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Work Type & Poverty

Most people in poverty work part time or part year

In Lincoln, most people aged 16 or older who fall below the poverty threshold work part time or part year.

• In 2019, 57% of people in poverty worked part time or part year.
• In 2019, 36% of people in poverty did not work.
• Only 7% of people in poverty worked full time, year round in 2019.