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POV02:  People in Families by Family Structure, Age, and Sex, Iterated by Income-to-Poverty Ratio and Race:  2004
        Below 150% 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   150% of     150% of     income   150% of     150% of     income   150% of     150% of     All income  150% of     150% 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      10,915        36.3   14,574       2,698        18.5    2,248         774        34.4      13,244       7,444        56.2
  Under 18 years................   11,122       5,307        47.7    4,390         996        22.7      688         306        44.5       6,045       4,005        66.3
   Under 5 years................    3,007       1,601        53.3    1,210         300        24.8      210         104        49.5       1,586       1,197        75.5
   5 to 17 years................    8,116       3,706        45.7    3,179         696        21.9      478         202        42.3       4,459       2,807        63.0
  18 to 64 years................   17,146       5,007        29.2    9,119       1,428        15.7    1,427         410        28.8       6,601       3,169        48.0
   18 to 24 years...............    3,336       1,277        38.3    1,248         200        16.0      306         113        36.9       1,782         964        54.1
   25 to 34 years...............    3,853       1,324        34.4    1,870         365        19.5      346         100        28.9       1,637         859        52.5
   35 to 44 years...............    4,281       1,153        26.9    2,353         339        14.4      357          86        24.2       1,571         728        46.3
   45 to 54 years...............    3,576         766        21.4    2,208         277        12.6      290          78        27.0       1,078         410        38.1
   55 to 59 years...............    1,246         292        23.5      850         145        17.0       70          25         (B)         326         123        37.7
   60 to 64 years...............      855         195        22.8      590         103        17.5       58           8         (B)         207          84        40.5
  65 years and over.............    1,796         601        33.4    1,065         273        25.6      133          57        43.2         598         270        45.1
   65 to 74 years...............    1,106         344        31.1      714         166        23.3       76          31        41.2         316         147        46.5
   75 years and over............      691         256        37.1      351         107        30.5       57          26         (B)         282         123        43.6

Male............................   13,925       4,697        33.7    7,631       1,439        18.9    1,552         515        33.2       4,742       2,743        57.9
  Under 18 years................    5,633       2,706        48.0    2,289         541        23.6      354         149        42.2       2,990       2,016        67.4
   Under 5 years................    1,517         804        53.0      622         169        27.2      112          56        49.9         783         579        74.0
   5 to 17 years................    4,117       1,902        46.2    1,667         372        22.3      242          94        38.7       2,208       1,437        65.1
  18 to 64 years................    7,522       1,772        23.6    4,726         744        15.7    1,102         325        29.5       1,694         704        41.5
   18 to 24 years...............    1,599         529        33.1      666         104        15.6      214          80        37.6         719         344        47.9
   25 to 34 years...............    1,617         399        24.7      971         195        20.1      285          83        29.1         361         121        33.4
   35 to 44 years...............    1,820         373        20.5    1,189         180        15.1      289          68        23.5         341         125        36.6
   45 to 54 years...............    1,548         293        18.9    1,133         148        13.0      223          68        30.6         192          77        40.0
   55 to 59 years...............      557         121        21.7      449          73        16.3       46          19         (B)          62          29         (B)
   60 to 64 years...............      382          59        15.4      317          44        14.0       45           7         (B)          20           8         (B)
  65 years and over.............      770         219        28.4      616         155        25.1       97          40        41.7          57          24         (B)
   65 to 74 years...............      501         137        27.3      408          97        23.8       58          24         (B)          35          16         (B)
   75 years and over............      269          82        30.5      208          58        27.7       39          17         (B)          22           8         (B)

Female..........................   16,140       6,218        38.5    6,942       1,258        18.1      695         259        37.3       8,502       4,700        55.3
  Under 18 years................    5,489       2,601        47.4    2,101         455        21.7      334         157        47.0       3,054       1,989        65.1
   Under 5 years................    1,490         797        53.5      588         131        22.2       98          48        49.1         803         618        76.9
   5 to 17 years................    3,999       1,804        45.1    1,512         325        21.5      236         109        46.1       2,251       1,371        60.9
  18 to 64 years................    9,624       3,235        33.6    4,393         684        15.6      325          85        26.3       4,907       2,465        50.2
   18 to 24 years...............    1,738         748        43.1      582          96        16.5       92          33        35.4       1,064         620        58.3
   25 to 34 years...............    2,235         926        41.4      898         169        18.9       61          17         (B)       1,276         739        57.9
   35 to 44 years...............    2,461         781        31.7    1,164         159        13.7       67          18         (B)       1,230         603        49.0
   45 to 54 years...............    2,028         473        23.3    1,075         130        12.1       67          10         (B)         886         334        37.6
   55 to 59 years...............      689         172        24.9      401          72        17.9       24           6         (B)         264          94        35.6
   60 to 64 years...............      472         136        28.7      272          59        21.5       13           1         (B)         187          76        40.6
  65 years and over.............    1,027         382        37.2      449         119        26.4       36          17         (B)         541         246        45.5
   65 to 74 years...............      605         208        34.4      306          69        22.6       18           7         (B)         281         131        46.7
   75 years and over............      422         174        41.3      143          49        34.5       18          10         (B)         260         115        44.2
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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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