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POV02:  People in Families by Family Structure, Age, and Sex, Iterated by Income-to-Poverty Ratio and Race:  2004
        Below 300% 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   300% of     300% of     income   300% of     300% of     income   300% of     300% of     All income  300% of     300% 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      20,480        65.1   15,303       7,495        49.0    2,334       1,506        64.5      13,830      11,479        83.0
  Under 18 years................   12,056       9,245        76.7    4,861       2,798        57.6      737         577        78.4       6,459       5,869        90.9
   Under 5 years................    3,311       2,653        80.1    1,372         840        61.3      225         190        84.3       1,714       1,622        94.7
   5 to 17 years................    8,745       6,592        75.4    3,489       1,958        56.1      511         387        75.8       4,745       4,247        89.5
  18 to 64 years................   17,582      10,017        57.0    9,358       4,019        42.9    1,462         834        57.0       6,762       5,164        76.4
   18 to 24 years...............    3,459       2,241        64.8    1,305         569        43.6      319         212        66.4       1,834       1,460        79.6
   25 to 34 years...............    3,993       2,504        62.7    1,937         970        50.1      362         191        52.8       1,694       1,343        79.3
   35 to 44 years...............    4,356       2,487        57.1    2,404       1,047        43.6      360         210        58.2       1,592       1,230        77.3
   45 to 54 years...............    3,634       1,698        46.7    2,243         793        35.4      292         156        53.6       1,099         748        68.1
   55 to 59 years...............    1,270         638        50.2      871         363        41.7       70          39         (B)         329         236        71.6
   60 to 64 years...............      870         449        51.6      598         278        46.4       59          25         (B)         213         147        68.6
  65 years and over.............    1,829       1,218        66.6    1,085         678        62.5      135          94        69.8         609         446        73.2
   65 to 74 years...............    1,124         724        64.4      727         431        59.3       77          52        67.2         320         241        75.5
   75 years and over............      706         494        70.0      358         247        69.0       58          42         (B)         290         204        70.5

Male............................   14,580       9,055        62.1    7,978       3,886        48.7    1,613       1,032        64.0       4,989       4,137        82.9
  Under 18 years................    6,083       4,654        76.5    2,515       1,467        58.3      379         308        81.3       3,188       2,879        90.3
   Under 5 years................    1,674       1,336        79.8      704         422        59.9      115         102        88.0         854         813        95.1
   5 to 17 years................    4,409       3,318        75.2    1,811       1,045        57.7      264         207        78.4       2,334       2,066        88.5
  18 to 64 years................    7,714       3,914        50.7    4,835       2,039        42.2    1,136         656        57.7       1,744       1,220        70.0
   18 to 24 years...............    1,655         987        59.6      685         280        40.9      225         145        64.2         745         562        75.5
   25 to 34 years...............    1,676         876        52.3      996         491        49.3      301         162        53.9         379         223        58.9
   35 to 44 years...............    1,854         939        50.7    1,220         536        43.9      293         172        58.8         341         231        67.7
   45 to 54 years...............    1,573         682        43.4    1,153         412        35.7      225         131        58.0         194         140        71.8
   55 to 59 years...............      566         247        43.7      458         176        38.4       46          25         (B)          62          46         (B)
   60 to 64 years...............      391         183        46.8      322         144        44.7       46          21         (B)          22          17         (B)
  65 years and over.............      783         487        62.3      628         381        60.7       98          68        69.0          57          39         (B)
   65 to 74 years...............      509         303        59.4      415         238        57.4       59          40         (B)          35          24         (B)
   75 years and over............      273         185        67.6      213         143        67.3       39          28         (B)          22          14         (B)

Female..........................   16,888      11,424        67.6    7,325       3,609        49.3      721         474        65.7       8,841       7,342        83.0
  Under 18 years................    5,973       4,591        76.9    2,345       1,331        56.8      358         269        75.2       3,270       2,991        91.4
   Under 5 years................    1,637       1,317        80.4      668         419        62.7      110          88        80.4         860         809        94.2
   5 to 17 years................    4,336       3,274        75.5    1,677         913        54.4      248         181        73.0       2,411       2,181        90.5
  18 to 64 years................    9,868       6,103        61.8    4,523       1,981        43.8      326         178        54.6       5,019       3,944        78.6
   18 to 24 years...............    1,804       1,254        69.5      620         289        46.7       94          67        71.9       1,089         897        82.4
   25 to 34 years...............    2,317       1,628        70.2      941         479        50.9       61          29         (B)       1,315       1,120        85.1
   35 to 44 years...............    2,501       1,547        61.9    1,183         511        43.2       67          37         (B)       1,251         999        79.9
   45 to 54 years...............    2,061       1,016        49.3    1,090         381        35.0       67          26         (B)         904         609        67.3
   55 to 59 years...............      705         391        55.5      413         187        45.3       24          14         (B)         267         190        70.9
   60 to 64 years...............      480         267        55.6      276         134        48.3       13           4         (B)         191         129        67.6
  65 years and over.............    1,047         731        69.8      457         297        64.9       37          27         (B)         552         407        73.7
   65 to 74 years...............      614         422        68.6      311         193        61.8       18          12         (B)         285         217        76.2
   75 years and over............      432         309        71.5      146         104        71.5       19          15         (B)         267         190        71.1
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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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