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Poverty and Labor Markets in Minnesota Prepared for The Legislative Commission to End Poverty by 2020 Steve Hine Research Director Department of Employment and Economic Development
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US Families in Poverty (2005, numbers in thousands) All income levels Below poverty Share below poverty People in families 242,38926,06810.8 In families with no workers 26,1568,94134.2 In families with at least one worker 216,23317,1277.9 Only one working family member 73,85013,04317.7 Two or more working family members 142,3824,0842.9
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156,328 jobs
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499,000 jobs
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1,583,000 jobs
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Characteristics of Jobs All Jobs Jobs Below JobsNow Wage Jobs Below Poverty Wage Share of Jobs that are Full-Quarter 71.1%62.2%43.6% Ave. Hrs per Quarter of Full Qrter Jobs 410 hours356 hours232 hours
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971,000 jobs
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1,137,000 jobs
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1,764,000 jobs
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818,000 jobs 1,033,000 jobs 1,412,000 jobs
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Jobs Paying at or below JobsNow Living Wage ($ per quarter) for a Family of Two Persons (1 Adult + 1 Child) in Selected Counties, Average Quarter 2005 JobsNowNumber of Jobs at or below JobsNow wage level CountyWage LevelTotal Jobs Percent ($/quarter) NumberOf Total Beltrami6,99477,21752,17867.6 Clay6,98475,02550,17666.9 Crow Wing7,862125,90189,02070.7 Meeker8,07029,29920,21569.0 Otter Tail6,80794,11264,05168.1 Pine8,87133,66527,77782.5 Todd7,62827,45219,23970.1 Wright9,594152,959115,50675.5
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