This pamphlet is the first in a series designed to provide a compilation of selected demographic, social, economic, and other statistical data relating to selected populations. Topics covered here (in both discussion and table/graph format) include Black population growth and distribution, residence, income gain, poverty rate increase, labor force participation, occupational distribution, representation in selected occupations, occupational differences, farm population declines, school enrollment, educational attainment, female headed households, living arrangements of children, increased divorce ratio, life expectancy and mortality, fertility rates and birth expectations, out-of-wedlock births, housing ownership, voting age population and voter turnout, and military services. References and sources are also presented, and reliability of the data is discussed. (CJM)