
Table NC8. Pension plan coverage of workers, by Selected Characteristics, sex, race and, Hispanic origin, and poverty status: 2001 (Black) (Both Sexes)
(Source: Current Population Survey, March 2002.)
----------------- All Workers ------------------ -------------- Workers in Poverty --------------
with Employer Offered Pension with Employer Offered Pension
============ Plan at Work ============ ============ Plan at work ============
-Included in Plan- -Included in Plan-
Number Number Percent Number Percent Number Number Percent Number Percent
Characteristics
Black
Both Sexes................. 17,025 9,478 55.7 6,951 40.8 1,770 482 27.2 163 9.2
Work Experience
Worked.......................... 17,025 9,478 55.7 6,951 40.8 1,770 482 27.2 163 9.2
Full-time.................... 14,115 8,496 60.2 6,619 46.9 1,073 313 29.2 122 11.4
50 weeks or more........... 11,348 7,306 64.4 5,950 52.4 495 170 34.4 93 18.7
27 to 49 weeks............. 1,563 774 49.6 507 32.4 215 56 25.9 17 8.1
26 weeks or less........... 1,205 416 34.5 163 13.5 363 87 24.1 12 3.3
Part-time.................... 2,910 982 33.7 332 11.4 697 169 24.2 40 5.8
50 weeks or more........... 1,171 410 35.1 184 15.7 202 46 23.0 16 8.1
27 to 49 weeks............. 579 256 44.2 107 18.5 157 58 36.6 18 11.7
26 weeks or less........... 1,161 316 27.2 41 3.5 338 65 19.2 6 1.6
Size of Employer
Under 25 persons................ 3,342 645 19.3 443 13.3 520 44 8.4 15 2.9
25 to 99 persons................ 1,868 836 44.8 587 31.4 237 47 19.8 19 7.8
100 to 499 persons.............. 2,287 1,300 56.8 930 40.7 231 74 32.2 23 10.0
500 to 999 persons.............. 1,154 688 59.6 492 42.6 104 32 31.2 12 11.6
1000 persons or more............ 8,375 6,009 71.7 4,499 53.7 680 285 41.9 94 13.8
Occupation of Longest Job
Executive, Administrative,
and Managerial.................. 1,595 1,071 67.2 917 57.5 66 15 23.0 2 3.4
Professional specialty.......... 1,940 1,386 71.4 1,145 59.0 78 29 36.7 12 15.9
Technical and related support... 499 379 75.9 302 60.5 8 5 54.2 1 15.9
Sales workers................... 1,734 763 44.0 451 26.0 299 72 24.3 21 7.0
Administrative support,
including clerical.............. 2,704 1,847 68.3 1,327 49.1 199 80 40.0 31 15.5
Precision production,
craft & repair.................. 1,184 628 53.0 526 44.4 91 17 18.3 8 8.6
Machine operators, assemblers
and Inspectors.................. 1,132 656 57.9 485 42.9 87 32 36.5 12 14.3
Transportation & material moving 1,011 565 55.9 426 42.1 53 18 34.2 4 7.3
Handlers, equipment cleaners,
Helpers, & laborers............. 980 464 47.3 267 27.3 136 26 18.9 4 2.9
Service workers................. 3,898 1,601 41.1 1,019 26.1 702 180 25.7 66 9.4
Private household workers...... 112 6 5.2 5 4.1 30 0 0.0 0 0.0
Service workers, except
Private Household.............. 3,786 1,595 42.1 1,014 26.8 672 180 26.8 66 9.8
Farming, forestry, and fishing.. 259 49 19.1 23 9.0 51 9 17.5 1 2.0
Armed forces.................... 88 68 77.7 61 69.8 0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Table NC8. Pension plan coverage of workers, by Selected Characteristics, sex, race and, Hispanic origin, and poverty status: 2001 (Black) (Both Sexes)
(Source: Current Population Survey, March 2002.)
----------------- All Workers ------------------ -------------- Workers in Poverty --------------
with Employer Offered Pension with Employer Offered Pension
============ Plan at Work ============ ============ Plan at work ============
-Included in Plan- -Included in Plan-
Number Number Percent Number Percent Number Number Percent Number Percent
Relationship to Family Householder
In Families..................... 13,187 7,304 55.4 5,330 40.4 1,325 380 28.7 130 9.8
Householder.................. 6,549 3,910 59.7 2,943 44.9 923 295 31.9 91 9.8
Spouse present............. 3,186 2,011 63.1 1,677 52.6 129 37 28.4 14 11.3
No spouse present.......... 3,364 1,900 56.5 1,266 37.6 794 258 32.5 76 9.6
Spouse of householder........ 3,094 1,931 62.4 1,576 51.0 121 39 32.3 22 18.1
Child of householder......... 2,445 966 39.5 480 19.6 191 20 10.6 2 1.0
Other relative of
householder.................. 1,099 498 45.3 331 30.1 90 26 28.5 15 16.9
In unrelated subfamilies........ 84 41 48.6 34 40.5 32 2 7.4 0 0.0
Unrelated Individuals........... 3,755 2,133 56.8 1,587 42.3 413 100 24.2 33 8.0
Nonfamily householder........ 2,805 1,718 61.2 1,291 46.0 263 71 27.0 24 9.1
Secondary Individuals........ 950 415 43.7 296 31.2 150 29 19.4 9 6.1
Age
Under 65 years.................. 16,565 9,291 56.1 6,839 41.3 1,736 473 27.2 159 9.2
15 to 24 years............... 2,970 1,108 37.3 396 13.3 577 126 21.8 31 5.3
25 to 44 years............... 8,700 5,203 59.8 3,912 45.0 875 276 31.6 97 11.1
45 to 64 years............... 4,895 2,980 60.9 2,531 51.7 285 71 24.9 31 11.1
65 years and over............... 460 187 40.6 112 24.3 34 9 26.6 4 10.5
Mean age........................ 38.2 39.4 (x) 41.2 (x) 33.0 33.7 (x) 36.4 (x)
Type of Residence
Inside metropolitan areas....... 15,131 8,562 56.6 6,296 41.6 1,469 412 28.0 130 8.8
Inside central cities......... 8,484 4,617 54.4 3,275 38.6 1,037 291 28.0 101 9.7
One million or more......... 6,141 3,236 52.7 2,357 38.4 706 178 25.3 62 8.7
Under one million........... 2,343 1,381 58.9 918 39.2 331 112 34.0 39 11.8
Outside central cities........ 6,647 3,945 59.4 3,022 45.5 432 121 27.9 29 6.7
One million or more......... 5,051 3,119 61.7 2,419 47.9 267 76 28.5 15 5.8
Under one million........... 1,596 826 51.8 603 37.8 165 44 27.0 13 8.2
Outside metropolitan areas...... 1,895 915 48.3 655 34.6 301 71 23.5 33 11.0
Region
Northeast....................... 3,167 1,685 53.2 1,311 41.4 312 70 22.5 29 9.3
Midwest......................... 2,944 1,662 56.4 1,197 40.6 356 99 27.8 29 8.0
South........................... 9,415 5,240 55.7 3,757 39.9 1,015 292 28.7 98 9.7
West............................ 1,500 891 59.4 686 45.8 87 22 24.6 7 7.6
Table NC8. Pension plan coverage of workers, by Selected Characteristics, sex, race and, Hispanic origin, and poverty status: 2001 (Black) (Both Sexes)
(Source: Current Population Survey, March 2002.)
----------------- All Workers ------------------ -------------- Workers in Poverty --------------
with Employer Offered Pension with Employer Offered Pension
============ Plan at Work ============ ============ Plan at work ============
-Included in Plan- -Included in Plan-
Number Number Percent Number Percent Number Number Percent Number Percent
Total
Without earnings................ 9 0 0.0 0 0.0 4 0 0.0 0 0.0
With earnings................... 17,016 9,478 55.7 6,951 40.8 1,767 482 27.3 163 9.2
$1 TO $2,499 or Loss......... 1,357 323 23.8 63 4.6 492 74 15.1 10 2.0
$2,500 to $4,999............. 852 239 28.0 53 6.2 323 91 28.0 15 4.8
$5,000 to $7,499............. 854 269 31.5 88 10.4 326 95 29.1 30 9.2
$7,500 to $9,999............. 746 292 39.1 128 17.1 259 85 32.9 36 13.9
$10,000 to $12,499........... 1,051 382 36.4 167 15.9 182 58 31.6 19 10.6
$12,500 to $14,999........... 713 281 39.5 152 21.4 78 26 32.9 16 21.1
$15,000 to $17,499........... 1,146 547 47.7 356 31.0 72 34 47.3 23 32.4
$17,500 to $19,999........... 845 462 54.7 277 32.8 24 12 51.3 6 23.9
$20,000 to $22,499........... 1,184 690 58.3 494 41.7 7 4 62.3 3 42.1
$22,500 to $24,999........... 611 410 67.1 261 42.7 3 3 100.0 3 100.0
$25,000 to $27,499........... 1,103 715 64.8 578 52.4 1 1 100.0 1 100.0
$27,500 to $29,999........... 589 410 69.6 333 56.5 0 0 0.0 0 0.0
$30,000 to $32,499........... 1,094 783 71.5 663 60.6 0 0 0.0 0 0.0
$32,500 to $34,999........... 414 305 73.6 267 64.4 0 0 0.0 0 0.0
$35,000 to $37,499........... 751 523 69.7 460 61.3 0 0 0.0 0 0.0
$37,500 to $39,999........... 312 238 76.2 207 66.3 0 0 0.0 0 0.0
$40,000 to $42,499........... 698 522 74.8 470 67.3 0 0 0.0 0 0.0
$42,500 to $44,999........... 190 154 81.1 141 74.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0
$45,000 to $47,499........... 393 304 77.4 287 73.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0
$47,500 to $49,999........... 183 135 73.8 117 63.7 0 0 0.0 0 0.0
$50,000 to $52,499........... 401 307 76.5 291 72.6 0 0 0.0 0 0.0
$52,500 to $54,999........... 86 75 87.3 69 79.7 0 0 0.0 0 0.0
$55,000 to $57,499........... 206 153 74.5 143 69.5 0 0 0.0 0 0.0
$57,500 to $59,999........... 60 51 85.0 46 76.3 0 0 0.0 0 0.0
$60,000 to $62,499........... 261 216 82.6 198 75.9 0 0 0.0 0 0.0
$62,500 to $64,999........... 38 31 81.3 28 73.2 0 0 0.0 0 0.0
$65,000 to $67,499........... 139 110 79.1 109 78.4 0 0 0.0 0 0.0
$67,500 to $69,999........... 50 47 94.3 46 92.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0
$70,000 to $72,499........... 114 84 73.9 77 67.6 0 0 0.0 0 0.0
$72,500 to $74,999........... 22 13 59.1 13 59.1 0 0 0.0 0 0.0
$75,000 to $77,499........... 98 73 75.3 69 70.5 0 0 0.0 0 0.0
$77,500 to $79,999........... 21 15 72.8 11 52.6 0 0 0.0 0 0.0
$80,000 to $82,499........... 90 60 66.2 54 59.5 0 0 0.0 0 0.0
$82,500 to $84,999........... 8 8 100.0 7 85.4 0 0 0.0 0 0.0
$85,000 to $87,499........... 25 23 89.1 23 89.1 0 0 0.0 0 0.0
$87,500 to $89,999........... 7 6 89.8 5 69.1 0 0 0.0 0 0.0
$90,000 to $92,499........... 51 39 77.4 37 73.5 0 0 0.0 0 0.0
$92,500 to $94,999........... 8 3 35.6 3 35.6 0 0 0.0 0 0.0
$95,000 to $97,499........... 17 16 93.2 14 82.9 0 0 0.0 0 0.0
$97,500 to $99,999........... 7 3 42.5 3 42.5 0 0 0.0 0 0.0
$100,000 and over............ 219 159 72.7 146 66.5 0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Median earnings.............. 21,994 28,287 (x) 31,983 (x) 5,521 7,014 (x) 9,318 (x)
Standard error............. 231 498 (x) 263 (x) 270 486 (x) 767 (x)
Mean earnings................ 26,567 32,289 (x) 36,927 (x) 6,009 7,557 (x) 9,990 (x)
Standard error............. 415 552 (x) 641 (x) 192 381 (x) 686 (x)