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Table RD-REV POV01.
Percent and Number of People in Poverty Under Alternative Income Definitions and Using Three-Parameter Thresholds: 2006 -- Black alone or in combination
[Numbers of people in thousands, poverty rates in percentage points. For explanations of the income definitions and thresholds used in this table, see 'The Effects of Taxes and Transfers on Income and Poverty in the United States: 2005,' at
www.census.gov/hhes/www/poverty/effect2005/effect2005.html. People as of March of the following year]
Percent of Persons in Poverty Under Alternative Income Definitions and Using Three-Parameter Thresholds
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Post-social insurance income
Market _________________________________________________________________________________________________ Disposable
Money income -- income Before taxes After taxes income
___________________________________________________ ______________ _______________________________________________________ ________________________________________ ______________
Def 3a plus Def 3f plus
noncash, non- noncash, non-
Def. 1a plus Def. 2 plus medical medical
imputed non-means- Def. 3 plus transfers that Def. 3b plus Def. 3 less Def. 3e plus transfers that
As used in Def. 1 plus net return Def. 1b Def. 1c less tested means- can be Earned Income taxes after Def. 3d plus means- can be
Total people, official imputed net on home less work all government cash tested cash measured and Tax Credit all credits Earned Income tested cash measured and
all income measure capital gains equity expenses cash transfers transfers transfers valued (EITC) except EITC Tax Credit transfers valued
levels (1) (1a) (1b) (1c) (2) (3) (3a) (3b) (3c) (3d) (3e) (3f) (4)
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Black alone or in combination
Total 39,013 23.8 23.7 22.1 23.6 31.3 25.3 23.6 20.3 17.2 27.1 24.4 22.7 19.1
Age
Under 18 years 12,375 32.0 31.8 30.5 32.6 37.2 34.3 32.6 27.9 22.1 35.9 31.1 29.5 23.9
Related children 12,206 31.5 31.4 30.1 32.2 36.8 33.9 32.2 27.5 21.7 35.5 30.7 29.1 23.5
Under 6 years 4,048 37.0 36.9 35.6 38.2 41.8 39.5 38.2 33.4 27.1 40.9 35.9 34.5 28.7
18 to 24 years 4,234 27.2 27.2 26.2 28.4 32.3 29.6 28.4 26.2 23.7 32.7 30.3 29.0 26.7
25 to 44 years 10,838 19.0 19.0 18.2 19.6 23.5 20.8 19.6 17.0 14.1 22.5 20.1 18.8 15.8
45 to 64 years 8,438 16.4 16.3 14.5 15.1 24.2 17.4 15.1 12.9 12.1 19.3 18.3 16.0 13.7
65 years and over 3,128 23.8 23.8 17.7 17.8 52.6 20.4 17.8 14.0 13.8 22.2 21.9 19.2 15.4
65 to 74 years 1,860 22.1 22.1 17.3 17.4 49.8 19.7 17.4 14.4 14.0 21.4 21.2 18.8 15.7
75 years and over 1,268 26.3 26.2 18.4 18.4 56.7 21.5 18.4 13.6 13.6 23.3 22.8 19.8 14.8
Family Relationship
In families 32,130 23.1 23.0 21.6 23.1 29.7 24.8 23.1 20.0 16.3 26.5 23.3 21.6 18.1
In married-couple families 15,756 9.3 9.2 7.7 8.7 15.1 9.6 8.7 7.8 6.0 10.3 8.7 7.8 7.2
With related children under 18 10,756 10.3 10.1 8.8 10.2 13.9 11.0 10.2 8.9 6.3 11.8 9.5 8.6 7.8
In families with female hhlder, no husband present 13,848 39.1 39.1 37.8 39.7 46.5 42.3 39.7 34.0 27.9 44.8 39.7 37.1 30.1
With related children under 18 11,029 44.6 44.6 43.6 45.8 51.4 48.3 45.8 39.0 31.5 50.7 44.4 42.2 33.6
In families with male hhlder, no wife present 2,527 21.7 21.4 19.6 21.8 29.5 23.1 21.8 19.6 17.5 27.1 24.2 22.6 20.1
With related children under 18 1,428 23.7 23.2 20.6 23.5 30.2 23.9 23.5 20.5 16.8 27.8 23.4 22.9 20.0
Unrelated individuals 6,715 26.4 26.3 23.8 25.0 37.9 27.0 25.0 21.0 20.8 29.4 29.3 27.3 23.3
Living alone 4,572 24.8 24.8 21.6 22.4 39.2 25.1 22.4 17.0 16.8 27.0 26.8 24.1 18.8
65 years and over 1,120 33.7 33.7 24.6 24.6 68.4 27.9 24.6 16.1 16.1 29.3 29.3 26.0 17.7
Type of Residence
Inside metropolitan statistical areas 34,711 23.1 23.0 21.4 22.9 30.1 24.4 22.9 19.7 16.8 26.2 23.6 21.9 18.7
Inside principal cities 19,328 27.5 27.4 25.5 27.1 35.4 29.1 27.1 23.6 20.1 31.0 28.2 26.3 22.5
Outside principal cities 15,383 17.5 17.5 16.1 17.5 23.4 18.5 17.5 14.8 12.6 20.2 17.7 16.5 13.8
Outside metropolitan statistical areas 4,303 30.1 29.9 28.4 29.3 41.0 32.0 29.3 25.3 20.6 34.9 31.6 29.2 22.5
Region
Northeast 6,901 23.8 23.8 22.4 24.2 29.9 25.6 24.2 20.7 17.1 27.0 24.5 23.0 19.4
Midwest 7,093 28.7 28.7 26.7 28.3 36.1 30.4 28.3 24.7 22.0 31.9 29.3 27.3 23.7
South 21,268 22.7 22.6 21.0 22.4 30.7 23.9 22.4 19.3 16.0 26.2 23.2 21.7 18.0
West 3,752 21.2 20.9 19.2 20.2 28.0 22.8 20.2 17.4 15.0 23.9 22.1 19.4 15.8
Educational Attainment
Total, 18 years and over 26,638 20.1 20.0 18.2 19.4 28.5 21.1 19.4 16.8 14.9 23.1 21.4 19.6 16.8
18 to 24 years old 4,234 27.2 27.2 26.2 28.4 32.3 29.6 28.4 26.2 23.7 32.7 30.3 29.0 26.7
Less than 12th grade, no diploma 1,005 41.4 41.3 39.7 42.0 48.7 44.0 42.0 39.6 35.8 48.7 45.1 42.8 38.9
25 years old and over 22,404 18.7 18.6 16.7 17.6 27.8 19.5 17.6 15.0 13.3 21.2 19.7 17.8 15.0
Less than 12th grade, no diploma 3,950 36.8 36.7 33.0 33.7 54.8 37.5 33.7 28.4 26.5 39.9 38.5 34.4 28.6
High school graduate, no college 8,079 20.8 20.6 18.5 20.1 30.7 22.2 20.1 17.1 14.7 24.6 22.2 20.1 16.9
College: Less than bachelor's degree 6,187 13.6 13.5 12.0 12.8 19.8 14.2 12.8 10.9 9.2 15.4 14.0 12.7 10.5
Bachelor's degree or more 4,189 5.3 5.3 4.8 5.0 8.7 5.1 5.0 4.5 4.2 5.8 5.5 5.3 4.9
Work Experience in 2006
Total, 20 to 64 years 22,284 19.1 19.0 17.8 19.0 24.9 20.6 19.0 16.6 14.5 22.5 20.7 19.0 16.4
Worked at full-time jobs 14,460 6.7 6.6 6.2 7.4 9.4 7.8 7.4 6.2 4.3 9.7 7.7 7.2 6.0
50 to 52 weeks 12,270 4.1 4.0 3.8 4.8 6.0 5.1 4.8 3.9 2.5 6.9 5.1 4.8 3.9
Worked at part-time jobs 2,263 29.5 29.4 28.0 29.9 36.9 32.1 29.9 27.6 23.3 34.6 32.4 30.1 26.3
Did not work 5,560 47.0 46.8 43.8 44.7 60.3 49.2 44.7 39.3 37.6 51.1 49.9 45.3 39.4
Program Participation Status of
Household Members
One or more members received:
Cash assistance 4,672 55.0 54.9 52.8 54.3 74.1 68.2 54.3 44.0 39.9 71.0 67.1 53.2 41.3
Public assistance or welfare non-SSI 2,104 68.7 68.5 67.7 69.3 79.0 75.2 69.3 58.0 50.9 77.7 73.2 66.8 52.6
SSI 2,920 45.4 45.4 42.7 44.0 71.9 64.8 44.0 34.7 33.2 67.6 64.1 44.0 34.3
Food stamps 7,189 67.9 67.6 65.3 67.8 78.5 72.7 67.8 54.0 44.2 75.7 70.1 65.1 47.8
Housing assistance 4,421 67.1 66.6 66.6 68.8 79.7 72.9 68.8 51.0 43.1 74.0 68.7 64.6 45.6
Energy assistance 1,687 63.1 62.6 59.3 61.3 77.5 68.1 61.3 48.5 42.1 70.2 63.8 56.3 43.7
Free or reduced-price sch. lunch 8,892 48.6 48.4 46.5 49.5 57.3 52.6 49.5 41.3 32.1 55.5 47.9 45.1 35.0
Household received both food stamps
and cash assistance 2,889 71.4 71.2 69.1 70.7 85.8 82.8 70.7 56.5 50.5 85.5 81.3 68.8 51.9
Health Insurance Coverage
Covered for part or all of the year 31,110 21.5 21.5 19.8 21.1 29.5 23.1 21.1 17.7 14.6 24.6 22.2 20.2 16.3
Covered by:
Plan related to employment of self
or relative 19,252 6.6 6.5 5.7 6.7 9.5 7.1 6.7 5.9 4.3 8.0 6.5 6.2 5.5
Medicare 4,125 27.6 27.6 21.8 22.2 58.7 26.4 22.2 16.8 16.4 28.1 27.6 23.1 17.9
Both Medicare and Medicaid 1,128 44.5 44.6 39.8 40.6 77.6 52.0 40.6 26.4 25.2 54.0 53.5 41.1 27.2
Medicaid 9,041 53.1 52.9 50.8 53.2 66.3 59.1 53.2 43.4 35.9 61.6 56.5 50.5 38.7
Not covered at any time during the year 7,903 32.9 32.7 31.4 33.1 38.3 33.9 33.1 30.8 27.7 37.1 33.3 32.6 30.2
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2007 Annual Social and Economic Supplement.
Table RD-REV POV01.
Percent and Number of People in Poverty Under Alternative Income Definitions and Using Three-Parameter Thresholds: 2006 -- Black alone or in combination
[Numbers of people in thousands, poverty rates in percentage points. For explanations of the income definitions and thresholds used in this table, see 'The Effects of Taxes and Transfers on Income and Poverty in the United States: 2005,' at
www.census.gov/hhes/www/poverty/effect2005/effect2005.html. People as of March of the following year]
Number of Persons in Poverty Under Alternative Income Definitions and Using Three-Parameter Thresholds
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Post-social insurance income
Market _________________________________________________________________________________________________ Disposable
Money income -- income Before taxes After taxes income
_________________________________________________ ______________ _______________________________________________________ ________________________________________ ______________
Def 3a plus Def 3f plus
noncash, non- noncash, non-
Def. 1a plus Def. 2 plus medical medical
Def.1 plus imputed non-means- Def. 3 plus transfers that Def. 3b plus Def. 3 less Def. 3e plus transfers that
As used in imputed net net return Def. 1b Def. 1c less tested means- can be Earned Income taxes after Def. 3d plus means- can be
Total people, official capital on home less work all government cash tested cash measured and Tax Credit all credits Earned Income tested cash measured and
all income measure gains equity expenses cash transfers transfers transfers valued (EITC) except EITC Tax Credit transfers valued
levels (1) (1a) (1b) (1c) (2) (3) (3a) (3b) (3c) (3d) (3e) (3f) (4)
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Black alone or in combination
Total 39,013 9,301 9,260 8,636 9,194 12,204 9,862 9,194 7,931 6,720 10,592 9,538 8,870 7,447
Age
Under 18 years 12,375 3,954 3,938 3,780 4,040 4,602 4,244 4,040 3,455 2,740 4,445 3,844 3,653 2,962
Related children 12,206 3,851 3,834 3,676 3,937 4,487 4,139 3,937 3,352 2,646 4,330 3,742 3,553 2,866
Under 6 years 4,048 1,499 1,492 1,443 1,544 1,691 1,601 1,544 1,351 1,097 1,655 1,455 1,398 1,161
18 to 24 years 4,234 1,151 1,150 1,110 1,204 1,367 1,255 1,204 1,108 1,005 1,386 1,282 1,228 1,131
25 to 44 years 10,838 2,064 2,056 1,970 2,119 2,549 2,254 2,119 1,842 1,524 2,440 2,182 2,037 1,717
45 to 64 years 8,438 1,386 1,372 1,222 1,273 2,042 1,470 1,273 1,086 1,019 1,627 1,546 1,352 1,157
65 years and over 3,128 745 744 555 558 1,644 639 558 439 432 694 684 601 480
65 to 74 years 1,860 412 411 321 324 926 367 324 267 260 398 395 349 292
75 years and over 1,268 333 333 234 234 718 272 234 172 172 296 289 252 188
Family Relationship
In families 32,130 7,432 7,400 6,945 7,420 9,557 7,954 7,420 6,429 5,246 8,512 7,480 6,949 5,803
In married-couple families 15,756 1,471 1,447 1,212 1,376 2,375 1,511 1,376 1,232 943 1,624 1,373 1,234 1,133
With related children under 18 10,756 1,111 1,089 943 1,101 1,490 1,182 1,101 961 676 1,266 1,017 926 835
In families with female hhlder, no husband present 13,848 5,414 5,413 5,238 5,493 6,437 5,859 5,493 4,703 3,862 6,203 5,497 5,143 4,162
With related children under 18 11,029 4,921 4,920 4,808 5,054 5,668 5,326 5,054 4,306 3,479 5,586 4,899 4,654 3,709
In families with male hhlder, no wife present 2,527 547 540 495 551 745 584 551 494 441 684 610 571 508
With related children under 18 1,428 339 332 294 335 431 341 335 293 240 397 333 327 286
Unrelated individuals 6,715 1,775 1,766 1,597 1,681 2,543 1,814 1,681 1,409 1,396 1,976 1,969 1,834 1,564
Living alone 4,572 1,133 1,132 986 1,024 1,791 1,146 1,024 775 770 1,233 1,227 1,101 858
65 years and over 1,120 377 377 275 275 766 312 275 180 180 328 328 291 198
Type of Residence
Inside metropolitan statistical areas 34,711 8,004 7,975 7,414 7,935 10,441 8,485 7,935 6,843 5,832 9,092 8,179 7,615 6,480
Inside principal cities 19,328 5,305 5,288 4,938 5,246 6,837 5,633 5,246 4,560 3,887 5,986 5,452 5,074 4,356
Outside principal cities 15,383 2,699 2,687 2,476 2,689 3,604 2,852 2,689 2,283 1,944 3,106 2,727 2,541 2,124
Outside metropolitan statistical areas 4,303 1,297 1,285 1,222 1,259 1,763 1,377 1,259 1,088 888 1,500 1,359 1,256 967
Region
Northeast 6,901 1,639 1,641 1,548 1,671 2,062 1,770 1,671 1,430 1,183 1,863 1,690 1,584 1,342
Midwest 7,093 2,036 2,033 1,893 2,006 2,561 2,157 2,006 1,753 1,560 2,263 2,076 1,939 1,683
South 21,268 4,831 4,803 4,476 4,759 6,533 5,080 4,759 4,095 3,413 5,570 4,942 4,619 3,831
West 3,752 795 783 720 759 1,049 855 759 654 564 896 830 728 592
Educational Attainment
Total, 18 years and over 26,638 5,346 5,322 4,857 5,155 7,602 5,618 5,155 4,476 3,980 6,147 5,694 5,218 4,485
18 to 24 years old 4,234 1,151 1,150 1,110 1,204 1,367 1,255 1,204 1,108 1,005 1,386 1,282 1,228 1,131
Less than 12th grade, no diploma 1,005 416 415 398 422 490 442 422 397 359 489 453 430 390
25 years old and over 22,404 4,195 4,172 3,746 3,950 6,235 4,363 3,950 3,368 2,975 4,760 4,412 3,989 3,354
Less than 12th grade, no diploma 3,950 1,454 1,451 1,305 1,332 2,165 1,481 1,332 1,120 1,047 1,578 1,520 1,360 1,130
High school graduate, no college 8,079 1,678 1,661 1,498 1,620 2,480 1,791 1,620 1,384 1,186 1,985 1,794 1,625 1,367
College: Less than bachelor's degree 6,187 841 838 745 791 1,224 876 791 675 567 955 869 783 653
Bachelor's degree or more 4,189 223 223 199 207 366 215 207 189 176 243 229 221 205
Work Experience in 2006
Total, 20 to 64 years 22,284 4,245 4,223 3,965 4,225 5,541 4,594 4,225 3,708 3,241 5,024 4,619 4,245 3,660
Worked at full-time jobs 14,460 967 958 895 1,064 1,355 1,129 1,064 898 624 1,400 1,113 1,045 873
50 to 52 weeks 12,270 499 493 464 595 742 628 595 481 301 845 629 591 479
Worked at part-time jobs 2,263 667 665 635 677 835 727 677 624 528 783 733 681 594
Did not work 5,560 2,611 2,600 2,435 2,484 3,350 2,738 2,484 2,186 2,089 2,841 2,774 2,518 2,193
Program Participation Status of
Household Members
One or more members received:
Cash assistance 4,672 2,568 2,564 2,468 2,535 3,462 3,188 2,535 2,057 1,867 3,316 3,138 2,484 1,932
Public assistance or welfare non-SSI 2,104 1,445 1,441 1,423 1,457 1,661 1,581 1,457 1,220 1,071 1,636 1,540 1,406 1,107
SSI 2,920 1,327 1,327 1,246 1,284 2,100 1,893 1,284 1,014 968 1,975 1,873 1,284 1,002
Food stamps 7,189 4,880 4,861 4,698 4,874 5,643 5,224 4,874 3,881 3,179 5,442 5,039 4,677 3,436
Housing assistance 4,421 2,967 2,944 2,944 3,042 3,523 3,223 3,042 2,253 1,906 3,273 3,037 2,854 2,014
Energy assistance 1,687 1,064 1,056 1,000 1,035 1,307 1,149 1,035 818 711 1,184 1,076 950 738
Free or reduced-price sch. lunch 8,892 4,322 4,303 4,136 4,401 5,098 4,681 4,401 3,674 2,854 4,939 4,262 4,011 3,113
Household received both food stamps
and cash assistance 2,889 2,062 2,057 1,996 2,042 2,477 2,392 2,042 1,631 1,458 2,469 2,349 1,988 1,500
Health Insurance Coverage
Covered for part or all of the year 31,110 6,699 6,674 6,158 6,576 9,176 7,186 6,576 5,500 4,531 7,660 6,906 6,293 5,057
Covered by:
Plan related to employment of self
or relative 19,252 1,261 1,254 1,100 1,290 1,829 1,363 1,290 1,132 829 1,548 1,250 1,195 1,060
Medicare 4,125 1,139 1,138 901 915 2,421 1,089 915 692 675 1,158 1,140 955 737
Both Medicare and Medicaid 1,128 502 503 449 459 876 587 459 298 284 609 604 464 307
Medicaid 9,041 4,802 4,784 4,593 4,813 5,991 5,347 4,813 3,926 3,243 5,570 5,109 4,567 3,502
Not covered at any time during the year 7,903 2,602 2,586 2,478 2,619 3,028 2,676 2,619 2,431 2,189 2,932 2,632 2,578 2,390
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2007 Annual Social and Economic Supplement.
Table RD-REV POV01.
Percent and Number of People in Poverty Under Alternative Income Definitions and Using Three-Parameter Thresholds: 2006 -- Black alone or in combination
[Numbers of people in thousands, poverty rates in percentage points. For explanations of the income definitions and thresholds used in this table, see 'The Effects of Taxes and Transfers on Income and Poverty in the United States: 2005,' at
www.census.gov/hhes/www/poverty/effect2005/effect2005.html. People as of March of the following year]
Standard Error Percent of Persons in Poverty Under Alternative Income Definitions and Using Three-Parameter Thresholds
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Post-social insurance income
Market _________________________________________________________________________________________________ Disposable
Money income -- income Before taxes After taxes income
_________________________________________________ ______________ _______________________________________________________ ________________________________________ ______________
Def 3a plus Def 3f plus
noncash, non- noncash, non-
Def. 1a plus Def. 2 plus medical medical
Def.1 plus imputed non-means- Def. 3 plus transfers that Def. 3b plus Def. 3 less Def. 3e plus transfers that
As used in imputed net net return Def. 1b Def. 1c less tested means- can be Earned Income taxes after Def. 3d plus means- can be
Total people, official capital on home less work all government cash tested cash measured and Tax Credit all credits Earned Income tested cash measured and
all income measure gains equity expenses cash transfers transfers transfers valued (EITC) except EITC Tax Credit transfers valued
levels (1) (1a) (1b) (1c) (2) (3) (3a) (3b) (3c) (3d) (3e) (3f) (4)
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Black alone or in combination
Total (X) 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5
Age
Under 18 years (X) 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 1.0 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.8 1.0 0.9 0.9 0.8
Related children (X) 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.0 0.9 1.1 1.0 1.0 0.9
Under 6 years (X) 2.1 2.1 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.2 2.2 2.0 1.8 2.3 2.1 2.0 1.8
18 to 24 years (X) 1.1 1.1 1.0 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.0 1.0 1.2 1.1 1.1 1.1
25 to 44 years (X) 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.5
45 to 64 years (X) 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.5
65 years and over (X) 1.1 1.1 1.0 1.0 1.5 1.1 1.0 0.9 0.9 1.1 1.1 1.0 0.9
65 to 74 years (X) 1.5 1.5 1.3 1.3 2.1 1.4 1.3 1.2 1.2 1.5 1.4 1.4 1.3
75 years and over (X) 2.0 2.0 1.7 1.7 2.8 1.8 1.7 1.4 1.4 1.9 1.8 1.7 1.5
Family Relationship
In families (X) 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.5
In married-couple families (X) 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.5
With related children under 18 (X) 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.9 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.6
In families with female hhlder, no husband present (X) 1.4 1.4 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.4 1.4 1.2 1.1 1.5 1.4 1.3 1.2
With related children under 18 (X) 1.7 1.7 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.8 1.7 1.5 1.4 1.8 1.7 1.6 1.4
In families with male hhlder, no wife present (X) 2.3 2.3 2.2 2.4 2.8 2.4 2.4 2.2 2.1 2.7 2.5 2.4 2.2
With related children under 18 (X) 3.3 3.3 3.0 3.3 3.8 3.3 3.3 3.0 2.7 3.6 3.3 3.2 3.0
Unrelated individuals (X) 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.8 1.0 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.7
Living alone (X) 0.9 0.9 0.8 0.9 1.2 0.9 0.9 0.7 0.7 1.0 0.9 0.9 0.8
65 years and over (X) 2.2 2.2 1.8 1.8 3.4 1.9 1.8 1.4 1.4 2.0 2.0 1.9 1.5
Type of Residence
Inside metropolitan statistical areas (X) 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.5
Inside principal cities (X) 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 1.0 0.9 0.9 0.8 0.8 1.0 0.9 0.9 0.8
Outside principal cities (X) 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 1.0 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.7
Outside metropolitan statistical areas (X) 2.7 2.6 2.6 2.6 3.2 2.8 2.6 2.4 2.1 2.9 2.7 2.6 2.2
Region
Northeast (X) 1.4 1.4 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.4 1.4 1.3 1.2 1.5 1.4 1.4 1.3
Midwest (X) 1.5 1.5 1.4 1.5 1.7 1.5 1.5 1.4 1.3 1.6 1.5 1.4 1.3
South (X) 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.7
West (X) 1.8 1.8 1.7 1.8 2.1 1.9 1.8 1.6 1.5 1.9 1.9 1.7 1.6
Educational Attainment
Total, 18 years and over (X) 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6
18 to 24 years old (X) 1.2 1.2 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.2 1.2 1.1 1.1 1.3 1.2 1.2 1.1
Less than 12th grade, no diploma (X) 3.2 3.2 3.1 3.2 3.5 3.3 3.2 3.1 2.9 3.5 3.4 3.2 3.1
25 years old and over (X) 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.6
Less than 12th grade, no diploma (X) 2.3 2.3 2.2 2.2 2.8 2.3 2.2 2.0 1.9 2.4 2.3 2.2 2.0
High school graduate, no college (X) 1.2 1.2 1.1 1.1 1.4 1.2 1.1 1.1 1.0 1.3 1.2 1.2 1.1
College: Less than bachelor's degree (X) 1.1 1.1 1.0 1.1 1.3 1.1 1.1 1.0 0.9 1.2 1.1 1.0 1.0
Bachelor's degree or more (X) 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 1.1 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.8
Work Experience in 2006
Total, 20 to 64 years (X) 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.6
Worked at full-time jobs (X) 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5
50 to 52 weeks (X) 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.4
Worked at part-time jobs (X) 2.8 2.8 2.7 2.8 3.2 3.0 2.8 2.7 2.5 3.1 3.0 2.9 2.6
Did not work (X) 2.3 2.3 2.2 2.2 2.6 2.4 2.2 2.1 2.0 2.4 2.4 2.2 2.1
Program Participation Status of
Household Members
One or more members received:
Cash assistance (X) 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 2.0 1.9 1.6 1.4 1.3 1.9 1.9 1.6 1.3
Public assistance or welfare non-SSI (X) 2.7 2.7 2.7 2.7 3.0 2.9 2.7 2.4 2.2 3.0 2.8 2.7 2.2
SSI (X) 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.7 2.4 2.2 1.7 1.5 1.4 2.3 2.2 1.7 1.4
Food stamps (X) 1.6 1.6 1.5 1.6 1.8 1.6 1.6 1.3 1.1 1.7 1.6 1.5 1.2
Housing assistance (X) 1.9 1.9 1.9 1.9 2.2 2.0 1.9 1.6 1.4 2.0 1.9 1.8 1.4
Energy assistance (X) 2.8 2.8 2.7 2.8 3.3 3.0 2.8 2.4 2.1 3.1 2.8 2.6 2.2
Free or reduced-price sch. lunch (X) 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.3 1.2 1.1 1.0 0.8 1.2 1.1 1.1 0.9
Household received both food stamps
and cash assistance (X) 2.4 2.4 2.4 2.4 2.8 2.7 2.4 2.0 1.9 2.8 2.7 2.3 1.9
Health Insurance Coverage
Covered for part or all of the year (X) 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.5
Covered by:
Plan related to employment of self
or relative (X) 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4
Medicare (X) 2.0 2.0 1.8 1.8 3.2 2.0 1.8 1.5 1.5 2.0 2.0 1.8 1.6
Both Medicare and Medicaid (X) 5.2 5.2 4.9 4.9 7.5 5.7 4.9 3.8 3.7 5.9 5.9 5.0 3.9
Medicaid (X) 2.0 2.0 1.9 2.0 2.2 2.1 2.0 1.7 1.6 2.1 2.0 1.9 1.6
Not covered at any time during the year (X) 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.7 1.6 1.6 1.5 1.4 1.7 1.6 1.6 1.5
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2007 Annual Social and Economic Supplement.
Table RD-REV POV01.
Percent and Number of People in Poverty Under Alternative Income Definitions and Using Three-Parameter Thresholds: 2006 -- Black alone or in combination
[Numbers of people in thousands, poverty rates in percentage points. For explanations of the income definitions and thresholds used in this table, see 'The Effects of Taxes and Transfers on Income and Poverty in the United States: 2005,' at
www.census.gov/hhes/www/poverty/effect2005/effect2005.html. People as of March of the following year]
Standard Error Number of Persons in Poverty Under Alternative Income Definitions and Using Three-Parameter Thresholds
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Post-social insurance income
Market _________________________________________________________________________________________________ Disposable
Money income -- income Before taxes After taxes income
_________________________________________________ ______________ _______________________________________________________ ________________________________________ ______________
Def 3a plus Def 3f plus
noncash, non- noncash, non-
Def. 1a plus Def. 2 plus medical medical
Def.1 plus imputed non-means- Def. 3 plus transfers that Def. 3b plus Def. 3 less Def. 3e plus transfers that
As used in imputed net net return Def. 1b Def. 1c less tested means- can be Earned Income taxes after Def. 3d plus means- can be
Total people, official capital on home less work all government cash tested cash measured and Tax Credit all credits Earned Income tested cash measured and
all income measure gains equity expenses cash transfers transfers transfers valued (EITC) except EITC Tax Credit transfers valued
levels (1) (1a) (1b) (1c) (2) (3) (3a) (3b) (3c) (3d) (3e) (3f) (4)
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Black alone or in combination
Total 0 203 203 197 202 226 208 202 190 177 214 205 199 185
Age
Under 18 years 0 113 113 111 114 120 116 114 108 98 118 112 110 101
Related children 192 112 112 110 113 119 115 113 106 96 117 111 109 100
Under 6 years 120 74 74 73 75 78 76 75 71 64 77 73 72 66
18 to 24 years 0 45 45 44 46 48 47 46 44 42 49 47 46 45
25 to 44 years 0 60 60 59 61 66 63 61 57 53 65 62 60 56
45 to 64 years 0 50 50 47 48 59 51 48 45 43 53 52 49 46
65 years and over 0 35 35 31 31 46 33 31 28 28 34 34 32 29
65 to 74 years 0 27 27 24 25 39 26 25 22 22 27 27 25 23
75 years and over 0 25 25 21 21 35 23 21 18 18 24 23 22 19
Family Relationship
In families 285 185 185 180 185 206 191 185 174 159 196 186 180 166
In married-couple families 254 87 86 79 84 110 88 84 80 70 91 84 80 77
With related children under 18 222 76 75 70 76 88 78 76 71 59 81 73 69 66
In families with female hhlder, no husband present 244 161 161 159 162 174 167 162 151 138 171 162 157 143
With related children under 18 224 154 154 153 156 164 160 156 145 131 163 154 150 135
In families with male hhlder, no wife present 117 54 53 51 54 62 55 54 51 48 60 56 55 52
With related children under 18 88 42 42 39 42 48 42 42 39 36 46 42 41 39
Unrelated individuals 74 49 49 46 47 59 49 47 43 43 52 51 50 46
Living alone 63 38 38 36 36 49 39 36 32 31 40 40 38 33
65 years and over 32 22 22 19 19 31 20 19 15 15 20 20 19 16
Type of Residence
Inside metropolitan statistical areas 282 191 191 185 190 213 196 190 179 167 201 193 187 174
Inside principal cities 270 160 159 155 159 179 164 159 149 138 169 162 156 146
Outside principal cities 252 117 116 112 116 134 120 116 108 100 125 117 113 104
Outside metropolitan statistical areas 183 100 100 97 99 116 103 99 92 83 108 103 99 87
Region
Northeast 0 95 95 93 96 107 99 96 89 81 102 97 94 86
Midwest 0 105 105 101 104 118 108 104 98 92 111 106 103 96
South 0 166 166 160 165 193 170 165 153 140 178 168 162 148
West 0 68 67 65 66 78 70 66 62 57 72 69 65 59
Educational Attainment
Total, 18 years and over 120 158 157 151 155 183 161 155 146 138 167 162 156 146
18 to 24 years old 72 45 45 44 46 48 47 46 44 42 49 47 46 45
Less than 12th grade, no diploma 37 28 28 28 28 30 29 28 28 26 30 29 29 27
25 years old and over 122 142 141 135 138 168 144 138 128 121 150 145 139 128
Less than 12th grade, no diploma 70 86 86 82 83 104 87 83 76 73 90 88 83 76
High school graduate, no college 95 92 92 87 91 111 95 91 84 78 100 95 91 84
College: Less than bachelor's degree 85 66 66 62 64 79 67 64 59 54 70 67 64 58
Bachelor's degree or more 72 34 34 32 33 44 34 33 32 30 36 35 34 33
Work Experience in 2006
Total, 20 to 64 years 45 142 142 138 142 160 148 142 134 126 153 148 142 133
Worked at full-time jobs 136 71 70 68 74 83 76 74 68 57 85 76 73 67
50 to 52 weeks 140 51 51 49 56 62 57 56 50 40 66 57 55 50
Worked at part-time jobs 84 59 59 57 59 66 61 59 57 53 64 62 60 56
Did not work 121 114 114 110 111 128 117 111 105 103 119 117 112 105
Program Participation Status of
Household Members
One or more members received:
Cash assistance 83 59 59 58 59 70 67 59 53 50 69 66 58 51
Public assistance or welfare non-SSI 53 44 44 43 44 47 46 44 40 37 47 45 43 38
SSI 64 42 42 40 41 53 50 41 36 35 52 50 41 36
Food stamps 108 85 85 84 85 93 89 85 75 67 91 87 83 70
Housing assistance 81 64 64 64 65 71 67 65 55 51 68 65 63 52
Energy assistance 47 37 37 36 37 41 39 37 32 30 39 37 35 31
Free or reduced-price sch. lunch 123 80 79 78 80 88 83 80 73 63 86 79 76 66
Household received both food stamps
and cash assistance 63 53 53 52 52 58 57 52 47 44 58 57 52 45
Health Insurance Coverage
Covered for part or all of the year 236 177 177 171 176 202 183 176 162 149 188 179 172 156
Covered by:
Plan related to employment of self
or relative 222 81 81 76 82 97 84 82 77 66 89 80 79 74
Medicare 121 77 77 68 69 111 75 69 60 59 77 77 70 62
Both Medicare and Medicaid 65 51 51 49 49 68 55 49 40 39 56 56 49 40
Medicaid 171 153 152 150 153 169 160 153 139 127 163 157 149 132
Not covered at any time during the year 161 115 114 112 115 123 116 115 111 105 121 115 114 110
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2007 Annual Social and Economic Supplement.
Race Footnotes