We the People: Blacks in the United States has been published by The US Census Bureau.
This new report provides statistics on African-Americans in the US. Topics include: employment, earnings/income, age, marital status by sex, nativity and citizenship, the poverty rate, origin of foreign born African-Americans, gender, education attainment, housing tenure, occupations and more. These topics include comparisons to the general population.
SELECTED FINDINGS
* The median income for African-American families was $16,700 less than for all US families.
* Among African-Americans, 29.7% of women and 20% of men worked in management and professional occupations.
* The poverty rate for African-Americans was twice that of the general population (24.9% compared to 12.4%).
* 13.1% of African-American males obtained a B.A. degree or higher, compared to 26% of all US males in 2000.
* 54% of African-American households were renters, compared to 34% of the general population in 2000.
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