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POV39: Poverty Rate of Census Tract in 1989 -- Poverty Status of People: 2003
Black Alone
[Numbers in thousands. A 'Poverty Area' is defined here as a census tract with a poverty rate of 20 percent or more.]
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All areas In poverty areas /30 30 percent or more /30 40 percent or more /30 Outside of poverty areas /30
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Below poverty level Below poverty level Below poverty level Below poverty level Below poverty level
Total Number Percent Total Number Percent Total Number Percent Total Number Percent Total Number Percent
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Black alone
Both Sexes
Total /1................... 35,989 8,781 24.4 13,522 4,649 34.4 7,870 3,063 38.9 3,219 1,362 42.3 22,467 4,132 18.4
Under 18 years................... 11,367 3,877 34.1 4,299 2,039 47.4 2,568 1,376 53.6 1,070 607 56.7 7,068 1,838 26.0
18 to 24 years................... 3,809 1,026 26.9 1,447 539 37.3 878 374 42.6 378 165 43.6 2,363 486 20.6
25 to 34 years................... 5,041 1,108 22.0 1,674 567 33.8 927 370 39.9 383 170 44.5 3,367 542 16.1
35 to 44 years................... 5,402 898 16.6 1,786 458 25.6 1,027 295 28.7 433 126 29.0 3,617 440 12.2
45 to 54 years................... 4,715 715 15.2 1,777 374 21.0 1,010 235 23.2 419 105 25.0 2,937 341 11.6
55 to 59 years................... 1,544 245 15.9 601 132 22.0 324 86 26.5 124 46 37.3 943 113 12.0
60 to 64 years................... 1,235 232 18.8 549 143 26.1 308 87 28.2 112 43 38.3 686 88 12.9
65 years and over................ 2,876 680 23.7 1,389 397 28.6 828 241 29.1 300 101 33.7 1,487 284 19.1
65 to 74 years............... 1,604 330 20.5 740 189 25.5 422 109 25.8 143 44 31.0 865 141 16.3
75 years and over............ 1,271 351 27.6 649 207 32.0 406 132 32.5 157 57 36.2 622 143 23.0
Male
Total...................... 16,725 3,671 22.0 6,127 1,954 31.9 3,544 1,315 37.1 1,405 539 38.4 10,598 1,718 16.2
Under 18 years................... 5,722 1,955 34.2 2,160 1,058 49.0 1,320 724 54.8 535 310 58.0 3,562 898 25.2
18 to 24 years................... 1,835 372 20.3 687 199 28.9 406 152 37.5 166 52 31.6 1,148 173 15.1
25 to 34 years................... 2,260 358 15.9 731 163 22.3 399 102 25.6 154 39 25.2 1,529 195 12.8
35 to 44 years................... 2,442 312 12.8 770 164 21.2 421 103 24.5 169 47 27.6 1,671 149 8.9
45 to 54 years................... 2,133 297 13.9 809 158 19.5 474 101 21.4 203 42 20.9 1,325 140 10.5
55 to 59 years................... 692 95 13.8 253 58 22.8 133 35 26.0 43 13 (B) 439 38 8.6
60 to 64 years................... 535 86 16.0 223 50 22.3 115 33 29.1 46 12 (B) 313 36 11.5
65 years and over................ 1,106 196 17.7 495 106 21.4 278 66 23.6 89 23 25.9 612 90 14.7
65 to 74 years............... 653 110 16.9 274 52 19.0 138 33 23.8 39 8 (B) 379 58 15.3
75 years and over............ 453 86 18.9 220 53 24.2 139 33 23.5 50 15 (B) 233 32 13.8
Female
Total...................... 19,263 5,110 26.5 7,394 2,695 36.4 4,326 1,748 40.4 1,814 823 45.4 11,869 2,415 20.3
Under 18 years................... 5,645 1,922 34.0 2,139 981 45.9 1,248 653 52.3 535 297 55.4 3,506 940 26.8
18 to 24 years................... 1,974 654 33.1 760 341 44.8 472 222 47.0 212 112 52.9 1,215 313 25.8
25 to 34 years................... 2,781 750 27.0 943 403 42.8 529 268 50.7 228 131 57.5 1,838 347 18.9
35 to 44 years................... 2,961 585 19.8 1,015 294 29.0 606 192 31.6 263 79 29.9 1,945 291 15.0
45 to 54 years................... 2,581 418 16.2 969 216 22.3 537 134 24.9 216 62 28.9 1,612 202 12.5
55 to 59 years................... 852 150 17.6 348 75 21.4 192 51 26.7 81 33 40.8 504 75 14.9
60 to 64 years................... 699 146 20.9 326 94 28.8 193 54 27.7 66 30 (B) 373 53 14.1
65 years and over................ 1,769 485 27.4 894 291 32.5 550 175 31.8 211 78 36.9 875 194 22.2
65 to 74 years............... 951 220 23.1 465 137 29.4 283 76 26.8 104 37 35.2 486 83 17.1
75 years and over............ 818 265 32.4 429 154 36.0 266 99 37.1 107 41 38.7 390 111 28.5
Household Relationship
Total /1..................... 35,989 8,781 24.4 13,522 4,649 34.4 7,870 3,063 38.9 3,219 1,362 42.3 22,467 4,132 18.4
65 years and over.......... 2,876 680 23.7 1,389 397 28.6 828 241 29.1 300 101 33.7 1,487 284 19.1
In families /2................... 29,727 6,870 23.1 10,909 3,643 33.4 6,329 2,432 38.4 2,602 1,083 41.6 18,818 3,228 17.2
Householder.................. 8,914 1,986 22.3 3,249 1,032 31.8 1,880 673 35.8 786 311 39.6 5,666 954 16.8
Under 65 years............. 7,942 1,819 22.9 2,789 931 33.4 1,615 624 38.7 684 285 41.7 5,153 888 17.2
65 years and over.......... 972 166 17.1 460 101 22.0 265 49 18.5 101 26 25.7 512 65 12.8
Related children under
18 years /9................. 11,162 3,750 33.6 4,225 1,990 47.1 2,531 1,353 53.4 1,058 603 56.9 6,937 1,760 25.4
Under 6 years............ 3,566 1,391 39.0 1,327 707 53.2 806 480 59.5 366 224 61.3 2,239 684 30.6
6 to 17 years............ 7,596 2,359 31.1 2,898 1,284 44.3 1,724 873 50.6 692 378 54.6 4,698 1,076 22.9
Own children 18 years
and over /15............... 3,566 487 13.7 1,487 289 19.5 876 199 22.7 365 87 23.7 2,079 198 9.5
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2004 Annual Social and Economic Supplement.
POV39: Poverty Rate of Census Tract in 1989 -- Poverty Status of People: 2003
Black Alone
[Numbers in thousands. A 'Poverty Area' is defined here as a census tract with a poverty rate of 20 percent or more.]
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All areas In poverty areas /30 30 percent or more /30 40 percent or more /30 Outside of poverty areas /30
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Below poverty level Below poverty level Below poverty level Below poverty level Below poverty level
Total Number Percent Total Number Percent Total Number Percent Total Number Percent Total Number Percent
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In married-couple families /11... 14,341 1,218 8.5 3,856 499 12.9 1,919 292 15.2 693 89 12.8 10,485 719 6.9
Husbands /11................. 4,240 332 7.8 1,156 138 11.9 585 79 13.5 210 27 12.8 3,084 194 6.3
Under 65 years............. 3,640 252 6.9 912 98 10.7 457 58 12.8 169 18 10.3 2,728 155 5.7
65 years and over.......... 600 80 13.3 243 40 16.5 127 20 15.9 41 9 (B) 357 40 11.2
Wives /11.................... 4,030 312 7.7 1,115 131 11.8 553 73 13.2 200 26 13.0 2,916 181 6.2
Under 65 years............. 3,615 256 7.1 952 101 10.7 457 55 12.1 164 18 10.7 2,663 155 5.8
65 years and over.......... 415 56 13.4 163 30 18.2 96 18 18.5 36 9 (B) 252 26 10.3
Related children under
18 years /9................. 4,353 487 11.2 1,108 195 17.6 558 122 21.9 181 30 16.4 3,245 292 9.0
Under 6 years............ 1,351 130 9.6 332 57 17.3 181 44 24.4 61 4 (B) 1,019 72 7.1
6 to 17 years............ 3,002 358 11.9 776 138 17.8 378 78 20.7 120 26 21.7 2,227 220 9.9
Own children 18 years
and over /15............... 1,379 69 5.0 403 31 7.6 190 16 8.2 88 6 7.0 976 39 3.9
In families with male
householder, no spouse present. 2,267 537 23.7 1,044 292 28.0 595 210 35.2 220 62 28.1 1,223 245 20.0
Householder.................. 782 192 24.5 354 101 28.6 202 70 34.7 74 19 (B) 429 90 21.1
Under 65 years............. 723 186 25.8 319 98 30.8 181 68 37.5 68 17 (B) 403 88 21.9
65 years and over.......... 60 5 (B) 34 3 (B) 20 2 (B) 7 2 (B) 25 2 (B)
Related children
18 years /9................. 730 236 32.4 324 120 37.2 176 91 51.4 79 35 44.7 406 116 28.6
Under 6 years............ 270 104 38.7 100 48 48.1 69 36 (B) 31 14 (B) 170 56 33.1
6 to 17 years............ 460 132 28.7 224 72 32.3 108 55 50.8 48 21 (B) 236 60 25.3
Own children 18 years
and over /15............... 239 32 13.3 120 22 18.6 65 19 (B) 20 6 (B) 119 9 7.9
In families with female
householder, no spouse present. 13,118 5,115 39.0 6,009 2,852 47.5 3,814 1,931 50.6 1,690 933 55.2 7,109 2,263 31.8
Householder.................. 3,986 1,473 36.9 1,766 797 45.2 1,111 528 47.5 505 266 52.6 2,220 675 30.4
Under 65 years............. 3,613 1,386 38.4 1,560 741 47.5 987 501 50.8 452 251 55.5 2,053 645 31.4
65 years and over.......... 373 87 23.2 206 56 27.5 124 27 21.7 53 15 (B) 167 30 18.0
Related children under
18 years /9................. 6,079 3,026 49.8 2,793 1,674 59.9 1,796 1,140 63.5 799 538 67.3 3,285 1,352 41.2
Under 6 years............ 1,945 1,157 59.5 895 601 67.2 557 400 71.8 274 207 75.6 1,050 555 52.9
6 to 17 years............ 4,133 1,870 45.2 1,898 1,073 56.5 1,239 740 59.7 525 331 63.0 2,235 797 35.6
Own children 18 years
and over /15............... 1,948 387 19.8 964 236 24.5 622 165 26.5 257 75 29.0 983 150 15.3
In unrelated subfamilies /3...... 227 130 57.1 84 56 66.5 40 24 (B) 14 4 (B) 143 74 51.6
Under 18 years............. 135 81 59.7 50 35 (B) 25 16 (B) 8 3 (B) 85 46 54.0
Under 6 years............ 42 31 (B) 11 9 (B) 3 3 (B) 0 0 (X) 32 22 (B)
6 to 17 years............ 93 49 53.1 39 26 (B) 23 14 (B) 8 3 (B) 53 24 (B)
18 years and over.......... 92 49 53.3 34 21 (B) 15 7 (B) 6 2 (B) 58 28 (B)
Unrelated individuals /4......... 6,034 1,781 29.5 2,529 950 37.6 1,500 607 40.5 602 274 45.6 3,506 831 23.7
Male......................... 2,843 767 27.0 1,100 392 35.6 628 253 40.3 252 102 40.5 1,743 375 21.5
Under 65 years............. 2,493 669 26.8 920 334 36.3 519 214 41.3 216 93 42.8 1,573 335 21.3
Living alone............. 1,416 346 24.4 553 190 34.3 319 125 39.4 138 64 46.3 863 156 18.1
65 years and over.......... 350 98 27.9 180 58 32.1 110 39 35.5 36 10 (B) 170 40 23.6
Living alone............. 295 80 27.0 155 48 31.2 92 33 35.8 31 9 (B) 140 31 22.4
Female....................... 3,191 1,014 31.8 1,428 558 39.1 872 354 40.6 351 172 49.2 1,763 456 25.9
Under 65 years............. 2,421 703 29.1 994 376 37.8 601 242 40.2 249 123 49.5 1,426 328 23.0
Living alone............. 1,707 422 24.7 712 234 32.8 437 150 34.3 174 81 46.3 995 188 18.9
65 years and over.......... 771 311 40.4 434 183 42.1 271 113 41.6 102 49 48.4 336 128 38.1
Living alone............. 732 294 40.3 419 175 41.8 260 109 42.0 98 48 49.1 312 119 38.2
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2004 Annual Social and Economic Supplement.
POV39: Poverty Rate of Census Tract in 1989 -- Poverty Status of People: 2003
Black Alone
[Numbers in thousands. A 'Poverty Area' is defined here as a census tract with a poverty rate of 20 percent or more.]
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All areas In poverty areas /30 30 percent or more /30 40 percent or more /30 Outside of poverty areas /30
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Below poverty level Below poverty level Below poverty level Below poverty level Below poverty level
Total Number Percent Total Number Percent Total Number Percent Total Number Percent Total Number Percent
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Residence and Region /3
United States.................... 35,989 8,781 24.4 13,522 4,649 34.4 7,870 3,063 38.9 3,219 1,362 42.3 22,467 4,132 18.4
Metropolitan................... 31,612 7,451 23.6 11,046 3,817 34.6 6,584 2,572 39.1 2,713 1,132 41.7 20,567 3,634 17.7
Central City................. 17,898 5,026 28.1 9,204 3,306 35.9 5,868 2,327 39.7 2,530 1,044 41.3 8,693 1,721 19.8
Not Central City............. 13,715 2,424 17.7 1,841 511 27.8 716 245 34.2 182 88 48.0 11,874 1,913 16.1
Not Metropolitan............... 4,376 1,330 30.4 2,476 832 33.6 1,286 491 38.2 506 230 45.5 1,900 498 26.2
Northeast........................ 6,591 1,538 23.3 2,783 934 33.5 1,473 573 38.9 675 258 38.2 3,808 604 15.9
Metropolitan................... 6,508 1,515 23.3 2,762 930 33.7 1,473 573 38.9 675 258 38.2 3,746 585 15.6
Central City................. 4,397 1,219 27.7 2,509 854 34.0 1,365 537 39.4 641 240 37.4 1,888 365 19.3
Not Central City............. 2,110 297 14.1 253 76 30.2 108 36 33.1 34 18 (B) 1,858 220 11.9
Not Metropolitan............... 83 22 26.5 21 3 (B) 0 0 (X) 0 0 (X) 62 19 (B)
Midwest.......................... 6,561 1,798 27.4 2,758 1,087 39.4 1,977 858 43.4 873 428 49.1 3,804 711 18.7
Metropolitan................... 6,188 1,744 28.2 2,654 1,071 40.3 1,949 849 43.5 862 428 49.7 3,534 673 19.1
Central City................. 4,359 1,417 32.5 2,500 1,021 40.9 1,863 814 43.7 840 420 50.1 1,859 396 21.3
Not Central City............. 1,829 327 17.9 155 50 32.1 86 35 40.4 22 8 (B) 1,675 277 16.6
Not Metropolitan............... 373 54 14.4 103 16 15.7 28 9 (B) 10 0 (B) 270 37 13.9
South............................ 19,576 4,770 24.4 7,117 2,356 33.1 4,035 1,481 36.7 1,597 650 40.7 12,459 2,415 19.4
Metropolitan................... 15,706 3,525 22.4 4,784 1,546 32.3 2,781 1,001 36.0 1,102 420 38.1 10,922 1,979 18.1
Central City................. 7,615 2,019 26.5 3,628 1,231 33.9 2,302 841 36.5 986 364 37.0 3,987 788 19.8
Not Central City............. 8,090 1,506 18.6 1,156 315 27.3 479 161 33.5 116 55 47.8 6,934 1,191 17.2
Not Metropolitan............... 3,870 1,246 32.2 2,332 810 34.7 1,254 480 38.3 495 230 46.5 1,538 436 28.3
West............................. 3,261 675 20.7 865 272 31.5 385 152 39.4 74 26 (B) 2,396 403 16.8
Metropolitan................... 3,211 666 20.7 845 270 31.9 380 149 39.3 73 26 (B) 2,366 396 16.7
Central City................. 1,527 371 24.3 568 200 35.2 337 136 40.2 63 20 (B) 958 171 17.9
Not Central City............. 1,684 295 17.5 277 70 25.2 43 14 (B) 10 6 (B) 1,407 225 16.0
Not Metropolitan............... 50 9 (B) 19 2 (B) 5 2 (B) 1 0 (B) 31 7 (B)
Receipt of Assistance
In household that received
means-tested assistance /32.... 17,002 7,083 41.7 8,422 3,970 47.1 5,264 2,686 51.0 2,380 1,215 51.1 8,580 3,113 36.3
Cash assistance............... 5,246 2,841 54.2 2,961 1,712 57.8 2,026 1,247 61.6 827 497 60.1 2,285 1,129 49.4
Noncash assistance............ 16,848 7,073 42.0 8,384 3,968 47.3 5,248 2,686 51.2 2,378 1,215 51.1 8,464 3,105 36.7
Food stamps................ 6,662 4,479 67.2 3,817 2,662 69.7 2,545 1,837 72.2 1,138 825 72.5 2,845 1,817 63.9
School lunch only
(free or reduced price).. 1,954 463 23.7 802 233 29.0 404 147 36.3 153 43 28.2 1,152 230 20.0
In household that did not
receive assistance............. 18,986 1,698 8.9 5,099 679 13.3 2,606 377 14.5 838 147 17.5 13,887 1,019 7.3
Years of School Completed /23
People 16 to 24 years............ 5,234 1,432 27.4 1,986 736 37.1 1,212 503 41.5 472 205 43.3 3,247 695 21.4
Enrolled in school /25........ 2,971 742 25.0 1,076 370 34.4 650 249 38.3 222 88 39.8 1,895 372 19.7
Not enrolled.................. 2,262 689 30.5 910 366 40.3 562 254 45.2 250 116 46.4 1,352 323 23.9
No high school diploma...... 629 282 44.8 320 165 51.6 204 117 57.2 90 51 56.3 310 117 37.8
People 25 years and over......... 20,812 3,879 18.6 7,776 2,071 26.6 4,424 1,313 29.7 1,770 591 33.4 13,036 1,808 13.9
No high school diploma........ 4,030 1,399 34.7 2,126 832 39.1 1,283 538 42.0 538 242 44.9 1,904 567 29.8
High school diploma or more... 16,782 2,479 14.8 5,650 1,239 21.9 3,141 775 24.7 1,232 349 28.3 11,132 1,241 11.1
No college.................. 7,493 1,508 20.1 3,098 803 25.9 1,775 518 29.2 726 245 33.7 4,394 705 16.0
Some college,
no BA or higher degree.... 5,622 783 13.9 1,807 378 20.9 982 230 23.4 385 96 24.9 3,815 405 10.6
Completed BA
or higher degree.......... 3,667 188 5.1 745 58 7.8 385 28 7.2 121 8 6.6 2,922 130 4.5
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2004 Annual Social and Economic Supplement.
POV39: Poverty Rate of Census Tract in 1989 -- Poverty Status of People: 2003
Black Alone
[Numbers in thousands. A 'Poverty Area' is defined here as a census tract with a poverty rate of 20 percent or more.]
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All areas In poverty areas /30 30 percent or more /30 40 percent or more /30 Outside of poverty areas /30
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Below poverty level Below poverty level Below poverty level Below poverty level Below poverty level
Total Number Percent Total Number Percent Total Number Percent Total Number Percent Total Number Percent
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Work Experience /16
Total............................ 35,989 8,781 24.4 13,522 4,649 34.4 7,870 3,063 38.9 3,219 1,362 42.3 22,467 4,132 18.4
Male............................. 16,725 3,671 22.0 6,127 1,954 31.9 3,544 1,315 37.1 1,405 539 38.4 10,598 1,718 16.2
Under 16 years................ 5,040 1,751 34.7 1,893 962 50.8 1,157 665 57.5 493 291 59.0 3,147 790 25.1
16 to 64 years................ 10,579 1,724 16.3 3,740 886 23.7 2,109 585 27.7 823 225 27.4 6,840 838 12.3
Worked during year.......... 7,361 501 6.8 2,249 231 10.3 1,200 142 11.9 455 48 10.5 5,112 270 5.3
Full-time year-round...... 5,262 122 2.3 1,463 56 3.8 765 32 4.1 288 8 2.7 3,799 66 1.7
Not full-time year-round.. 2,099 379 18.0 786 174 22.2 435 111 25.4 167 40 23.9 1,314 204 15.6
Did not work................ 3,218 1,224 38.0 1,491 656 44.0 909 442 48.6 368 177 48.2 1,727 568 32.9
65 years and over............. 1,106 196 17.7 495 106 21.4 278 66 23.6 89 23 25.9 612 90 14.7
Worked during year.......... 219 9 4.3 73 2 (B) 46 2 (B) 11 1 (B) 147 8 5.1
Full-time year-round...... 127 4 3.2 47 0 (B) 27 0 (B) 6 0 (B) 80 4 5.0
Not full-time year-round.. 92 5 5.8 26 2 (B) 18 2 (B) 4 1 (B) 66 4 (B)
Did not work................ 887 186 21.0 422 104 24.6 232 64 27.5 78 22 28.4 465 82 17.7
Female........................... 19,263 5,110 26.5 7,394 2,695 36.4 4,326 1,748 40.4 1,814 823 45.4 11,869 2,415 20.3
Under 16 years................ 4,903 1,720 35.1 1,866 880 47.2 1,077 582 54.0 483 276 57.2 3,037 839 27.6
16 to 64 years................ 12,591 2,905 23.1 4,634 1,524 32.9 2,699 991 36.7 1,120 469 41.9 7,957 1,382 17.4
Worked during year.......... 8,817 1,215 13.8 2,938 594 20.2 1,637 364 22.3 662 187 28.3 5,879 621 10.6
Full-time year-round...... 5,858 342 5.8 1,816 146 8.1 948 82 8.7 377 36 9.6 4,042 195 4.8
Not full-time year-round.. 2,960 874 29.5 1,122 448 39.9 689 282 41.0 285 151 52.9 1,837 426 23.2
Did not work................ 3,773 1,690 44.8 1,696 930 54.8 1,062 627 59.0 458 282 61.5 2,078 760 36.6
65 years and over............. 1,769 485 27.4 894 291 32.5 550 175 31.8 211 78 36.9 875 194 22.2
Worked during year.......... 230 9 3.9 110 7 6.7 64 3 (B) 18 1 (B) 120 2 1.4
Full-time year-round...... 80 2 1.9 39 2 (B) 23 2 (B) 4 0 (B) 41 0 (B)
Not full-time year-round.. 150 7 5.0 71 6 (B) 41 1 (B) 15 1 (B) 79 2 2.1
Did not work................ 1,539 476 30.9 784 284 36.2 486 172 35.4 193 77 39.7 755 192 25.5
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2004 Annual Social and Economic Supplement.
Poverty Footnotes
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
Contact: Housing and Household Economic Statistics Information Staff at (301)763-3242
Last revised: July 9, 2004
URL: http://pubdb3.census.gov/macro/032004/pov/new3906.htm