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Table 4. Social and economic characteristics of non-Hispanic black populations

in comparison with major U.S. racial and ethnic groups, 1990 and 2000

 

Population

Foreign

Born

Years of

Education

Median

Household

 Income

Unemployed

 

Below

Poverty

1990

 

 

 

 

 

 

African American

28,034,275

1.8%

11.7

$29,251

12.5%

32.8%

Afro-Caribbean

924,693

72.4%

12.1

$42,927

9.4%

17.8%

African

229,488

72.1%

14.3

$35,041

8.5%

24.7%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Non-Hispanic white

188,013,404

3.9%

12.9

$47,481

4.7%

11.3%

Non-Hispanic black

29,188,456

4.7%

11.7

$29,850

12.3%

32.3%

Hispanic

21,836,851

42.7%

10.2

$35,041

9.9%

27.0%

Asian

6,977,447

67.5%

13.1

$54,508

5.0%

15.9%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2000

 

 

 

 

 

 

African American

33,048,095

2.2%

12.4

$33,790

11.2%

30.4%

Afro-Caribbean

1,542,895

68.3%

12.6

$43,650

8.7%

18.8%

African

612,548

78.5%

14.0

$42,900

7.3%

22.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Non-Hispanic white

194,433,424

4.2%

13.5

$53,000

4.0%

11.2%

Non-Hispanic black

35,203,538

6.4%

12.5

$34,300

11.0%

29.7%

Hispanic

35,241,468

40.9%

10.5

$38,500

8.8%

26.0%

Asian

10,050,579

66.5%

13.9

$62,000

4.6%

13.9%

The social and economic profile of all three black groups generally improved during the decade of the 1990’s, though the gain in median household income of Afro-Caribbeans was marginal and the average educational attainment of Africans slipped.  Gains for African Americans somewhat diminished their gap with other non-Hispanic black populations.  Nonetheless very substantial differences remain.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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