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POV02:  People in Families by Family Structure, Age, and Sex, Iterated by Income-to-Poverty Ratio and Race:  2004
        Below 100% of Poverty -- Black Alone

[Numbers in thousands]

                                  _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                                                                                    People in families with a male    People in families with a female
                                   People in families (total) /2     Married-couple families /11    householder, no wife present      householder, no husband present
                                  _______________________________  _______________________________  _______________________________  __________________________________
                                                       Percentage                       Percentage                       Percentage                          Percentage
                                  All      Below       below       All      Below       below       All      Below       below                   Below       below
                                  income   100% of     100% of     income   100% of     100% of     income   100% of     100% of     All income  100% of     100% of
                                  levels   poverty /5  poverty /6  levels   poverty /5  poverty /6  levels   poverty /5  poverty /6  levels      poverty /5  poverty /6
                                  _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Black alone

People in families, total /2....   30,065       7,153        23.8   14,574       1,434         9.8    2,248         472        21.0      13,244       5,247        39.6
  Under 18 years................   11,122       3,709        33.3    4,390         554        12.6      688         188        27.4       6,045       2,967        49.1
   Under 5 years................    3,007       1,150        38.3    1,210         166        13.7      210          63        30.1       1,586         921        58.1
   5 to 17 years................    8,116       2,558        31.5    3,179         387        12.2      478         125        26.2       4,459       2,046        45.9
  18 to 64 years................   17,146       3,161        18.4    9,119         766         8.4    1,427         251        17.6       6,601       2,143        32.5
   18 to 24 years...............    3,336         834        25.0    1,248          98         7.8      306          67        21.9       1,782         669        37.6
   25 to 34 years...............    3,853         854        22.2    1,870         202        10.8      346          52        15.0       1,637         600        36.7
   35 to 44 years...............    4,281         731        17.1    2,353         181         7.7      357          61        17.1       1,571         489        31.1
   45 to 54 years...............    3,576         448        12.5    2,208         142         6.4      290          56        19.2       1,078         250        23.2
   55 to 59 years...............    1,246         174        14.0      850          84         9.9       70          13         (B)         326          77        23.6
   60 to 64 years...............      855         121        14.2      590          60        10.2       58           3         (B)         207          58        27.9
  65 years and over.............    1,796         283        15.8    1,065         114        10.7      133          32        24.1         598         138        23.0
   65 to 74 years...............    1,106         169        15.3      714          73        10.2       76          19        25.3         316          77        24.4
   75 years and over............      691         114        16.6      351          41        11.6       57          13         (B)         282          61        21.5

Male............................   13,925       3,023        21.7    7,631         763        10.0    1,552         319        20.5       4,742       1,942        40.9
  Under 18 years................    5,633       1,897        33.7    2,289         302        13.2      354          97        27.5       2,990       1,498        50.1
   Under 5 years................    1,517         591        38.9      622         103        16.5      112          37        32.8         783         451        57.7
   5 to 17 years................    4,117       1,306        31.7    1,667         199        12.0      242          61        25.0       2,208       1,047        47.4
  18 to 64 years................    7,522       1,029        13.7    4,726         397         8.4    1,102         196        17.8       1,694         436        25.7
   18 to 24 years...............    1,599         321        20.1      666          43         6.5      214          52        24.5         719         226        31.4
   25 to 34 years...............    1,617         217        13.4      971         110        11.3      285          38        13.3         361          69        19.1
   35 to 44 years...............    1,820         223        12.2    1,189          97         8.2      289          46        16.0         341          79        23.3
   45 to 54 years...............    1,548         169        10.9    1,133          78         6.9      223          47        21.2         192          44        23.0
   55 to 59 years...............      557          63        11.3      449          42         9.3       46          10         (B)          62          12         (B)
   60 to 64 years...............      382          36         9.4      317          27         8.5       45           3         (B)          20           6         (B)
  65 years and over.............      770          97        12.7      616          65        10.5       97          25        26.1          57           7         (B)
   65 to 74 years...............      501          66        13.1      408          44        10.9       58          15         (B)          35           6         (B)
   75 years and over............      269          32        11.8      208          20         9.8       39          10         (B)          22           1         (B)

Female..........................   16,140       4,129        25.6    6,942         670         9.7      695         153        22.1       8,502       3,306        38.9
  Under 18 years................    5,489       1,812        33.0    2,101         252        12.0      334          91        27.3       3,054       1,469        48.1
   Under 5 years................    1,490         560        37.6      588          64        10.8       98          27        27.0         803         469        58.4
   5 to 17 years................    3,999       1,252        31.3    1,512         188        12.4      236          65        27.5       2,251         999        44.4
  18 to 64 years................    9,624       2,132        22.2    4,393         370         8.4      325          55        17.0       4,907       1,707        34.8
   18 to 24 years...............    1,738         513        29.5      582          55         9.4       92          14        15.7       1,064         444        41.7
   25 to 34 years...............    2,235         637        28.5      898          92        10.2       61          14         (B)       1,276         531        41.6
   35 to 44 years...............    2,461         508        20.6    1,164          84         7.2       67          15         (B)       1,230         409        33.3
   45 to 54 years...............    2,028         278        13.7    1,075          64         6.0       67           8         (B)         886         206        23.2
   55 to 59 years...............      689         111        16.1      401          42        10.6       24           3         (B)         264          65        24.6
   60 to 64 years...............      472          85        18.0      272          33        12.2       13           0         (B)         187          52        27.6
  65 years and over.............    1,027         186        18.1      449          49        10.9       36           7         (B)         541         130        24.1
   65 to 74 years...............      605         103        17.1      306          28         9.3       18           4         (B)         281          71        25.3
   75 years and over............      422          83        19.6      143          20        14.2       18           3         (B)         260          59        22.8
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Source:  U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2005 Annual Social and Economic Supplement.  Based on the June 2006 Weighting Correction.

Poverty Footnotes


Source: U.S. Census Bureau
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Last revised: November 02, 2006
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