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POV02:  People in Families by Family Structure, Age, and Sex, Iterated by Income-to-Poverty Ratio and Race:  2004
        Below 175% 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   175% of     175% of     income   175% of     175% of     income   175% of     175% of     All income  175% of     175% 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      13,384        42.5   15,303       3,740        24.4    2,334         916        39.2      13,830       8,729        63.1
  Under 18 years................   12,056       6,474        53.7    4,861       1,433        29.5      737         357        48.5       6,459       4,683        72.5
   Under 5 years................    3,311       1,939        58.5    1,372         446        32.5      225         119        52.8       1,714       1,374        80.1
   5 to 17 years................    8,745       4,535        51.9    3,489         987        28.3      511         238        46.6       4,745       3,310        69.7
  18 to 64 years................   17,582       6,169        35.1    9,358       1,946        20.8    1,462         493        33.7       6,762       3,730        55.2
   18 to 24 years...............    3,459       1,527        44.2    1,305         294        22.5      319         139        43.4       1,834       1,095        59.7
   25 to 34 years...............    3,993       1,618        40.5    1,937         493        25.4      362         112        31.0       1,694       1,013        59.8
   35 to 44 years...............    4,356       1,408        32.3    2,404         439        18.3      360         114        31.6       1,592         855        53.7
   45 to 54 years...............    3,634         946        26.0    2,243         365        16.3      292          90        30.8       1,099         491        44.7
   55 to 59 years...............    1,270         402        31.7      871         205        23.6       70          28         (B)         329         169        51.2
   60 to 64 years...............      870         268        30.8      598         149        25.0       59          11         (B)         213         108        50.5
  65 years and over.............    1,829         742        40.5    1,085         361        33.3      135          65        48.5         609         315        51.8
   65 to 74 years...............    1,124         422        37.5      727         218        29.9       77          34        44.2         320         170        53.1
   75 years and over............      706         320        45.4      358         143        40.0       58          31         (B)         290         146        50.3

Male............................   14,580       5,768        39.6    7,978       1,964        24.6    1,613         611        37.9       4,989       3,193        64.0
  Under 18 years................    6,083       3,249        53.4    2,515         751        29.9      379         180        47.6       3,188       2,317        72.7
   Under 5 years................    1,674         973        58.1      704         242        34.4      115          60        52.2         854         671        78.5
   5 to 17 years................    4,409       2,275        51.6    1,811         509        28.1      264         120        45.6       2,334       1,646        70.5
  18 to 64 years................    7,714       2,244        29.1    4,835       1,009        20.9    1,136         385        33.9       1,744         850        48.8
   18 to 24 years...............    1,655         644        38.9      685         154        22.4      225          97        43.3         745         393        52.8
   25 to 34 years...............    1,676         519        30.9      996         271        27.2      301          90        30.0         379         158        41.6
   35 to 44 years...............    1,854         468        25.2    1,220         222        18.2      293          91        31.2         341         154        45.3
   45 to 54 years...............    1,573         365        23.2    1,153         194        16.8      225          76        33.9         194          95        48.8
   55 to 59 years...............      566         152        26.9      458          96        21.0       46          20         (B)          62          36         (B)
   60 to 64 years...............      391          95        24.4      322          72        22.3       46          10         (B)          22          14         (B)
  65 years and over.............      783         276        35.2      628         204        32.5       98          45        46.3          57          26         (B)
   65 to 74 years...............      509         168        32.9      415         125        30.2       59          26         (B)          35          16         (B)
   75 years and over............      273         108        39.5      213          79        36.9       39          19         (B)          22          10         (B)

Female..........................   16,888       7,617        45.1    7,325       1,776        24.2      721         305        42.3       8,841       5,535        62.6
  Under 18 years................    5,973       3,225        54.0    2,345         682        29.1      358         177        49.5       3,270       2,366        72.4
   Under 5 years................    1,637         965        59.0      668         204        30.5      110          59        53.4         860         703        81.7
   5 to 17 years................    4,336       2,260        52.1    1,677         478        28.5      248         118        47.7       2,411       1,664        69.0
  18 to 64 years................    9,868       3,926        39.8    4,523         938        20.7      326         108        33.1       5,019       2,880        57.4
   18 to 24 years...............    1,804         883        49.0      620         140        22.6       94          41        43.8       1,089         702        64.4
   25 to 34 years...............    2,317       1,099        47.4      941         222        23.6       61          22         (B)       1,315         855        65.0
   35 to 44 years...............    2,501         940        37.6    1,183         218        18.4       67          22         (B)       1,251         700        56.0
   45 to 54 years...............    2,061         581        28.2    1,090         171        15.7       67          14         (B)         904         397        43.9
   55 to 59 years...............      705         250        35.4      413         109        26.5       24           8         (B)         267         132        49.4
   60 to 64 years...............      480         172        35.9      276          78        28.1       13           1         (B)         191          94        49.2
  65 years and over.............    1,047         466        44.5      457         157        34.3       37          20         (B)         552         289        52.3
   65 to 74 years...............      614         254        41.3      311          92        29.6       18           8         (B)         285         153        53.9
   75 years and over............      432         212        49.1      146          65        44.5       19          12         (B)         267         136        50.7
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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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