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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

[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 alone

People in families, total /2....   30,065       9,620        32.0   14,574       2,255        15.5    2,248         708        31.5      13,244       6,657        50.3
  Under 18 years................   11,122       4,756        42.8    4,390         830        18.9      688         294        42.7       6,045       3,633        60.1
   Under 5 years................    3,007       1,417        47.1    1,210         243        20.0      210          97        46.2       1,586       1,078        68.0
   5 to 17 years................    8,116       3,339        41.1    3,179         587        18.5      478         197        41.2       4,459       2,555        57.3
  18 to 64 years................   17,146       4,342        25.3    9,119       1,180        12.9    1,427         360        25.2       6,601       2,802        42.5
   18 to 24 years...............    3,336       1,107        33.2    1,248         152        12.2      306          98        31.9       1,782         857        48.1
   25 to 34 years...............    3,853       1,142        29.6    1,870         306        16.3      346          75        21.6       1,637         761        46.5
   35 to 44 years...............    4,281       1,004        23.4    2,353         264        11.2      357          86        24.2       1,571         653        41.6
   45 to 54 years...............    3,576         670        18.7    2,208         248        11.2      290          73        25.2       1,078         349        32.3
   55 to 59 years...............    1,246         253        20.3      850         124        14.6       70          20         (B)         326         109        33.4
   60 to 64 years...............      855         166        19.4      590          85        14.4       58           8         (B)         207          73        35.2
  65 years and over.............    1,796         522        29.1    1,065         245        23.0      133          54        40.8         598         222        37.2
   65 to 74 years...............    1,106         295        26.7      714         144        20.2       76          30        39.5         316         121        38.2
   75 years and over............      691         227        32.9      351         101        28.9       57          24         (B)         282         102        36.0

Male............................   13,925       4,116        29.6    7,631       1,210        15.9    1,552         461        29.7       4,742       2,445        51.6
  Under 18 years................    5,633       2,430        43.1    2,289         456        19.9      354         142        40.2       2,990       1,831        61.2
   Under 5 years................    1,517         713        47.0      622         141        22.7      112          53        47.3         783         519        66.3
   5 to 17 years................    4,117       1,717        41.7    1,667         315        18.9      242          90        37.0       2,208       1,313        59.5
  18 to 64 years................    7,522       1,492        19.8    4,726         615        13.0    1,102         281        25.5       1,694         596        35.2
   18 to 24 years...............    1,599         453        28.3      666          80        12.0      214          68        32.0         719         305        42.4
   25 to 34 years...............    1,617         321        19.9      971         171        17.6      285          59        20.8         361          91        25.2
   35 to 44 years...............    1,820         305        16.7    1,189         132        11.1      289          68        23.5         341         105        30.7
   45 to 54 years...............    1,548         261        16.9    1,133         133        11.7      223          63        28.3         192          65        33.9
   55 to 59 years...............      557         103        18.5      449          63        14.0       46          16         (B)          62          25         (B)
   60 to 64 years...............      382          49        12.9      317          36        11.4       45           7         (B)          20           6         (B)
  65 years and over.............      770         194        25.2      616         139        22.5       97          37        38.5          57          18         (B)
   65 to 74 years...............      501         120        23.9      408          85        20.9       58          23         (B)          35          12         (B)
   75 years and over............      269          74        27.6      208          53        25.7       39          15         (B)          22           6         (B)

Female..........................   16,140       5,504        34.1    6,942       1,045        15.1      695         247        35.6       8,502       4,212        49.5
  Under 18 years................    5,489       2,326        42.4    2,101         373        17.8      334         151        45.3       3,054       1,801        59.0
   Under 5 years................    1,490         704        47.3      588         101        17.2       98          44        44.9         803         559        69.6
   5 to 17 years................    3,999       1,621        40.5    1,512         272        18.0      236         107        45.5       2,251       1,242        55.2
  18 to 64 years................    9,624       2,850        29.6    4,393         565        12.9      325          79        24.3       4,907       2,206        45.0
   18 to 24 years...............    1,738         654        37.6      582          72        12.4       92          29        31.7       1,064         553        52.0
   25 to 34 years...............    2,235         821        36.7      898         134        14.9       61          16         (B)       1,276         671        52.6
   35 to 44 years...............    2,461         699        28.4    1,164         133        11.4       67          18         (B)       1,230         548        44.6
   45 to 54 years...............    2,028         409        20.2    1,075         116        10.7       67          10         (B)         886         284        32.0
   55 to 59 years...............      689         150        21.8      401          62        15.3       24           5         (B)         264          84        31.8
   60 to 64 years...............      472         116        24.6      272          49        17.9       13           1         (B)         187          67        35.7
  65 years and over.............    1,027         328        32.0      449         107        23.8       36          17         (B)         541         204        37.8
   65 to 74 years...............      605         175        29.0      306          59        19.2       18           7         (B)         281         109        38.8
   75 years and over............      422         153        36.3      143          48        33.5       18          10         (B)         260          96        36.7
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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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