Grandparents

• In 2010, there were an estimated 11,272,000 African American children living in the United States. Out of this number, 1,041,000 children lived with their grandmother only compare to 533,000 children living with both grandparents. Close to112, 000 children lived with their grandfather only. Nearly 1, 686,000 or about 15% African American children live with their grandparents.
• In 2010, about 37% or 4,000,000 of African American children lived with both parents, nearly 47% or 5,000,000 of African American children lived with their mother only, and almost 3% or 400,000 of African American children lived with their father only.
• In 2009, there were 1.3 million single-race black grandparents who lived with their own grandchildren younger than 18. Of this number, 50 percent were also responsible for their care.

Health

• In 2010, there were an estimated 1,293,000 or about 12% of African American children living medically uninsured.
• In 2010, close to 50% or 4, 500,000 of African American families rent their place of residence.
• In 2010, a little over 40% or 3, 700,000 of African American families have a two member household.
• The percentage of single-race blacks lacking health insurance in 2009 was 21 percent, up from 19.1 percent in 2008.

Foster Care

• 44 % were White/Non-Hispanic
• 26 % or 70,980 were Black/Non-Hispanic
• 20 % were Hispanic
• 11 % were other races or multiracial

• 44 % or were White/Non-Hispanic
• 26 % or 74,100 were Black/Non-Hispanic
• 20 % were Hispanic
• 10 % were other races or multiracial

• In 2009, there were an estimated 423,773 children in foster care. African American children made up 30% or 127,821 of the children in foster care although they represented 15% of the child population in 2009.

• In 2009, it was estimated that over 80% of child perpetrators (persons who are involved with child abuse or maltreatment) were parents, 6.3 % were relatives other than parents, and 4.3 % were unmar¬ried partners of parents, 2.8 percent accounted for unknown relationships, and “other” relationship accounted for 3.9 percent.

• In January 2011, there were an estimated 4372 children in foster care in the city of Philadelphia. Out of this number, almost 80% or 3431 of these children are African American. Also, 40% or 1784 of all the children in foster home and 30% or 1316 of the population in Philadelphia’s foster care system are cared for by their relatives.

• In 2009, 30 percent (127,821) of children in foster care were African American although they made up 14 percent of the total child population

Legal

• In 2009, based on data collected in 32 states, 16% of all children brought to the attention of the child welfare system had a court appointed representative.

Residence

• In 2009, an estimated 41.8 million African Americans reside in the United States, including those of more than one race. They made up 13.6 percent of the total U.S. population. This figure represents an increase of more than a half-million residents from one year earlier.
• It is projected that 65.7 million African Americans will reside in the United States (including those of more than one race) by July 1, 2050. On that date, according to the projection, blacks would constitute 15 percent of the nation's total population.
• There were 18 states with an estimated African American population on July 1, 2009, of at least 1 million. New York, with 3.5 million, led the way. The other 17 states on the list were Alabama, California, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, Mississippi, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia.
• Thirty-eight percent (38%) of Mississippi's population was black in 2009. Although New York had the largest number of blacks of any state, Mississippi had the largest share of blacks in its total population. Blacks also made up more than a quarter of the population in Louisiana (33 percent), Georgia (31 percent), Maryland (31 percent), South Carolina (29 percent) and Alabama (27 percent). They comprised 55 percent of the population in the District of Columbia.
• About 72,100 was the increase in Texas' black population between July 1, 2008, and July 1, 2009, which led all states.
• There were 23 states in which blacks were the largest minority group in 2009. These included Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia and Wisconsin. Blacks were also the largest minority group in the District of Columbia. (Note: Minorities are part of a group other than single-race non-Hispanic white.)
• There were 1.4 million African Americans in Cook County, Ill., as of July 1, 2009, which led the nation's counties in the number of people of this racial category. Harris County, Texas, had the largest numerical increase in the black population between July 1, 2008, and July 1, 2009 (15,700).
• Among counties with total populations of at least 10,000, Claiborne County, Miss., had the largest percent of population that was black (85 percent). Claiborne led 77 majority-black counties or equivalents.

Education

• Among blacks 25 and older, 85 percent had at least a high school diploma in 2009.
• Eighty-five percent (85%) of blacks 25 and older had a bachelor's degree or higher in 2009.
• There were 1.5 million blacks, 25 and older, that had an advanced degree in 2009 (e.g., master's, doctorate, medical or law). A decade earlier, in 1999, about 900,000 blacks had this level of education.
• There were 2.5 million black college students in fall 2008. This was roughly double the corresponding number from 25 years earlier.

Family

• In 2009, forty-four percent (44%) of families with single-race black householders were married couples.

Income

• The annual median income of single-race black households in 2009 was $32,584, a decline of 4.4 percent (in 2009 constant dollars) from 2008.

Poverty

• Poverty rate in 2009 for single-race blacks was 25.8 percent, up from 24.7 percent in 2008.

Voting

• The number of blacks who voted in the 2008 presidential election was 16.1 million, up by about 2.1 million from the 2004 presidential election. The total number of voters rose by 5.4 million, to 131.1 million.
• Turnout rate in the 2008 presidential election for the 18- to 24-year-old citizen black population was 55 percent, an 8 percent increase from 2004. Blacks had the highest turnout rate in this age group.
• Turnout rate among black citizens in the 2008 presidential election was 65 percent, up about 5 percentage points from 2004. Looking at voter turnout by race and Hispanic origin, non-Hispanic whites and blacks had the highest turnout levels.