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POV02:  People in Families by Family Structure, Age, and Sex, Iterated by Income-to-Poverty Ratio and Race:  2004
        Below 250% 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   250% of     250% of     income   250% of     250% of     income   250% of     250% of     All income  250% of     250% 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      17,969        57.1   15,303       6,059        39.6    2,334       1,294        55.5      13,830      10,616        76.8
  Under 18 years................   12,056       8,327        69.1    4,861       2,264        46.6      737         504        68.5       6,459       5,559        86.1
   Under 5 years................    3,311       2,434        73.5    1,372         689        50.2      225         176        78.0       1,714       1,569        91.5
   5 to 17 years................    8,745       5,894        67.4    3,489       1,575        45.1      511         329        64.3       4,745       3,990        84.1
  18 to 64 years................   17,582       8,566        48.7    9,358       3,194        34.1    1,462         707        48.4       6,762       4,665        69.0
   18 to 24 years...............    3,459       1,973        57.1    1,305         449        34.4      319         191        60.0       1,834       1,333        72.7
   25 to 34 years...............    3,993       2,218        55.6    1,937         814        42.0      362         153        42.1       1,694       1,252        73.9
   35 to 44 years...............    4,356       2,068        47.5    2,404         786        32.7      360         178        49.4       1,592       1,104        69.3
   45 to 54 years...............    3,634       1,401        38.6    2,243         620        27.6      292         137        46.8       1,099         644        58.7
   55 to 59 years...............    1,270         533        42.0      871         298        34.2       70          34         (B)         329         201        61.0
   60 to 64 years...............      870         373        42.9      598         226        37.9       59          15         (B)         213         132        61.8
  65 years and over.............    1,829       1,075        58.8    1,085         601        55.4      135          83        61.2         609         392        64.3
   65 to 74 years...............    1,124         633        56.4      727         375        51.6       77          44        57.3         320         214        66.9
   75 years and over............      706         442        62.6      358         226        63.0       58          38         (B)         290         178        61.5

Male............................   14,580       7,903        54.2    7,978       3,157        39.6    1,613         882        54.7       4,989       3,864        77.4
  Under 18 years................    6,083       4,212        69.2    2,515       1,201        47.7      379         272        71.6       3,188       2,740        85.9
   Under 5 years................    1,674       1,246        74.4      704         358        50.9      115          99        85.5         854         789        92.3
   5 to 17 years................    4,409       2,967        67.3    1,811         842        46.5      264         173        65.6       2,334       1,951        83.6
  18 to 64 years................    7,714       3,254        42.2    4,835       1,618        33.5    1,136         550        48.4       1,744       1,087        62.3
   18 to 24 years...............    1,655         843        51.0      685         219        32.0      225         130        57.7         745         494        66.4
   25 to 34 years...............    1,676         756        45.1      996         421        42.3      301         128        42.5         379         206        54.5
   35 to 44 years...............    1,854         752        40.5    1,220         399        32.7      293         146        49.8         341         207        60.6
   45 to 54 years...............    1,573         552        35.1    1,153         316        27.4      225         113        50.2         194         123        63.4
   55 to 59 years...............      566         208        36.7      458         145        31.7       46          22         (B)          62          40         (B)
   60 to 64 years...............      391         143        36.7      322         116        36.1       46          11         (B)          22          16         (B)
  65 years and over.............      783         436        55.8      628         339        54.0       98          61        62.2          57          37         (B)
   65 to 74 years...............      509         265        52.0      415         206        49.7       59          36         (B)          35          23         (B)
   75 years and over............      273         172        62.8      213         132        62.3       39          25         (B)          22          14         (B)

Female..........................   16,888      10,066        59.6    7,325       2,902        39.6      721         412        57.2       8,841       6,752        76.4
  Under 18 years................    5,973       4,115        68.9    2,345       1,064        45.4      358         233        65.1       3,270       2,819        86.2
   Under 5 years................    1,637       1,188        72.6      668         331        49.6      110          77        70.0         860         780        90.8
   5 to 17 years................    4,336       2,927        67.5    1,677         732        43.7      248         156        62.9       2,411       2,039        84.6
  18 to 64 years................    9,868       5,312        53.8    4,523       1,576        34.8      326         158        48.4       5,019       3,579        71.3
   18 to 24 years...............    1,804       1,130        62.7      620         230        37.1       94          61        65.4       1,089         839        77.0
   25 to 34 years...............    2,317       1,463        63.1      941         392        41.7       61          25         (B)       1,315       1,045        79.5
   35 to 44 years...............    2,501       1,316        52.6    1,183         387        32.7       67          32         (B)       1,251         897        71.7
   45 to 54 years...............    2,061         848        41.2    1,090         303        27.8       67          24         (B)         904         521        57.6
   55 to 59 years...............      705         325        46.2      413         153        37.0       24          12         (B)         267         161        60.0
   60 to 64 years...............      480         230        47.9      276         110        39.9       13           3         (B)         191         116        60.7
  65 years and over.............    1,047         639        61.1      457         262        57.4       37          22         (B)         552         355        64.3
   65 to 74 years...............      614         369        60.0      311         169        54.3       18           8         (B)         285         191        67.1
   75 years and over............      432         270        62.6      146          93        64.0       19          13         (B)         267         164        61.3
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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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