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From the U.S. Census Bureau Population Total 36.4 million
The number of U.S. residents who reported as African American alone or in combination with one or more other races in Census 2000. This group made up 12.9% of the total population.
Income and Poverty $30,439
The 2000 median income of African-American households, representing a new all-time high. The 2000 median was up 5.5% from 1999.
22.1%
Poverty rate for African Americans in 2000, the lowest measured since 1959the earliest year for which poverty data are available. The 2000 rate was down from 23.6% in 1999. About a half-million fewer African Americans were poor in 2000 than in 1999 (7.9 million versus 8.4 million).
Education 79%
The percentage in 2000 of African Americans age 25 and over who were high-school graduates record high. Among those ages 25 to 29, 86% of African Americans who attained at least a high school diploma.
17%
The percentage in 2000 of African Americans age 25 and over with at least a bachelor's degreea record high.
Technology 81%
Percentage of African-American children ages 6 to 17 who had access to a computer either at home or in school in 2000.
Businesses 823,500
Number of African Americanowned businesses in the United States in 1997. These businesses employed 718,300 people and generated $71.2 billion in revenues. They made up 4% of the nation's 20.8 million nonfarm businesses and 27% of its 3.0 million minority-owned firms.
26%
The increase from 1992 to 1997 in the number of African Americanowned firms, excluding corporations; the total number of firms in the United States grew 7% over the same period.
38%
Proportion of the nation's African Americanowned firms in 1997 whose owners were women, a higher percentage of female owners than in any other minority race or ethnic group.
$86,500
Average receipts of an African Americanowned firm in 1997. A small subset of African Americanowned firms8,700had annual sales of $1 million or more each.
Jobs 119,000
Number of African-American engineers in 2000. Additionally, 48,000 African Americans were lawyers and 45,000 were physicians.
15.3 millionNumber of employed African Americans.
Population Distribution Nation Census 2000 was the first census in which respondents had the option of choosing more than one race to describe their racial identity. The population who chose African American only in 2000 showed an increase of 4.7 million, or 15.6%, since 1990. However, if the population who chose African American and at least one additional race is added, the result is an increase of 6.4 million, or 21.5%.
Note:The data that follow pertain to the population who chose African American alone and the population that chose African American and at least one other race.
54%
The percentage of people reporting as African American who lived in the South, according to Census 2000.
States 3.2 million
The number of New York residents who reported as African American in Census 2000, making the Empire State the state with the highest number of African Americans. California, Texas, Florida (about 2.5 million African Americans each), and Georgia (2.4 million) followed.
17
The number of states with 1 million or more African-American residents in 2000. Ten (Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Texas, and Virginia) were in the South. The remaining seven were California, Illinois, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, and Pennsylvania. Combined, these states accounted for more than 8 in 10 of the nation's African Americans.
37%
The percentage of Mississippi's population that reported as African American in Census 2000. Louisiana (33%), South Carolina (30%), Georgia, Maryland (29% each), and Alabama (26%) followed. The District of Columbia, a state equivalent, had the highest proportion, with 61%.
Cities 2.3 million
The number of people in New York City who in Census 2000 reported as African American. New York led all the nation's cities in this category. Chicago was second, with 1.1 million, followed by Detroit; Philadelphia; Houston; Los Angeles; Baltimore; Memphis, Tenn.; Washington, D.C.; and New Orleans.
85%
Percentage of Gary, Ind., residents who in Census 2000 reported as African American. Among cities with 100,000 or more residents, Gary edged out Detroit (83%).
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