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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

[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 alone

People in families, total /2....   30,065      27,548        91.6   14,574      12,554        86.1    2,248       2,082        92.6      13,244      12,912        97.5
  Under 18 years................   11,122      10,695        96.2    4,390       4,029        91.8      688         671        97.5       6,045       5,996        99.2
   Under 5 years................    3,007       2,893        96.2    1,210       1,101        91.0      210         210        99.7       1,586       1,582        99.8
   5 to 17 years................    8,116       7,802        96.1    3,179       2,928        92.1      478         461        96.5       4,459       4,413        99.0
  18 to 64 years................   17,146      15,247        88.9    9,119       7,610        83.5    1,427       1,291        90.5       6,601       6,346        96.1
   18 to 24 years...............    3,336       3,107        93.1    1,248       1,084        86.8      306         285        93.3       1,782       1,738        97.5
   25 to 34 years...............    3,853       3,518        91.3    1,870       1,628        87.0      346         309        89.1       1,637       1,582        96.7
   35 to 44 years...............    4,281       3,863        90.2    2,353       2,005        85.2      357         326        91.4       1,571       1,532        97.5
   45 to 54 years...............    3,576       2,992        83.7    2,208       1,739        78.8      290         258        89.0       1,078         995        92.3
   55 to 59 years...............    1,246       1,030        82.7      850         658        77.4       70          65         (B)         326         306        94.1
   60 to 64 years...............      855         737        86.2      590         496        84.2       58          48         (B)         207         193        93.1
  65 years and over.............    1,796       1,606        89.4    1,065         915        85.9      133         120        90.5         598         571        95.4
   65 to 74 years...............    1,106         975        88.1      714         604        84.6       76          69        90.4         316         302        95.6
   75 years and over............      691         631        91.4      351         311        88.6       57          52         (B)         282         269        95.2

Male............................   13,925      12,602        90.5    7,631       6,557        85.9    1,552       1,432        92.2       4,742       4,613        97.3
  Under 18 years................    5,633       5,394        95.8    2,289       2,096        91.6      354         344        97.2       2,990       2,954        98.8
   Under 5 years................    1,517       1,453        95.8      622         563        90.4      112         111        99.4         783         779        99.5
   5 to 17 years................    4,117       3,941        95.7    1,667       1,533        92.0      242         233        96.1       2,208       2,175        98.5
  18 to 64 years................    7,522       6,550        87.1    4,726       3,943        83.4    1,102       1,001        90.8       1,694       1,606        94.8
   18 to 24 years...............    1,599       1,478        92.4      666         577        86.6      214         198        92.9         719         702        97.7
   25 to 34 years...............    1,617       1,434        88.7      971         849        87.4      285         255        89.5         361         330        91.5
   35 to 44 years...............    1,820       1,608        88.4    1,189       1,015        85.4      289         267        92.2         341         326        95.6
   45 to 54 years...............    1,548       1,271        82.1    1,133         895        79.0      223         203        90.9         192         173        90.3
   55 to 59 years...............      557         437        78.5      449         340        75.7       46          41         (B)          62          56         (B)
   60 to 64 years...............      382         322        84.3      317         267        84.1       45          37         (B)          20          19         (B)
  65 years and over.............      770         658        85.5      616         518        84.0       97          87        90.1          57          53         (B)
   65 to 74 years...............      501         418        83.4      408         334        81.9       58          52         (B)          35          32         (B)
   75 years and over............      269         240        89.3      208         183        88.2       39          35         (B)          22          21         (B)

Female..........................   16,140      14,946        92.6    6,942       5,997        86.4      695         650        93.5       8,502       8,299        97.6
  Under 18 years................    5,489       5,301        96.6    2,101       1,933        92.0      334         327        97.8       3,054       3,041        99.6
   Under 5 years................    1,490       1,440        96.7      588         539        91.6       98          98       100.0         803         803       100.0
   5 to 17 years................    3,999       3,861        96.5    1,512       1,395        92.2      236         228        96.9       2,251       2,238        99.4
  18 to 64 years................    9,624       8,696        90.4    4,393       3,667        83.5      325         290        89.3       4,907       4,740        96.6
   18 to 24 years...............    1,738       1,629        93.8      582         507        87.1       92          87        94.2       1,064       1,036        97.4
   25 to 34 years...............    2,235       2,084        93.2      898         779        86.7       61          53         (B)       1,276       1,252        98.1
   35 to 44 years...............    2,461       2,255        91.6    1,164         990        85.1       67          59         (B)       1,230       1,206        98.0
   45 to 54 years...............    2,028       1,721        84.8    1,075         844        78.5       67          55         (B)         886         822        92.7
   55 to 59 years...............      689         593        86.1      401         318        79.3       24          24         (B)         264         251        95.1
   60 to 64 years...............      472         415        87.8      272         230        84.3       13          11         (B)         187         174        92.8
  65 years and over.............    1,027         948        92.3      449         397        88.4       36          33         (B)         541         518        95.7
   65 to 74 years...............      605         557        92.0      306         269        88.1       18          17         (B)         281         270        96.2
   75 years and over............      422         391        92.7      143         128        89.0       18          16         (B)         260         247        95.1
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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
Contact: Housing and Household Economic Statistics Information Staff at (301)763-3242
Last revised: November 02, 2006
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