Voting
16.1 million The number of blacks who voted in the
2008 presidential election, up by about 2.1 million from the 2004 presidential election. The total number of voters rose by 5.4 million, to 131.1 million.
55% Turnout rate in the 2008 presidential
election for the 18- to 24-year-old citizen black population, an 8 percent increase from 2004. Blacks had the highest turnout rate in this age group.
65% Turnout rate among black citizens in
the 2008 presidential election, up about 5 percentage points from 2004. Looking at voter turnout by race and Hispanic origin, non-Hispanic whites and blacks had the highest turnout levels. Source: Voting and Registration in the Election of 2008
Income, Poverty and Health Insurance
$32,584 The annual median income of single-
race black households in 2009, a decline of 4.4 percent (in 2009 constant dollars) from 2008.
25.8% Poverty rate in 2009 for single-race
blacks, up from 24.7 percent in 2008. Source: Income, Poverty, and Health
Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2009
21.0% The percentage of single-race blacks
lacking health insurance in 2009, up from 19.1 percent in 2008.
Families and Children
64% Among households with a single-race
black householder, the percentage that contained a family. There were 8.6 million black family households.
44% Among families with single-race black
householders, the percentage that were married couples.
1.3 million Number of single-race black grandpar-
ents who lived with their own grandchil- dren younger than 18. Of this number, 50 percent were also responsible for their care.
Homeownership
44% Nationally, the percentage of house-
holds with a householder who was single- race black who lived in owner-occupied homes.
Jobs
28% The percentage of single-race blacks
16 and older who worked in management, professional and related occupations
Businesses
$137.4 billion Receipts for black-owned businesses
in 2007, up 55.1 percent from 2002. The number of black-owned businesses totaled 1.9 million in 2007, up 60.5 percent.
37.6% Percentage of black-owned businesses
in 2007 in health care and social assis- tance, repair and maintenance and per- sonal and laundry services.
28.2% Percentage of businesses in the Dis-
trict of Columbia in 2007 which were black-owned, which led all states or state-equivalents. Georgia and Maryland followed, at 20.4 percent and 19.3 per- cent, respectively. Source for statements in this section: Preliminary Estimates of Business Own- ership by Gender, Ethnicity, Race and Vet- eran Status: 2007 Source: U.S. Census Bureau
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