Xuefeng Wang

Political Science 1
4/10/15
Census Data for Two States

State of Florida
Income
o Median household income = $46,956
o Percentage below poverty level = 16.3%
o (If possible, types of households & income)

Year

Races

Under
$15,000

2009 White

11.6%

$15,00
0 to
$24,99
9
10.8%

Black

23.4%

15.4%

13.4%

Asian

11.7%

7.9%

8.2%

14.3%

15.4%

Hispanic 15.2%

$25,00
0 to
$34,99
9
14.2%

$35,0
00 to
$49,9
99
18.7
%

$50,000 $75,000
to
to
$74,999 $99,999
12.0%

14.5
%
11.1
%
17.6
%

(3 Year Estimates from 2010-2013)

Total:
2-person families
3-person families
4-person families
5-person families
6-person families
7-or-more-person families

$150,0
00 to
199,99
9
4.7%

$200,000
and over

Median
income
dollars

21.4%

100,000
to
$149,99
9
12.6%

4.1%

$51,86
1

15.2%

8.7%

6.3%

1.8%

1.2%

16.9%

11.8%

16.9%

7.8%

7.7%

9.1%

17.8%

7.8%

2.2%

1.7%

$32,75
0
$65,07
3
$38,03
9

Estimate

Margin of Error

$55,758
$52,125
$55,954
$65,764
$62,223
$57,416
$58,284

+/-255
+/-303
+/-598
+/-779
+/-1,184
+/-2,515
+/-2,039

Education
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2009-2013

86.1%

Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2009-2013

26.4%

Ethnicity/Race
White alone, percent, 2013 (a)
Black or African American alone, percent, 2013 (a)
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, percent, 2013 (a)
Asian alone, percent, 2013 (a)
Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2013 (b)
Two or More Races, percent, 2013
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, percent, 2013 (a)

Age & Gender (Voting population, by generation)

Males
20-34 = 9.5%
35-54 = 13.6%
55-69 = 8.2%
70+ = 5.3%
Females
20-34 = 9.3%
35-54 = 14.0%
55-69 = 9.3%
70+ = 7.0%

56.4%
16.7%
0.5%
2.7%
23.6%
1.9%
0.1%

State of North Carolina

Income
o Median household income = $46,334
o Percentage below poverty level = 17.5%
o (If possible, types of households & income)
Estimate

Margin of Error

56,001

+/-297

2-person families

52,151

+/-302

3-person families

56,712

+/-861

4-person families

67,706

+/-1,071

5-person families

60,393

+/-1,578

6-person families

54,197

+/-2,350

7-or-more-person families

51,525

+/-2,358

Total:

Education
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2009-2013

84.9%

Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2009-2013

27.3%

Ethnicity/Race
White alone, percent, 2013 (a)
Black or African American alone, percent, 2013 (a)
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, percent, 2013 (a)
Asian alone, percent, 2013 (a)
Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2013 (b)

64.4%
22.0%
1.6%
2.6%
8.9%

Two or More Races, percent, 2013

Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, percent, 2013 (a)

Age & Gender (Voting population, by generation)

Males
20-34 = 10%
35-54 = 13.9%
55-69 = 7.7%
70+ = 3.6%
Females
20-34 = 10%
35-54 = 14.3%
55-69 = 8.5%
70+ = 5.2%

2.0%
0.1%

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