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POV02: People in Families by Family Structure, Age, and Sex, Iterated by Income-to-Poverty Ratio and Race: 2004
Below 500% of Poverty -- Black Alone
[Numbers in thousands]
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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
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Percentage Percentage Percentage Percentage
All Below below All Below below All Below below Below below
income 500% of 500% of income 500% of 500% of income 500% of 500% of All income 500% of 500% of
levels poverty /5 poverty /6 levels poverty /5 poverty /6 levels poverty /5 poverty /6 levels poverty /5 poverty /6
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Black alone
People in families, total /2.... 30,065 25,965 86.4 14,574 11,432 78.4 2,248 2,007 89.3 13,244 12,527 94.6
Under 18 years................ 11,122 10,345 93.0 4,390 3,778 86.1 688 661 96.0 6,045 5,906 97.7
Under 5 years................ 3,007 2,827 94.0 1,210 1,051 86.8 210 205 97.3 1,586 1,572 99.1
5 to 17 years................ 8,116 7,518 92.6 3,179 2,727 85.8 478 456 95.4 4,459 4,335 97.2
18 to 64 years................ 17,146 14,079 82.1 9,119 6,777 74.3 1,427 1,231 86.3 6,601 6,071 92.0
18 to 24 years............... 3,336 2,931 87.9 1,248 974 78.0 306 269 88.0 1,782 1,688 94.7
25 to 34 years............... 3,853 3,329 86.4 1,870 1,503 80.4 346 299 86.4 1,637 1,527 93.3
35 to 44 years............... 4,281 3,551 82.9 2,353 1,772 75.3 357 314 87.9 1,571 1,465 93.3
45 to 54 years............... 3,576 2,667 74.6 2,208 1,506 68.2 290 242 83.6 1,078 918 85.2
55 to 59 years............... 1,246 932 74.8 850 579 68.1 70 62 (B) 326 291 89.3
60 to 64 years............... 855 668 78.2 590 442 75.0 58 44 (B) 207 181 87.6
65 years and over............. 1,796 1,542 85.8 1,065 877 82.3 133 115 86.4 598 550 91.9
65 to 74 years............... 1,106 925 83.6 714 569 79.7 76 65 85.9 316 290 91.9
75 years and over............ 691 617 89.4 351 308 87.6 57 50 (B) 282 260 92.0
Male............................ 13,925 11,800 84.7 7,631 5,944 77.9 1,552 1,379 88.8 4,742 4,478 94.4
Under 18 years................ 5,633 5,227 92.8 2,289 1,971 86.1 354 340 96.1 2,990 2,915 97.5
Under 5 years................ 1,517 1,420 93.6 622 533 85.7 112 110 98.7 783 777 99.3
5 to 17 years................ 4,117 3,807 92.5 1,667 1,438 86.3 242 230 94.9 2,208 2,138 96.9
18 to 64 years................ 7,522 5,944 79.0 4,726 3,478 73.6 1,102 955 86.6 1,694 1,511 89.2
18 to 24 years............... 1,599 1,356 84.8 666 496 74.5 214 182 85.4 719 677 94.2
25 to 34 years............... 1,617 1,337 82.7 971 791 81.5 285 248 87.0 361 298 82.7
35 to 44 years............... 1,820 1,443 79.3 1,189 884 74.3 289 257 88.8 341 303 88.7
45 to 54 years............... 1,548 1,123 72.6 1,133 770 68.0 223 193 86.6 192 160 83.3
55 to 59 years............... 557 394 70.8 449 300 66.7 46 39 (B) 62 56 (B)
60 to 64 years............... 382 290 75.7 317 237 74.7 45 35 (B) 20 17 (B)
65 years and over............. 770 630 81.8 616 494 80.2 97 84 86.7 57 52 (B)
65 to 74 years............... 501 396 79.1 408 314 76.9 58 50 (B) 35 32 (B)
75 years and over............ 269 234 87.0 208 180 86.6 39 33 (B) 22 20 (B)
Female.......................... 16,140 14,165 87.8 6,942 5,488 79.1 695 628 90.4 8,502 8,049 94.7
Under 18 years................ 5,489 5,118 93.2 2,101 1,806 86.0 334 320 95.9 3,054 2,991 97.9
Under 5 years................ 1,490 1,407 94.4 588 518 88.0 98 94 95.7 803 795 98.9
5 to 17 years................ 3,999 3,711 92.8 1,512 1,289 85.2 236 226 95.9 2,251 2,196 97.6
18 to 64 years................ 9,624 8,135 84.5 4,393 3,299 75.1 325 277 85.2 4,907 4,560 92.9
18 to 24 years............... 1,738 1,575 90.7 582 477 82.0 92 87 94.2 1,064 1,011 95.1
25 to 34 years............... 2,235 1,992 89.1 898 712 79.3 61 52 (B) 1,276 1,228 96.3
35 to 44 years............... 2,461 2,107 85.6 1,164 888 76.3 67 57 (B) 1,230 1,162 94.5
45 to 54 years............... 2,028 1,544 76.1 1,075 736 68.5 67 49 (B) 886 759 85.6
55 to 59 years............... 689 538 78.0 401 280 69.7 24 23 (B) 264 235 89.3
60 to 64 years............... 472 379 80.2 272 205 75.4 13 9 (B) 187 164 87.5
65 years and over............. 1,027 912 88.8 449 383 85.3 36 31 (B) 541 498 92.0
65 to 74 years............... 605 529 87.4 306 255 83.5 18 15 (B) 281 258 91.9
75 years and over............ 422 383 90.8 143 128 89.0 18 16 (B) 260 239 92.0
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2005 Annual Social and Economic Supplement. Based on the June 2006 Weighting Correction.
Poverty Footnotes
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Last revised: November 02, 2006
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