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POV02:  People in Families by Family Structure, Age, and Sex, Iterated by Income-to-Poverty Ratio and Race:  2004
        Below 600% 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   600% of     600% of     income   600% of     600% of     income   600% of     600% of     All income  600% of     600% 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      28,809        91.6   15,303      13,158        86.0    2,334       2,161        92.6      13,830      13,490        97.5
  Under 18 years................   12,056      11,555        95.8    4,861       4,433        91.2      737         715        97.1       6,459       6,407        99.2
   Under 5 years................    3,311       3,167        95.7    1,372       1,234        90.0      225         224        99.4       1,714       1,709        99.7
   5 to 17 years................    8,745       8,388        95.9    3,489       3,199        91.7      511         491        96.1       4,745       4,698        99.0
  18 to 64 years................   17,582      15,617        88.8    9,358       7,792        83.3    1,462       1,324        90.5       6,762       6,501        96.1
   18 to 24 years...............    3,459       3,212        92.9    1,305       1,127        86.3      319         298        93.5       1,834       1,787        97.4
   25 to 34 years...............    3,993       3,646        91.3    1,937       1,685        87.0      362         323        89.2       1,694       1,638        96.7
   35 to 44 years...............    4,356       3,927        90.2    2,404       2,046        85.1      360         328        91.3       1,592       1,553        97.5
   45 to 54 years...............    3,634       3,036        83.6    2,243       1,762        78.6      292         260        89.1       1,099       1,014        92.3
   55 to 59 years...............    1,270       1,045        82.3      871         670        76.9       70          65         (B)         329         310        94.2
   60 to 64 years...............      870         750        86.2      598         502        84.0       59          49         (B)         213         199        93.3
  65 years and over.............    1,829       1,637        89.5    1,085         934        86.0      135         122        90.1         609         582        95.5
   65 to 74 years...............    1,124         992        88.3      727         616        84.8       77          70        90.5         320         306        95.7
   75 years and over............      706         645        91.4      358         317        88.5       58          52         (B)         290         276        95.3

Male............................   14,580      13,203        90.6    7,978       6,858        86.0    1,613       1,490        92.4       4,989       4,856        97.3
  Under 18 years................    6,083       5,819        95.7    2,515       2,299        91.4      379         369        97.3       3,188       3,151        98.8
   Under 5 years................    1,674       1,599        95.6      704         635        90.2      115         115        99.4         854         850        99.5
   5 to 17 years................    4,409       4,219        95.7    1,811       1,664        91.9      264         254        96.4       2,334       2,301        98.6
  18 to 64 years................    7,714       6,714        87.0    4,835       4,030        83.3    1,136       1,032        90.9       1,744       1,652        94.7
   18 to 24 years...............    1,655       1,524        92.1      685         589        86.0      225         210        93.2         745         725        97.3
   25 to 34 years...............    1,676       1,490        88.9      996         872        87.5      301         270        89.6         379         348        91.9
   35 to 44 years...............    1,854       1,637        88.3    1,220       1,042        85.4      293         270        92.1         341         326        95.6
   45 to 54 years...............    1,573       1,293        82.2    1,153         912        79.1      225         205        90.9         194         176        90.4
   55 to 59 years...............      566         441        78.0      458         344        75.1       46          41         (B)          62          56         (B)
   60 to 64 years...............      391         329        84.2      322         270        83.9       46          38         (B)          22          22         (B)
  65 years and over.............      783         671        85.7      628         529        84.3       98          88        90.3          57          53         (B)
   65 to 74 years...............      509         426        83.7      415         341        82.2       59          53         (B)          35          32         (B)
   75 years and over............      273         245        89.5      213         188        88.5       39          35         (B)          22          21         (B)

Female..........................   16,888      15,606        92.4    7,325       6,300        86.0      721         671        93.1       8,841       8,635        97.7
  Under 18 years................    5,973       5,737        96.0    2,345       2,134        91.0      358         346        96.8       3,270       3,257        99.6
   Under 5 years................    1,637       1,568        95.8      668         599        89.7      110         109        99.3         860         860       100.0
   5 to 17 years................    4,336       4,169        96.1    1,677       1,534        91.5      248         237        95.7       2,411       2,397        99.4
  18 to 64 years................    9,868       8,903        90.2    4,523       3,762        83.2      326         291        89.3       5,019       4,850        96.6
   18 to 24 years...............    1,804       1,688        93.6      620         538        86.7       94          88        94.3       1,089       1,062        97.5
   25 to 34 years...............    2,317       2,156        93.1      941         813        86.4       61          53         (B)       1,315       1,290        98.1
   35 to 44 years...............    2,501       2,290        91.5    1,183       1,004        84.9       67          59         (B)       1,251       1,227        98.1
   45 to 54 years...............    2,061       1,744        84.6    1,090         850        78.0       67          55         (B)         904         839        92.7
   55 to 59 years...............      705         604        85.8      413         326        78.8       24          24         (B)         267         254        95.1
   60 to 64 years...............      480         421        87.7      276         232        84.1       13          11         (B)         191         178        93.0
  65 years and over.............    1,047         966        92.3      457         404        88.4       37          33         (B)         552         529        95.7
   65 to 74 years...............      614         566        92.2      311         275        88.3       18          17         (B)         285         274        96.2
   75 years and over............      432         400        92.5      146         129        88.5       19          16         (B)         267         255        95.2
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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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