There is also additional background information for this table group.

Contents for Table

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

[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 alone

People in families, total /2....   30,065      12,855        42.8   14,574       3,572        24.5    2,248         887        39.5      13,244       8,395        63.4
  Under 18 years................   11,122       6,069        54.6    4,390       1,313        29.9      688         338        49.1       6,045       4,418        73.1
   Under 5 years................    3,007       1,790        59.6    1,210         401        33.1      210         111        52.8       1,586       1,279        80.6
   5 to 17 years................    8,116       4,278        52.7    3,179         912        28.7      478         227        47.5       4,459       3,139        70.4
  18 to 64 years................   17,146       6,052        35.3    9,119       1,902        20.9    1,427         484        33.9       6,601       3,666        55.5
   18 to 24 years...............    3,336       1,494        44.8    1,248         284        22.7      306         134        43.9       1,782       1,075        60.3
   25 to 34 years...............    3,853       1,573        40.8    1,870         476        25.4      346         109        31.5       1,637         988        60.4
   35 to 44 years...............    4,281       1,386        32.4    2,353         431        18.3      357         114        31.9       1,571         842        53.6
   45 to 54 years...............    3,576         932        26.1    2,208         359        16.3      290          88        30.4       1,078         485        45.0
   55 to 59 years...............    1,246         400        32.1      850         204        24.0       70          28         (B)         326         167        51.4
   60 to 64 years...............      855         267        31.3      590         149        25.2       58          11         (B)         207         108        52.0
  65 years and over.............    1,796         735        40.9    1,065         358        33.6      133          65        49.2         598         312        52.1
   65 to 74 years...............    1,106         416        37.7      714         214        30.0       76          34        45.0         316         168        53.2
   75 years and over............      691         318        46.1      351         143        40.8       57          31         (B)         282         144        51.0

Male............................   13,925       5,530        39.7    7,631       1,880        24.6    1,552         593        38.2       4,742       3,057        64.5
  Under 18 years................    5,633       3,057        54.3    2,289         689        30.1      354         172        48.4       2,990       2,196        73.4
   Under 5 years................    1,517         898        59.2      622         219        35.2      112          58        52.0         783         620        79.3
   5 to 17 years................    4,117       2,159        52.4    1,667         470        28.2      242         113        46.8       2,208       1,576        71.4
  18 to 64 years................    7,522       2,200        29.3    4,726         990        20.9    1,102         376        34.1       1,694         835        49.3
   18 to 24 years...............    1,599         629        39.4      666         151        22.7      214          93        43.6         719         384        53.5
   25 to 34 years...............    1,617         502        31.0      971         261        26.9      285          87        30.5         361         153        42.5
   35 to 44 years...............    1,820         464        25.5    1,189         218        18.3      289          91        31.6         341         154        45.3
   45 to 54 years...............    1,548         358        23.1    1,133         191        16.9      223          74        33.4         192          92        48.2
   55 to 59 years...............      557         152        27.4      449          96        21.4       46          20         (B)          62          36         (B)
   60 to 64 years...............      382          95        24.9      317          71        22.5       45          10         (B)          20          14         (B)
  65 years and over.............      770         273        35.4      616         201        32.6       97          45        46.9          57          26         (B)
   65 to 74 years...............      501         165        32.9      408         123        30.0       58          26         (B)          35          16         (B)
   75 years and over............      269         108        40.2      208          79        37.7       39          19         (B)          22          10         (B)

Female..........................   16,140       7,325        45.4    6,942       1,693        24.4      695         295        42.4       8,502       5,338        62.8
  Under 18 years................    5,489       3,012        54.9    2,101         624        29.7      334         166        49.8       3,054       2,221        72.7
   Under 5 years................    1,490         893        59.9      588         182        30.9       98          53        53.8         803         658        81.9
   5 to 17 years................    3,999       2,119        53.0    1,512         442        29.2      236         113        48.2       2,251       1,563        69.4
  18 to 64 years................    9,624       3,851        40.0    4,393         912        20.8      325         108        33.3       4,907       2,831        57.7
   18 to 24 years...............    1,738         864        49.7      582         132        22.7       92          41        44.6       1,064         691        65.0
   25 to 34 years...............    2,235       1,071        47.9      898         214        23.9       61          22         (B)       1,276         835        65.5
   35 to 44 years...............    2,461         922        37.5    1,164         212        18.2       67          22         (B)       1,230         688        55.9
   45 to 54 years...............    2,028         574        28.3    1,075         168        15.6       67          14         (B)         886         392        44.3
   55 to 59 years...............      689         247        35.9      401         108        26.9       24           8         (B)         264         131        49.7
   60 to 64 years...............      472         172        36.4      272          77        28.3       13           1         (B)         187          94        50.1
  65 years and over.............    1,027         462        45.0      449         157        34.8       36          20         (B)         541         286        52.8
   65 to 74 years...............      605         252        41.6      306          92        30.0       18           8         (B)         281         152        54.0
   75 years and over............      422         211        49.9      143          65        45.3       18          12         (B)         260         134        51.5
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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
URL: http://pubdb3.census.gov/macro/032005/pov/new02_175_06.htm