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Table NC8. Pension plan coverage of workers, by Selected Characteristics, sex, race and, Hispanic origin, and poverty status:  2001 (Black) (Female)
                        (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                                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                       
     Female.................           9,124     5,202      57.0     3,729      40.9     1,195       351      29.4       113       9.5 
                                                                                                                                       
Work Experience                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                       
Worked..........................       9,124     5,202      57.0     3,729      40.9     1,195       351      29.4       113       9.5 
   Full-time....................       7,335     4,537      61.9     3,499      47.7       703       219      31.1        82      11.7 
     50 weeks or more...........       5,856     3,872      66.1     3,135      53.5       329       117      35.5        67      20.3 
     27 to 49 weeks.............         846       441      52.1       286      33.8       142        40      27.9         8       5.5 
     26 weeks or less...........         633       225      35.5        78      12.4       232        62      26.8         8       3.3 
   Part-time....................       1,789       664      37.1       230      12.8       492       133      26.9        31       6.2 
     50 weeks or more...........         766       290      37.9       120      15.7       148        38      25.7        14       9.4 
     27 to 49 weeks.............         371       179      48.4        82      22.2       115        50      43.9        14      11.9 
     26 weeks or less...........         653       195      29.9        28       4.3       230        44      19.3         3       1.3 
                                                                                                                                       
Size of Employer                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                       
Under 25 persons................       1,542       317      20.6       221      14.4       295        23       7.7         8       2.6 
25 to 99 persons................         913       389      42.6       263      28.8       153        36      23.5        14       9.4 
100 to 499 persons..............       1,265       707      55.9       482      38.1       184        57      30.8        18       9.9 
500 to 999 persons..............         635       369      58.1       264      41.5        77        19      25.2         5       7.1 
1000 persons or more............       4,769     3,420      71.7     2,499      52.4       485       216      44.6        67      13.9 
                                                                                                                                       
Occupation of Longest Job                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                       
Executive, Administrative,                                                                                                             
and Managerial..................         959       667      69.5       565      58.9        40         8      20.5         2       5.6 
Professional specialty..........       1,254       917      73.1       763      60.8        56        26      46.5        12      22.4 
Technical and related support...         322       232      72.2       183      57.0         8         5      54.2         1      15.9 
Sales workers...................       1,082       462      42.7       249      23.1       253        62      24.7        13       5.2 
Administrative support,                                                                                                                
including clerical..............       2,063     1,423      69.0     1,025      49.7       173        66      38.5        23      13.2 
Precision production,                                                                                                                  
craft & repair..................         144        87      60.3        63      43.4        16         5      34.4         2      13.8 
Machine operators, assemblers                                                                                                          
and Inspectors..................         500       282      56.4       188      37.7        55        18      33.6         3       6.2 
Transportation & material moving         137        87      63.3        56      40.8        15         5      35.7         0       0.0 
Handlers, equipment cleaners,                                                                                                          
Helpers, & laborers.............         203       103      50.7        54      26.6        57        17      29.6         4       6.3 
Service workers.................       2,413       925      38.3       570      23.6       513       134      26.0        52      10.1 
 Private household workers......         110         6       5.3         5       4.2        30         0       0.0         0       0.0 
 Service workers, except                                                                                                               
 Private Household..............       2,303       920      39.9       565      24.5       483       134      27.6        52      10.7 
Farming, forestry, and fishing..          34         8      23.9         3      10.2         9         4      45.7         0       0.0 
Armed forces....................          13         9      71.8         8      67.3         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) (Female)
                        (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.....................       7,319     4,153      56.7     2,927      40.0       978       307      31.3       104      10.6 
   Householder..................       3,905     2,284      58.5     1,606      41.1       763       249      32.6        75       9.9 
     Spouse present.............       1,111       684      61.5       550      49.5        42         7      17.1         4       9.1 
     No spouse present..........       2,794     1,600      57.3     1,056      37.8       721       242      33.5        72       9.9 
   Spouse of householder........       1,806     1,151      63.7       907      50.2        64        24      38.4        13      21.2 
   Child of householder.........       1,090       468      42.9       241      22.2        92        11      12.4         2       1.7 
   Other relative of                                                                                                                   
   householder..................         518       250      48.4       172      33.3        60        22      36.2        13      21.9 
In unrelated subfamilies........          57        31      54.7        27      46.6        22         2      10.7         0       0.0 
Unrelated Individuals...........       1,749     1,018      58.2       776      44.4       194        42      21.8         9       4.8 
   Nonfamily householder........       1,453       892      61.4       685      47.1       131        31      23.5         5       4.1 
   Secondary Individuals........         296       125      42.4        91      30.7        64        12      18.2         4       6.3 
                                                                                                                                       
Age                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                       
Under 65 years..................       8,909     5,111      57.4     3,673      41.2     1,174       345      29.4       109       9.3 
   15 to 24 years...............       1,574       617      39.2       205      13.0       388        88      22.8        18       4.6 
   25 to 44 years...............       4,711     2,865      60.8     2,105      44.7       623       207      33.1        75      12.0 
   45 to 64 years...............       2,624     1,629      62.1     1,364      52.0       163        50      30.8        17      10.3 
65 years and over...............         216        91      42.0        56      25.8        21         6      28.6         4      17.2 
                                                                                                                                       
Mean age........................        38.1      39.3       (x)      41.2       (x)      32.4      33.4       (x)      35.9       (x) 
                                                                                                                                       
Type of Residence                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                       
Inside metropolitan areas.......       8,087     4,698      58.1     3,400      42.0     1,001       306      30.5        97       9.7 
  Inside central cities.........       4,623     2,581      55.8     1,816      39.3       733       215      29.4        77      10.5 
    One million or more.........       3,366     1,821      54.1     1,321      39.3       480       123      25.6        45       9.3 
    Under one million...........       1,257       759      60.4       495      39.3       252        93      36.7        32      12.6 
  Outside central cities........       3,464     2,117      61.1     1,584      45.7       269        90      33.6        20       7.5 
    One million or more.........       2,666     1,677      62.9     1,280      48.0       170        63      37.3        14       8.2 
    Under one million...........         798       441      55.2       304      38.1        99        27      27.2         6       6.3 
Outside metropolitan areas......       1,037       504      48.6       329      31.7       193        46      23.6        16       8.4 
                                                                                                                                       
Region                                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                       
Northeast.......................       1,744       912      52.3       698      40.0       206        50      24.1        22      10.6 
Midwest.........................       1,632       934      57.2       659      40.4       261        74      28.3        19       7.5 
South...........................       5,038     2,926      58.1     2,047      40.6       680       216      31.8        67       9.9 
West............................         710       431      60.6       325      45.8        49        12      24.0         4       8.8 
Table NC8. Pension plan coverage of workers, by Selected Characteristics, sex, race and, Hispanic origin, and poverty status:  2001 (Black) (Female)
                        (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................           1         0       0.0         0       0.0         0         0       0.0         0       0.0 
With earnings...................       9,123     5,202      57.0     3,729      40.9     1,195       351      29.4       113       9.5 
   $1 TO $2,499 or Loss.........         727       183      25.2        29       3.9       305        50      16.5         5       1.7 
   $2,500 to $4,999.............         499       146      29.2        36       7.3       220        64      29.4        12       5.4 
   $5,000 to $7,499.............         523       176      33.7        50       9.6       216        68      31.6        16       7.5 
   $7,500 to $9,999.............         464       190      41.0        76      16.5       179        58      32.2        21      11.9 
   $10,000 to $12,499...........         606       245      40.4       106      17.5       146        50      34.6        16      11.0 
   $12,500 to $14,999...........         504       202      40.0       104      20.7        62        20      31.7        13      21.1 
   $15,000 to $17,499...........         651       334      51.4       216      33.1        40        24      59.0        19      48.2 
   $17,500 to $19,999...........         516       313      60.7       193      37.4        18        10      57.1         5      26.7 
   $20,000 to $22,499...........         632       412      65.2       307      48.6         6         4      59.8         2      38.3 
   $22,500 to $24,999...........         354       257      72.6       166      46.7         1         1     100.0         1     100.0 
   $25,000 to $27,499...........         573       395      68.9       321      56.1         1         1     100.0         1     100.0 
   $27,500 to $29,999...........         364       272      74.7       235      64.6         0         0       0.0         0       0.0 
   $30,000 to $32,499...........         567       423      74.6       368      64.9         0         0       0.0         0       0.0 
   $32,500 to $34,999...........         227       170      74.7       157      69.0         0         0       0.0         0       0.0 
   $35,000 to $37,499...........         384       273      71.1       248      64.4         0         0       0.0         0       0.0 
   $37,500 to $39,999...........         159       132      83.3       117      73.8         0         0       0.0         0       0.0 
   $40,000 to $42,499...........         307       237      77.0       209      68.2         0         0       0.0         0       0.0 
   $42,500 to $44,999...........          91        75      82.2        68      74.9         0         0       0.0         0       0.0 
   $45,000 to $47,499...........         174       131      75.5       127      72.9         0         0       0.0         0       0.0 
   $47,500 to $49,999...........          76        58      76.7        49      63.8         0         0       0.0         0       0.0 
   $50,000 to $52,499...........         147       118      80.5       118      80.2         0         0       0.0         0       0.0 
   $52,500 to $54,999...........          46        37      80.6        34      74.7         0         0       0.0         0       0.0 
   $55,000 to $57,499...........          86        64      74.1        62      71.5         0         0       0.0         0       0.0 
   $57,500 to $59,999...........          24        20      82.6        16      64.4         0         0       0.0         0       0.0 
   $60,000 to $62,499...........          99        84      84.5        77      77.4         0         0       0.0         0       0.0 
   $62,500 to $64,999...........          17        16      93.3        14      84.7         0         0       0.0         0       0.0 
   $65,000 to $67,499...........          62        53      84.9        53      84.9         0         0       0.0         0       0.0 
   $67,500 to $69,999...........          31        31     100.0        30      96.4         0         0       0.0         0       0.0 
   $70,000 to $72,499...........          30        26      85.7        25      81.8         0         0       0.0         0       0.0 
   $72,500 to $74,999...........          12         5      41.8         5      41.8         0         0       0.0         0       0.0 
   $75,000 to $77,499...........          25        20      79.6        18      74.1         0         0       0.0         0       0.0 
   $77,500 to $79,999...........           7         4      51.5         4      51.5         0         0       0.0         0       0.0 
   $80,000 to $82,499...........          25        18      71.0        18      71.0         0         0       0.0         0       0.0 
   $82,500 to $84,999...........           2         2     100.0         2     100.0         0         0       0.0         0       0.0 
   $85,000 to $87,499...........          11        10      86.8        10      86.8         0         0       0.0         0       0.0 
   $87,500 to $89,999...........           2         2      68.0         2      68.0         0         0       0.0         0       0.0 
   $90,000 to $92,499...........          17        15      85.0        13      73.4         0         0       0.0         0       0.0 
  $92,500 to $94,999...........            1         1     100.0         1     100.0         0         0       0.0         0       0.0 
  $95,000 to $97,499...........            4         4     100.0         2      57.5         0         0       0.0         0       0.0 
  $97,500 to $99,999...........            3         1      37.1         1      37.1         0         0       0.0         0       0.0 
  $100,000 and over............           71        47      65.3        42      59.5         0         0       0.0         0       0.0 
                                                                                                                                       
   Median earnings..............      20,284    25,900       (x)    30,169       (x)     5,840     7,226       (x)    10,277       (x) 
     Standard error.............         321       383       (x)       398       (x)       335       603       (x)     1,250       (x) 
   Mean earnings................      23,665    28,295       (x)    32,798       (x)     6,271     7,708       (x)    10,506       (x) 
     Standard error.............         503       489       (x)       541       (x)       230       449       (x)       834       (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_009.htm