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Black Residents of Montgomery County, 1997
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Census Update Survey Data
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Single
Family Detached
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Town-House
|
Garden
Apt.
|
High
Rise Apt.
|
All
Types
|
| Population |
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|
|
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| Household
Population |
36,120
|
25,580
|
36,610
|
11,790
|
110,100
|
| Black
% of County Population |
7.4%
|
17.4%
|
27.0%
|
23.5%
|
13.4%
|
| %
Female |
54.4%
|
53.0%
|
57.8%
|
57.2%
|
55.5%
|
| Age
Distribution |
|
|
|
|
|
| %
0-4 |
7.3%
|
8.3%
|
7.3%
|
5.6%
|
7.3%
|
| %
5-17 |
24.8%
|
26.3%
|
23.2%
|
18.7%
|
23.9%
|
| %
18-29 |
12.1%
|
17.4%
|
23.1%
|
21.6%
|
18.0%
|
| %
30-44 |
22.1%
|
30.2%
|
31.1%
|
31.7%
|
28.0%
|
| %
45-64 |
25.5%
|
15.0%
|
12.1%
|
12.8%
|
17.2%
|
| %65-74 |
6.1%
|
2.0%
|
1.5%
|
4.5%
|
3.5%
|
| %
Over 74 |
2.2%
|
0.8%
|
1.7%
|
5.2%
|
2.0%
|
| Average
Age |
33.4
|
28.4
|
28.1
|
33.4
|
30.5
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
| % Hispanic Origin** |
3.3
|
*
|
*
|
*
|
2.3%
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
| Educational
Attainment: |
|
|
|
|
|
| Persons
25 years and older |
21,370
|
14,570
|
21,830
|
7,705
|
65,475
|
| %<
H.S. Dipl |
11.5%
|
9.3%
|
14.5%
|
10.4%
|
11.8%
|
| %
H.S. Graduate |
32.5%
|
35.2%
|
43.0%
|
35.1%
|
36.7%
|
| %
Assoc/Trade Sch |
3.9%
|
7.9%
|
10.3%
|
9.4%
|
7.5%
|
| %
Bachelor's Degree |
25.2%
|
27.3%
|
19.4%
|
25.0%
|
23.9%
|
| %
Grad/Prof/PhD |
26.8%
|
20.2%
|
12.8%
|
20.1%
|
20.2%
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
| Labor
Force |
|
|
|
|
|
| No.
Employed Residents*** |
19,575
|
14,675
|
21,250
|
6,835
|
62,335
|
| %
Female Emp*** |
73.0%
|
82.2%
|
80.7%
|
72.0%
|
77.5%
|
| Women/Children
<6 |
3,160
|
2,250
|
3,085
|
785
|
9,280
|
| %
Employed*** |
64.7%
|
80.4%
|
86.5%
|
*
|
78.1%
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
| Employer: |
|
|
|
|
|
| %
Private for Profit |
42.8%
|
49.4%
|
58.8%
|
51.5%
|
50.5%
|
| %
Private not for Profit |
11.2%
|
15.9%
|
11.7%
|
18.5%
|
13.3%
|
| %
Self Employed |
10.5%
|
4.5%
|
4.7%
|
8.3%
|
6.9%
|
| %
Government |
35.5%
|
30.2%
|
24.8%
|
21.7%
|
29.2%
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
| Work
Location: |
|
|
|
|
|
| %
In the County |
49.8%
|
54.7%
|
57.7%
|
44.7%
|
53.0%
|
| %
Inside Beltway |
14.3%
|
17.4%
|
26.1%
|
25.8%
|
20.2%
|
| %
Outside Beltway |
35.5%
|
37.3%
|
31.6%
|
18.9%
|
32.8%
|
| %
Elsewhere MD |
8.5%
|
10.4%
|
10.4%
|
5.8%
|
9.3%
|
| %
to D.C. |
32.4%
|
23.4%
|
24.2%
|
43.4%
|
28.7%
|
| %
to Virginia |
7.9%
|
8.8%
|
6.3%
|
3.9%
|
7.2%
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
| Work
Trip: |
|
|
|
|
|
| %
Driving |
80.9%
|
82.4%
|
74.9%
|
57.5%
|
76.7%
|
| %
Alone |
73.0%
|
72.8%
|
64.6%
|
49.7%
|
67.6%
|
| %
Carpool |
7.9%
|
9.6%
|
10.3%
|
7.8%
|
9.1%
|
| %
Public Trans. |
13.5%
|
14.6%
|
22.0%
|
36.5%
|
19.2%
|
| %
Walk/Bicycle/Other |
1.5%
|
1.1%
|
2.6%
|
6.0%
|
2.3%
|
| %Working
at Home |
4.1%
|
1.9%
|
0.5%
|
|
1.9%
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
| Access
to Metrorail |
|
|
|
|
|
| %
Car |
52.6%
|
55.4%
|
27.2%
|
4.2%
|
34.6%
|
| %
Ride-On/Metrobus |
26.4%
|
38.2%
|
41.9%
|
36.5%
|
19.2%
|
| %
Walk/Bicycle |
21.0%
|
6.4%
|
30.9%
|
59.3%
|
29.9%
|
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|
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| Housing |
|
|
|
|
|
| HHs
by Structure Type |
9,850
|
8,055
|
14,690
|
5,520
|
38,115
|
| %
Black Households by Structure Type |
25.9%
|
21.2%
|
38.5%
|
14.4%
|
100.0%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Avg.
Household Size |
3.50
|
3.17
|
2.43
|
2.08
|
2.81
|
|
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|
|
| Tenure: |
|
|
|
|
|
| %
Rental |
17.3%
|
22.9%
|
89.6%
|
89.8%
|
56.8%
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
| Average
Monthly Housing Costs: |
|
|
|
|
|
| Homeowners |
$1,370
|
$1,065
|
$834
|
$961
|
$1,172
|
| Renters |
$1,106
|
$817
|
$682
|
$787
|
$744
|
| %
in Same Home 5 years |
59.3%
|
39.9%
|
22.7%
|
27.9%
|
36.7%
|
| Median
Yrs. Same Home |
8
|
4
|
3
|
3
|
4
|
|
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|
|
|
|
| Average
Age of HH Head |
50.7%
|
42.6%
|
38.9%
|
44.9%
|
43.6%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| %
HHs with Foreign Born Head or Spouse |
27.0%
|
26.0%
|
29.4%
|
34.7%
|
28.8%
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
| Households
by Type: |
|
|
|
|
|
| %
Family HHs |
89.2%
|
83.7%
|
72.4%
|
56.1%
|
76.8%
|
| %
Married-Couple |
72.1%
|
55.8%
|
36.9%
|
37.0%
|
50.1%
|
| %
Single-Parent |
16.3%
|
25.0%
|
31.2%
|
14.8%
|
23.7%
|
| %
Nonfamily HHs |
10.8%
|
16.3%
|
27.6%
|
43.9%
|
23.2%
|
| %
one-person HH |
9.4%
|
13.5%
|
23.2%
|
40.5%
|
20.1%
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
| Persons
in Households: |
|
|
|
|
|
| %
1 Person |
9.4%
|
13.5%
|
23.2%
|
40.5%
|
20.1%
|
| %
2 Persons |
19.4%
|
24.4%
|
37.9%
|
33.2%
|
29.6%
|
| %
3 Persons |
23.2%
|
22.6%
|
21.1%
|
12.8%
|
20.8%
|
| %
4 Persons |
24.6%
|
19.8%
|
11.8%
|
6.6%
|
16.1%
|
| %
5+ Persons |
23.4%
|
19.7%
|
5.9%
|
6.9%
|
13.5%
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
| Avg.
Number of Cars |
2.1
|
1.8 |
1.1 |
1.0 |
1.5
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
| %
HHs with Computers |
76.5%
|
62.2%
|
44.3%
|
46.9%
|
57.6%
|
| %
with Internet Connect |
54.2%
|
58.8%
|
51.4%
|
57.9%
|
55.0%
|
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|
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|
|
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| Income |
|
|
|
|
|
| 1996
HH Income |
|
|
|
|
|
| %
Under $15,000 |
2.4%
|
0.9%
|
11.7%
|
11.2%
|
6.7%
|
| %$15,000
to $29,999 |
4.8%
|
3.6%
|
22.3%
|
25.3%
|
14.2%
|
| %
$30,000 to $49,999 |
15.1%
|
27.3%
|
39.4%
|
30.2%
|
28.7%
|
| %
$50,000 to $69,999 |
18.8%
|
27.1%
|
19.4%
|
16.9%
|
20.5%
|
| %
$70,000 to $99,999 |
22.1%
|
23.9%
|
6.5%
|
13.1%
|
15.6%
|
| %
$100,000 + |
36.8%
|
15.4%
|
0.7%
|
3.3%
|
14.4%
|
| 1996
Median HH Income |
$81,540
|
$58,660
|
$37,735
|
$37,220
|
$50,325
|
| |
|
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|
|
|
| %
of HHs Spending |
|
|
|
|
|
| >
25% of Income on Housing Costs: |
|
|
|
|
|
| %
Homeowners |
21.5%
|
29.8%
|
*
|
*
|
25.5%
|
| %
Renters |
*
|
*
|
38.8%
|
51.0%
|
41.3%
|
* Insufficient data for reliable estimates.
** Those of Hispanic origin may be of any race.
*** Ages 16 and older and employed full- or part-time.
HH = Households
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