Table 2.

Rates at which whites and blacks fall above and below 125 %, 100 %, and 75 % of the poverty line, with measures of differences between rates (2004)

Percent of poverty line	White percent below	Black percent below	White percent above	Black percent above	B/W below ratio	W/B above ratio	Percentage point diff	EES
125 %	14.9 %	31.0 %	85.1 %	69.0 %	2.08	1.23	16.1	0.54
100 %	10.8 %	24.7 %	89.2 %	75.3 %	2.29	1.18	13.9	0.55
75 %	7.2 %	17.8 %	92.8 %	82.2 %	2.48	1.13	10.6	0.54