Congressional District 21
	Total	Below Poverty Level	% Below Poverty Level	Margin of Error
Population for whom poverty status is determined	631,612	80,830	12.80%	+/-1.2
AGE						Use the arrows at the bottom-left of the screen to move through the menus.  Click on a District to view it's data.
Under 18 years	140,733	26,532	18.90%	+/-2.9
Related children under 18 years	139,462	25,475	18.30%	+/-2.9
18 to 64 years	402,099	45,927	11.40%	+/-1.2
65 years and over	88,780	8,371	9.40%	+/-1.5
SEX
Male	305,969	33,889	11.10%	+/-1.2		Close this window to return to the main NYSCAA site.
Female	325,643	46,941	14.40%	+/-1.5
RACE AND HISPANIC OR LATINO ORIGIN
One race	N	N	N	N
White	541,817	58,608	10.80%	+/-1.1
Black or African American	49,239	14,722	29.90%	+/-6.5
American Indian and Alaska Native	N	N	N	N
Asian	N	N	N	N
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	N	N	N	N
Some other race	N	N	N	N
Two or more races	N	N	N	N
Hispanic or Latino origin (of any race)	22,567	7,063	31.30%	+/-6.9
White alone, not Hispanic or Latino	528,901	54,397	10.30%	+/-1.1
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	431,968	38,004	8.80%	+/-0.9
Less than high school graduate	47,170	11,426	24.20%	+/-3.7
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	138,524	15,109	10.90%	+/-1.5
Some college, associate's degree	122,669	8,334	6.80%	+/-1.7
Bachelor's degree or higher	123,605	3,135	2.50%	+/-0.7
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Civilian labor force 16 years and over	336,866	26,139	7.80%	+/-1.1
Employed	314,037	17,709	5.60%	+/-0.9
Male	160,670	7,143	4.40%	+/-1.0
Female	153,367	10,566	6.90%	+/-1.3
Unemployed	22,829	8,430	36.90%	+/-6.5
Male	12,928	4,152	32.10%	+/-8.2
Female	9,901	4,278	43.20%	+/-9.5
WORK EXPERIENCE
Population 16 years and over	507,772	56,886	11.20%	+/-1.0
Worked full-time, year-round in the past 12 months	214,267	3,204	1.50%	+/-0.4
Worked part-time or part-year in the past 12 months	147,238	24,562	16.70%	+/-2.3
Did not work	146,267	29,120	19.90%	+/-1.9
All Individuals below:
50 percent of poverty level	39,149	(X)	(X)	(X)
125 percent of poverty level	103,172	(X)	(X)	(X)
150 percent of poverty level	125,599	(X)	(X)	(X)
185 percent of poverty level	158,901	(X)	(X)	(X)
200 percent of poverty level	175,972	(X)	(X)	(X)
Unrelated individuals for whom poverty status is determined	145,989	29,862	20.50%	+/-1.8
Male	71,392	13,648	19.10%	+/-2.5
Female	74,597	16,214	21.70%	+/-2.4
Mean income deficit for unrelated individuals (dollars)	4,965	(X)	(X)	(X)
Worked full-time, year-round in the past 12 months	63,253	1,130	1.80%	+/-0.7
Worked less than full-time, year-round in the past 12 months	37,356	12,614	33.80%	+/-5.0
Did not work	45,380	16,118	35.50%	+/-3.4
PERCENT IMPUTED
Poverty status for individuals	16.30%	(X)	(X)	(X)
Source: American Community Survey, US Census Bureau, 2005
source: US Census Bureau