Kings County
	Total	Below Poverty Level	% Below Poverty Level	Margin of Error
Population for whom poverty status is determined	2,440,413	545,611	22.40%	+/-1.0
AGE
Under 18 years	643,470	196,136	30.50%	+/-2.0		Use the arrows at the bottom-left of the screen to move through the menus.  Click on a county to view it's data.
Related children under 18 years	640,315	193,611	30.20%	+/-2.0
18 to 64 years	1,508,443	275,426	18.30%	+/-0.9
65 years and over	288,500	74,049	25.70%	+/-1.7
SEX
Male	1,145,141	234,268	20.50%	+/-1.1
Female	1,295,272	311,343	24.00%	+/-1.1		Close this window to return to the main NYSCAA site.
RACE AND HISPANIC OR LATINO ORIGIN
One race	N	N	N	N
White	1,028,836	195,628	19.00%	+/-1.3
Black or African American	877,672	185,263	21.10%	+/-1.5
American Indian and Alaska Native	N	N	N	N
Asian	221,728	56,105	25.30%	+/-4.8
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	N	N	N	N
Some other race	272,765	98,243	36.00%	+/-4.0
Two or more races	30,619	7,530	24.60%	+/-6.1
Hispanic or Latino origin (of any race)	484,541	158,345	32.70%	+/-2.3
White alone, not Hispanic or Latino	864,215	153,514	17.80%	+/-1.4
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	1,572,322	292,907	18.60%	+/-0.8
Less than high school graduate	351,811	119,453	34.00%	+/-1.8
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	479,333	88,161	18.40%	+/-1.2
Some college, associate's degree	321,050	49,578	15.40%	+/-1.4
Bachelor's degree or higher	420,128	35,715	8.50%	+/-0.9
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Civilian labor force 16 years and over	1,116,652	120,287	10.80%	+/-0.6
Employed	1,014,886	87,733	8.60%	+/-0.6
Male	519,632	43,865	8.40%	+/-0.8
Female	495,254	43,868	8.90%	+/-0.8
Unemployed	101,766	32,554	32.00%	+/-2.8
Male	53,221	14,699	27.60%	+/-4.3
Female	48,545	17,855	36.80%	+/-3.7
WORK EXPERIENCE
Population 16 years and over	1,869,945	369,365	19.80%	+/-0.8
Worked full-time, year-round in the past 12 months	728,301	31,722	4.40%	+/-0.5
Worked part-time or part-year in the past 12 months	419,054	82,835	19.80%	+/-1.1
Did not work	722,590	254,808	35.30%	+/-1.4
All Individuals below:
50 percent of poverty level	241,370	(X)	(X)	(X)
125 percent of poverty level	679,918	(X)	(X)	(X)
150 percent of poverty level	803,872	(X)	(X)	(X)
185 percent of poverty level	972,408	(X)	(X)	(X)
200 percent of poverty level	1,044,554	(X)	(X)	(X)
Unrelated individuals for whom poverty status is determined	445,918	125,426	28.10%	+/-1.2
Male	211,855	47,937	22.60%	+/-2.0
Female	234,063	77,489	33.10%	+/-2.0
Mean income deficit for unrelated individuals (dollars)	4,831	(X)	(X)	(X)
Worked full-time, year-round in the past 12 months	181,363	4,790	2.60%	+/-0.9
Worked less than full-time, year-round in the past 12 months	98,496	26,131	26.50%	+/-2.3
Did not work	166,059	94,505	56.90%	+/-2.3
PERCENT IMPUTED
Poverty status for individuals	32.10%	(X)	(X)	(X)
Source: American Community Survey, US Census Bureau, 2005
source: US Census Bureau