I. Family Size (Total Fertility Rate)
 

Family Size (Total Fertility Rate)
Year	White TFR	Black TFR
		(and other)
1940-44	2.5	3
1945-49	2.9	3.4
1950-54	3.2	4.2
1955-59	3.6	4.7
1960-64	3.3	4.3
1965-69	2.5	3.4
1970-74	2	2.7
1975-79	1.7	2.3
1980-84	1.7	2.3
1985-89	1.8	2.4
1990	2.0	2.6
1998	2.0	2.4
2010 (projected)	2.0	2.4

 

Year	White TFR	Black TFR	Native Am. TFR	Asian TFR	Hisp. TFR
1994	2	2.5	2.8	2.5	2.9
1998	2	2.4	2.2	2.0	2.9
2010	2	2.4	2.2	2.0	2.9

II. Average Unemployment Rates (Blacks and Whites)
 

Average Unemployment Rates(Blacks and Whites)
Year	White Unemp.	Black Unemp.	Ratio B/W
1980	6.3	14.3	2.3
1982	9.3	20.2	2.2
1983	8.4	19.5	2.3
1987	5.3	13	2.5
1988	4.7	11.7	2.5
1989	4.3	11.5	2.7
1990	4.6	11.3	2.3
1991	6	12.4	2.1
1992	6.5	14.1	2.2
1993	6	12.9	2.2
1994	5.3	11.5	2.2
1997	3.7	9.1	2.5
1998	3.9	8.9	2.3

III. Marriage
 

Marriage (Figures are in Thousands; [percent]-Table 65))
Types	Year
	1970	1980	1990	1994
Total Married Couples	44,597	49,714	53,256	54,251
Interracial Married Couples	310 [01%]	651 [01%]	964 [02%]	1,283 [02%]
.	.	.	.	.
All Black-White Marriages	65 [100]	167 [100]	211 [100]	296 [100]
Husband B / Wife W	41 [63%]	122 [73%]	150 [71%]	196 [66%]
Wife B / Husband W	24 [37%]	45 [27%]	61 [29%]	100 [34%]
Other Interracial Marriages	245 [100]	484 [100]	753 [100]	987 [100]
White / Other Race	233 [95%]	450 [93%]	720 [96%]	909 [92%]
Black / Other Race	12 [5%]	34 [7%]	33 [4%]	78 [8%]

 

Types	Year
	1995	1998
Total Married Couples	54,937	55,305
Interracial Married Couples	1,392 [2.5%]	1348 [2.4%]
All Black-White Marriages	328 [100]	330 [100]
Husband B / Wife W	206 [62%]	210 [64%]
Wife B / Husband W	122 [38%]	120 [36%]
Other Interracial Marriages	1,064 [100]	1018 [100]
White / Other Race	988 [93%]	975 [96%]
Black / Other Race	76 [7%]	43 [4%]

IV. Family Groups With Children Under 18 by Race and Type: 1970 ([percent])
 

Presence of Parents	Percent Distribution (1970)
	White	Black
Two-Parent Family	89.9	64.3
One-Parent Family	10.1 [100%]	35.7 [100%]
Maintained by Mom	8.9 [89%]	33.0 [92%]
Maintained by Dad	1.2 [11%]	2.6 [ 8%]

Family Groups With Children Under 18 by Race and Type: (1990)
 

Presence of Parents	Percent Distribution (1990)
	White	Black
Two-Parent Family	77.4	39.4
One-Parent Family	22.6 [100%]	60.6 [100%]
Maintained by Mom	18.8 [83%]	56.2 [93%]
Maintained by Dad	3.8 [17%]	4.3 [ 7%]

Family Groups With Children Under 18 by Race and Type: (1994) (In thousands [percent])
 

Presence of Parents	Percent Distribution (1994)
	White	Black
Total with Kids < 18	29,645 [100%]	5,614 [100%]
(in thousands)
Two-Parent Family	75	35
One-Parent Family	25 [100%]	65 [100%]
Maintained by Mom	21 [84%]	60 [92%]
Maintained by Dad	4 [16%]	5 [ 8%]

Family Groups With Children Under 18 by Race and Type: (1996) (In thousands [percent])
 

Presence of Parents	Percent Distribution (1996)
	White	Black
Total with Kids < 18	29,947 [100%]	5,434 [100%]
(in thousands)
Two-Parent Family	74.1	35.7
One-Parent Family	25.9 [100%]	64.3 [100%]
Maintained by Mom	21.1 [84%]	58.4 [92%]
Maintained by Dad	4.8 [16%]	5.9 [ 8%]

Family Groups With Children Under 18 by Race and Type: (1998) (In thousands [percent])
 

Presence of Parents	Percent Distribution (1998)
	White	Black
Total with Kids < 18	30,314 [100%]	5,604 [100%]
(in thousands)
Two-Parent Family	22,237 [73.3%]	2111[37.7%]
One-Parent Family	8,077 (26.7%) [100%]	3,493 (62.3%) [100%]
Maintained by Mom	6,563 [81.2%]	3211 [92%]
Maintained by Dad	1,514 [18.8%]	282 [ 8%]

 

V. Educational Achievement by Race and Hispanic Origin (1970-1994)
 

		Year
		1970	1991	1994
		Median Years of Education Completed			Increase
White	(Both Sexes	12.1	12.7	12.9	0.8
	Male	12.1	12.8	13	0.9
	Female	12.1	12.7	12.8	0.7
Black	(Both Sexes)	9.8	12.4	12.8	3
	Male	9.4	12.4	12.7	3.3
	Female	10	12.4	12.7	2.7
Hispanic	(Both Sexes)	9.1	12
	Male	9.3	12
	Female	8.9	12

VI. General Population Growth Trends: (1950 - 2050 [projected]-- figures in thousands)
 

Year	White	Black		Nat. Am.	Asian		Hispanic
1950	135,150	15,045		-	-		-
1960	158,832	18,872		-	-		-
1970	178,098	22,581		-	-		-
1980	194,713	26,683		1,420	3,729		14,609
1990	208,710	30,486		2,065	7,458		22,394
1995	218,334	33,117		2,226	9,756		26,798
1998	222,648	34,537		2,337	10,480		29,566
2000	226,267	33,469		2,380	12,756		31,116
2010	285,591	61,586		4,346	40,508		88,071

VII. Median Family Income: (1970-1994 -- figures in thousands of dollars)
 

Year	White	Black	Nat. Am.	Asian	Hispanic
1970	$35,814.00	$21,969.00
1980	$38,458.00	$22,253.00			$25,838.00
1990	$40,813.00	$23,685.00	$21,619.00	$38,450.00	$25,905.00
1993	$39,300.00	$21,542.00		$38,347.00	$23,654.00
1994	$34,028.00	$21,027.00		$40,482.00	$23,421.00

VIII. Percentage of Individuals Falling Below the Official Poverty Level by Race and Year:
 

Year	Total	White	Black	Hispanic	" Official Poverty"
1983	15.2	12.1	35.7	28.0	$5,061. (Single Person)
1985	14.0	11.4	31.3	29.0	$5,496. (Single Person)
1987	13.4	10.4	32.4	28.0	$5,778. (Single Person)
1989	12.8	10.0	30.7	26.2	$6,310. (Single Person)
1990	13.5	10.7	31.9	26.2	$6,652. (Single Person)
1993	15.1	12.2	33.1	30.6	$7,363. (Single Person)
1996	13.7	11.2	28.4	29.4	$7,995. (Single Person)
1998	12.7	10.5	26.1	25.6	$8,316. (Single Person)

* Figures prior to 1987 were computed from a different base and are not totally comparable to those computed from 1987 to the present

+ preliminary census report Sept. 1997