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POV02:  People in Families by Family Structure, Age, and Sex, Iterated by Income-to-Poverty Ratio and Race:  2004
        Below 185% 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   185% of     185% of     income   185% of     185% of     income   185% of     185% of     All income  185% of     185% 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      14,039        44.6   15,303       4,060        26.5    2,334         961        41.2      13,830       9,019        65.2
  Under 18 years................   12,056       6,739        55.9    4,861       1,552        31.9      737         375        51.0       6,459       4,812        74.5
   Under 5 years................    3,311       2,023        61.1    1,372         487        35.5      225         127        56.3       1,714       1,408        82.2
   5 to 17 years................    8,745       4,716        53.9    3,489       1,064        30.5      511         248        48.6       4,745       3,403        71.7
  18 to 64 years................   17,582       6,487        36.9    9,358       2,101        22.5    1,462         514        35.1       6,762       3,872        57.3
   18 to 24 years...............    3,459       1,591        46.0    1,305         314        24.1      319         140        44.0       1,834       1,136        61.9
   25 to 34 years...............    3,993       1,708        42.8    1,937         535        27.6      362         114        31.6       1,694       1,059        62.5
   35 to 44 years...............    4,356       1,471        33.8    2,404         467        19.4      360         124        34.5       1,592         879        55.2
   45 to 54 years...............    3,634       1,009        27.8    2,243         400        17.8      292          95        32.4       1,099         515        46.9
   55 to 59 years...............    1,270         417        32.9      871         217        25.0       70          28         (B)         329         172        52.2
   60 to 64 years...............      870         290        33.4      598         167        27.9       59          12         (B)         213         111        52.1
  65 years and over.............    1,829         813        44.5    1,085         407        37.5      135          72        53.1         609         334        54.9
   65 to 74 years...............    1,124         465        41.4      727         247        34.0       77          38        49.3         320         180        56.3
   75 years and over............      706         348        49.4      358         160        44.7       58          34         (B)         290         155        53.4

Male............................   14,580       6,051        41.5    7,978       2,119        26.6    1,613         641        39.7       4,989       3,290        66.0
  Under 18 years................    6,083       3,381        55.6    2,515         812        32.3      379         189        49.9       3,188       2,379        74.6
   Under 5 years................    1,674       1,019        60.9      704         259        36.8      115          65        56.6         854         694        81.2
   5 to 17 years................    4,409       2,362        53.6    1,811         553        30.5      264         124        46.9       2,334       1,685        72.2
  18 to 64 years................    7,714       2,358        30.6    4,835       1,078        22.3    1,136         400        35.2       1,744         880        50.5
   18 to 24 years...............    1,655         661        40.0      685         159        23.3      225          97        43.3         745         405        54.3
   25 to 34 years...............    1,676         550        32.8      996         289        29.0      301          90        30.0         379         171        45.1
   35 to 44 years...............    1,854         492        26.5    1,220         235        19.2      293         102        34.8         341         155        45.5
   45 to 54 years...............    1,573         388        24.7    1,153         208        18.0      225          81        36.0         194          99        51.0
   55 to 59 years...............      566         155        27.5      458          99        21.7       46          20         (B)          62          36         (B)
   60 to 64 years...............      391         111        28.5      322          87        27.2       46          10         (B)          22          14         (B)
  65 years and over.............      783         312        39.9      628         229        36.5       98          52        52.7          57          32         (B)
   65 to 74 years...............      509         189        37.1      415         141        33.9       59          30         (B)          35          19         (B)
   75 years and over............      273         123        45.1      213          89        41.7       39          22         (B)          22          13         (B)

Female..........................   16,888       7,988        47.3    7,325       1,940        26.5      721         320        44.4       8,841       5,728        64.8
  Under 18 years................    5,973       3,358        56.2    2,345         739        31.5      358         186        52.1       3,270       2,433        74.4
   Under 5 years................    1,637       1,004        61.3      668         228        34.2      110          62        56.1         860         714        83.1
   5 to 17 years................    4,336       2,354        54.3    1,677         511        30.5      248         125        50.3       2,411       1,719        71.3
  18 to 64 years................    9,868       4,129        41.8    4,523       1,023        22.6      326         113        34.8       5,019       2,993        59.6
   18 to 24 years...............    1,804         929        51.5      620         155        25.0       94          43        45.7       1,089         731        67.1
   25 to 34 years...............    2,317       1,158        50.0      941         246        26.1       61          24         (B)       1,315         888        67.5
   35 to 44 years...............    2,501         979        39.1    1,183         232        19.6       67          22         (B)       1,251         724        57.9
   45 to 54 years...............    2,061         622        30.2    1,090         192        17.6       67          14         (B)         904         416        46.0
   55 to 59 years...............      705         262        37.2      413         118        28.6       24           8         (B)         267         136        50.7
   60 to 64 years...............      480         179        37.4      276          80        28.8       13           2         (B)         191          97        51.0
  65 years and over.............    1,047         501        47.9      457         178        38.9       37          20         (B)         552         303        54.9
   65 to 74 years...............      614         276        44.9      311         106        34.1       18           8         (B)         285         161        56.6
   75 years and over............      432         225        52.1      146          72        49.1       19          12         (B)         267         142        53.0
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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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