According to the most recent U.S. Census data, 40,389 Dane County households (21.5 percent of all households in the county) include a husband, wife and at least one child under the age of eighteen.  In what percentage of those households are both parents employed?

The US Census Bureau’s 2009 American Community Survey reports that both parents worked in 92.6 percent  (33,363 of the 40,389) married couple families with children in Dane County.  Statewide, the average is 81.1%; nationwide working families account for 70.4% of married families with children under eighteen.

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