African American People, some data

In 2010, there were 42 million of African Americans, 13.6% of USA's population [1]

In 2004, 24'7% of African American people lived below the poverty level[2].

In 2007, the average income for the African American was 33,916$ (54,920$ for the whites)[3].

In 2007, more than 70% of African American people were Protestant (religion)[4]

In 2010, almost 60% of African American people lived in Metropolitan areas[1]

At 2009, 9,3% of African American young people dropout high school [5]

At 2010, a 83% of NBA professional players were African American [6]

At 2010, a 67% of NFL professional players were African American[7]

At August 2011, the unemployment rate for African American people was 16.7% , the white one 8% [8]

At 2009 , a 40% of imprisoned population in the USA was African American (841.000 from 2.096.300) [9]

Bibliography

1: Sonya Rastogi,Tallese D. Johnson,Elizabeth M. Hoeffel,andMalcolm P. Drewery, Jr., The Black Population 2010, 2011

2: Carmen DeNavas-Walt, Bernadette D. Proctor, Cheryl Hill Lee, Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2004, August 2005

3: , Health Statistics, , http://minorityhealth.hhs.gov/templates/browse.aspx?lvl=2&lvlID=51

4: , U.S. Religious Landscape Survey, 2008

5: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, The Condition of Education 2011, 2011

6: Richard Lapchickwith Francisco Aristeguieta, Wayne Clark, Christina Cloud, Anna Florzak, Demetrius Frazier, Michael Kuhn, Tavia Record and Matthew Vinson, The 2011 Racial and Gender Report Card:National Basketball Association, June 16, 2011

7: Richard LapchickWith Wayne Clark, Demetrius Frazier, and Christopher D. Sarpy, The 2011 Racial and Gender Report Card:National Football League, September 15, 2011

8: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Economic News Release: Table A-2. Employment status of the civilian population by race, sex, and age, 2011, http://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.t02.htm

9: Bureau of Justice Statistics, Statistical Tables, June 2010