Of the 300,000 female head of household in New York City, how many are
African American? If you can give the number of Black families in that
description living in Manhattan thta would be great. Need by 6/21
noon.

Hi.  It's me again.  Since you seem to be in a rush for the data,
here's the best that I think can be done for now...perhaps when the
data that colin-ga found is made public, you can get even more precise
numbers.

The census file at:

http://www.census.gov/population/socdemo/hh-fam/p20-537/2000/tabC2.txt
2000 Census Data

gives race and "mother only" data for the nation as a whole, and for
urban (what they call center city), suburban and rural populations. 
In cities, nationwide, for all races, there are 6,610,000 "mother
only" households.  Of this number, 3,273,000 are black.  Thus, for
cities as a whole, 49.5% (6.61 million / 3.27 million) of "mother
only" households are African-American. (The tables provide similar
numbers for Asian & Pacific Islanders, Hispanics, non-Hispanic black,
and non-Hispanic other race).



IN HOUSEHOLD:		Children Under 18
				in Center City (000s)
[all races]

   Living with both parents         12,084

   Living with mother only            6,610

   Living with father only                 905

   Living with neither parent        1,227

[black]

  Living with both parents         1,855

   Living with mother only            3,273

   Living with father only             248

   Living with neither parent        610


Applying the 49.5% figure to the data I gave you earlier for New York
City gives you a pretty fair approximation of the numbers you are
seeking:

http://www.census.gov/prod/cen2000/dp1/2kh36.pdf
(county by county in NYS)\


Table DP-1. Profile of General Demographic Characteristics: 2000
Geographic Area: New York city, New York

Female householder, no husband present
With own children under 18 years		312,600 x0.49 = 153,174

Bronx County 	 	 88,869      x0.49 =           43,546   
Kings County		107,838      x0.49 =           53,841
NY County (Manhattan)  	 47,842      x0.49 =           23,443
Richmond County		 11,158      x0.49 =            5,467
Queens County		 56,893      x0.49 =           27,878

Thus, of the 312,600 households in NYC where kids have a mother and no
father, approximately 153,000 of these are women are black.  Of these
153,000, about 23,000 are in Manhattan.

I hope this is sufficienct for your needs.  Undoubtedly, there are
more precise numbers in the bowels of the computers at the Census
Bureau, but as colin-ga noted, these wont be available for a while.

Good luck in what I take to be a research project of yours.

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Clarification of Answer by davidsar-ga on 20 Jun 2002 07:30 PDT

This just in over today's news feeds from Reuters:

"WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court ( news - web sites)
ruled on Thursday the Census Bureau ( news - web sites) may use
statistical estimates in households where no one could be contacted, a
defeat for Utah in its battle with North Carolina over the
apportionment of congressional seats from the 2000 census."

If the Census Bureau can use statistical methods then, hey, why not
us!

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Request for Answer Clarification by gams-ga on 20 Jun 2002 08:53 PDT

Please provide the updated statistics when they are available (ie.
African American  absentee fathers in each of the 5 boroughs in New
York City). If there are any more breakdowns regarding reason for
being absent (ie. divorced, incarceration) please send. I will be
working on this until October 2002. Do you have any New York based
researchers that I can speak with by phone or in person to assist me
through this process. My ultimate project is on the effects on fathers
of being separated from their children. (not the effects on the
children or moms).    Thank you.

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Clarification of Answer by davidsar-ga on 20 Jun 2002 11:06 PDT

I'll try to keep tabs on the new data as it comes available, but you
might want to occasionally check the census site yourself to see if
they've updated their information.  I did not see any more detailed
breakdowns along the lines of your question.

Your research topic sounds interesting and important.  I saw a good
deal of web-based information on your topic (the impacts on the dads)
while I was researching your questions,  but didn't note the sites as
they weren't data-intensive.  If you haven't done so already, I'd
certainly suggest some google searchs on "absent fathers", "single
mothers", and other related terms to see what you come up with.

Thank you for your speed.

Hello gams-ga,

	Well, I’ve been wading through the census.gov website this morning
looking for this statistic.  I believe it has not yet been released
for the 2000 census.

	This type of data is released in “summary file” right now there is
only summary files 1 and 2 released.

	I spoke with a technician at the census2000 main office this morning,
and she said that this statistic will be released in summary file 3,
which I’m afraid is not released until sometime next week.

	I also have a call in to the NY State Data Center, to see if they
have compiled this statistic yet, I will follow up when they call me
back.

Here are some links to race statistics in NYC for the meantime.

General race demographics table


http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/QTTable?ds_name=D&geo_id=16000US3651000&qr_name=DEC_2000_SF1_U_DP1&_lang=en


Tenure, household size and age of householder

http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/QTTable?ds_name=D&geo_id=16000US3651000&qr_name=DEC_2000_SF1_U_QTH2&_lang=en

http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/DTTable?_ts=42621124970


Thanks,


Colin-ga

gams:

My source in NYC planning Department found this Data in SF-2

Here is the actual breakdown:

African American (New York City)
Female householder, no husband present:	 	253,018 
With own children under 18 years:	 	146,261 
Under 6 years only	                  	 25,948 
Under 6 years and 6 to 17 years	          	 31,531 
6 to 17 years only	                 	 88,782 


These are actual numbers.

Let me know if you need more actual 2000 statistics.

Thanks,


Colin-ga