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POV02: People in Families by Family Structure, Age, and Sex, Iterated by Income-to-Poverty Ratio and Race: 2007

Below 100% of Poverty -- Black Alone

[Numbers in thousands]

 

  People in families (total) /2 Married-couple families /11 People in families with a male householder, no wife present People in families with a female householder, no husband present
All income levels Below 100% of poverty /5 Percentage below 100% of poverty /6 All income levels Below 100% of poverty /5 Percentage below 100% of poverty /6 All income levels Below 100% of poverty /5 Percentage below 100% of poverty /6 All income levels Below 100% of poverty /5 Percentage below 100% of poverty /6

Black alone
 
People in families, total /2 		30,778 7,312 23.8 14,671 1,211 8.3 2,366 643 27.2 13,741 5,459 39.7
  Under 18 years 11,220 3,853 34.3 4,281 471 11.0 734 263 35.9 6,206 3,118 50.2
    Under 5 years 3,153 1,282 40.7 1,136 140 12.3 190 74 38.8 1,826 1,068 58.5
    5 to 17 years 8,067 2,571 31.9 3,145 331 10.5 543 189 34.8 4,380 2,051 46.8
  18 to 64 years 17,688 3,180 18.0 9,236 635 6.9 1,487 338 22.7 6,964 2,207 31.7
    18 to 24 years 3,338 851 25.5 1,181 130 11.0 345 88 25.6 1,812 633 34.9
    25 to 34 years 3,978 923 23.2 1,775 157 8.8 380 74 19.6 1,824 692 37.9
    35 to 44 years 4,148 648 15.6 2,300 144 6.3 291 70 23.9 1,557 434 27.9
    45 to 54 years 3,897 463 11.9 2,410 100 4.1 308 72 23.3 1,179 292 24.7
    55 to 59 years 1,387 184 13.2 940 61 6.5 94 19 20.5 354 103 29.2
    60 to 64 years 939 111 11.8 630 44 6.9 70 15 (B) 239 53 22.1
  65 years and over 1,870 280 14.9 1,154 104 9.0 145 42 28.5 571 134 23.5
    65 to 74 years 1,140 189 16.6 747 81 10.9 81 32 39.9 312 76 24.4
    75 years and over 731 90 12.3 407 23 5.6 64 9 (B) 259 58 22.4
Male 14,197 3,086 21.7 7,612 628 8.3 1,658 454 27.4 4,926 2,003 40.7
  Under 18 years 5,677 1,965 34.6 2,219 253 11.4 415 156 37.6 3,043 1,556 51.1
    Under 5 years 1,608 674 41.9 598 76 12.8 104 54 51.6 906 544 60.1
    5 to 17 years 4,069 1,291 31.7 1,622 177 10.9 311 102 32.9 2,137 1,012 47.4
  18 to 64 years 7,726 1,026 13.3 4,744 312 6.6 1,156 271 23.4 1,826 444 24.3
    18 to 24 years 1,597 317 19.8 592 57 9.6 257 64 24.8 748 196 26.2
    25 to 34 years 1,671 264 15.8 889 80 8.9 315 62 19.8 467 122 26.1
    35 to 44 years 1,703 189 11.1 1,162 70 6.0 235 55 23.2 306 64 21.0
    45 to 54 years 1,713 166 9.7 1,261 53 4.2 226 64 28.2 226 49 21.5
    55 to 59 years 619 55 8.8 497 32 6.4 68 13 (B) 54 9 (B)
    60 to 64 years 424 37 8.7 342 20 5.8 56 13 (B) 25 4 (B)
  65 years and over 794 95 11.9 648 63 9.7 87 28 31.9 58 4 (B)
    65 to 74 years 500 75 15.0 415 51 12.2 51 21 (B) 33 3 (B)
    75 years and over 294 19 6.6 233 13 5.4 36 7 (B) 25 0 (B)
Female 16,581 4,226 25.5 7,059 582 8.2 708 188 26.6 8,814 3,456 39.2
  Under 18 years 5,543 1,888 34.1 2,061 218 10.6 319 107 33.7 3,163 1,562 49.4
    Under 5 years 1,545 608 39.3 539 64 11.8 86 20 23.4 920 524 56.9
    5 to 17 years 3,998 1,280 32.0 1,523 154 10.1 232 87 37.5 2,243 1,039 46.3
  18 to 64 years 9,962 2,154 21.6 4,492 323 7.2 331 67 20.3 5,139 1,763 34.3
    18 to 24 years 1,742 534 30.7 589 73 12.3 88 25 27.9 1,065 437 41.1
    25 to 34 years 2,307 659 28.6 886 77 8.7 65 12 (B) 1,357 570 42.0
    35 to 44 years 2,445 459 18.8 1,138 74 6.5 56 15 (B) 1,251 370 29.6
    45 to 54 years 2,184 297 13.6 1,149 46 4.0 82 8 9.6 953 243 25.5
    55 to 59 years 768 129 16.8 442 29 6.6 26 6 (B) 300 94 31.3
    60 to 64 years 515 74 14.4 288 24 8.3 14 2 (B) 214 49 22.9
  65 years and over 1,076 185 17.2 506 41 8.1 58 14 (B) 512 130 25.5
    65 to 74 years 640 114 17.8 332 30 9.2 30 11 (B) 279 72 26.0
    75 years and over 436 71 16.2 174 10 5.9 29 3 (B) 234 58 24.8
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2008 Annual Social and Economic Supplement.

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Poverty Footnotes

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