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Table V

   SOCIAL-CLASS STRUCTURE OF AFRICAN-AMERI CAN

HOUSEHOLDS 1969-1986

 

1969

1983

1986

Class Category

Families

%

Families

%

Families

%

Upper Class

    143,000

3

    267,000

4

    624,000

9

Middle Class

 1,100,000

23

 1,500,000

23

 1,910,000

27

Working Class Non-Poor

 2,100,000

44

 2,400,000

36

 2,420,000

34

Working Class Poor

    688,000

14

    963,000

15

N/A

N/A

Under Class Poor

    716,000

15

 1,500,000

23

 2,142,000

30

 

 4,747,000

 

 6,630,000

 

 7,096,000