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Table NC8. Pension plan coverage of workers, by Selected Characteristics, sex, race and, Hispanic origin, and poverty status:  2001 (Black) (Male)
                        (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                                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                       
     Male.................             7,901     4,276      54.1     3,222      40.8       576       131      22.7        50       8.6 
                                                                                                                                       
Work Experience                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                       
Worked..........................       7,901     4,276      54.1     3,222      40.8       576       131      22.7        50       8.6 
   Full-time....................       6,780     3,958      58.4     3,120      46.0       371        95      25.5        40      10.7 
     50 weeks or more...........       5,492     3,433      62.5     2,815      51.3       166        54      32.2        26      15.5 
     27 to 49 weeks.............         717       334      46.6       221      30.9        74        16      21.8        10      13.1 
     26 weeks or less...........         571       191      33.4        84      14.8       131        25      19.1         4       3.3 
   Part-time....................       1,121       318      28.3       102       9.1       205        36      17.7        10       4.8 
     50 weeks or more...........         405       120      29.7        63      15.7        54         9      15.8         3       4.8 
     27 to 49 weeks.............         208        77      36.8        25      12.1        43         7      17.3         5      11.1 
     26 weeks or less...........         508       121      23.8        13       2.6       108        20      18.8         3       2.3 
                                                                                                                                       
Size of Employer                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                       
Under 25 persons................       1,800       328      18.2       222      12.3       225        21       9.3         8       3.4 
25 to 99 persons................         955       447      46.8       324      34.0        83        11      13.0         4       5.0 
100 to 499 persons..............       1,022       593      58.1       447      43.8        47        18      37.8         5      10.5 
500 to 999 persons..............         519       319      61.4       228      44.0        26        13      48.7         7      24.9 
1000 persons or more............       3,606     2,589      71.8     2,000      55.5       195        69      35.2        26      13.6 
                                                                                                                                       
Occupation of Longest Job                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                       
Executive, Administrative,                                                                                                             
and Managerial..................         636       404      63.6       352      55.4        26         7      26.7         0       0.0 
Professional specialty..........         686       470      68.4       382      55.7        23         3      12.4         0       0.0 
Technical and related support...         177       146      82.6       119      66.9         0         0       0.0         0       0.0 
Sales workers...................         652       301      46.1       201      30.9        46        10      22.0         8      17.1 
Administrative support,                                                                                                                
including clerical..............         640       424      66.2       302      47.2        26        13      50.2         8      30.3 
Precision production,                                                                                                                  
craft & repair..................       1,039       541      52.0       463      44.6        75        11      14.9         6       7.5 
Machine operators, assemblers                                                                                                          
and Inspectors..................         632       374      59.1       297      47.0        32        13      41.4         9      28.2 
Transportation & material moving         874       478      54.7       370      42.3        39        13      33.7         4      10.1 
Handlers, equipment cleaners,                                                                                                          
Helpers, & laborers.............         777       361      46.5       213      27.4        79         9      11.1         0       0.0 
Service workers.................       1,485       676      45.5       449      30.2       189        47      24.7        14       7.4 
 Private household workers......           2         0       0.0         0       0.0         0         0       0.0         0       0.0 
 Service workers, except                                                                                                               
 Private Household..............       1,482       676      45.6       449      30.3       189        47      24.7        14       7.4 
Farming, forestry, and fishing..         226        41      18.3        20       8.8        41         5      11.2         1       2.4 
Armed forces....................          76        59      78.7        53      70.2         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) (Male)
                        (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.....................       5,868     3,151      53.7     2,403      41.0       347        73      21.1        26       7.5 
   Householder..................       2,644     1,626      61.5     1,337      50.5       160        46      28.6        15       9.5 
     Spouse present.............       2,075     1,327      64.0     1,126      54.3        87        29      33.8        11      12.3 
     No spouse present..........         570       299      52.5       210      36.9        73        16      22.4         4       6.2 
   Spouse of householder........       1,288       780      60.6       670      52.0        57        14      25.4         8      14.7 
   Child of householder.........       1,355       498      36.8       238      17.6       100         9       9.0         0       0.0 
   Other relative of                                                                                                                   
   householder..................         581       247      42.6       159      27.3        30         4      13.2         2       6.9 
In unrelated subfamilies........          27         9      35.4         7      27.4        10         0       0.0         0       0.0 
Unrelated Individuals...........       2,007     1,115      55.6       811      40.4       219        58      26.4        24      10.9 
   Nonfamily householder........       1,353       825      61.0       606      44.8       132        40      30.4        19      14.1 
   Secondary Individuals........         654       290      44.3       205      31.4        87        18      20.3         5       5.9 
                                                                                                                                       
Age                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                       
Under 65 years..................       7,656     4,179      54.6     3,166      41.3       562       128      22.7        50       8.8 
   15 to 24 years...............       1,396       491      35.2       191      13.7       189        38      19.8        13       6.8 
   25 to 44 years...............       3,989     2,337      58.6     1,807      45.3       252        70      27.7        22       8.8 
   45 to 64 years...............       2,271     1,351      59.5     1,168      51.4       121        21      16.9        15      12.1 
65 years and over...............         244        96      39.4        56      23.0        13         3      23.5         0       0.0 
                                                                                                                                       
Mean age........................        38.3      39.5       (x)      41.3       (x)      34.1      34.4       (x)      37.6       (x) 
                                                                                                                                       
Type of Residence                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                       
Inside metropolitan areas.......       7,044     3,864      54.9     2,896      41.1       468       106      22.6        33       7.0 
  Inside central cities.........       3,860     2,037      52.8     1,459      37.8       305        76      24.8        24       7.9 
    One million or more.........       2,775     1,415      51.0     1,035      37.3       226        56      24.7        17       7.5 
    Under one million...........       1,086       621      57.2       423      39.0        79        20      25.2         7       9.3 
  Outside central cities........       3,183     1,828      57.4     1,437      45.1       163        30      18.6         9       5.3 
    One million or more.........       2,385     1,442      60.4     1,138      47.7        98        13      13.3         1       1.5 
    Under one million...........         798       386      48.3       299      37.4        66        17      26.6         7      11.1 
Outside metropolitan areas......         857       411      48.0       326      38.1       108        25      23.2        17      15.6 
                                                                                                                                       
Region                                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                       
Northeast.......................       1,422       773      54.3       614      43.1       107        20      19.2         7       6.9 
Midwest.........................       1,312       728      55.5       537      40.9        95        25      26.4         9       9.5 
South...........................       4,377     2,314      52.9     1,710      39.1       335        76      22.5        31       9.2 
West............................         789       460      58.3       361      45.7        38        10      25.5         2       6.2 
Table NC8. Pension plan coverage of workers, by Selected Characteristics, sex, race and, Hispanic origin, and poverty status:  2001 (Black) (Male)
                        (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................           8         0       0.0         0       0.0         4         0       0.0         0       0.0 
With earnings...................       7,893     4,276      54.2     3,222      40.8       572       131      22.9        50       8.7 
   $1 TO $2,499 or Loss.........         630       140      22.3        35       5.5       187        24      12.8         4       2.4 
   $2,500 to $4,999.............         354        93      26.3        17       4.7       104        26      25.1         4       3.5 
   $5,000 to $7,499.............         331        93      28.0        38      11.5       109        26      24.1        14      12.6 
   $7,500 to $9,999.............         282       101      35.9        52      18.3        80        27      34.4        15      18.5 
   $10,000 to $12,499...........         445       138      30.9        61      13.7        37         7      19.4         3       8.8 
   $12,500 to $14,999...........         208        80      38.3        48      23.0        16         6      37.6         3      21.0 
   $15,000 to $17,499...........         495       212      42.9       140      28.3        32        11      32.7         4      12.7 
   $17,500 to $19,999...........         329       149      45.2        84      25.5         6         2      33.1         1      15.2 
   $20,000 to $22,499...........         552       278      50.4       186      33.8         0         0       0.0         0       0.0 
   $22,500 to $24,999...........         257       153      59.3        95      37.1         1         1     100.0         1     100.0 
   $25,000 to $27,499...........         530       320      60.3       257      48.4         0         0       0.0         0       0.0 
   $27,500 to $29,999...........         225       138      61.2        98      43.3         0         0       0.0         0       0.0 
   $30,000 to $32,499...........         527       360      68.2       295      56.0         0         0       0.0         0       0.0 
   $32,500 to $34,999...........         187       135      72.3       110      58.7         0         0       0.0         0       0.0 
   $35,000 to $37,499...........         366       250      68.4       212      58.0         0         0       0.0         0       0.0 
   $37,500 to $39,999...........         153       105      68.8        90      58.6         0         0       0.0         0       0.0 
   $40,000 to $42,499...........         391       286      73.1       260      66.6         0         0       0.0         0       0.0 
   $42,500 to $44,999...........          99        79      80.1        72      73.2         0         0       0.0         0       0.0 
   $45,000 to $47,499...........         219       173      78.8       160      73.0         0         0       0.0         0       0.0 
   $47,500 to $49,999...........         107        77      71.7        68      63.6         0         0       0.0         0       0.0 
   $50,000 to $52,499...........         254       189      74.2       174      68.2         0         0       0.0         0       0.0 
   $52,500 to $54,999...........          41        39      94.8        35      85.2         0         0       0.0         0       0.0 
   $55,000 to $57,499...........         120        89      74.8        81      68.0         0         0       0.0         0       0.0 
   $57,500 to $59,999...........          36        31      86.6        30      84.2         0         0       0.0         0       0.0 
   $60,000 to $62,499...........         162       132      81.4       122      74.9         0         0       0.0         0       0.0 
   $62,500 to $64,999...........          20        15      71.3        13      63.7         0         0       0.0         0       0.0 
   $65,000 to $67,499...........          77        57      74.5        56      73.1         0         0       0.0         0       0.0 
   $67,500 to $69,999...........          19        16      84.6        16      84.6         0         0       0.0         0       0.0 
   $70,000 to $72,499...........          83        58      69.7        52      62.4         0         0       0.0         0       0.0 
   $72,500 to $74,999...........          10         8      79.6         8      79.6         0         0       0.0         0       0.0 
   $75,000 to $77,499...........          73        54      73.9        50      69.3         0         0       0.0         0       0.0 
   $77,500 to $79,999...........          14        12      83.4         7      53.2         0         0       0.0         0       0.0 
   $80,000 to $82,499...........          65        42      64.3        36      55.0         0         0       0.0         0       0.0 
   $82,500 to $84,999...........           6         6     100.0         5      80.0         0         0       0.0         0       0.0 
   $85,000 to $87,499...........          14        13      90.8        13      90.8         0         0       0.0         0       0.0 
   $87,500 to $89,999...........           5         5     100.0         3      69.7         0         0       0.0         0       0.0 
   $90,000 to $92,499...........          33        25      73.5        25      73.5         0         0       0.0         0       0.0 
  $92,500 to $94,999...........            7         2      25.4         2      25.4         0         0       0.0         0       0.0 
  $95,000 to $97,499...........           13        12      91.0        12      91.0         0         0       0.0         0       0.0 
  $97,500 to $99,999...........            4         2      46.9         2      46.9         0         0       0.0         0       0.0 
  $100,000 and over............          148       113      76.2       103      69.9         0         0       0.0         0       0.0 
                                                                                                                                       
   Median earnings..............      25,297    31,696       (x)    36,134       (x)     4,885     6,465       (x)     8,024       (x) 
     Standard error.............         380       381       (x)       560       (x)       474       911       (x)     1,022       (x) 
   Mean earnings................      29,921    37,148       (x)    41,705       (x)     5,461     7,153       (x)     8,817       (x) 
     Standard error.............         674     1,055       (x)     1,218       (x)       342       718       (x)     1,160       (x) 

Source: U.S. Census Bureau
Contact: Housing and Household Economic Statistics Information Staff at (301)763-3242
Last revised: July 14, 2004
URL: http://pubdb3.census.gov/macro/032002/noncash/nc8_008.htm