Statistics on the State of Racial Inequality (Part 1)

• Percentage of all white children in the United States who are being raised in married-couple families: 75%

• Percentage of all black children in the United States who are being raised in married-couple families: 34%(U.S. Census Bureau)

• Percentage of all white children in the United States who are being raised in female, single-parent homes: 16%

• Percentage of all black children in the United States who are being raised in female, single-parent homes: 50%(U.S. Census Bureau)

• Percentage of all white children in the United States who are being raised by their grandparents: 1.4%

• Percentage of all black children in the United States who are being raised by their grandparents: 5.4%(U.S. Census Bureau)

• Median income of college-educated white women who worked full-time in 2005: $43,110

• Median income of college-educated African-American women who worked full-time in 2005: $45,273(U.S. Census Bureau)

• The median income in 2005 of black men who are high school graduates but have never been to college: $21,241

• The median income in 2005 of black men who have graduated from college: $43,496 (U.S. Census Bureau)

• The median income in 2005 of black women who are high school graduates but have never been to college: $15,768

• The median income in 2005 of black women who have graduated from college: $40,784 (U.S. Census Bureau)

• Black percentage of all public school students in the United States: 16.9%

• Black percentage of all students in the 100 largest school districts in the United States: 27.9%(U.S. Department of Education)

• Black percentage of all public school students in New Orleans: 93.5%

• Black percentage of all public school students in Detroit: 90.5%

• Black percentage of all public school students in Baltimore: 88.8% (U.S. Department of Education)

• Percentage of white adults ages 25 to 29 in 2007 who held a bachelor’s degree: 35.5%

• Percentage of black adults ages 25 to 29 in 2007 who held a bachelor’s degree: 19.5% (U.S. Department of Education)

• Percentage of the total white population ages 3 to 34 in 2006 who were enrolled in school: 56.8%

• Percentage of the total black population ages 3 to 34 in 2006 who were enrolled in school: 58.3%(U.S. Department of Education)

• Number of African Americans alive today who hold a professional degree: 164,000

• Number of African Americans alive today who hold a doctoral degree: 111,000 (U.S. Department of Education)

• Average number of hours per week that white children under the age of 6 are not under the care of one of their parents: 27.1

• Average number of hours per week that African-American children under the age of 6 are not under the care of one of their parents: 35.9 (U.S. Department of Education)

• Percentage of all white students in U.S. K-12 education in 2004 who were identified as “gifted”: 7.9%

• Percentage of all black students in U.S. K-12 education in 2004 who were identified as “gifted”: 3.5%(U.S. Department of Education)

• Percentage of all white students in K-12 education in Georgia in 2004 who were identified as “gifted”: 13.6%

• Percentage of all black students in K-12 education in Georgia in 2004 who were identified as “gifted”: 3.7%(U.S. Department of Education)

• Percentage of all white Americans ages 18 to 24 in 2006 who were enrolled in higher education: 41.0%

• Percentage of all black Americans ages 18 to 24 in 2006 who were enrolled in higher education: 32.6%(U.S. Department of Education)

• Percentage of all African-American high school graduates ages 18 to 24 in 1986 who were enrolled in higher education: 28.6%

• Percentage of all African-American high school graduates ages 18 to 24 in 2006 who were enrolled in higher education: 42.0% (U.S. Department of Education)

• Number of bachelor’s degrees awarded to men in 2006 at the nation’s historically black colleges and universities: 10,364

• Number of bachelor’s degrees awarded to women in 2006 at the nation’s historically black colleges and universities: 20,184(U.S. Department of Education)

• Number of white full professors at colleges and universities in the United States in 2005: 145,936

• Number of black full professors at U.S. colleges and universities in 2005 who were men: 3,498

• Number of black full professors at U.S. colleges and universities in 2005 who were women: 1,986 (U.S. Department of Education)