Number (rounded to nearest hundred)

• Non-Hispanic Black: 146,000
• Non-Hispanic White: 1,266,800
• All Children in Indiana: 1,463,000

Median family incomes:

• Non-Hispanic Black: $18,100
• Non-Hispanic White: $34,200
• All Children in Indiana: $33,000

Household Poverty Status - Income: < HALF $6,337 four of family level, poverty

• Non-Hispanic Black: 24%
• Non-Hispanic White: 5%
• All Children in Indiana: 7%

Household Poverty Status - Income: <100% of poverty level, family of four/$12,674

• Non-Hispanic Black: 40%
• Non-Hispanic White: 11%
• All Children in Indiana: 14%

Household Poverty Status - Income <125% of poverty level, family of four/$15,843

• Non-Hispanic Black: 46%
• Non-Hispanic White: 16%
• All Children in Indiana: 19%

Household Poverty Status – Income <200% of poverty level

• Non-Hispanic Black: 64%
• Non-Hispanic White: 33%
• All Children in Indiana: 37%

% Living in Single-Parent Families:

• Non-Hispanic Black: 58%
• Non-Hispanic White: 17%
• All Children in Indiana: 21%

% age 16-19 who are high-school dropouts

• Non-Hispanic Black: 14%
• Non-Hispanic White: 11%
• All Children in Indiana: 11%

% age 16-19 who are high-school dropouts

• Non-Hispanic Black: 17%
• Non-Hispanic White: 9%
• All Children in Indiana: 10%

Marion County Estimate Population of Color < 20 Years of Age, 1992

• Non-Hispanic Black: 27.8%
• Non-Hispanic White: 70.9%

Source:

Annie E. Casey Foundation
Kids Count in Indiana: 1996 Data Book
Findings from the 1990 census
Indiana Youth Institute Indianapolis, Indiana