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Poverty

The proportion of people living in poverty has declined for all races in the past few decades.

But black people are still more likely to live below the poverty line - defined as an annual salary of $9,827 for a single individual in 2004.

Campaigner Julian Bond says only one third of them can be classified as "middle-class".


�At-a-glance:�Black America

	Poverty The proportion of people living in poverty has declined for all races in the past few decades. But black people are still more likely to live below the poverty line - defined as an annual salary of $9,827 for a single individual in 2004. Campaigner Julian Bond says only one third of them can be classified as "middle-class".