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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

[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 alone

People in families, total /2....   30,065      23,333        77.6   14,574       9,605        65.9    2,248       1,750        77.9      13,244      11,978        90.4
  Under 18 years................   11,122       9,711        87.3    4,390       3,306        75.3      688         609        88.5       6,045       5,796        95.9
   Under 5 years................    3,007       2,678        89.1    1,210         921        76.1      210         196        93.2       1,586       1,561        98.4
   5 to 17 years................    8,116       7,033        86.7    3,179       2,385        75.0      478         413        86.4       4,459       4,235        95.0
  18 to 64 years................   17,146      12,209        71.2    9,119       5,498        60.3    1,427       1,035        72.5       6,601       5,675        86.0
   18 to 24 years...............    3,336       2,591        77.6    1,248         789        63.2      306         233        76.1       1,782       1,569        88.0
   25 to 34 years...............    3,853       2,958        76.8    1,870       1,264        67.6      346         241        69.7       1,637       1,453        88.8
   35 to 44 years...............    4,281       3,071        71.7    2,353       1,430        60.8      357         267        74.8       1,571       1,374        87.5
   45 to 54 years...............    3,576       2,222        62.1    2,208       1,172        53.1      290         205        70.8       1,078         845        78.4
   55 to 59 years...............    1,246         800        64.2      850         479        56.3       70          53         (B)         326         268        82.2
   60 to 64 years...............      855         567        66.4      590         365        61.9       58          36         (B)         207         167        80.5
  65 years and over.............    1,796       1,413        78.7    1,065         800        75.1      133         107        80.1         598         507        84.7
   65 to 74 years...............    1,106         842        76.1      714         510        71.4       76          62        81.9         316         270        85.4
   75 years and over............      691         571        82.7      351         290        82.6       57          44         (B)         282         237        83.9

Male............................   13,925      10,460        75.1    7,631       4,995        65.4    1,552       1,204        77.6       4,742       4,262        89.9
  Under 18 years................    5,633       4,900        87.0    2,289       1,733        75.7      354         318        89.7       2,990       2,849        95.3
   Under 5 years................    1,517       1,345        88.7      622         467        75.0      112         107        95.4         783         772        98.6
   5 to 17 years................    4,117       3,555        86.3    1,667       1,266        75.9      242         211        87.1       2,208       2,078        94.1
  18 to 64 years................    7,522       4,988        66.3    4,726       2,815        59.6    1,102         809        73.4       1,694       1,364        80.5
   18 to 24 years...............    1,599       1,165        72.9      666         401        60.2      214         157        73.6         719         606        84.4
   25 to 34 years...............    1,617       1,120        69.3      971         656        67.6      285         199        69.8         361         265        73.4
   35 to 44 years...............    1,820       1,208        66.4    1,189         715        60.1      289         222        76.7         341         270        79.3
   45 to 54 years...............    1,548         928        59.9    1,133         608        53.7      223         168        75.2         192         152        79.2
   55 to 59 years...............      557         325        58.3      449         238        53.0       46          34         (B)          62          53         (B)
   60 to 64 years...............      382         243        63.5      317         197        62.0       45          29         (B)          20          17         (B)
  65 years and over.............      770         573        74.4      616         446        72.5       97          78        80.8          57          48         (B)
   65 to 74 years...............      501         354        70.6      408         277        67.9       58          49         (B)          35          28         (B)
   75 years and over............      269         219        81.5      208         169        81.4       39          29         (B)          22          20         (B)

Female..........................   16,140      12,872        79.8    6,942       4,610        66.4      695         546        78.6       8,502       7,716        90.8
  Under 18 years................    5,489       4,811        87.6    2,101       1,573        74.9      334         291        87.2       3,054       2,946        96.5
   Under 5 years................    1,490       1,333        89.5      588         454        77.2       98          89        90.6         803         789        98.3
   5 to 17 years................    3,999       3,478        87.0    1,512       1,119        74.0      236         202        85.7       2,251       2,157        95.8
  18 to 64 years................    9,624       7,221        75.0    4,393       2,683        61.1      325         226        69.7       4,907       4,311        87.9
   18 to 24 years...............    1,738       1,426        82.0      582         388        66.7       92          75        81.7       1,064         962        90.5
   25 to 34 years...............    2,235       1,837        82.2      898         607        67.6       61          42         (B)       1,276       1,188        93.1
   35 to 44 years...............    2,461       1,863        75.7    1,164         715        61.4       67          45         (B)       1,230       1,104        89.8
   45 to 54 years...............    2,028       1,295        63.8    1,075         564        52.4       67          38         (B)         886         693        78.2
   55 to 59 years...............      689         475        68.9      401         241        60.0       24          19         (B)         264         215        81.5
   60 to 64 years...............      472         325        68.7      272         168        61.8       13           7         (B)         187         149        79.6
  65 years and over.............    1,027         841        81.9      449         354        78.7       36          29         (B)         541         458        84.7
   65 to 74 years...............      605         488        80.7      306         233        76.1       18          14         (B)         281         242        86.0
   75 years and over............      422         352        83.5      143         121        84.4       18          15         (B)         260         217        83.2
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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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