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Related children* under 18 living in families below 100% of poverty
level, by race/ethnicity**, 1970-2002 (vertical bar chart):
1970***: Black, 41.5%; White, 10.5%. 1980: Black, 42.1%; White, 13.4%;
Hispanic, 33.0%. 1990: Black, 44.2%; White, 15.1%; Hispanic, 37.7%.
2002: Black, 32.1%; White, 13.1%; Hispanic, 28.2%. *Related children are those under 18 who are related to the householder by birth, marriage, or adoption. **The 2003 CPS allowed respondents to choose more than one race; for 2001 and earlier years, only was race was reported. ***Hispanic ethnicity not reported prior to 1979. Source: Population Division (2003). Current Population Survey, 2003. Washington, DC: U.S. Census Bureau.
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