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POV02:  People in Families by Family Structure, Age, and Sex, Iterated by Income-to-Poverty Ratio and Race:  2004
        Below 50% 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   50% of      50% of      income   50% of      50% of      income   50% of      50% of      All income  50% of      50% 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       3,575        11.4   15,303         518         3.4    2,334         208         8.9      13,830       2,849        20.6
  Under 18 years................   12,056       1,971        16.4    4,861         182         3.7      737          71         9.6       6,459       1,719        26.6
   Under 5 years................    3,311         675        20.4    1,372          49         3.6      225          21         9.3       1,714         605        35.3
   5 to 17 years................    8,745       1,296        14.8    3,489         132         3.8      511          50         9.7       4,745       1,114        23.5
  18 to 64 years................   17,582       1,501         8.5    9,358         307         3.3    1,462         120         8.2       6,762       1,073        15.9
   18 to 24 years...............    3,459         433        12.5    1,305          54         4.1      319          24         7.5       1,834         355        19.4
   25 to 34 years...............    3,993         387         9.7    1,937          64         3.3      362          22         6.1       1,694         301        17.8
   35 to 44 years...............    4,356         360         8.3    2,404          86         3.6      360          29         8.0       1,592         245        15.4
   45 to 54 years...............    3,634         197         5.4    2,243          40         1.8      292          38        13.0       1,099         119        10.8
   55 to 59 years...............    1,270          78         6.1      871          34         3.9       70           5         (B)         329          39        11.7
   60 to 64 years...............      870          46         5.2      598          29         4.9       59           2         (B)         213          15         7.0
  65 years and over.............    1,829         103         5.6    1,085          29         2.7      135          17        12.7         609          56         9.2
   65 to 74 years...............    1,124          63         5.6      727          22         3.1       77          10        12.7         320          31         9.7
   75 years and over............      706          39         5.6      358           7         2.0       58           7         (B)         290          25         8.6

Male............................   14,580       1,495        10.3    7,978         281         3.5    1,613         156         9.7       4,989       1,057        21.2
  Under 18 years................    6,083       1,014        16.7    2,515         102         4.1      379          47        12.3       3,188         866        27.2
   Under 5 years................    1,674         358        21.4      704          35         5.0      115          13        11.5         854         309        36.2
   5 to 17 years................    4,409         657        14.9    1,811          67         3.7      264          33        12.6       2,334         557        23.8
  18 to 64 years................    7,714         443         5.7    4,835         160         3.3    1,136          94         8.3       1,744         188        10.8
   18 to 24 years...............    1,655         145         8.8      685          28         4.1      225          16         7.0         745         102        13.7
   25 to 34 years...............    1,676          75         4.5      996          37         3.7      301          16         5.3         379          22         5.8
   35 to 44 years...............    1,854         108         5.8    1,220          49         4.0      293          26         8.8         341          33         9.7
   45 to 54 years...............    1,573          73         4.6    1,153          20         1.7      225          32        14.3         194          21        10.9
   55 to 59 years...............      566          29         5.1      458          19         4.1       46           3         (B)          62           7         (B)
   60 to 64 years...............      391          13         3.3      322           8         2.5       46           2         (B)          22           3         (B)
  65 years and over.............      783          38         4.8      628          20         3.1       98          15        15.6          57           3         (B)
   65 to 74 years...............      509          26         5.2      415          16         3.9       59           8         (B)          35           2         (B)
   75 years and over............      273          11         4.1      213           4         1.7       39           7         (B)          22           1         (B)

Female..........................   16,888       2,080        12.3    7,325         237         3.2      721          51         7.1       8,841       1,791        20.3
  Under 18 years................    5,973         957        16.0    2,345          80         3.4      358          24         6.8       3,270         853        26.1
   Under 5 years................    1,637         317        19.4      668          14         2.2      110           8         7.1         860         295        34.4
   5 to 17 years................    4,336         639        14.7    1,677          65         3.9      248          16         6.6       2,411         558        23.1
  18 to 64 years................    9,868       1,058        10.7    4,523         148         3.3      326          25         7.8       5,019         885        17.6
   18 to 24 years...............    1,804         288        15.9      620          26         4.2       94           8         8.6       1,089         254        23.3
   25 to 34 years...............    2,317         313        13.5      941          28         3.0       61           6         (B)       1,315         279        21.2
   35 to 44 years...............    2,501         252        10.1    1,183          37         3.1       67           3         (B)       1,251         212        17.0
   45 to 54 years...............    2,061         124         6.0    1,090          21         1.9       67           6         (B)         904          97        10.8
   55 to 59 years...............      705          49         6.9      413          15         3.7       24           2         (B)         267          32        11.8
   60 to 64 years...............      480          33         6.8      276          21         7.6       13           0         (B)         191          12         6.1
  65 years and over.............    1,047          65         6.2      457          10         2.2       37           2         (B)         552          53         9.7
   65 to 74 years...............      614          37         6.0      311           6         2.0       18           2         (B)         285          29        10.2
   75 years and over............      432          28         6.5      146           4         2.4       19           0         (B)         267          24         9.1
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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
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Last revised: November 02, 2006
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