print email comment close A Profile of the Working Poor URL: http://www.bls.gov/cps/cpswp2003.pdf Description: "The working poor are those who spent at least 27 weeks in the labor force (working or looking for work), but whose incomes fell below the official poverty threshold." Demographic data includes occupation, education, ethnicity, age, family composition, and sex. Opens directly into a PDF file. From the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). Publisher: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics Library of Congress Subject Headings: Labor -- United States -- Statistics LII classic content Poverty Working poor LII Database Information: Record 13831 created by Julianna Hamann on 08/25/2002 Last modification on 04/04/2006 Published: 08/25/2002   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/13831