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POV02:  People in Families by Family Structure, Age, and Sex, Iterated by Income-to-Poverty Ratio and Race:  2004
        Below 400% 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   400% of     400% of     income   400% of     400% of     income   400% of     400% of     All income  400% of     400% 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      24,388        77.5   15,303      10,046        65.6    2,334       1,821        78.0      13,830      12,521        90.5
  Under 18 years................   12,056      10,453        86.7    4,861       3,614        74.3      737         647        87.8       6,459       6,193        95.9
   Under 5 years................    3,311       2,911        87.9    1,372       1,016        74.1      225         206        91.6       1,714       1,688        98.5
   5 to 17 years................    8,745       7,542        86.2    3,489       2,597        74.4      511         440        86.1       4,745       4,505        94.9
  18 to 64 years................   17,582      12,496        71.1    9,358       5,618        60.0    1,462       1,067        73.0       6,762       5,812        85.9
   18 to 24 years...............    3,459       2,678        77.4    1,305         822        63.0      319         244        76.6       1,834       1,612        87.9
   25 to 34 years...............    3,993       3,062        76.7    1,937       1,305        67.4      362         256        70.6       1,694       1,501        88.6
   35 to 44 years...............    4,356       3,118        71.6    2,404       1,455        60.5      360         269        74.9       1,592       1,394        87.6
   45 to 54 years...............    3,634       2,260        62.2    2,243       1,189        53.0      292         207        71.0       1,099         864        78.7
   55 to 59 years...............    1,270         803        63.2      871         480        55.1       70          53         (B)         329         270        81.9
   60 to 64 years...............      870         575        66.0      598         367        61.4       59          37         (B)         213         171        79.9
  65 years and over.............    1,829       1,438        78.6    1,085         814        75.1      135         108        79.9         609         516        84.7
   65 to 74 years...............    1,124         855        76.1      727         519        71.4       77          64        82.3         320         272        85.2
   75 years and over............      706         583        82.7      358         295        82.4       58          44         (B)         290         244        84.2

Male............................   14,580      10,964        75.2    7,978       5,219        65.4    1,613       1,257        77.9       4,989       4,488        89.9
  Under 18 years................    6,083       5,265        86.6    2,515       1,891        75.2      379         339        89.3       3,188       3,036        95.2
   Under 5 years................    1,674       1,469        87.8      704         517        73.5      115         109        94.3         854         843        98.6
   5 to 17 years................    4,409       3,797        86.1    1,811       1,374        75.8      264         230        87.1       2,334       2,193        94.0
  18 to 64 years................    7,714       5,114        66.3    4,835       2,872        59.4    1,136         839        73.9       1,744       1,404        80.5
   18 to 24 years...............    1,655       1,205        72.8      685         410        59.9      225         168        74.4         745         627        84.1
   25 to 34 years...............    1,676       1,166        69.6      996         673        67.6      301         214        71.0         379         279        73.7
   35 to 44 years...............    1,854       1,227        66.2    1,220         732        60.0      293         225        76.8         341         270        79.3
   45 to 54 years...............    1,573         944        60.1    1,153         621        53.8      225         170        75.4         194         154        79.5
   55 to 59 years...............      566         325        57.4      458         238        51.9       46          34         (B)          62          53         (B)
   60 to 64 years...............      391         248        63.4      322         198        61.5       46          30         (B)          22          20         (B)
  65 years and over.............      783         584        74.6      628         456        72.7       98          79        81.0          57          48         (B)
   65 to 74 years...............      509         362        71.0      415         284        68.3       59          50         (B)          35          28         (B)
   75 years and over............      273         223        81.4      213         173        81.3       39          29         (B)          22          20         (B)

Female..........................   16,888      13,424        79.5    7,325       4,826        65.9      721         565        78.3       8,841       8,033        90.9
  Under 18 years................    5,973       5,187        86.8    2,345       1,722        73.4      358         308        86.1       3,270       3,157        96.5
   Under 5 years................    1,637       1,442        88.1      668         499        74.7      110          98        88.7         860         846        98.4
   5 to 17 years................    4,336       3,746        86.4    1,677       1,224        72.9      248         210        85.0       2,411       2,312        95.9
  18 to 64 years................    9,868       7,382        74.8    4,523       2,746        60.7      326         228        69.9       5,019       4,408        87.8
   18 to 24 years...............    1,804       1,474        81.7      620         412        66.4       94          77        82.0       1,089         985        90.4
   25 to 34 years...............    2,317       1,896        81.8      941         632        67.1       61          42         (B)       1,315       1,222        92.9
   35 to 44 years...............    2,501       1,892        75.6    1,183         723        61.1       67          45         (B)       1,251       1,124        89.8
   45 to 54 years...............    2,061       1,316        63.8    1,090         568        52.1       67          38         (B)         904         710        78.5
   55 to 59 years...............      705         478        67.9      413         242        58.6       24          19         (B)         267         217        81.2
   60 to 64 years...............      480         327        68.1      276         169        61.4       13           7         (B)         191         150        78.7
  65 years and over.............    1,047         854        81.6      457         358        78.3       37          29         (B)         552         468        84.7
   65 to 74 years...............      614         493        80.3      311         236        75.6       18          14         (B)         285         244        85.7
   75 years and over............      432         361        83.5      146         122        84.0       19          15         (B)         267         224        83.6
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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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