Congressional District 27
	Total	Below Poverty Level	% Below Poverty Level	Margin of Error
Population for whom poverty status is determined	619,566	78,814	12.70%	+/-1.0
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	138,241	26,907	19.50%	+/-2.6
Related children under 18 years	136,268	25,029	18.40%	+/-2.7
18 to 64 years	386,945	44,207	11.40%	+/-0.8
65 years and over	94,380	7,700	8.20%	+/-1.3
SEX
Male	300,751	34,342	11.40%	+/-1.1		Close this window to return to the main NYSCAA site.
Female	318,815	44,472	13.90%	+/-1.4
RACE AND HISPANIC OR LATINO ORIGIN
One race	N	N	N	N
White	558,967	59,563	10.70%	+/-1.0
Black or African American	30,184	8,923	29.60%	+/-10.0
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)	29,123	11,647	40.00%	+/-7.3
White alone, not Hispanic or Latino	546,631	54,779	10.00%	+/-1.0
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	427,010	40,968	9.60%	+/-0.8
Less than high school graduate	58,734	11,546	19.70%	+/-2.9
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	150,485	15,785	10.50%	+/-1.5
Some college, associate's degree	123,962	10,023	8.10%	+/-1.3
Bachelor's degree or higher	93,829	3,614	3.90%	+/-1.0
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Civilian labor force 16 years and over	318,796	24,174	7.60%	+/-0.9
Employed	289,902	15,981	5.50%	+/-0.7
Male	148,626	5,027	3.40%	+/-0.7
Female	141,276	10,954	7.80%	+/-1.2
Unemployed	28,894	8,193	28.40%	+/-6.6
Male	14,607	3,206	21.90%	+/-8.4
Female	14,287	4,987	34.90%	+/-8.2
WORK EXPERIENCE
Population 16 years and over	499,260	55,173	11.10%	+/-0.8
Worked full-time, year-round in the past 12 months	188,844	2,803	1.50%	+/-0.4
Worked part-time or part-year in the past 12 months	148,482	23,084	15.50%	+/-1.8
Did not work	161,934	29,286	18.10%	+/-1.7
All Individuals below:
50 percent of poverty level	34,208	(X)	(X)	(X)
125 percent of poverty level	102,886	(X)	(X)	(X)
150 percent of poverty level	136,912	(X)	(X)	(X)
185 percent of poverty level	177,916	(X)	(X)	(X)
200 percent of poverty level	194,687	(X)	(X)	(X)
Unrelated individuals for whom poverty status is determined	135,681	31,338	23.10%	+/-1.9
Male	63,305	13,514	21.30%	+/-2.7
Female	72,376	17,824	24.60%	+/-3.2
Mean income deficit for unrelated individuals (dollars)	4,908	(X)	(X)	(X)
Worked full-time, year-round in the past 12 months	50,353	918	1.80%	+/-0.8
Worked less than full-time, year-round in the past 12 months	35,094	11,811	33.70%	+/-4.3
Did not work	50,234	18,609	37.00%	+/-3.8
PERCENT IMPUTED
Poverty status for individuals	22.60%	(X)	(X)	(X)
Source: American Community Survey, US Census Bureau, 2005
source: US Census Bureau