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Bookmark or Share- Key facts about Black Americans | Pew Research CenterAmong Black adults, 36% of men are married, compared with 29% of women. Black women, in turn, are slightly more likely than Black men to be divorced (14% vs. 10%) or widowed (8% vs. 2%). About a sixth of married Black adults (17%) are married to someone who is not Black. This includes 21% of married Black men and 13% of married Black women.
- Facts About the U.S. Black Population | Pew Research CenterRelated: Key facts about the nation’s 47.9 million Black Americans How we did this The analysis presented in this fact sheet is based on Pew Research Center tabulations of microdata from the Census Bureau’s 2022 American Community Survey (ACS), provided through the Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS) from the University of Minnesota.
- Black Americans' Views of Racial Inequality, Racism, Reparations and ...Black adults 65 and older (48%) are also more likely than those ages 30 to 49 (38%) and 50 to 64 (42%) to say protesting is an extremely or very effective strategy. Roughly four-in-ten Black adults ages 18 to 29 say this (44%). Gender plays a role in how Black adults view policing.
- Key findings about Black America in 2019 - Pew Research CenterA growing share of Black adults have a college degree. The number of Black adults with a bachelor’s degree or more education has more than doubled since 2000. Roughly 3 million Black adults ages 25 and older, or 15%, had earned at least a bachelor’s degree in 2000, and these numbers grew to 6.7 million (23%) in 2019.
- Black Americans' mistrust of health care and medical research | Pew ...Black adults differ significantly on this question by gender. Indeed, Black women (58%) are more likely than Black men (44%) to say the health care system was designed to hold Black people back. But Black women under 50 (61%) are much more likely to say this than older Black women (54%) and all men regardless of age (44%).
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