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TABLE 19. Region, Division And Residence - Poverty Status of Families And Persons In 1994 (Numbers in thousands)
All Races White Black Hispanic Origin
Below Poverty Level Below Poverty Level Below Poverty Level Below Poverty Level
Total NumberPercent of Total Total NumberPercent of Total Total NumberPercent of Total Total NumberPercent of Total
Persons In Families With Related Children Under 18 All Families Total 144252 25123 17.4 115142 15579 13.5 21384 7732 36.2 19459 6752 34.7
Residence And Region
United States:
Metropolitan 115329 19832 17.2 90038 11707 13.0 18532 6617 35.7 17828 6034 33.8
Central City 41149 11206 27.2 26633 5516 20.7 11642 4791 41.2 8812 3597 40.8
Not Central City 74180 8626 11.6 63405 6191 9.8 6890 1826 26.5 9016 2437 27.0
Not Metropolitan 28922 5292 18.3 25104 3872 15.4 2853 1115 39.1 1631 718 44.0
Northeast 27086 4236 15.6 22127 2564 11.6 3655 1371 37.5 2684 1085 40.4
Metropolitan 24153 3796 15.7 19333 2188 11.3 3573 1319 36.9 2623 1073 40.9
Central City 7786 2563 32.9 4675 1221 26.1 2422 1097 45.3 1911 918 48.0
Not Central City 16367 1233 7.5 14658 967 6.6 1151 222 19.3 711 155 21.9
Not Metropolitan 2932 440 15.0 2794 377 13.5 82 52 63.1 62 11 18.6
Midwest 33634 5084 15.1 28756 3201 11.1 4003 1658 41.4 1159 328 28.3
Metropolitan 24343 3720 15.3 19744 1898 9.6 3881 1647 42.4 1071 309 28.9
Central City 9057 2528 27.9 5525 963 17.4 3154 1434 45.5 669 267 39.9
Not Central City 15286 1192 7.8 14219 935 6.6 728 213 29.3 401 42 10.6
Not Metropolitan 9290 1365 14.7 9012 1304 14.5 122 11 8.8 89 19 21.0
South 50943 9752 19.1 37309 5161 13.8 11995 4193 35.0 6148 2137 34.8
Metropolitan 38208 6953 18.2 27584 3545 12.9 9364 3141 33.5 5260 1700 32.3
Central City 13694 3621 26.4 8046 1503 18.7 5241 2004 38.2 2625 984 37.5
Not Central City 24514 3332 13.6 19538 2042 10.5 4124 1138 27.6 2635 716 27.2
Not Metropolitan 12735 2800 22.0 9726 1617 16.6 2631 1052 40.0 888 437 49.2
West 32590 6051 18.6 26950 4652 17.3 1732 511 29.5 9467 3203 33.8
Metropolitan 28624 5363 18.7 23378 4077 17.4 1713 510 29.8 8875 2951 33.3
Central City 10612 2494 23.5 8387 1830 21.8 826 256 31.1 3606 1428 39.6
Not Central City 18012 2869 15.9 14991 2247 15.0 887 254 28.6 5269 1524 28.9
Not Metropolitan 3965 688 17.3 3572 575 16.1 18 1 2.8 593 252 42.4
Division
New England 6698 755 11.3 6104 545 8.9 382 148 38.8 391 170 43.4
Middle Atlantic 20388 3481 17.1 16023 2019 12.6 3273 1223 37.4 2293 915 39.9
East North Central 24213 3745 15.5 20142 2144 10.6 3405 1419 41.7 989 276 27.9
West North Central 9420 1340 14.2 8614 1057 12.3 598 238 39.9 170 52 30.3
South Atlantic 24778 3968 16.0 17352 1800 10.4 6689 2031 30.4 1798 473 26.3
East South Central 8996 1741 19.4 6630 872 13.1 2271 853 37.5 86 23 27.2
West South Central 17168 4043 23.5 13328 2489 18.7 3034 1309 43.1 4264 1641 38.5
Mountain 8747 1294 14.8 7974 1032 12.9 306 114 37.2 1723 601 34.9
Pacific 23843 4757 20.0 18976 3620 19.1 1425 397 27.8 7745 2602 33.6
Persons In Married Couple Families All Families Total 175022 12871 7.4 152915 10172 6.7 13917 1414 10.2 17385 3971 22.8
Residence And Region
United States:
Metropolitan 137877 9721 7.1 118699 7418 6.2 12031 1245 10.3 15776 3450 21.9
Central City 42637 4522 10.6 33312 3192 9.6 6385 731 11.4 7181 1872 26.1
Not Central City 95240 5199 5.5 85387 4226 4.9 5646 514 9.1 8595 1578 18.4
Not Metropolitan 37146 3149 8.5 34215 2754 8.0 1886 169 9.0 1608 521 32.4
Northeast 33884 1795 5.3 30334 1419 4.7 2279 217 9.5 1823 258 14.2
Metropolitan 29901 1572 5.3 26494 1222 4.6 2209 194 8.8 1755 255 14.5
Central City 7549 871 11.5 5698 571 10.0 1239 160 12.9 1088 208 19.1
Not Central City 22351 701 3.1 20796 651 3.1 970 34 3.5 667 47 7.0
Not Metropolitan 3984 223 5.6 3840 197 5.1 70 22 31.8 68 4 5.5
Midwest 41791 2324 5.6 38641 1993 5.2 2200 200 9.1 1131 167 14.7
Metropolitan 29425 1388 4.7 26556 1093 4.1 2100 197 9.4 1035 156 15.0
Central City 8936 760 8.5 7107 521 7.3 1477 178 12.0 595 129 21.6
Not Central City 20489 628 3.1 19449 572 2.9 624 19 3.1 441 27 6.1
Not Metropolitan 12365 935 7.6 12085 900 7.4 100 3 3.5 95 11 11.5
South 61199 5147 8.4 51091 3902 7.6 8303 899 10.8 6125 1582 25.8
Metropolitan 45511 3554 7.8 37544 2581 6.9 6613 756 11.4 5207 1236 23.7
Central City 14274 1484 10.4 10675 1046 9.8 3177 365 11.5 2545 737 29.0
Not Central City 31237 2070 6.6 26868 1536 5.7 3436 391 11.4 2662 499 18.7
Not Metropolitan 15687 1592 10.2 13547 1320 9.7 1690 144 8.5 918 346 37.7
West 38148 3606 9.5 32849 2858 8.7 1135 98 8.6 8306 1964 23.7
Metropolitan 33039 3207 9.7 28107 2521 9.0 1108 98 8.8 7780 1804 23.2
Central City 11877 1406 11.8 9832 1054 10.7 492 28 5.7 2954 799 27.1
Not Central City 21162 1801 8.5 18274 1467 8.0 617 70 11.3 4825 1005 20.8
Not Metropolitan 5109 399 7.8 4743 337 7.1 27 0 .0 526 160 30.4
Division
New England 8826 282 3.2 8390 261 3.1 249 6 2.5 219 31 14.4
Middle Atlantic 25058 1513 6.0 21944 1158 5.3 2030 210 10.4 1604 227 14.2
East North Central 29324 1455 5.0 26760 1162 4.3 1836 193 10.5 1001 152 15.2
West North Central 12467 868 7.0 11880 831 7.0 364 7 1.9 129 14 10.9
South Atlantic 30913 1949 6.3 25018 1337 5.3 5136 490 9.5 1862 300 16.1
East South Central 10535 697 6.6 9207 605 6.6 1221 79 6.5 90 13 14.0
West South Central 19751 2501 12.7 16866 1959 11.6 1946 330 16.9 4173 1269 30.4
Mountain 10798 703 6.5 10142 591 5.8 223 21 9.6 1582 344 21.8
Pacific 27350 2903 10.6 22707 2267 10.0 913 77 8.4 6724 1620 24.1
Persons In Married Couple Families With Related Children Under 18 All Families Total 110648 10485 9.5 94924 8175 8.6 9537 1187 12.4 13948 3649 26.2
Residence And Region
United States:
Metropolitan 87663 8034 9.2 74012 6038 8.2 8225 1074 13.1 12689 3171 25.0
Central City 26674 3809 14.3 20187 2666 13.2 4283 624 14.6 5685 1713 30.1
Not Central City 60989 4225 6.9 53825 3373 6.3 3942 450 11.4 7005 1458 20.8
Not Metropolitan 22985 2452 10.7 20912 2136 10.2 1312 113 8.6 1259 478 38.0
Northeast 20705 1360 6.6 18168 1044 5.7 1546 181 11.7 1359 207 15.2
Metropolitan 18397 1200 6.5 15938 901 5.7 1515 168 11.1 1321 206 15.6
Central City 4511 674 14.9 3212 417 13.0 839 138 16.4 818 163 20.0
Not Central City 13886 526 3.8 12726 484 3.8 677 31 4.5 503 43 8.5
Not Metropolitan 2308 159 6.9 2230 143 6.4 31 13 40.5 38 0 1.2
Midwest 26259 1890 7.2 24152 1618 6.7 1431 160 11.2 873 161 18.4
Metropolitan 18425 1147 6.2 16521 905 5.5 1353 159 11.7 803 151 18.8
Central City 5500 652 11.9 4265 460 10.8 965 140 14.5 459 124 27.1
Not Central City 12925 495 3.8 12257 445 3.6 388 19 5.0 344 27 7.9
Not Metropolitan 7834 744 9.5 7631 713 9.3 78 1 1.9 70 9 13.4
South 38334 4085 10.7 31201 3035 9.7 5770 753 13.1 4746 1438 30.3
Metropolitan 28623 2861 10.0 23012 2026 8.8 4584 654 14.3 4020 1118 27.8
Central City 8948 1247 13.9 6449 859 13.3 2176 324 14.9 1987 675 34.0
Not Central City 19675 1614 8.2 16563 1167 7.0 2408 331 13.7 2034 443 21.8
Not Metropolitan 9711 1225 12.6 8189 1009 12.3 1186 99 8.3 726 319 44.0
West 25350 3150 12.4 21403 2478 11.6 790 93 11.8 6970 1844 26.4
Metropolitan 22218 2826 12.7 18540 2206 11.9 773 93 12.0 6546 1695 25.9
Central City 7715 1236 16.0 6260 930 14.9 303 23 7.6 2421 750 31.0
Not Central City 14503 1590 11.0 12280 1276 10.4 470 70 14.9 4125 945 22.9
Not Metropolitan 3132 324 10.3 2862 271 9.5 17 0 .0 425 149 35.0
Division
New England 5240 193 3.7 4934 173 3.5 162 6 3.8 169 24 14.4
Middle Atlantic 15465 1167 7.5 13234 871 6.6 1384 175 12.6 1190 183 15.3
East North Central 18547 1184 6.4 16807 937 5.6 1210 159 13.1 776 150 19.4
West North Central 7712 707 9.2 7345 681 9.3 221 1 .7 96 10 10.8
South Atlantic 18748 1459 7.8 14651 975 6.7 3518 395 11.2 1339 259 19.3
East South Central 6525 523 8.0 5556 444 8.0 885 66 7.5 69 13 18.3
West South Central 13061 2104 16.1 10994 1616 14.7 1367 291 21.3 3339 1167 34.9
Mountain 7167 597 8.3 6663 500 7.5 170 21 12.6 1271 320 25.2
Pacific 18183 2553 14.0 14740 1978 13.4 620 72 11.6 5699 1523 26.7
Persons In Families With Female Householder- No Spouse Present All Families Total 37253 14380 38.6 22713 7228 31.8 12926 6489 50.2 5328 2920 54.8
Residence And Region
United States:
Metropolitan 30890 11559 37.4 18310 5544 30.3 11172 5455 48.8 4994 2673 53.5
Central City 16273 7324 45.0 7437 2787 37.5 8090 4170 51.5 3096 1801 58.2
Not Central City 14617 4235 29.0 10874 2756 25.3 3082 1285 41.7 1899 872 45.9
Not Metropolitan 6363 2821 44.3 4402 1685 38.3 1754 1034 58.9 333 247 74.2
Northeast 7617 2852 37.4 4933 1513 30.7 2347 1166 49.7 1387 864 62.3
Metropolitan 6963 2610 37.5 4340 1317 30.3 2296 1128 49.1 1366 854 62.5
Central City 3938 1911 48.5 1870 815 43.6 1821 967 53.1 1165 740 63.6
Not Central City 3025 699 23.1 2470 502 20.3 475 161 33.8 201 114 56.5
Not Metropolitan 654 242 37.0 593 197 33.2 51 38 75.4 21 10 50.5
Midwest 8166 3174 38.9 5140 1566 30.5 2821 1494 53.0 280 138 49.3
Metropolitan 6732 2586 38.4 3775 1006 26.6 2775 1481 53.4 266 130 49.0
Central City 4008 1865 46.5 1497 485 32.4 2389 1295 54.2 188 121 64.2
Not Central City 2724 721 26.5 2278 521 22.9 386 186 48.1 77 9 12.0
Not Metropolitan 1434 588 41.0 1365 560 41.0 46 13 28.3 15 8 54.2
South 14266 5728 40.2 7179 2176 30.3 6821 3459 50.7 1435 689 48.0
Metropolitan 10790 4089 37.9 5405 1537 28.4 5165 2476 47.9 1278 557 43.6
Central City 5309 2382 44.9 1883 649 34.5 3355 1693 50.5 653 306 46.9
Not Central City 5481 1707 31.2 3522 888 25.2 1810 783 43.3 625 250 40.1
Not Metropolitan 3476 1639 47.2 1773 640 36.1 1656 982 59.3 157 132 84.1
West 7203 2626 36.5 5461 1973 36.1 937 370 39.5 2225 1229 55.2
Metropolitan 6405 2274 35.5 4790 1684 35.2 935 370 39.5 2084 1132 54.3
Central City 3018 1167 38.7 2186 839 38.4 525 215 40.9 1089 634 58.2
Not Central City 3387 1107 32.7 2604 845 32.5 411 155 37.8 995 498 50.1
Not Metropolitan 798 352 44.1 671 289 43.1 1 1 35.3 141 97 68.6
Division
New England 1705 538 31.6 1414 361 25.5 219 131 60.1 217 140 64.4
Middle Atlantic 5912 2314 39.1 3519 1153 32.8 2128 1034 48.6 1170 725 61.9
East North Central 6293 2536 40.3 3745 1183 31.6 2397 1260 52.6 210 97 46.3
West North Central 1873 638 34.0 1395 383 27.4 425 234 55.1 70 41 58.2
South Atlantic 7050 2528 35.9 3386 867 25.6 3511 1621 46.2 518 202 39.0
East South Central 2881 1250 43.4 1313 427 32.5 1559 819 52.5 18 11 62.0
West South Central 4335 1950 45.0 2479 883 35.6 1750 1019 58.2 900 476 52.9
Mountain 1603 633 39.5 1330 485 36.5 149 86 57.8 438 258 59.0
Pacific 5600 1993 35.6 4132 1488 36.0 788 284 36.1 1788 971 54.3
Persons In Families With Female Householder- No Spouse Present- With Related Children Under 18 All Families Total 28197 13313 47.2 16253 6596 40.6 10722 6124 57.1 4472 2738 61.2
Residence And Region
United States:
Metropolitan 23444 10749 45.8 13041 5073 38.9 9343 5173 55.4 4183 2520 60.3
Central City 12707 6849 53.9 5387 2584 48.0 6776 3935 58.1 2607 1689 64.8
Not Central City 10737 3899 36.3 7654 2489 32.5 2567 1237 48.2 1576 832 52.8
Not Metropolitan 4753 2564 54.0 3212 1523 47.4 1379 952 69.0 289 217 75.3
Northeast 5519 2661 48.2 3315 1385 41.8 1942 1117 57.5 1187 814 68.6
Metropolitan 5028 2419 48.1 2878 1189 41.3 1897 1079 56.9 1167 804 68.9
Central City 3011 1781 59.2 1320 738 55.9 1501 921 61.4 989 698 70.5
Not Central City 2016 638 31.6 1558 450 28.9 396 158 39.8 177 106 59.8
Not Metropolitan 491 242 49.2 437 197 44.9 45 38 84.1 21 10 50.5
Midwest 6297 2951 46.9 3731 1427 38.2 2398 1423 59.3 218 131 60.1
Metropolitan 5180 2417 46.7 2672 914 34.2 2359 1413 59.9 206 124 59.9
Central City 3244 1764 54.4 1095 453 41.3 2048 1234 60.3 159 114 71.9
Not Central City 1936 654 33.8 1577 461 29.2 311 179 57.6 47 9 19.5
Not Metropolitan 1116 534 47.8 1059 513 48.5 39 9 23.5 12 7 63.6
South 10792 5241 48.6 4993 1913 38.3 5579 3245 58.2 1134 623 54.9
Metropolitan 8280 3787 45.7 3809 1377 36.2 4286 2342 54.6 1003 516 51.4
Central City 4170 2226 53.4 1322 601 45.5 2788 1590 57.0 503 279 55.5
Not Central City 4110 1560 38.0 2487 776 31.2 1498 752 50.2 499 236 47.3
Not Metropolitan 2512 1454 57.9 1184 536 45.3 1294 904 69.9 132 107 81.1
West 5589 2460 44.0 4213 1871 44.4 802 339 42.3 1932 1170 60.6
Metropolitan 4955 2126 42.9 3682 1594 43.3 801 339 42.3 1807 1077 59.6
Central City 2281 1078 47.3 1651 791 47.9 438 191 43.5 956 597 62.5
Not Central City 2674 1047 39.2 2031 802 39.5 362 148 40.9 851 480 56.4
Not Metropolitan 633 334 52.8 531 277 52.2 1 1 35.3 125 93 74.3
Division
New England 1240 502 40.5 985 327 33.2 190 130 68.1 201 136 67.4
Middle Atlantic 4280 2159 50.4 2330 1058 45.4 1752 987 56.3 986 679 68.8
East North Central 4877 2351 48.2 2706 1071 39.6 2050 1194 58.3 155 92 59.0
West North Central 1420 601 42.3 1025 356 34.7 348 228 65.5 63 39 62.9
South Atlantic 5123 2330 45.5 2204 759 34.5 2788 1531 54.9 373 187 50.1
East South Central 2188 1132 51.7 906 377 41.6 1275 750 58.8 18 11 62.0
West South Central 3481 1779 51.1 1884 777 41.2 1516 964 63.6 744 425 57.1
Mountain 1228 602 49.0 997 457 45.8 123 86 69.5 367 247 67.4
Pacific 4360 1858 42.6 3216 1414 44.0 679 254 37.4 1565 922 59.0
Unrelated Individuals All Families Total 38538 8287 21.5 32569 6292 19.3 4649 1617 34.8 2798 926 33.1
Residence And Region
United States:
Metropolitan 31474 6333 20.1 26214 4672 17.8 4106 1335 32.5 2620 858 32.7
Central City 14654 3350 22.9 11153 2139 19.2 2879 1015 35.2 1602 549 34.3
Not Central City 16821 2983 17.7 15061 2533 16.8 1227 320 26.1 1018 309 30.3
Not Metropolitan 7064 1954 27.7 6354 1620 25.5 544 282 51.9 178 69 38.6
Northeast 7664 1558 20.3 6639 1274 19.2 824 222 27.0 438 187 42.6
Metropolitan 6764 1361 20.1 5775 1087 18.8 803 215 26.8 431 185 43.0
Central City 2927 697 23.8 2186 471 21.6 613 180 29.4 319 152 47.8
Not Central City 3837 665 17.3 3589 615 17.1 190 35 18.6 112 33 29.3
Not Metropolitan 900 197 21.8 864 188 21.7 22 7 32.4 8 2 20.8
Midwest 9317 1940 20.8 8153 1503 18.4 992 393 39.6 197 57 29.2
Metropolitan 6994 1406 20.1 5880 984 16.7 970 385 39.7 183 55 30.1
Central City 3401 869 25.5 2498 498 19.9 816 349 42.7 142 42 29.6
Not Central City 3593 537 14.9 3382 487 14.4 154 36 23.6 42 13 31.5
Not Metropolitan 2323 534 23.0 2273 519 22.8 22 8 35.5 13 2 17.8
South 12632 3016 23.9 10028 2068 20.6 2317 881 38.0 895 286 32.0
Metropolitan 9863 2081 21.1 7798 1412 18.1 1829 615 33.6 803 248 30.8
Central City 4491 1024 22.8 3248 597 18.4 1131 396 35.0 465 143 30.8
Not Central City 5372 1057 19.7 4550 814 17.9 698 219 31.4 338 104 30.8
Not Metropolitan 2768 935 33.8 2230 656 29.4 488 266 54.5 92 39 42.1
West 8926 1774 19.9 7749 1447 18.7 515 121 23.5 1269 396 31.2
Metropolitan 7854 1485 18.9 6762 1189 17.6 504 120 23.8 1203 370 30.7
Central City 3835 761 19.8 3222 572 17.8 318 90 28.2 677 211 31.2
Not Central City 4019 724 18.0 3540 617 17.4 186 30 16.3 526 159 30.2
Not Metropolitan 1072 289 26.9 987 258 26.1 12 1 9.6 65 26 39.8
Division
New England 2078 376 18.1 1922 335 17.5 108 30 27.4 38 18 46.3
Middle Atlantic 5586 1182 21.2 4717 939 19.9 717 193 26.9 400 169 42.3
East North Central 6334 1293 20.4 5418 933 17.2 807 337 41.8 151 51 33.7
West North Central 2983 647 21.7 2734 571 20.9 185 56 30.1 46 7 14.5
South Atlantic 6948 1540 22.2 5398 997 18.5 1402 512 36.5 375 134 35.9
East South Central 2109 610 28.9 1685 410 24.3 408 198 48.5 20 8 39.8
West South Central 3574 866 24.2 2945 660 22.4 507 171 33.8 500 144 28.8
Mountain 2462 477 19.4 2262 411 18.2 88 28 32.2 297 95 32.2
Pacific 6464 1297 20.1 5487 1036 18.9 427 93 21.7 972 300 30.9
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
Contact: (hhes-info@census.gov) Income, Poverty, and Labor Force Information Staff
Last revised: November 18, 1996
URL: http://pubdb3.census.gov/macro/031995/pov/19_002.htm