How big is the libertarian movement in the USA, anyway? I always had the impression that they were a tiny, almost irrelevant faction in the Republican party.

Quote Originally Posted by CountArach
The data you quoted is in raw figures, which is not at all the correct data set to use when you have a disparity in numbers (There are far more whites than blacks, thus biasing the data). Further you can't compare "White families" with "Black single mothers" because you also have a disparity in income potential as there is only one working adult compared to two. If you look at the 2007 census data it shows that 24.5% of blacks are below the poverty line, compared to 10.5% of whites and 12.5% overall.
That's only relevant if your aim is to specifically ensure that the % of poor people is equal in each ethnicity, rather than combat poverty regardless of color