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POV02:  People in Families by Family Structure, Age, and Sex, Iterated by Income-to-Poverty Ratio and Race:  2004
        Below 75% 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   75% of      75% of      income   75% of      75% of      income   75% of      75% of      All income  75% of      75% 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       5,205        17.3   14,574         843         5.8    2,248         363        16.2      13,244       3,998        30.2
  Under 18 years................   11,122       2,732        24.6    4,390         294         6.7      688         149        21.7       6,045       2,289        37.9
   Under 5 years................    3,007         875        29.1    1,210          76         6.3      210          52        24.9       1,586         747        47.1
   5 to 17 years................    8,116       1,856        22.9    3,179         217         6.8      478          97        20.3       4,459       1,542        34.6
  18 to 64 years................   17,146       2,294        13.4    9,119         488         5.4    1,427         193        13.6       6,601       1,613        24.4
   18 to 24 years...............    3,336         635        19.0    1,248          71         5.7      306          50        16.5       1,782         514        28.9
   25 to 34 years...............    3,853         597        15.5    1,870         118         6.3      346          43        12.5       1,637         435        26.6
   35 to 44 years...............    4,281         541        12.6    2,353         120         5.1      357          44        12.4       1,571         376        24.0
   45 to 54 years...............    3,576         329         9.2    2,208          88         4.0      290          46        15.8       1,078         196        18.2
   55 to 59 years...............    1,246         118         9.5      850          53         6.2       70           8         (B)         326          58        17.7
   60 to 64 years...............      855          74         8.6      590          39         6.6       58           2         (B)         207          33        15.9
  65 years and over.............    1,796         179         9.9    1,065          62         5.8      133          20        15.4         598          97        16.1
   65 to 74 years...............    1,106         111        10.0      714          44         6.2       76          11        14.9         316          56        17.6
   75 years and over............      691          68         9.8      351          18         5.0       57           9         (B)         282          41        14.6

Male............................   13,925       2,229        16.0    7,631         461         6.0    1,552         251        16.2       4,742       1,517        32.0
  Under 18 years................    5,633       1,426        25.3    2,289         165         7.2      354          79        22.4       2,990       1,182        39.5
   Under 5 years................    1,517         473        31.2      622          57         9.1      112          33        29.3         783         384        49.0
   5 to 17 years................    4,117         953        23.2    1,667         108         6.5      242          47        19.2       2,208         799        36.2
  18 to 64 years................    7,522         744         9.9    4,726         262         5.5    1,102         153        13.9       1,694         330        19.5
   18 to 24 years...............    1,599         248        15.5      666          35         5.3      214          42        19.8         719         171        23.8
   25 to 34 years...............    1,617         142         8.8      971          70         7.2      285          30        10.7         361          42        11.7
   35 to 44 years...............    1,820         168         9.3    1,189          67         5.7      289          36        12.6         341          65        18.9
   45 to 54 years...............    1,548         122         7.9    1,133          49         4.3      223          37        16.7         192          36        18.8
   55 to 59 years...............      557          40         7.2      449          26         5.7       46           5         (B)          62          10         (B)
   60 to 64 years...............      382          23         6.0      317          15         4.8       45           2         (B)          20           6         (B)
  65 years and over.............      770          58         7.6      616          35         5.7       97          19        19.3          57           5         (B)
   65 to 74 years...............      501          38         7.6      408          25         6.1       58          10         (B)          35           3         (B)
   75 years and over............      269          20         7.5      208          10         4.7       39           9         (B)          22           1         (B)

Female..........................   16,140       2,976        18.4    6,942         382         5.5      695         112        16.2       8,502       2,481        29.2
  Under 18 years................    5,489       1,306        23.8    2,101         129         6.1      334          70        21.0       3,054       1,107        36.2
   Under 5 years................    1,490         402        27.0      588          20         3.4       98          20        19.9         803         363        45.2
   5 to 17 years................    3,999         903        22.6    1,512         109         7.2      236          51        21.5       2,251         744        33.0
  18 to 64 years................    9,624       1,550        16.1    4,393         227         5.2      325          40        12.5       4,907       1,283        26.1
   18 to 24 years...............    1,738         387        22.3      582          36         6.1       92           8         8.7       1,064         343        32.3
   25 to 34 years...............    2,235         454        20.3      898          48         5.4       61          13         (B)       1,276         393        30.8
   35 to 44 years...............    2,461         372        15.1    1,164          53         4.5       67           8         (B)       1,230         312        25.4
   45 to 54 years...............    2,028         207        10.2    1,075          39         3.6       67           8         (B)         886         160        18.0
   55 to 59 years...............      689          78        11.4      401          27         6.7       24           3         (B)         264          48        18.1
   60 to 64 years...............      472          51        10.8      272          24         8.8       13           0         (B)         187          27        14.4
  65 years and over.............    1,027         120        11.7      449          27         5.9       36           2         (B)         541          92        17.0
   65 to 74 years...............      605          73        12.1      306          19         6.2       18           2         (B)         281          52        18.6
   75 years and over............      422          48        11.3      143           8         5.4       18           0         (B)         260          40        15.2
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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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