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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

[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 alone

People in families, total /2....   30,065      19,618        65.3   14,574       7,170        49.2    2,248       1,446        64.3      13,244      11,002        83.1
  Under 18 years................   11,122       8,610        77.4    4,390       2,566        58.4      688         542        78.8       6,045       5,502        91.0
   Under 5 years................    3,007       2,446        81.3    1,210         765        63.2      210         179        85.4       1,586       1,502        94.7
   5 to 17 years................    8,116       6,164        76.0    3,179       1,801        56.7      478         363        75.9       4,459       4,001        89.7
  18 to 64 years................   17,146       9,808        57.2    9,119       3,938        43.2    1,427         811        56.8       6,601       5,059        76.6
   18 to 24 years...............    3,336       2,179        65.3    1,248         547        43.9      306         204        66.5       1,782       1,428        80.1
   25 to 34 years...............    3,853       2,426        63.0    1,870         940        50.3      346         181        52.3       1,637       1,305        79.7
   35 to 44 years...............    4,281       2,449        57.2    2,353       1,028        43.7      357         207        58.1       1,571       1,214        77.2
   45 to 54 years...............    3,576       1,671        46.7    2,208         785        35.5      290         155        53.3       1,078         732        67.9
   55 to 59 years...............    1,246         634        50.9      850         362        42.5       70          39         (B)         326         234        71.8
   60 to 64 years...............      855         448        52.4      590         276        46.8       58          25         (B)         207         147        70.7
  65 years and over.............    1,796       1,200        66.8    1,065         667        62.6      133          93        69.8         598         441        73.7
   65 to 74 years...............    1,106         713        64.5      714         423        59.3       76          51        66.6         316         239        75.7
   75 years and over............      691         488        70.6      351         244        69.4       57          42         (B)         282         202        71.4

Male............................   13,925       8,654        62.1    7,631       3,726        48.8    1,552         988        63.7       4,742       3,940        83.1
  Under 18 years................    5,633       4,344        77.1    2,289       1,348        58.9      354         289        81.7       2,990       2,708        90.6
   Under 5 years................    1,517       1,225        80.7      622         382        61.3      112          99        88.9         783         743        95.0
   5 to 17 years................    4,117       3,120        75.8    1,667         966        57.9      242         190        78.3       2,208       1,964        89.0
  18 to 64 years................    7,522       3,831        50.9    4,726       2,004        42.4    1,102         633        57.4       1,694       1,194        70.5
   18 to 24 years...............    1,599         963        60.2      666         277        41.5      214         136        63.7         719         550        76.5
   25 to 34 years...............    1,617         842        52.1      971         478        49.3      285         152        53.3         361         212        58.8
   35 to 44 years...............    1,820         924        50.8    1,189         523        44.0      289         170        58.7         341         231        67.7
   45 to 54 years...............    1,548         674        43.5    1,133         408        36.0      223         129        57.8         192         137        71.5
   55 to 59 years...............      557         247        44.4      449         176        39.2       46          25         (B)          62          46         (B)
   60 to 64 years...............      382         181        47.5      317         143        45.0       45          21         (B)          20          17         (B)
  65 years and over.............      770         479        62.2      616         374        60.8       97          66        68.6          57          38         (B)
   65 to 74 years...............      501         297        59.2      408         233        57.2       58          39         (B)          35          24         (B)
   75 years and over............      269         183        68.0      208         141        67.8       39          28         (B)          22          14         (B)

Female..........................   16,140      10,964        67.9    6,942       3,444        49.6      695         458        65.9       8,502       7,062        83.1
  Under 18 years................    5,489       4,266        77.7    2,101       1,218        58.0      334         253        75.8       3,054       2,795        91.5
   Under 5 years................    1,490       1,221        82.0      588         383        65.1       98          80        81.3         803         758        94.4
   5 to 17 years................    3,999       3,045        76.1    1,512         835        55.2      236         173        73.5       2,251       2,036        90.5
  18 to 64 years................    9,624       5,977        62.1    4,393       1,934        44.0      325         178        54.9       4,907       3,865        78.8
   18 to 24 years...............    1,738       1,216        70.0      582         271        46.5       92          67        73.0       1,064         878        82.5
   25 to 34 years...............    2,235       1,584        70.8      898         461        51.4       61          29         (B)       1,276       1,093        85.7
   35 to 44 years...............    2,461       1,526        62.0    1,164         506        43.4       67          37         (B)       1,230         982        79.9
   45 to 54 years...............    2,028         998        49.2    1,075         377        35.1       67          26         (B)         886         595        67.1
   55 to 59 years...............      689         387        56.2      401         186        46.3       24          14         (B)         264         187        71.1
   60 to 64 years...............      472         266        56.4      272         133        48.8       13           4         (B)         187         129        68.9
  65 years and over.............    1,027         721        70.3      449         293        65.1       36          27         (B)         541         402        74.3
   65 to 74 years...............      605         416        68.9      306         190        62.1       18          12         (B)         281         215        76.4
   75 years and over............      422         305        72.3      143         103        71.7       18          15         (B)         260         188        72.1
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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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