Marriage Nearly half of black Americans have never married—the highest percentage for all racial groups. Only 30 percent of blacks are now married. Married couples make up nearly three-quarters of all U.S. families. Among black families that number falls to 44 percent. The Children Black kids in the United States are in deep trouble. Nearly…

In 1960, more than 40 percent of adult whites were high-school graduates compared to 23 percent of adult blacks. That’s nearly a 20 percent gap. Now, black and white high-school graduates are nearly the same—87 percent for whites and 83 percent for blacks. College Graduates In 1960, only 3.1 percent of adult black Americans graduated…

Who Works? In 2008, employment among the major race and ethnicity groups, with the exception of Asians, was lower than a year earlier. The employment-population ratios (the proportion of the population that is employed): Blacks: 57.3 percent. This pattern of a relatively low employment-population ratio for blacks has persisted for decades. Asians: 64.3 percent. Hispanics:…