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POV02:  People in Families by Family Structure, Age, and Sex, Iterated by Income-to-Poverty Ratio and Race:  2004
        Below 125% 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   125% of     125% of     income   125% of     125% of     income   125% of     125% of     All income  125% of     125% 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       8,904        29.6   14,574       2,002        13.7    2,248         656        29.2      13,244       6,246        47.2
  Under 18 years................   11,122       4,483        40.3    4,390         742        16.9      688         277        40.2       6,045       3,464        57.3
   Under 5 years................    3,007       1,338        44.5    1,210         205        16.9      210          89        42.3       1,586       1,044        65.9
   5 to 17 years................    8,116       3,144        38.7    3,179         537        16.9      478         188        39.3       4,459       2,419        54.3
  18 to 64 years................   17,146       4,000        23.3    9,119       1,066        11.7    1,427         330        23.1       6,601       2,604        39.5
   18 to 24 years...............    3,336       1,036        31.1    1,248         134        10.7      306          88        28.8       1,782         814        45.7
   25 to 34 years...............    3,853       1,072        27.8    1,870         280        15.0      346          67        19.4       1,637         725        44.3
   35 to 44 years...............    4,281         911        21.3    2,353         248        10.5      357          81        22.8       1,571         581        37.0
   45 to 54 years...............    3,576         598        16.7    2,208         210         9.5      290          69        23.9       1,078         319        29.6
   55 to 59 years...............    1,246         232        18.6      850         116        13.7       70          18         (B)         326          98        30.2
   60 to 64 years...............      855         151        17.7      590          78        13.3       58           6         (B)         207          67        32.2
  65 years and over.............    1,796         421        23.5    1,065         194        18.2      133          50        37.4         598         178        29.7
   65 to 74 years...............    1,106         241        21.8      714         116        16.2       76          28        36.5         316          98        31.0
   75 years and over............      691         180        26.1      351          78        22.2       57          22         (B)         282          80        28.3

Male............................   13,925       3,806        27.3    7,631       1,072        14.0    1,552         431        27.8       4,742       2,304        48.6
  Under 18 years................    5,633       2,289        40.6    2,289         407        17.8      354         137        38.7       2,990       1,745        58.4
   Under 5 years................    1,517         682        45.0      622         126        20.3      112          50        44.5         783         506        64.7
   5 to 17 years................    4,117       1,607        39.0    1,667         281        16.8      242          87        36.0       2,208       1,239        56.1
  18 to 64 years................    7,522       1,364        18.1    4,726         556        11.8    1,102         260        23.6       1,694         548        32.4
   18 to 24 years...............    1,599         418        26.2      666          67        10.1      214          64        29.9         719         287        40.0
   25 to 34 years...............    1,617         296        18.3      971         156        16.1      285          53        18.7         361          86        23.9
   35 to 44 years...............    1,820         284        15.6    1,189         126        10.6      289          63        21.8         341          95        27.8
   45 to 54 years...............    1,548         227        14.6    1,133         112         9.9      223          61        27.3         192          54        28.1
   55 to 59 years...............      557          93        16.6      449          60        13.3       46          13         (B)          62          20         (B)
   60 to 64 years...............      382          47        12.3      317          35        10.9       45           6         (B)          20           6         (B)
  65 years and over.............      770         153        19.9      616         109        17.6       97          34        35.1          57          11         (B)
   65 to 74 years...............      501          95        19.1      408          67        16.5       58          20         (B)          35           8         (B)
   75 years and over............      269          57        21.4      208          41        19.8       39          14         (B)          22           3         (B)

Female..........................   16,140       5,097        31.6    6,942         930        13.4      695         225        32.4       8,502       3,942        46.4
  Under 18 years................    5,489       2,193        40.0    2,101         335        16.0      334         140        41.8       3,054       1,719        56.3
   Under 5 years................    1,490         656        44.0      588          78        13.3       98          39        39.7         803         538        67.0
   5 to 17 years................    3,999       1,537        38.4    1,512         257        17.0      236         100        42.6       2,251       1,180        52.4
  18 to 64 years................    9,624       2,636        27.4    4,393         510        11.6      325          70        21.5       4,907       2,056        41.9
   18 to 24 years...............    1,738         618        35.6      582          67        11.5       92          24        26.5       1,064         527        49.5
   25 to 34 years...............    2,235         776        34.7      898         123        13.7       61          14         (B)       1,276         639        50.1
   35 to 44 years...............    2,461         627        25.5    1,164         122        10.5       67          18         (B)       1,230         486        39.6
   45 to 54 years...............    2,028         372        18.3    1,075          98         9.1       67           8         (B)         886         265        29.9
   55 to 59 years...............      689         139        20.2      401          56        14.0       24           5         (B)         264          78        29.7
   60 to 64 years...............      472         104        22.1      272          43        16.0       13           0         (B)         187          61        32.4
  65 years and over.............    1,027         268        26.1      449          85        19.0       36          16         (B)         541         167        30.9
   65 to 74 years...............      605         146        24.1      306          48        15.8       18           7         (B)         281          90        32.0
   75 years and over............      422         122        29.0      143          37        25.6       18           8         (B)         260          77        29.7
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Source:  U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2005 Annual Social and Economic Supplement.  Based on the June 2006 Weighting Correction.

Poverty Footnotes


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Last revised: November 02, 2006
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