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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

[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 alone

People in families, total /2....   30,065      14,435        48.0   14,574       4,303        29.5    2,248         991        44.1      13,244       9,142        69.0
  Under 18 years................   11,122       6,702        60.3    4,390       1,562        35.6      688         375        54.5       6,045       4,766        78.8
   Under 5 years................    3,007       1,971        65.6    1,210         474        39.1      210         134        63.8       1,586       1,363        86.0
   5 to 17 years................    8,116       4,731        58.3    3,179       1,088        34.2      478         241        50.4       4,459       3,402        76.3
  18 to 64 years................   17,146       6,849        39.9    9,119       2,274        24.9    1,427         544        38.1       6,601       4,031        61.1
   18 to 24 years...............    3,336       1,652        49.5    1,248         328        26.2      306         151        49.5       1,782       1,173        65.8
   25 to 34 years...............    3,853       1,775        46.1    1,870         562        30.1      346         119        34.2       1,637       1,094        66.9
   35 to 44 years...............    4,281       1,575        36.8    2,353         512        21.8      357         128        35.9       1,571         934        59.5
   45 to 54 years...............    3,576       1,088        30.4    2,208         451        20.4      290         102        35.4       1,078         535        49.6
   55 to 59 years...............    1,246         447        35.9      850         240        28.2       70          30         (B)         326         178        54.7
   60 to 64 years...............      855         311        36.4      590         181        30.7       58          13         (B)         207         117        56.4
  65 years and over.............    1,796         884        49.2    1,065         468        43.9      133          72        54.0         598         345        57.6
   65 to 74 years...............    1,106         511        46.2      714         289        40.5       76          38        50.4         316         183        58.1
   75 years and over............      691         373        54.1      351         179        50.8       57          34         (B)         282         161        57.1

Male............................   13,925       6,222        44.7    7,631       2,234        29.3    1,552         667        42.9       4,742       3,321        70.0
  Under 18 years................    5,633       3,379        60.0    2,289         816        35.6      354         193        54.6       2,990       2,370        79.3
   Under 5 years................    1,517       1,000        65.9      622         253        40.7      112          74        66.0         783         673        86.0
   5 to 17 years................    4,117       2,379        57.8    1,667         563        33.8      242         120        49.3       2,208       1,697        76.9
  18 to 64 years................    7,522       2,498        33.2    4,726       1,158        24.5    1,102         422        38.3       1,694         918        54.2
   18 to 24 years...............    1,599         696        43.5      666         161        24.2      214         107        49.9         719         428        59.6
   25 to 34 years...............    1,617         573        35.4      971         305        31.4      285          94        33.1         361         174        48.1
   35 to 44 years...............    1,820         525        28.8    1,189         255        21.4      289         106        36.6         341         164        48.1
   45 to 54 years...............    1,548         414        26.7    1,133         229        20.2      223          85        38.2         192         100        52.1
   55 to 59 years...............      557         168        30.2      449         112        25.0       46          20         (B)          62          36         (B)
   60 to 64 years...............      382         123        32.1      317          97        30.6       45          10         (B)          20          16         (B)
  65 years and over.............      770         345        44.8      616         260        42.3       97          52        53.4          57          33         (B)
   65 to 74 years...............      501         207        41.3      408         158        38.8       58          30         (B)          35          19         (B)
   75 years and over............      269         138        51.2      208         102        49.0       39          22         (B)          22          14         (B)

Female..........................   16,140       8,213        50.9    6,942       2,069        29.8      695         324        46.6       8,502       5,821        68.5
  Under 18 years................    5,489       3,323        60.5    2,101         746        35.5      334         182        54.5       3,054       2,395        78.4
   Under 5 years................    1,490         971        65.2      588         220        37.5       98          60        61.3         803         690        85.9
   5 to 17 years................    3,999       2,352        58.8    1,512         525        34.7      236         121        51.6       2,251       1,705        75.7
  18 to 64 years................    9,624       4,351        45.2    4,393       1,116        25.4      325         122        37.5       4,907       3,113        63.5
   18 to 24 years...............    1,738         956        55.0      582         167        28.6       92          45        48.5       1,064         745        70.0
   25 to 34 years...............    2,235       1,202        53.8      898         257        28.6       61          24         (B)       1,276         921        72.2
   35 to 44 years...............    2,461       1,050        42.7    1,164         258        22.2       67          22         (B)       1,230         770        62.6
   45 to 54 years...............    2,028         674        33.3    1,075         222        20.7       67          17         (B)         886         435        49.0
   55 to 59 years...............      689         279        40.5      401         128        31.8       24          10         (B)         264         142        53.8
   60 to 64 years...............      472         189        39.9      272          84        30.9       13           3         (B)         187         101        53.8
  65 years and over.............    1,027         540        52.5      449         207        46.1       36          20         (B)         541         312        57.7
   65 to 74 years...............      605         304        50.2      306         131        42.7       18           8         (B)         281         165        58.6
   75 years and over............      422         236        55.9      143          77        53.4       18          12         (B)         260         147        56.6
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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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