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POV29: Years of School Completed by Poverty Status, Sex, Age, Nativity and Citizenship: 2008

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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2009 Annual Social and Economic Supplement.

(Numbers in thousands)

  All educational levels (23) No high school diploma (23) High school, no college (23) Some college, less than 4 year degree (23) 4 year degree or higher
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) All income levels Below 100% of poverty (5) Percentage below 100% of poverty (6)

Black A.O.I.C.
 
Both Sexes, total (1) 		40,097 9,882 24.6 6,979 2,529 36.2 9,698 2,142 22.1 8,509 1,359 16.0 4,793 291 6.1
  Under 25 years 16,815 5,433 32.3 3,266 1,087 33.3 1,521 444 29.2 1,640 317 19.3 271 25 9.1
    Under 18 years 12,388 4,202 33.9 2,198 623 28.3 39 14 (B) 27 5 (B) 6 0 (B)
    18 to 24 years 4,428 1,231 27.8 1,068 465 43.5 1,482 430 29.0 1,613 312 19.3 265 25 9.3
  25 years and over 23,281 4,449 19.1 3,713 1,442 38.8 8,177 1,699 20.8 6,869 1,042 15.2 4,522 267 5.9
    25 to 34 years 5,611 1,266 22.6 625 308 49.2 1,971 524 26.6 1,852 358 19.3 1,164 76 6.5
    35 to 44 years 5,331 937 17.6 543 236 43.4 1,924 411 21.4 1,737 242 13.9 1,127 49 4.3
    45 to 54 years 5,416 905 16.7 731 292 40.0 1,963 354 18.1 1,645 199 12.1 1,077 59 5.5
    55 to 64 years 3,618 678 18.7 621 244 39.3 1,235 236 19.1 1,056 146 13.8 706 52 7.4
    65 years and over 3,305 663 20.0 1,192 362 30.3 1,085 173 15.9 578 97 16.8 449 31 6.8
      65 to 74 years 1,908 337 17.7 571 161 28.2 669 95 14.1 399 66 16.4 268 16 5.9
      75 years and over 1,397 325 23.3 621 200 32.3 416 78 18.8 179 32 17.7 181 15 8.2
 
Male, total 		18,727 4,285 22.9 3,337 1,080 32.4 4,818 846 17.6 3,521 433 12.3 1,937 117 6.0
  Under 25 years 8,388 2,684 32.0 1,674 551 32.9 808 184 22.7 694 129 18.7 98 11 10.9
    Under 18 years 6,243 2,137 34.2 1,099 322 29.3 12 6 (B) 15 1 (B) 4 0 (B)
    18 to 24 years 2,145 546 25.5 575 229 39.8 796 178 22.4 679 128 18.9 94 11 11.3
  25 years and over 10,339 1,601 15.5 1,663 529 31.8 4,009 663 16.5 2,827 304 10.7 1,839 106 5.8
    25 to 34 years 2,602 414 15.9 301 108 36.1 1,103 204 18.5 766 80 10.5 432 21 4.9
    35 to 44 years 2,385 316 13.3 220 66 30.2 989 162 16.4 702 70 10.0 474 18 3.8
    45 to 54 years 2,469 391 15.8 380 132 34.8 929 150 16.1 708 81 11.5 452 27 6.1
    55 to 64 years 1,592 297 18.7 294 120 40.7 539 95 17.6 451 52 11.6 307 30 9.9
    65 years and over 1,291 183 14.1 467 102 21.7 449 52 11.6 201 19 9.6 174 9 5.3
      65 to 74 years 798 101 12.6 242 49 20.1 313 30 9.5 144 17 11.8 100 6 5.7
      75 years and over 493 82 16.6 226 53 23.5 136 23 16.6 57 2 (B) 74 4 (B)
 
Female, total 		21,370 5,597 26.2 3,642 1,449 39.8 4,881 1,296 26.5 4,987 926 18.6 2,857 174 6.1
  Under 25 years 8,427 2,749 32.6 1,592 536 33.7 713 260 36.4 946 187 19.8 173 14 8.1
    Under 18 years 6,145 2,065 33.6 1,099 300 27.3 27 8 (B) 13 3 (B) 2 0 (B)
    18 to 24 years 2,283 684 30.0 493 235 47.8 686 251 36.7 933 184 19.7 171 14 8.2
  25 years and over 12,943 2,848 22.0 2,050 913 44.5 4,168 1,036 24.9 4,041 738 18.3 2,684 160 6.0
    25 to 34 years 3,009 852 28.3 324 199 61.4 868 321 36.9 1,086 278 25.6 731 55 7.5
    35 to 44 years 2,946 621 21.1 323 169 52.3 935 249 26.6 1,035 172 16.6 653 31 4.8
    45 to 54 years 2,947 514 17.4 351 160 45.5 1,034 205 19.8 938 118 12.6 625 32 5.0
    55 to 64 years 2,026 381 18.8 327 125 38.1 696 141 20.3 605 93 15.4 399 22 5.4
    65 years and over 2,014 480 23.8 724 260 35.9 636 121 19.0 378 78 20.6 275 21 7.8
      65 to 74 years 1,109 236 21.3 329 113 34.2 356 65 18.2 256 49 19.0 168 10 6.0
      75 years and over 904 244 26.9 395 147 37.3 280 56 19.9 122 29 24.0 107 11 10.5
 
Native (24) 		36,733 9,269 25.2 6,391 2,305 36.1 8,737 1,990 22.8 7,599 1,221 16.1 4,058 258 6.3
Foreign-born 3,364 613 18.2 588 224 38.1 961 152 15.8 910 138 15.2 735 34 4.6
  Naturalized citizen 1,509 201 13.3 184 69 37.6 410 46 11.3 466 63 13.5 413 16 3.9
  Not a citizen 1,855 412 22.2 404 155 38.3 551 106 19.2 444 75 17.0 322 17 5.4
 
All Citizens 		38,242 9,470 24.8 6,575 2,374 36.1 9,147 2,037 22.3 8,065 1,283 15.9 4,471 274 6.1

Poverty Footnotes

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