DID YOU KNOW?
- The African-American (AA) population is now the second-largest minority group comprising 13.5% of the total U.S. population,.
- 55% of AA high school graduates go to college within one year of graduation.
- 82% of AAs are covered by health insurance.
- 49% of AA households owned their home in 2004
- AA median household income is $29,689, an index of 70 against the total population.
- 26% of AAs are employed as managers or professionals
- More than half of AAs (54%) live in the South.
- AAs spend more than average on telephone services, footwear, and children’s clothes.
*(SOURCE: The New Strategist Editions. Racial and Ethnic Diversity: Asians, Blacks, Hispanics, Native Americans, and Whites. 5th ed. New York: New Strategist. 2006.)
