Social and Economic Characteristics of the White and Black Populations statistics


		NUMBER (1,000)																	NUMBER (1,000)																						PERCENT				PERCENT
											NUMBER (!,000)			NUMBER (!,000)											NUMBER (!,000)							NUMBER (!,000)				NUMBER (!,000)					DISTRIBUTION				DISTRIBUTION

CHARACTERISTIC	All races ^a				All races ^a		All races ^a				All races ^a			White			White	White		White		White			Black			Black			Black			Black				Black			White		White		Black		Black

	1980	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994		1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	1980	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	1980	1990	1991	1992		1993	1994		1995	1996		1997		1998		1999	1980	1990	1995	1999	1980	1990	1995	1999


Total persons	223,160	246,191	248,886	251,447	254,241	259,753		262,105	264,314	266,792	269,094	271,743	191,905	206,983	208,754	210,257	211,955	215,221	216,751	218,442	220,070	221,650	223,294	26,033	30,392	30,895	31,439		32,036	33,040		33,531	33,889		34,218		34,598		35,070	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Under 5 years old	16,319	18,932	19,299	19,566	19,834	20,458		20,300	20,069	19,781	19,686	19,601	13,307	15,161	15,357	15,487	15,611	16,055	15,915	15,736	15,546	15,547	15,429	2,444	2,932	3,069	3,172		3,262	3,357		3,342	3,243		3,127		3,023		3,025	6.9	7.3	7.3	6.9	9.4	9.6	10.0	8.6
5-14 years old	34,979	35,467	36,067	36,625	37,153	38,525		39,073	39,621	39,776	40,117	40,466	28,828	28,405	28,829	29,199	29,543	30,391	30,786	31,110	31,228	31,394	31,652	5,190	5,546	5,628	5,725		5,837	6,183		6,268	6,432		6,464		6,577		6,599	15.0	13.7	14.2	14.2	19.9	18.2	18.7	18.8
15-44 years old	103,493	115,690	116,395	116,491	116,634	119,731		120,016	120,298	120,870	120,896	121,141	88,570	96,656	97,075	96,735	96,423	97,917	97,876	98,146	98,314	98,144	97,975	12,247	14,660	14,809	14,983		15,180	15,907		16,101	16,154		16,320		16,420		16,584	46.2	46.6	45.2	43.9	47.0	48.2	48.0	47.3
45-64 years old	44,174	46,536	47,031	48,175	49,750	50,259		51,449	52,668	54,488	56,312	58,141	39,302	40,282	40,594	41,538	42,876	43,278	44,189	45,016	46,517	48,011	49,478	4,112	4,766	4,842	4,953		5,098	5,082		5,264	5,582		5,691		5,887		6,139	20.5	19.5	20.4	22.2	15.8	15.7	15.7	17.5
65 years old and over	24,194	29,566	30,093	30,590	30,870	30,779		31,267	31,658	31,877	32,082	32,394	21,898	26,479	26,898	27,297	27,501	27,580	27,985	28,436	28,464	28,553	28,759	2,040	2,487	2,547	2,606		2,660	2,510		2,557	2,478		2,616		2,691		2,723	11.4	12.8	12.9	12.9	7.8	8.2	7.6	7.8

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Persons 25 years old and over	130,409	156,538	158,694	160,838	162,826	164,512		166,438	168,323	170,581	172,211	173,754	114,763	134,687	136,299	137,657	139,019	139,760	141,113	142,733	144,058	145,078	146,080	12,927	16,751	17,096	17,445		17,786	18,103		18,457	18,715		19,072		19,376		19,732	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0

Elementary: 0-8 years	22,817	17,591	16,849	15,439	15,127	14,514		13,947	13,622	13,312	12,782	12,397	18,739	14,131	13,527	12,426	12,189	11,796	11,101	11,141	10,837	10,547	10,206	3,559	2,701	2,607	2,317		2,183	1,860		1,800	1

41. Social and Economic Characteristics of the White and Black Populations