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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

[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 alone

People in families, total /2....   30,065      13,493        44.9   14,574       3,885        26.7    2,248         931        41.4      13,244       8,676        65.5
  Under 18 years................   11,122       6,319        56.8    4,390       1,427        32.5      688         355        51.6       6,045       4,537        75.1
   Under 5 years................    3,007       1,869        62.2    1,210         441        36.4      210         119        56.6       1,586       1,309        82.5
   5 to 17 years................    8,116       4,450        54.8    3,179         986        31.0      478         236        49.4       4,459       3,229        72.4
  18 to 64 years................   17,146       6,368        37.1    9,119       2,055        22.5    1,427         505        35.4       6,601       3,808        57.7
   18 to 24 years...............    3,336       1,557        46.7    1,248         304        24.4      306         136        44.5       1,782       1,116        62.6
   25 to 34 years...............    3,853       1,662        43.1    1,870         516        27.6      346         111        32.1       1,637       1,034        63.2
   35 to 44 years...............    4,281       1,449        33.9    2,353         458        19.5      357         124        34.8       1,571         867        55.2
   45 to 54 years...............    3,576         995        27.8    2,208         393        17.8      290          93        32.0       1,078         509        47.2
   55 to 59 years...............    1,246         415        33.3      850         216        25.4       70          28         (B)         326         171        52.4
   60 to 64 years...............      855         290        33.9      590         166        28.2       58          12         (B)         207         111        53.7
  65 years and over.............    1,796         806        44.9    1,065         403        37.9      133          72        53.9         598         331        55.3
   65 to 74 years...............    1,106         459        41.5      714         243        34.0       76          38        50.2         316         178        56.4
   75 years and over............      691         347        50.2      351         160        45.6       57          34         (B)         282         153        54.1

Male............................   13,925       5,804        41.7    7,631       2,033        26.6    1,552         622        40.1       4,742       3,148        66.4
  Under 18 years................    5,633       3,180        56.5    2,289         749        32.7      354         180        50.8       2,990       2,252        75.3
   Under 5 years................    1,517         937        61.8      622         235        37.8      112          63        56.5         783         639        81.6
   5 to 17 years................    4,117       2,243        54.5    1,667         513        30.8      242         117        48.1       2,208       1,613        73.1
  18 to 64 years................    7,522       2,314        30.8    4,726       1,058        22.4    1,102         391        35.5       1,694         865        51.0
   18 to 24 years...............    1,599         646        40.4      666         157        23.6      214          93        43.6         719         396        55.1
   25 to 34 years...............    1,617         532        32.9      971         279        28.7      285          87        30.5         361         167        46.2
   35 to 44 years...............    1,820         488        26.8    1,189         231        19.4      289         102        35.2         341         155        45.5
   45 to 54 years...............    1,548         380        24.6    1,133         205        18.1      223          79        35.5         192          97        50.3
   55 to 59 years...............      557         155        27.9      449          99        22.1       46          20         (B)          62          36         (B)
   60 to 64 years...............      382         111        29.0      317          87        27.5       45          10         (B)          20          14         (B)
  65 years and over.............      770         309        40.2      616         226        36.7       97          52        53.4          57          32         (B)
   65 to 74 years...............      501         186        37.2      408         138        33.7       58          30         (B)          35          19         (B)
   75 years and over............      269         123        45.9      208          89        42.7       39          22         (B)          22          13         (B)

Female..........................   16,140       7,689        47.6    6,942       1,852        26.7      695         309        44.4       8,502       5,528        65.0
  Under 18 years................    5,489       3,139        57.2    2,101         678        32.3      334         175        52.5       3,054       2,285        74.8
   Under 5 years................    1,490         932        62.5      588         206        35.0       98          56        56.7         803         670        83.4
   5 to 17 years................    3,999       2,207        55.2    1,512         472        31.2      236         119        50.7       2,251       1,615        71.8
  18 to 64 years................    9,624       4,054        42.1    4,393         997        22.7      325         113        34.9       4,907       2,943        60.0
   18 to 24 years...............    1,738         910        52.4      582         147        25.3       92          43        46.4       1,064         720        67.7
   25 to 34 years...............    2,235       1,130        50.5      898         238        26.5       61          24         (B)       1,276         868        68.0
   35 to 44 years...............    2,461         961        39.1    1,164         227        19.5       67          22         (B)       1,230         712        57.9
   45 to 54 years...............    2,028         614        30.3    1,075         189        17.6       67          14         (B)         886         412        46.5
   55 to 59 years...............      689         260        37.7      401         117        29.1       24           8         (B)         264         134        51.0
   60 to 64 years...............      472         179        37.9      272          79        29.1       13           2         (B)         187          97        51.9
  65 years and over.............    1,027         496        48.4      449         177        39.4       36          20         (B)         541         299        55.3
   65 to 74 years...............      605         273        45.1      306         105        34.4       18           8         (B)         281         159        56.7
   75 years and over............      422         223        53.0      143          72        50.0       18          12         (B)         260         140        53.8
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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
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Last revised: November 02, 2006
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