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POV02:  People in Families by Family Structure, Age, and Sex, Iterated by Income-to-Poverty Ratio and Race:  2004
        Below 135% of Poverty -- Black Alone or in Combination (A.O.I.C.)

[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   135% of     135% of     income   135% of     135% of     income   135% of     135% of     All income  135% of     135% of
                                  levels   poverty /5  poverty /6  levels   poverty /5  poverty /6  levels   poverty /5  poverty /6  levels      poverty /5  poverty /6
                                  _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Black A.O.I.C.

People in families, total /2....   31,468      10,040        31.9   15,303       2,374        15.5    2,334         727        31.2      13,830       6,939        50.2
  Under 18 years................   12,056       5,084        42.2    4,861         916        18.8      737         308        41.8       6,459       3,860        59.8
   Under 5 years................    3,311       1,532        46.3    1,372         271        19.7      225         102        45.5       1,714       1,159        67.6
   5 to 17 years................    8,745       3,552        40.6    3,489         645        18.5      511         206        40.2       4,745       2,701        56.9
  18 to 64 years................   17,582       4,430        25.2    9,358       1,211        12.9    1,462         365        24.9       6,762       2,854        42.2
   18 to 24 years...............    3,459       1,133        32.7    1,305         158        12.1      319         100        31.5       1,834         874        47.6
   25 to 34 years...............    3,993       1,173        29.4    1,937         317        16.4      362          75        20.6       1,694         781        46.1
   35 to 44 years...............    4,356       1,019        23.4    2,404         271        11.3      360          86        24.0       1,592         662        41.6
   45 to 54 years...............    3,634         683        18.8    2,243         254        11.3      292          75        25.7       1,099         354        32.2
   55 to 59 years...............    1,270         256        20.1      871         125        14.4       70          20         (B)         329         110        33.4
   60 to 64 years...............      870         166        19.1      598          86        14.3       59           8         (B)         213          73        34.2
  65 years and over.............    1,829         527        28.8    1,085         247        22.7      135          54        40.2         609         226        37.1
   65 to 74 years...............    1,124         298        26.5      727         145        20.0       77          30        38.8         320         123        38.3
   75 years and over............      706         229        32.5      358         101        28.3       58          24         (B)         290         103        35.7

Male............................   14,580       4,298        29.5    7,978       1,271        15.9    1,613         471        29.2       4,989       2,556        51.2
  Under 18 years................    6,083       2,583        42.5    2,515         503        20.0      379         148        39.2       3,188       1,932        60.6
   Under 5 years................    1,674         772        46.2      704         157        22.3      115          54        47.2         854         561        65.6
   5 to 17 years................    4,409       1,810        41.1    1,811         345        19.1      264          94        35.6       2,334       1,371        58.7
  18 to 64 years................    7,714       1,521        19.7    4,835         628        13.0    1,136         286        25.2       1,744         607        34.8
   18 to 24 years...............    1,655         463        28.0      685          81        11.8      225          71        31.6         745         311        41.7
   25 to 34 years...............    1,676         330        19.7      996         178        17.8      301          59        19.6         379          93        24.5
   35 to 44 years...............    1,854         307        16.6    1,220         135        11.0      293          68        23.2         341         105        30.7
   45 to 54 years...............    1,573         268        17.1    1,153         136        11.8      225          65        28.8         194          67        34.7
   55 to 59 years...............      566         103        18.2      458          63        13.7       46          16         (B)          62          25         (B)
   60 to 64 years...............      391          49        12.7      322          36        11.3       46           7         (B)          22           6         (B)
  65 years and over.............      783         195        24.9      628         140        22.3       98          37        38.0          57          18         (B)
   65 to 74 years...............      509         121        23.7      415          86        20.8       59          23         (B)          35          12         (B)
   75 years and over............      273          74        27.1      213          53        25.1       39          15         (B)          22           6         (B)

Female..........................   16,888       5,742        34.0    7,325       1,103        15.1      721         256        35.5       8,841       4,383        49.6
  Under 18 years................    5,973       2,501        41.9    2,345         413        17.6      358         160        44.7       3,270       1,928        59.0
   Under 5 years................    1,637         760        46.4      668         114        17.0      110          48        43.6         860         598        69.6
   5 to 17 years................    4,336       1,741        40.2    1,677         300        17.9      248         112        45.1       2,411       1,330        55.2
  18 to 64 years................    9,868       2,909        29.5    4,523         583        12.9      326          79        24.2       5,019       2,247        44.8
   18 to 24 years...............    1,804         670        37.1      620          77        12.5       94          29        31.2       1,089         563        51.7
   25 to 34 years...............    2,317         843        36.4      941         139        14.8       61          16         (B)       1,315         688        52.3
   35 to 44 years...............    2,501         712        28.5    1,183         136        11.5       67          18         (B)       1,251         558        44.6
   45 to 54 years...............    2,061         415        20.1    1,090         118        10.9       67          10         (B)         904         287        31.7
   55 to 59 years...............      705         153        21.7      413          63        15.2       24           5         (B)         267          85        31.9
   60 to 64 years...............      480         117        24.4      276          49        17.8       13           1         (B)         191          67        35.0
  65 years and over.............    1,047         332        31.7      457         107        23.4       37          17         (B)         552         208        37.7
   65 to 74 years...............      614         177        28.8      311          59        18.9       18           7         (B)         285         111        38.9
   75 years and over............      432         155        35.8      146          48        33.0       19          10         (B)         267          97        36.4
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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
Contact: Housing and Household Economic Statistics Information Staff at (301)763-3242
Last revised: November 02, 2006
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