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...complexion of America is changing. And cosmetics companies aren't the only ones that have noticed. According to the 1990 census, the African- American population is growing at a rate more than twice as fast as that of whites. Moreover, during the past two decades, the aggregate annual income of blacks has grown nearly sixfold, to an estimated $270 billion. As a group, blacks are younger and tend to spend a higher percentage of their money on consumer goods than their white counterparts do. They also show a preference for top-of-the-line merchandise and a willingness...
CREDIT: [TMFONT 1 d #666666 d {Source: U.S. Bureau of Census; DRI/McGraw Hill; United Nations; Ward's Automotive Reports; CIA; U.S. Dept. of Energy}]TIME Graphic...
...CENSUS BUREAU HAS BEEN QUITE SENSITIVE LATELY to the question of how it releases reports, even going so far as to downplay the release of potentially embarrassing data. So more than a few eyebrows rose when the bureau went out of its way to make news organizations aware of some fresh statistics that could prove embarrassing to Democratic presidential candidate Bill Clinton. Census officials faxed to reporters rankings of states and their various measures of social and economic well-being, in which Arkansas ranked poorly. The bureau denies any political motives. It's not as if the information was surprising...
CREDIT: [TMFONT 1 d #666666 d {Source: Bureau of the Census}]CAPTION: MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOME...
...Recent census data shows that nearly 50 percent of Blacks earn an annual household income below $15,000 compared to 22 percent of whites. And only 39 percent of Black children under 18--compared to three quarters of all American children--live in two parent families...