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POV23: Poverty Status, Work Experience, and Family Earnings for People 16 Years Old and Over:  2006
       Below 100% of Poverty -- Black Alone or in Combination (A.O.I.C.)
[Numbers in thousands]

                                           ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                                                 All income levels                                        With income below poverty threshold
                                           ______________________________________________________________    ______________________________________________________________
                                                                                  Worked full-time                                                  Worked full-time
                                            Worked in previous year /16            year-round /16             Worked in previous year /16            year-round /16
                                           _____________________________    _____________________________    _____________________________    _____________________________
                                                      Earnings below                   Earnings below                   Earnings below                   Earnings below
                                                      wtd. avg. poverty                wtd. avg. poverty                wtd. avg. poverty                wtd. avg. poverty
                                                      threshold for 4                  threshold for 4                  threshold for 4                  threshold for 4
                                                      person family /33                person family /33                person family /33                person family /33
                                                      __________________               __________________               __________________               __________________
                                           All                              All
                                           income                           income                           Poor,                            Poor,
                                           levels     Number     Percent    levels     Number     Percent    total      Number     Percent    total      Number     Percent
                                           ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Black A.O.I.C.

Both Sexes
    Total /17.........................      18,021      4,069       22.6     12,628      1,738       13.8      1,851      1,731       93.5        555        488       87.9
16 to 17 years........................         297         64       21.5         14          0        (B)         51         41        (B)          0          0        (X)
18 to 64 years........................      17,246      3,801       22.0     12,382      1,691       13.7      1,770      1,663       93.9        547        481       88.0
   18 to 24 years.....................       2,541        883       34.8      1,062        310       29.1        453        432       95.4         78         76       97.2
   25 to 34 years.....................       4,366      1,104       25.3      3,076        487       15.8        609        588       96.5        209        197       93.9
   35 to 44 years.....................       4,408        746       16.9      3,548        382       10.8        354        319       90.0        124        100       80.8
   45 to 54 years.....................       4,021        672       16.7      3,247        332       10.2        264        235       89.0        104         78       75.2
   55 to 64 years.....................       1,910        397       20.8      1,449        180       12.4         90         90       98.9         31         30        (B)
65 years and over.....................         478        203       42.5        232         48       20.5         30         27        (B)          9          7        (B)

  Male
    Total /17.........................       8,306      1,565       18.8      6,044        692       11.4        617        566       91.7        192        162       84.3
16 to 17 years........................         135         36       26.7         11          0        (B)         27         23        (B)          0          0        (X)
18 to 64 years........................       7,951      1,450       18.2      5,925        668       11.3        571        526       92.0        184        155       84.6
   18 to 24 years.....................       1,220        384       31.5        550        152       27.6        163        153       93.5         35         35        (B)
   25 to 34 years.....................       2,067        407       19.7      1,512        193       12.8        170        165       96.9         66         62        (B)
   35 to 44 years.....................       2,005        274       13.7      1,695        141        8.3        100         89       89.5         29         21        (B)
   45 to 54 years.....................       1,839        253       13.8      1,510        113        7.5        110         92       83.6         43         27        (B)
   55 to 64 years.....................         820        131       16.0        658         68       10.4         28         27        (B)         11         10        (B)
65 years and over.....................         219         79       36.0        108         23       21.4         19         17        (B)          8          6        (B)

  Female
    Total /17.........................       9,716      2,504       25.8      6,584      1,047       15.9      1,234      1,166       94.5        364        326       89.7
16 to 17 years........................         162         28       17.1          3          0        (B)         23         18        (B)          0          0        (X)
18 to 64 years........................       9,295      2,352       25.3      6,457      1,023       15.8      1,199      1,137       94.8        363        326       89.7
   18 to 24 years.....................       1,321        499       37.8        512        158       30.8        289        279       96.5         42         40        (B)
   25 to 34 years.....................       2,299        697       30.3      1,563        294       18.8        439        424       96.4        143        134       93.5
   35 to 44 years.....................       2,403        472       19.6      1,853        241       13.0        254        229       90.2         95         79       82.8
   45 to 54 years.....................       2,182        419       19.2      1,737        219       12.6        153        142       92.8         61         52        (B)
   55 to 64 years.....................       1,089        266       24.4        792        111       14.0         63         63        (B)         20         20        (B)
65 years and over.....................         259        124       48.1        124         24       19.7         11         10        (B)          1          1        (B)

  Household Relationship /17
    People 16 to 64 years old /17.....      17,544      3,865       22.0     12,396      1,691       13.6      1,821      1,704       93.6        547        481       88.0
In families /2........................      13,301      2,272       17.1      9,244        934       10.1      1,293      1,173       90.7        442        377       85.2
    Householder.......................       6,632      1,466       22.1      4,994        641       12.8        917        866       94.4        332        299       90.0
In families with related
    children under 18 years /9........       8,243      1,625       19.7      5,617        648       11.5      1,141      1,021       89.5        409        344       84.0
    Householder.......................       4,642      1,229       26.5      3,406        529       15.5        850        799       94.0        316        283       89.5
In families with related
    children under 6 years /9.........       3,405        774       22.7      2,285        301       13.2        656        582       88.7        241        198       82.3
    Householder.......................       2,043        630       30.9      1,383        251       18.2        524        486       92.7        193        169       87.6
In married-couple families /11........      10,638        689        6.5      8,152        308        3.8        409        307       75.1        182        125       68.4
    Husbands /11......................       3,318        177        5.3      2,862         97        3.4        131        101       77.1         78         52       67.2
    Wives /11.........................       2,926        218        7.5      2,194         89        4.1        104         84       80.8         44         31        (B)
    Related children /18..............       1,028         74        7.2        367         21        5.6         43         18        (B)          2          2        (B)
    Other.............................         173         20       11.3        123          6        4.8         11         10        (B)          2          0        (B)
    Householder.......................       3,193        201        6.3      2,607         96        3.7        120         94       78.7         57         40        (B)
In married-couple families with
   related children under 18 years /9.       6,641        406        6.1      5,046        182        3.6        348        247       70.8        161        104       64.4
    Husbands /11......................       2,129        114        5.4      1,834         63        3.4        112         82       73.4         70         45        (B)
    Wives /11.........................       1,786        116        6.5      1,326         52        3.9         84         64       76.1         38         24        (B)
    Related children /18..............         587         43        7.4        151          4        3.0         43         18        (B)          2          2        (B)

Source:  U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2007 Annual Social and Economic Supplement.
POV23: Poverty Status, Work Experience, and Family Earnings for People 16 Years Old and Over:  2006
       Below 100% of Poverty -- Black Alone or in Combination (A.O.I.C.)
[Numbers in thousands]

                                           ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                                                 All income levels                                        With income below poverty threshold
                                           ______________________________________________________________    ______________________________________________________________
                                                                                  Worked full-time                                                  Worked full-time
                                            Worked in previous year /16            year-round /16             Worked in previous year /16            year-round /16
                                           _____________________________    _____________________________    _____________________________    _____________________________
                                                      Earnings below                   Earnings below                   Earnings below                   Earnings below
                                                      wtd. avg. poverty                wtd. avg. poverty                wtd. avg. poverty                wtd. avg. poverty
                                                      threshold for 4                  threshold for 4                  threshold for 4                  threshold for 4
                                                      person family /33                person family /33                person family /33                person family /33
                                                      __________________               __________________               __________________               __________________
                                           All                              All
                                           income                           income                           Poor,                            Poor,
                                           levels     Number     Percent    levels     Number     Percent    total      Number     Percent    total      Number     Percent
                                           ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
    Other.............................         103         11       10.3         79          3        3.9          6          4        (B)          2          0        (B)
    Householder.......................       2,037        122        6.0      1,657         60        3.6        104         79       75.5         51         34        (B)
In married-couple families with
   related children under 6 years /9..       2,777        197        7.1      2,101         95        4.5        197        144       72.9         96         61       64.0
    Husbands /11......................         977         68        6.9        837         40        4.7         63         47        (B)         39         25        (B)
    Wives /11.........................         737         50        6.8        481         18        3.8         51         41        (B)         22         14        (B)
    Related children /18..............         115          8        6.9         47          2        (B)         15          6        (B)          2          2        (B)
    Other.............................          51          6        (B)         44          3        (B)          2          1        (B)          2          0        (B)
    Householder.......................         896         65        7.2        692         32        4.7         65         49        (B)         32         20        (B)
In families with male householder,
   no wife present....................       1,150        257       22.4        826        120       14.5        115        114       98.6         37         35        (B)
    Householder.......................         597        154       25.9        435         66       15.3         83         83      100.0         24         24        (B)
    Other.............................         553        103       18.6        391         53       13.6         33         31        (B)         13         11        (B)
In families with male householder,
  no wife present with related
  children under  18 years /9.........         511        124       24.2        355         48       13.4         83         81       98.0         31         29        (B)
    Householder.......................         345         96       27.8        242         35       14.5         67         67        (B)         22         22        (B)
    Related children /18..............          72         18        (B)         36          7        (B)         10          9        (B)          6          4        (B)
    Other.............................          93          9       10.0         77          5        7.2          6          6        (B)          3          3        (B)
In families with male householder,
  no wife present with related
  children under 6 years /9...........         207         70       33.9        136         26       19.1         54         52        (B)         19         18        (B)
    Householder.......................         158         58       36.8        105         23       22.2         49         49        (B)         18         18        (B)
    Related children /18..............          25         11        (B)         13          3        (B)          4          3        (B)          2          0        (B)
    Other.............................          24          1        (B)         19          0        (B)          1          1        (B)          0          0        (X)
In families with female householder,
  no husband present..................       4,706      1,527       32.4      2,872        603       21.0        889        847       95.3        281        257       91.6
    Householder.......................       2,842      1,111       39.1      1,952        479       24.5        715        689       96.4        251        235       93.6
    Other.............................       1,864        416       22.3        920        124       13.5        174        157       90.4         30         22        (B)
In families with female householder
  no husband present with related
  children under 18 years /9..........       3,128      1,217       38.9      1,873        478       25.5        814        772       94.8        268        244       91.2
    Householder.......................       2,259      1,011       44.8      1,507        434       28.8        679        653       96.3        244        228       93.4
    Related children /18..............         612        154       25.1        207         24       11.7         88         83       94.6          9          7        (B)
    Other.............................         257         52       20.3        159         20       12.3         47         35        (B)         15         10        (B)
In families with female householder
  no husband present with related
  children under 6 years /9...........       1,318        572       43.4        740        212       28.7        469        434       92.5        158        140       88.5
    Householder.......................         989        508       51.4        587        196       33.4        410        388       94.7        143        131       91.3
    Related children /18..............         187         31       16.4         76          4        4.8         26         22        (B)          4          2        (B)
    Other.............................         142         33       23.5         78         13       16.7         34         24        (B)         10          7        (B)
In unrelated subfamilies /3...........          58         35        (B)         34         14        (B)         23         23        (B)          7          7        (B)
Unrelated individuals /4..............       4,226      1,574       37.2      3,121        745       23.9        515        515      100.0        100        100      100.0
    Male..............................       2,224        808       36.4      1,635        389       23.8        255        255      100.0         61         61        (B)
     Householder......................       1,522        489       32.1      1,161        239       20.6        145        145      100.0         36         36        (B)
    Female............................       2,002        765       38.2      1,485        355       23.9        259        259      100.0         39         39        (B)
     Householder......................       1,580        544       34.4      1,197        252       21.0        166        166      100.0         27         27        (B)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Source:  U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2007 Annual Social and Economic Supplement.


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