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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

[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 alone

People in families, total /2....   30,065       3,440        11.4   14,574         490         3.4    2,248         200         8.9      13,244       2,751        20.8
  Under 18 years................   11,122       1,865        16.8    4,390         160         3.6      688          66         9.6       6,045       1,639        27.1
   Under 5 years................    3,007         638        21.2    1,210          45         3.7      210          20         9.5       1,586         573        36.1
   5 to 17 years................    8,116       1,227        15.1    3,179         115         3.6      478          46         9.6       4,459       1,066        23.9
  18 to 64 years................   17,146       1,474         8.6    9,119         301         3.3    1,427         117         8.2       6,601       1,056        16.0
   18 to 24 years...............    3,336         427        12.8    1,248          54         4.3      306          23         7.4       1,782         350        19.7
   25 to 34 years...............    3,853         377         9.8    1,870          61         3.2      346          22         6.4       1,637         294        18.0
   35 to 44 years...............    4,281         355         8.3    2,353          85         3.6      357          29         8.1       1,571         241        15.4
   45 to 54 years...............    3,576         192         5.4    2,208          39         1.8      290          36        12.4       1,078         117        10.8
   55 to 59 years...............    1,246          78         6.3      850          34         4.0       70           5         (B)         326          39        11.9
   60 to 64 years...............      855          45         5.3      590          29         4.9       58           2         (B)         207          15         7.2
  65 years and over.............    1,796         102         5.7    1,065          29         2.8      133          17        12.9         598          55         9.3
   65 to 74 years...............    1,106          63         5.7      714          22         3.1       76          10        12.9         316          31         9.7
   75 years and over............      691          39         5.7      351           7         2.0       57           7         (B)         282          25         8.8

Male............................   13,925       1,439        10.3    7,631         266         3.5    1,552         149         9.6       4,742       1,024        21.6
  Under 18 years................    5,633         968        17.2    2,289          89         3.9      354          43        12.1       2,990         836        28.0
   Under 5 years................    1,517         337        22.2      622          33         5.3      112          13        11.8         783         291        37.2
   5 to 17 years................    4,117         631        15.3    1,667          56         3.4      242          29        12.2       2,208         545        24.7
  18 to 64 years................    7,522         433         5.8    4,726         157         3.3    1,102          91         8.3       1,694         185        10.9
   18 to 24 years...............    1,599         141         8.8      666          28         4.2      214          15         6.8         719          99        13.7
   25 to 34 years...............    1,617          73         4.5      971          35         3.6      285          16         5.6         361          22         6.1
   35 to 44 years...............    1,820         106         5.9    1,189          48         4.0      289          26         8.9         341          33         9.7
   45 to 54 years...............    1,548          71         4.6    1,133          20         1.7      223          30        13.6         192          21        11.0
   55 to 59 years...............      557          29         5.2      449          19         4.2       46           3         (B)          62           7         (B)
   60 to 64 years...............      382          13         3.3      317           8         2.5       45           2         (B)          20           3         (B)
  65 years and over.............      770          38         4.9      616          20         3.2       97          15        15.8          57           3         (B)
   65 to 74 years...............      501          26         5.3      408          16         3.9       58           8         (B)          35           2         (B)
   75 years and over............      269          11         4.2      208           4         1.7       39           7         (B)          22           1         (B)

Female..........................   16,140       2,001        12.4    6,942         224         3.2      695          50         7.3       8,502       1,727        20.3
  Under 18 years................    5,489         897        16.3    2,101          70         3.3      334          23         6.9       3,054         803        26.3
   Under 5 years................    1,490         301        20.2      588          12         2.0       98           7         6.9         803         282        35.1
   5 to 17 years................    3,999         596        14.9    1,512          58         3.9      236          16         6.9       2,251         521        23.2
  18 to 64 years................    9,624       1,040        10.8    4,393         144         3.3      325          25         7.8       4,907         871        17.8
   18 to 24 years...............    1,738         286        16.5      582          26         4.5       92           8         8.7       1,064         252        23.7
   25 to 34 years...............    2,235         304        13.6      898          25         2.8       61           6         (B)       1,276         272        21.3
   35 to 44 years...............    2,461         248        10.1    1,164          37         3.2       67           3         (B)       1,230         208        16.9
   45 to 54 years...............    2,028         121         5.9    1,075          19         1.8       67           6         (B)         886          96        10.8
   55 to 59 years...............      689          49         7.1      401          15         3.8       24           2         (B)         264          32        12.0
   60 to 64 years...............      472          33         6.9      272          21         7.7       13           0         (B)         187          12         6.2
  65 years and over.............    1,027          64         6.3      449          10         2.2       36           2         (B)         541          53         9.7
   65 to 74 years...............      605          36         6.0      306           6         2.1       18           2         (B)         281          28        10.1
   75 years and over............      422          28         6.6      143           4         2.5       18           0         (B)         260          24         9.3
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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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