1,930 1,156 774 10.5 10.3 10.9

Less than a high school diploma ................ 6,608 4,509 2,098 1,170 733 437 17.7 16.3 20.8

 Less than 1 year of high school ............... 3,530 2,508 1,022 660 458 202 18.7 18.3 19.8

 1-3 years of high school .......................... 2,535 1,628 908 437 228 209 17.2 14.0 23.0

 4 years of high school, no diploma .......... 542 373 169 73 47 26 13.5 12.5 15.6

High school graduates, no college 2 ........... 5,461 3,341 2,119 462 278 184 8.5 8.3 8.7

Some college or associate degree ............. 4,043 2,110 1,933 231 114 118 5.7 5.4 6.1

 Some college, no degree ......................... 2,968 1,573 1,395 176 91 85 5.9 5.8 6.1

 Associate degree ..................................... 1,075 537 538 55 23 32 5.1 4.2 6.0

Bachelor’s degree and higher 3 .................. 2,185 1,214 971 66 31 35 3.0 2.6 3.6

1 Number below the poverty level as a percent of the total in the labor

force for 27 weeks or more. 2 Includes people with a high school diploma or equivalent. 3 Includes people with bachelor’s, master’s, professional, and 

doctoral degrees. 4 Data not shown where base is less than 80,000.

 NOTE: 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. In addition, people whose ethnicity is identified as Hispanic or

Latino may be of any race and, therefore, are classified by ethnicity as well

as by race. Also, see Note, table 1. Data in this table may vary slightly

from that previously published due to corrections to the sample weights.

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Table 4. People in the labor force for 27 weeks or more who worked during the year: poverty status by occupation of longest job

held, race, Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, and gender, 2004

(Numbers in thousands)

Occupation, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity Total Men Women

Below poverty level Rate1

Total Men Women Total Men Women

 Total, 16 years and older2 .......................................... 139,662 75,207 64,455 7,261 3,524 3,737 5.2 4.7 5.8

 Management, professional, and related occupations .... 47,919 23,531 24,388 904 444 460 1.9 1.9 1.9

 Management, business, and financial operations

occupations .............................................................. 19,886 11,303 8,582 358 232 126 1.8 2.1 1.5

 Professional and related occupations .......................... 28,033 12,228 15,806 546 212 334 1.9 1.7 2.1

 Service occupations ...................................................... 22,412 9,687 12,725 2,468 759 1,709 11.0 7.8 13.4

 Sales and office occupations ......................................... 35,377 13,017 22,360 1,746 561 1,185 4.9 4.3 5.3

 Sales and related occupations .................................... 16,021 8,259 7,762 1,012 366 646 6.3 4.4 8.3

 Office and administrative support occupations ............ 19,356 4,757 14,599 734 195 539 3.8 4.1 3.7

 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

occupations .............................................................. 15,377 14,654 722 1,113 1,045 68 7.2 7.1 9.4

 Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations .................. 1,063 829 234 164 126 39 15.5 15.2 16.5

 Construction and extraction occupations ..................... 9,094 8,830 264 720 697 23 7.9 7.9 8.6

 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations ...... 5,220 4,996 224 228 221 7 4.4 4.4 3.0

 Production, transportation, and material-moving

occupations .............................................................. 18,433 14,187 4,246 1,030 715 315 5.6 5.0 7.4

 Production occupations ............................................... 9,845 6,889 2,957 523 318 206 5.3 4.6 7.0

 Transportation and material-moving occupations ........ 8,588 7,298 1,289 507 398 109 5.9 5.4 8.5

 White, 16 years and older2 ......................................... 114,893 62,959 51,934 5,302 2,740 2,562 4.6 4.4 4.9

 Management, professional, and related occupations .... 40,433 20,225 20,208 706 369 337 1.7 1.8 1.7

 Management, business, and financial operations

occupations .............................................................. 17,223 10,085 7,138 312 210 101 1.8 2.1 1.4

 Professional and related occupations .......................... 23,210 10,140 13,069 395 159 236 1.7 1.6 1.8

 Service occupations ...................................................... 17,162 7,475 9,687 1,666 530 1,135 9.7 7.1 11.7

 Sales and office occupations ......................................... 29,100 10,868 18,232 1,187 392 795 4.1 3.6 4.4

 Sales and related occupations .................................... 13,509 7,129 6,379 718 261 457 5.3 3.7 7.2

 Office and administrative support occupations ............ 15,591 3,738 11,853 469 131 338 3.0 3.5 2.9

 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

occupations .............................................................. 13,533 12,936 597 960 903 57 7.1 7.0 9.6

 Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations .................. 935 728 207 153 116 37 16.3 15.9 17.9

 Construction and extraction occupations ..................... 8,076 7,850 226 603 588 15 7.5 7.5 6.6

 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations ...... 4,522 4,358 164 204 199 5 4.5 4.6 3.3

 Production, transportation, and material-moving

occupations .............................................................. 14,564 11,364 3,201 783 546 237 5.4 4.8 7.4

 Production occupations ............................................... 7,763 5,572 2,190 395 244 151 5.1 4.4 6.9

 Transportation and material-moving occupations ........ 6,801 5,791 1,010 388 302 86 5.7 5.2 8.5

 Black or African American, 16 years and older2 ......... 15,418 7,165 8,252 1,443 511 932 9.4 7.1 11.3

 Management, professional, and related occupations .... 3,873 1,346 2,527 131 40 91 3.4 3.0 3.6

 Management, business, and financial operations

occupations .............................................................. 1,436 554 882 38 15 23 2.7 2.8 2.6

 Professional and related occupations .......................... 2,437 792 1,645 93 25 68 3.8 3.1 4.1

 Service occupations ...................................................... 3,661 1,479 2,182 616 150 466 16.8 10.1 21.4

 Sales and office occupations ......................................... 4,013 1,254 2,759 424 121 303 10.6 9.7 11.0

 Sales and related occupations .................................... 1,444 572 872 223 67 156 15.4 11.7 17.9

 Office and administrative support occupations ............ 2,569 681 1,888 201 55 147 7.8 8.0 7.8

 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

occupations .............................................................. 1,115 1,033 82 81 74 7 7.3 7.2 8.0

 Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations .................. 69 52 17 5 4 1 3 ( ) 3 ( ) 3 ( )

 Construction and extraction occupations ..................... 658 631 27 68 64 5 10.4 10.1 3 ( )

 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations ...... 389 351 38 7 7 1 1.9 1.9 3 ( )

 Production, transportation, and material-moving

occupations .............................................................. 2,724 2,024 700 191 126 65 7.0 6.2 9.4

 Production occupations ............................................... 1,321 839 482 87 44 44 6.6 5.2 9.1

 Transportation and material-moving occupations ........ 1,403 1,185 217 103 82 22 7.4 6.9 9.9

See footnotes at end of table.

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This revised table corrects errors in data by occupation. More information is at www.bls.gov/bls/errata/corrected-working-poor-data.htm. 
Table 4. People in the labor force for 27 weeks or more who worked during the year: poverty status by occupation of longest job

held, race, Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, and gender, 2004 — Continued

(Numbers in thousands)

Occupation, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity Total Men Women

Below poverty level Rate1

Total Men Women Total Men Women

 Asian, 16 years and older2 ......................................... 6,001 3,266 2,735 250 145 105 4.2 4.4 3.8

 Management, professional, and related occupations .... 2,665 1,509 1,156 38 25 13 1.4 1.7 1.1

 Management, business, and financial operations

occupations .............................................................. 876 483 393 5 3 2 .5 .6 .4

 Professional and related occupations .......................... 1,790 1,026 763 33 22 11 1.8 2.2 1.4

 Service occupations ...................................................... 910 424 487 94 52 42 10.4 12.4 8.6

 Sales and office occupations ......................................... 1,457 629 828 75 32 43 5.1 5.1 5.2

 Sales and related occupations .................................... 732 397 335 41 25 16 5.6 6.3 4.8

 Office and administrative support occupations ............ 725 233 493 34 7 27 4.6 3.0 5.4

 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

occupations .............................................................. 289 271 18 21 21 – 7.2 7.7 3 ( )

 Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations .................. 18 14 4 – – – 3 ( ) 3 ( ) 3 ( )

 Construction and extraction occupations ..................... 113 110 3 13 13 – 11.8 12.1 3 ( )

 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations ...... 158 148 11 7 7 – 4.7 5.1 3 ( )

 Production, transportation, and material-moving

occupations .............................................................. 679 433 246 22 15 7 3.2 3.4 3.0

 Production occupations ............................................... 495 281 214 18 12 6 3.6 4.2 2.9

 Transportation and material-moving occupations ........ 184 152 32 4 3 1 2.2 1.9 3 ( )

 Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, 16 years and older2 ....... 18,131 11,083 7,048 1,854 1,125 729 10.2 10.1 10.3

 Management, professional, and related occupations .... 3,048 1,493 1,556 86 46 40 2.8 3.1 2.6

 Management, business, and financial operations

occupations .............................................................. 1,294 715 578 40 27 13 3.1 3.8 2.2

 Professional and related occupations .......................... 1,754 777 977 46 19 27 2.6 2.4 2.8

 Service occupations ...................................................... 4,335 2,212 2,123 634 272 362 14.6 12.3 17.1

 Sales and office occupations ......................................... 3,855 1,532 2,324 322 126 196 8.4 8.3 8.4

 Sales and related occupations .................................... 1,645 834 811 192 82 111 11.7 9.8 13.7

 Office and administrative support occupations ............ 2,211 698 1,513 130 45 85 5.9 6.4 5.6

 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

occupations .............................................................. 3,407 3,230 177 476 446 31 14.0 13.8 17.3

 Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations .................. 477 372 105 98 75 24 20.6 20.1 22.4

 Construction and extraction occupations ..................... 2,271 2,226 45 307 304 3 13.5 13.7 3 ( )

 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations ...... 659 632 27 71 67 4 10.8 10.6 3 ( )

 Production, transportation, and material-moving

occupations .............................................................. 3,467 2,598 869 335 235 100 9.7 9.1 11.5

 Production occupations ............................................... 1,932 1,312 620 188 117 71 9.7 8.9 11.4

 Transportation and material-moving occupations ........ 1,535 1,286 249 148 119 29 9.6 9.2 11.7

1 Number below the poverty level as a percent of the total in the labor

force for 27 weeks or more who worked during the year. 2 Includes the long-term unemployed with no previous work experience

and a small number of people whose last job was in the Armed Forces. 3 Data not shown where base is less than 80,000.

 Note: Estimates for the race groups shown (White, Black or African

American, and Asian) do not sum to totals because data are not presented

for all races. People whose ethnicity is identified as Hispanic or Latino may

be of any race. Dash represents or rounds to zero.

 Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. 

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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, 2004

(Numbers in thousands)

Characteristic Total families At or above

poverty level

Below poverty

level Rate 1

 Total primary families ................................................ 63,912 59,652 4,261 6.7

With related children under 18 years ................................ 36,154 32,565 3,589 9.9

Without children ................................................................ 27,758 27,087 671 2.4

With one member in the labor force .................................. 27,307 23,696 3,611 13.2

With two or more members in the labor force ................... 36,605 35,956 649 1.8

 With two members .......................................................... 30,960 30,361 599 1.9

 With three or more members .......................................... 5,645 5,595 50 .9

 Married-couple families ............................................. 48,675 46,725 1,950 4.0

With related children under 18 years ................................ 26,288 24,742 1,546 5.9

Without children ................................................................ 22,387 21,983 404 1.8

With one member in the labor force .................................. 16,727 15,255 1,471 8.8

 Husband .......................................................................... 12,664 11,463 1,202 9.5

 Wife ................................................................................. 3,477 3,249 228 6.6

 Relative ........................................................................... 585 543 42 7.1

With two or more members in the labor force ................... 31,949 31,470 479 1.5

 With two members .......................................................... 27,241 26,793 448 1.6

 With three or more members .......................................... 4,708 4,677 31 .7

 Families maintained by women ................................. 10,944 9,019 1,925 17.6

With related children under 18 years ................................ 7,548 5,793 1,755 23.3

Without children ................................................................ 3,396 3,226 170 5.0

With one member in the labor force .................................. 7,937 6,143 1,793 22.6

 Householder .................................................................... 6,611 5,009 1,602 24.2

 Relative ........................................................................... 1,326 1,134 191 14.4

With two or more members in the labor force ................... 3,007 2,875 132 4.4

 Families maintained by men ..................................... 4,293 3,908 385 9.0

With related children under 18 years ................................ 2,319 2,030 289 12.4

Without children ................................................................ 1,975 1,878 96 4.9

With one member in the labor force .................................. 2,644 2,298 347 13.1

 Householder .................................................................... 2,217 1,932 285 12.9

 Relative ........................................................................... 427 366 61 14.3

With two or more members in the labor force ................... 1,649 1,611 39 2.3

1 Number below the poverty level as a percent of the total in

the labor force for 27 weeks or more.

 NOTE: Data relate to primary families with at least one member

in the labor force for 27 weeks or more. Also, see Note, table 1. 

Data in this table may vary slightly from that previously published

due to corrections to the sample weights.

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Table 6. People in families and unrelated individuals: Poverty status and work experience, 2004

(Numbers in thousands)

Poverty status and work experience Total

persons

In married-couple families In families maintained by

women

In families maintained by

men Unrelated

individuals Husbands Wives

Related

children

under

18

Other

relatives

Householder

Related

children

under

18

Other

relatives

Householder

Related

children

under

18

Other

relatives

TOTAL

 All people1 .................................. 225,236 57,326 57,911 5,712 17,641 13,968 2,089 10,977 4,869 513 5,093 49,137

With labor force activity .................. 154,796 45,408 37,142 2,166 11,869 10,137 651 6,916 3,872 157 3,451 33,029

 1 to 26 weeks ............................... 13,888 1,464 3,435 1,363 2,495 814 415 942 183 90 353 2,334

 27 weeks or more ......................... 140,908 43,944 33,707 803 9,375 9,323 236 5,973 3,689 67 3,099 30,694

With no labor force activity ............. 70,440 11,918 20,770 3,546 5,771 3,831 1,438 4,061 998 356 1,642 16,109

At or above poverty level

 All people1 .................................. 200,049 54,156 54,702 5,324 16,856 10,009 1,484 9,259 4,217 463 4,576 39,003

With labor force activity .................. 144,411 43,582 36,235 2,101 11,624 7,911 518 6,333 3,498 147 3,256 29,205

 1 to 26 weeks ............................... 11,338 1,304 3,164 1,317 2,423 306 322 754 127 82 288 1,253

 27 weeks or more ......................... 133,073 42,279 33,071 784 9,201 7,605 196 5,579 3,372 65 2,968 27,952

With no labor force activity ............. 55,638 10,574 18,466 3,223 5,232 2,098 966 2,926 719 316 1,320 9,798

Below poverty level

 All people1 .................................. 25,187 3,170 3,210 388 784 3,959 605 1,717 652 50 518 10,134

With labor force activity .................. 10,385 1,826 906 64 245 2,226 133 582 373 10 196 3,823

 1 to 26 weeks ............................... 2,549 161 270 46 72 508 94 188 56 8 65 1,081

 27 weeks or more ......................... 7,836 1,665 636 19 173 1,718 39 394 317 2 130 2,742

With no labor force activity ............. 14,802 1,344 2,304 323 539 1,733 472 1,135 279 40 322 6,310

Rate 2

 All people1 .................................. 11.2 5.5 5.5 6.8 4.4 28.3 29.0 15.6 13.4 9.7 10.2 20.6

With labor force activity .................. 6.7 4.0 2.4 3.0 2.1 22.0 20.4 8.4 9.6 6.3 5.7 11.6

 1 to 26 weeks ............................... 18.4 11.0 7.9 3.4 2.9 62.5 22.5 20.0 30.7 8.7 18.5 46.3

 27 weeks or more ......................... 5.6 3.8 1.9 2.3 1.8 18.4 16.8 6.6 8.6 3 ( ) 4.2 8.9

With no labor force activity ............. 21.0 11.3 11.1 9.1 9.3 45.2 32.8 27.9 28.0 11.3 19.6 39.2

1 Data on families include people in primary families and unrelated

subfamilies. 2 Number below the poverty level as a percent of the total.

3 Data not shown where base is less than 80,000.

 NOTE: See Note, table 1. Data in this table may vary slightly from that

previously published due to corrections to the sample weights.

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Table 7. Unrelated individuals in the labor force for 27 weeks or more: Poverty status by age, sex, race, Hispanic or

Latino ethnicity, and living arrangement, 2004

(Numbers in thousands)

Characteristic Total At or above

poverty level

Below poverty

level Rate 1

Age and sex

Total unrelated individuals ............................................................................ 30,694 27,952 2,742 8.9

16 to 19 years ................................................................................................... 595 368 227 38.2

20 to 24 years ................................................................................................... 4,334 3,504 830 19.2

25 to 64 years ................................................................................................... 24,326 22,688 1,638 6.7

65 years and older ............................................................................................ 1,439 1,392 46 3.2

Men ................................................................................................................... 16,800 15,430 1,370 8.2

Women ............................................................................................................. 13,895 12,522 1,372 9.9

Race and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity

White ............................................................................................................... 24,944 22,842 2,102 8.4

 Men ................................................................................................................ 13,778 12,743 1,034 7.5

 Women .......................................................................................................... 11,166 10,099 1,068 9.6

Black or African American ............................................................................... 3,936 3,481 456 11.6

 Men ................................................................................................................ 2,028 1,781 247 12.2

 Women .......................................................................................................... 1,908 1,699 209 10.9

Asian ................................................................................................................ 965 881 85 8.8

 Men ................................................................................................................ 530 480 50 9.5

 Women .......................................................................................................... 435 400 34 7.9

Hispanic or Latino ethnicity ............................................................................... 3,656 3,277 379 10.4

 Men ................................................................................................................ 2,544 2,317 227 8.9

 Women .......................................................................................................... 1,112 960 152 13.7

Living arrangement

Living alone ...................................................................................................... 16,569 15,539 1,030 6.2

Living with others .............................................................................................. 14,125 12,413 1,712 12.1

1 Number below the poverty level as a percent of the total in the

labor force for 27 weeks or more.

 NOTE: 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. In addition, people whose ethnicity is

identified as Hispanic or Latino may be of any race and, therefore,

are classified by ethnicity as well as by race. Also, see Note, 

table 1. Data in this table may vary slightly from that previously

published due to corrections to the sample weights.

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Table 8. People in the labor force for 27 weeks or more: Poverty status and labor market problems of full-time wage

and salary workers, 2004

(Numbers in thousands)

Poverty status and labor market problems Total At or above

poverty level

Below poverty

level Rate 1

 Total, full-time wage and salary workers ..................................................... 109,297 105,520 3,777 3.5

No unemployment, involuntary part-time employment, or low earnings 2 ........ 90,805 90,076 729 .8

Unemployment only .......................................................................................... 5,612 5,188 424 7.6

Involuntary part-time employment only ............................................................. 2,325 2,270 55 2.4

Low earnings only ............................................................................................. 7,244 5,620 1,623 22.4

Unemployment and involuntary part-time employment .................................... 998 924 74 7.4

Unemployment and low earnings ..................................................................... 1,318 789 530 40.2

Involuntary part-time employment and low earnings ........................................ 682 461 221 32.4

Unemployment, involuntary part-time employment, and low earnings ............. 313 191 122 38.8

Unemployment (alone or with other problems) ................................................. 8,242 7,093 1,149 13.9

Involuntary part-time employment (alone or with other problems) ................... 4,318 3,847 472 10.9

Low earnings (alone or with other problems) ................................................... 9,557 7,062 2,495 26.1

1 Number below the poverty level as a percent of the total in the

labor force for 27 weeks or more. 2 The low-earnings threshold in 2004 was $278.03 per week.

 NOTE: See Note, table 1. Data in this table may vary slightly

from that previously published due to corrections to the sample

weights.

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