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 Black Stats          
Frequently requested data on African American consumers

Black Buying Power:
  $719 Billion (2005)

Black U.S. Population:
  38.3 million

Top Five Black Cities
  - New York
  - Chicago
  - Detroit
  - Philadelphia
  - Houston

Top Five Black Metros:
  - New York-New Jersey
  - Washington-Baltimore
  - Chicago-Gary
  - Los Angeles
  - Philadelphia

Top Five Expenditures:
 - Housing $110.2 bil.
 - Food $53.8 bil.
 - Cars/Trucks $28.7 bil.
 - Clothing $22.0 bil.
 - Health Care $17.9 bil.

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Cable TV Ratings for Week of April 21 - 27
'Payne' shares the cable spotlight with cable fans' love of NBA Playoffs

(April  29, 2008) What's the other competition on TV that is as popular with black households as "American Idol?" The NBA Playoffs are back and the games are averaging 20 percent above the number of black viewers for the same period last year.

Tyler Perry's "House of Payne," which is about to mark its first anniversary, still has a solid command over the No.1 and 2 positions on the top 25 cable shows chart.

TNT, home for most of the NBA games, was the most watched cable network during the last week of April, with eight shows on the chart. TBS had four, followed by a three-way tie for third between BET, ESPN and USA which had three each.

The total number of viewers for all of the top 25 cable shows, according to the Nielsen Company, was 29.4 million, which represents an increase of 22 percent over the previous week.

Top 25 Cable Shows in Black Households

  Rank | Program | Network | Rating | # of Viewers

1

HOUSE OF PAYNE

TBS

11.1

2,202

2

HOUSE OF PAYNE

TBS

11.0

2,069

3

NBA PLAYOFFS

TNT

9.5

1,666

4

NBA PLAYOFFS

TNT

8.6

1,567

5

NBA PLAYOFFS

TNT  

8.6

1,399

6

HOUSE OF PAYNE

TBS

7.7

1,412

7

NBA PLAYOFFS-1ST RD    

ESPN

7.7

1,498

8

FLAVOR OF LOVE 3

VH1

7.7

1,434

9

NBA PLAYOFFS

TNT  

7.6

1,253

10

NBA PLAYOFFS

TNT  

7.4

1,275

11

NBA PLAYOFFS

TNT  

6.7

1,188

12

COLLEGE HILL

BET

6.6

1,231

13

NBA PLAYOFFS

TNT

6.2

1,019

14

HOUSE OF PAYNE

TBS

6.1

1,144

15

NBA PLAYOFFS-1ST RD    

ESPN

5.8

1,061

16

MISS RAP SUPREME

VH1

5.5

1,117

17

NBA PLAYOFFS-1ST RD    

ESPN

5.1

1,067

18

WWE ENTERTAINMENT

USA

4.4

859

19

MOVIE OF THE WEEK

BET

4.2

922

20

WWE ENTERTAINMENT

USA

4.1

834

21

IRON RING

BET

4.1

755

22

FREAKY FRIDAY (2003)

DISNEY

3.6

724

23

LAW & ORDER: SVU

USA

3.4

556

24

BIG PICTURE MOVIES

TNT

3.4

615

25

THATS SO RAVEN

DISNEY

3.4

618




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