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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

[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 alone

People in families, total /2....   30,065      17,206        57.2   14,574       5,789        39.7    2,248       1,248        55.5      13,244      10,169        76.8
  Under 18 years................   11,122       7,769        69.9    4,390       2,080        47.4      688         478        69.5       6,045       5,212        86.2
   Under 5 years................    3,007       2,247        74.7    1,210         631        52.1      210         165        78.6       1,586       1,451        91.5
   5 to 17 years................    8,116       5,522        68.0    3,179       1,449        45.6      478         313        65.5       4,459       3,761        84.3
  18 to 64 years................   17,146       8,376        48.9    9,119       3,120        34.2    1,427         687        48.2       6,601       4,569        69.2
   18 to 24 years...............    3,336       1,917        57.5    1,248         429        34.4      306         183        60.0       1,782       1,305        73.2
   25 to 34 years...............    3,853       2,146        55.7    1,870         787        42.1      346         144        41.6       1,637       1,215        74.2
   35 to 44 years...............    4,281       2,034        47.5    2,353         769        32.7      357         175        49.2       1,571       1,090        69.4
   45 to 54 years...............    3,576       1,377        38.5    2,208         612        27.7      290         135        46.6       1,078         629        58.4
   55 to 59 years...............    1,246         530        42.5      850         297        34.9       70          34         (B)         326         199        61.0
   60 to 64 years...............      855         372        43.6      590         226        38.3       58          15         (B)         207         132        63.7
  65 years and over.............    1,796       1,061        59.0    1,065         590        55.4      133          83        62.1         598         388        64.9
   65 to 74 years...............    1,106         624        56.4      714         368        51.5       76          44        58.4         316         212        67.1
   75 years and over............      691         436        63.2      351         222        63.3       57          38         (B)         282         176        62.3

Male............................   13,925       7,552        54.2    7,631       3,027        39.7    1,552         850        54.8       4,742       3,675        77.5
  Under 18 years................    5,633       3,944        70.0    2,289       1,107        48.3      354         260        73.4       2,990       2,577        86.2
   Under 5 years................    1,517       1,147        75.6      622         330        53.0      112          97        86.4         783         720        92.0
   5 to 17 years................    4,117       2,797        67.9    1,667         777        46.6      242         163        67.4       2,208       1,857        84.1
  18 to 64 years................    7,522       3,178        42.3    4,726       1,588        33.6    1,102         529        48.0       1,694       1,061        62.6
   18 to 24 years...............    1,599         821        51.3      666         217        32.5      214         122        57.2         719         482        67.1
   25 to 34 years...............    1,617         726        44.9      971         411        42.3      285         119        41.9         361         195        54.1
   35 to 44 years...............    1,820         737        40.5    1,189         387        32.5      289         143        49.5         341         207        60.6
   45 to 54 years...............    1,548         544        35.2    1,133         312        27.6      223         111        49.8         192         121        62.9
   55 to 59 years...............      557         208        37.3      449         145        32.3       46          22         (B)          62          40         (B)
   60 to 64 years...............      382         143        37.5      317         116        36.6       45          11         (B)          20          16         (B)
  65 years and over.............      770         430        55.8      616         332        53.9       97          61        63.1          57          37         (B)
   65 to 74 years...............      501         260        51.9      408         202        49.4       58          36         (B)          35          23         (B)
   75 years and over............      269         169        63.1      208         130        62.7       39          25         (B)          22          14         (B)

Female..........................   16,140       9,654        59.8    6,942       2,763        39.8      695         397        57.2       8,502       6,494        76.4
  Under 18 years................    5,489       3,826        69.7    2,101         973        46.3      334         218        65.3       3,054       2,635        86.3
   Under 5 years................    1,490       1,100        73.9      588         301        51.1       98          69        69.7         803         731        91.0
   5 to 17 years................    3,999       2,725        68.1    1,512         672        44.4      236         149        63.5       2,251       1,904        84.6
  18 to 64 years................    9,624       5,198        54.0    4,393       1,532        34.9      325         158        48.6       4,907       3,509        71.5
   18 to 24 years...............    1,738       1,097        63.1      582         213        36.5       92          61        66.4       1,064         823        77.4
   25 to 34 years...............    2,235       1,420        63.5      898         376        41.8       61          25         (B)       1,276       1,020        79.9
   35 to 44 years...............    2,461       1,297        52.7    1,164         382        32.8       67          32         (B)       1,230         883        71.8
   45 to 54 years...............    2,028         833        41.0    1,075         300        27.9       67          24         (B)         886         509        57.4
   55 to 59 years...............      689         322        46.7      401         152        37.8       24          12         (B)         264         158        60.1
   60 to 64 years...............      472         229        48.5      272         110        40.3       13           3         (B)         187         116        61.9
  65 years and over.............    1,027         631        61.5      449         258        57.5       36          22         (B)         541         351        64.9
   65 to 74 years...............      605         364        60.2      306         166        54.4       18           8         (B)         281         189        67.4
   75 years and over............      422         267        63.3      143          92        64.1       18          13         (B)         260         162        62.2
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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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