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Table 2.5: Four-Person
Families in Poverty by Race and Marital Status
|
Family
Type
|
Families Above
Poverty Line |
Families In
Poverty |
All
Families |
|
Row |
Count |
Row |
Count |
|
All |
|
Married |
94.9% |
8,837,016 |
5.1% |
479,034 |
9,316,050 |
|
Single-Parent |
52.1 |
667,955 |
47.9 |
612,928 |
1,280,883 |
|
All Families |
89.7 |
9,504,971 |
10.3 |
1,091,962 |
10,596,933 |
|
White Families |
|
Married |
95.0 |
7,662,483 |
5.0 |
402,968 |
8,065,451 |
|
Single-Parent |
56.5 |
430,515 |
43.5 |
330,932 |
761,447 |
|
Families |
91.7 |
8,092,998 |
8.3 |
733,900 |
8,826,898 |
|
Black Families |
|
Married |
93.2 |
664,162 |
6.8 |
48,469 |
712,631 |
|
Single-Parent |
46.6 |
213,765 |
53.4 |
244,684 |
458,449 |
|
All Families |
75.0 |
877,927 |
25.0 |
293,153 |
1,171,080 |
|
Hispanic Families |
|
Married |
83.8 |
996,442 |
16.2 |
192,704 |
1,189,146 |
|
Single-Parent |
46.1 |
117,048 |
53.9 |
137,001 |
254,049 |
|
All Families |
77.2 |
1,113,490 |
22.8 |
329,705 |
1,443,195 |
|
|
Source:
Heritage Calculations from the March 2002 Current
Population Survey
Note: Needs to be adjusted to 2-3 kids
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