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POV02:  People in Families by Family Structure, Age, and Sex, Iterated by Income-to-Poverty Ratio and Race:  2004
        Below 200% 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   200% of     200% of     income   200% of     200% of     income   200% of     200% of     All income  200% of     200% 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      15,059        47.9   15,303       4,512        29.5    2,334       1,025        43.9      13,830       9,522        68.9
  Under 18 years................   12,056       7,172        59.5    4,861       1,707        35.1      737         396        53.7       6,459       5,069        78.5
   Under 5 years................    3,311       2,133        64.4    1,372         523        38.1      225         142        63.0       1,714       1,468        85.7
   5 to 17 years................    8,745       5,038        57.6    3,489       1,184        33.9      511         254        49.6       4,745       3,600        75.9
  18 to 64 years................   17,582       6,994        39.8    9,358       2,331        24.9    1,462         557        38.1       6,762       4,105        60.7
   18 to 24 years...............    3,459       1,697        49.1    1,305         342        26.2      319         157        49.3       1,834       1,198        65.3
   25 to 34 years...............    3,993       1,827        45.8    1,937         582        30.1      362         124        34.3       1,694       1,120        66.1
   35 to 44 years...............    4,356       1,601        36.8    2,404         526        21.9      360         128        35.6       1,592         947        59.4
   45 to 54 years...............    3,634       1,106        30.4    2,243         458        20.4      292         104        35.7       1,099         544        49.5
   55 to 59 years...............    1,270         450        35.4      871         241        27.6       70          30         (B)         329         180        54.5
   60 to 64 years...............      870         312        35.9      598         182        30.4       59          13         (B)         213         117        54.7
  65 years and over.............    1,829         894        48.9    1,085         474        43.6      135          72        53.2         609         349        57.2
   65 to 74 years...............    1,124         516        46.0      727         293        40.3       77          38        49.5         320         185        57.9
   75 years and over............      706         377        53.5      358         181        50.4       58          34         (B)         290         163        56.4

Male............................   14,580       6,509        44.6    7,978       2,341        29.3    1,613         690        42.8       4,989       3,478        69.7
  Under 18 years................    6,083       3,604        59.2    2,515         892        35.5      379         203        53.5       3,188       2,509        78.7
   Under 5 years................    1,674       1,086        64.9      704         279        39.7      115          76        65.8         854         731        85.5
   5 to 17 years................    4,409       2,517        57.1    1,811         612        33.8      264         127        48.1       2,334       1,778        76.2
  18 to 64 years................    7,714       2,556        33.1    4,835       1,184        24.5    1,136         435        38.3       1,744         936        53.7
   18 to 24 years...............    1,655         716        43.3      685         163        23.9      225         113        50.0         745         440        59.1
   25 to 34 years...............    1,676         593        35.4      996         315        31.6      301         100        33.3         379         178        47.0
   35 to 44 years...............    1,854         533        28.8    1,220         263        21.6      293         106        36.2         341         164        48.1
   45 to 54 years...............    1,573         422        26.8    1,153         233        20.2      225          87        38.7         194         102        52.6
   55 to 59 years...............      566         168        29.7      458         112        24.5       46          20         (B)          62          36         (B)
   60 to 64 years...............      391         123        31.5      322          97        30.2       46          10         (B)          22          16         (B)
  65 years and over.............      783         350        44.7      628         265        42.3       98          52        52.7          57          33         (B)
   65 to 74 years...............      509         210        41.2      415         161        38.9       59          30         (B)          35          19         (B)
   75 years and over............      273         140        51.1      213         104        48.9       39          22         (B)          22          14         (B)

Female..........................   16,888       8,550        50.6    7,325       2,171        29.6      721         335        46.5       8,841       6,044        68.4
  Under 18 years................    5,973       3,568        59.7    2,345         815        34.8      358         193        53.9       3,270       2,560        78.3
   Under 5 years................    1,637       1,047        64.0      668         244        36.5      110          66        60.1         860         737        85.8
   5 to 17 years................    4,336       2,521        58.1    1,677         572        34.1      248         127        51.2       2,411       1,822        75.6
  18 to 64 years................    9,868       4,438        45.0    4,523       1,148        25.4      326         122        37.3       5,019       3,169        63.1
   18 to 24 years...............    1,804         981        54.4      620         178        28.7       94          45        47.7       1,089         758        69.6
   25 to 34 years...............    2,317       1,234        53.3      941         267        28.4       61          24         (B)       1,315         942        71.7
   35 to 44 years...............    2,501       1,068        42.7    1,183         263        22.2       67          22         (B)       1,251         783        62.6
   45 to 54 years...............    2,061         684        33.2    1,090         225        20.7       67          17         (B)         904         442        48.8
   55 to 59 years...............      705         282        40.0      413         129        31.2       24          10         (B)         267         143        53.6
   60 to 64 years...............      480         189        39.4      276          85        30.7       13           3         (B)         191         101        52.8
  65 years and over.............    1,047         544        52.0      457         208        45.5       37          20         (B)         552         316        57.2
   65 to 74 years...............      614         306        49.9      311         132        42.2       18           8         (B)         285         166        58.5
   75 years and over............      432         238        55.0      146          77        52.5       19          12         (B)         267         149        55.9
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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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