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TABLE 19. Region, Division And Residence - Poverty Status of Families And Persons In 1995 (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 144829 23851 16.5 115723 14989 13.0 21445 7393 34.5 20020 6768 33.8
Residence And Region
United States:
Metropolitan 116490 18723 16.1 91569 11440 12.5 18282 6132 33.5 18144 6177 34.0
Central City 41641 11146 26.8 27413 5826 21.3 11275 4535 40.2 9357 3763 40.2
Not Central City 74849 7577 10.1 64156 5615 8.8 7007 1598 22.8 8787 2413 27.5
Not Metropolitan 28339 5128 18.1 24154 3548 14.7 3163 1261 39.9 1876 591 31.5
Northeast 27308 4018 14.7 22256 2468 11.1 3794 1376 36.3 2967 1251 42.2
Metropolitan 24348 3690 15.2 19394 2152 11.1 3756 1366 36.4 2939 1248 42.4
Central City 8316 2619 31.5 4954 1321 26.7 2754 1167 42.4 2110 1073 50.8
Not Central City 16032 1071 6.7 14440 831 5.8 1002 200 19.9 830 175 21.1
Not Metropolitan 2961 328 11.1 2861 316 11.0 39 9 23.6 28 3 11.4
Midwest 33563 4385 13.1 28938 2787 9.6 3768 1457 38.7 1274 303 23.8
Metropolitan 24870 3282 13.2 20593 1826 8.9 3592 1369 38.1 1132 287 25.4
Central City 8861 2333 26.3 5848 1045 17.9 2754 1221 44.3 734 273 37.3
Not Central City 16009 949 5.9 14744 781 5.3 838 147 17.6 398 14 3.4
Not Metropolitan 8693 1103 12.7 8346 961 11.5 176 88 50.0 142 16 11.1
South 50346 9479 18.8 36869 5203 14.1 12065 3949 32.7 6281 2168 34.5
Metropolitan 38021 6630 17.4 27783 3620 13.0 9154 2794 30.5 5304 1866 35.2
Central City 13408 3595 26.8 8146 1674 20.6 4874 1776 36.4 2717 1027 37.8
Not Central City 24612 3035 12.3 19637 1946 9.9 4280 1019 23.8 2586 839 32.4
Not Metropolitan 12326 2850 23.1 9086 1583 17.4 2911 1155 39.7 978 302 30.9
West 33611 5969 17.8 27660 4530 16.4 1817 612 33.7 9497 3046 32.1
Metropolitan 29251 5122 17.5 23799 3842 16.1 1780 603 33.9 8769 2776 31.7
Central City 11056 2599 23.5 8464 1786 21.1 893 371 41.5 3796 1390 36.6
Not Central City 18196 2523 13.9 15335 2056 13.4 887 232 26.2 4973 1385 27.9
Not Metropolitan 4360 847 19.4 3861 688 17.8 38 9 24.2 728 270 37.1
Division
New England 6883 805 11.7 6115 557 9.1 566 205 36.3 502 258 51.4
Middle Atlantic 20425 3213 15.7 16140 1911 11.8 3228 1170 36.3 2465 992 40.3
East North Central 23647 3310 14.0 19893 1954 9.8 3191 1296 40.6 1023 239 23.4
West North Central 9916 1075 10.8 9046 833 9.2 577 160 27.8 251 64 25.3
South Atlantic 24331 4036 16.6 16834 1946 11.6 6837 2001 29.3 1888 572 30.3
East South Central 9308 1991 21.4 6616 879 13.3 2559 1055 41.2 94 19 20.6
West South Central 16707 3452 20.7 13420 2379 17.7 2670 893 33.4 4299 1576 36.7
Mountain 9094 1438 15.8 8138 1163 14.3 316 123 38.9 1984 635 32.0
Pacific 24518 4531 18.5 19521 3367 17.2 1501 489 32.6 7514 2412 32.1
Persons In Married Couple Families All Families Total 173966 11817 6.8 152268 9538 6.3 13387 1271 9.5 17854 3925 22.0
Residence And Region
United States:
Metropolitan 138159 8838 6.4 119191 6923 5.8 11562 1079 9.3 16097 3540 22.0
Central City 42608 4401 10.3 33249 3150 9.5 6154 688 11.2 7747 1934 25.0
Not Central City 95551 4437 4.6 85942 3773 4.4 5408 392 7.2 8350 1607 19.2
Not Metropolitan 35807 2979 8.3 33077 2615 7.9 1825 192 10.5 1757 385 21.9
Northeast 33417 1517 4.5 29741 1133 3.8 2311 225 9.7 2010 366 18.2
Metropolitan 29380 1272 4.3 25787 890 3.5 2288 225 9.8 1987 366 18.4
Central City 7558 781 10.3 5472 484 8.8 1414 177 12.5 1241 304 24.5
Not Central City 21822 491 2.3 20315 406 2.0 874 48 5.5 746 62 8.3
Not Metropolitan 4037 244 6.1 3954 243 6.1 23 0 .0 23 0 .0
Midwest 41738 1872 4.5 38634 1576 4.1 2160 253 11.7 1197 149 12.4
Metropolitan 30282 1195 3.9 27407 908 3.3 2086 253 12.1 1060 139 13.1
Central City 8788 700 8.0 7092 444 6.3 1426 225 15.8 665 131 19.7
Not Central City 21493 495 2.3 20315 464 2.3 660 27 4.1 394 8 1.9
Not Metropolitan 11457 677 5.9 11227 667 5.9 74 0 .1 138 10 7.3
South 60308 4788 7.9 50982 3933 7.7 7687 621 8.1 6250 1481 23.7
Metropolitan 45091 3164 7.0 37789 2588 6.8 5997 432 7.2 5288 1271 24.0
Central City 14067 1418 10.1 10767 1151 10.7 2798 182 6.5 2677 679 25.4
Not Central City 31023 1746 5.6 27022 1437 5.3 3199 249 7.8 2612 592 22.7
Not Metropolitan 15217 1624 10.7 13193 1345 10.2 1690 190 11.2 961 210 21.9
West 38503 3641 9.5 32910 2896 8.8 1229 172 14.0 8397 1929 23.0
Metropolitan 33407 3207 9.6 28207 2536 9.0 1191 170 14.3 7762 1765 22.7
Central City 12195 1502 12.3 9917 1071 10.8 515 103 20.0 3163 819 25.9
Not Central City 21212 1705 8.0 18291 1466 8.0 675 67 10.0 4599 945 20.6
Not Metropolitan 5096 434 8.5 4703 360 7.7 39 2 4.6 635 165 26.0
Division
New England 8818 264 3.0 8243 207 2.5 353 27 7.6 264 67 25.2
Middle Atlantic 24599 1253 5.1 21498 926 4.3 1958 198 10.1 1746 299 17.2
East North Central 29278 1239 4.2 26801 997 3.7 1810 227 12.5 984 121 12.3
West North Central 12460 633 5.1 11832 578 4.9 350 26 7.4 213 28 13.1
South Atlantic 30261 1882 6.2 24842 1509 6.1 4685 327 7.0 1984 357 18.0
East South Central 10769 846 7.9 9231 683 7.4 1409 142 10.0 90 7 7.5
West South Central 19278 2059 10.7 16909 1741 10.3 1594 153 9.6 4176 1117 26.8
Mountain 10753 797 7.4 10063 703 7.0 186 20 10.6 1742 401 23.0
Pacific 27749 2844 10.2 22848 2194 9.6 1043 152 14.6 6655 1528 23.0
Persons In Married Couple Families With Related Children Under 18 All Families Total 109721 9556 8.7 94177 7652 8.1 9387 1043 11.1 14237 3579 25.1
Residence And Region
United States:
Metropolitan 87881 7229 8.2 74388 5650 7.6 8057 868 10.8 12806 3231 25.2
Central City 26632 3731 14.0 20264 2701 13.3 4046 532 13.1 6097 1777 29.1
Not Central City 61249 3499 5.7 54124 2949 5.4 4011 337 8.4 6709 1454 21.7
Not Metropolitan 21840 2327 10.7 19790 2002 10.1 1330 175 13.1 1431 348 24.4
Northeast 20663 1119 5.4 18020 816 4.5 1560 173 11.1 1585 346 21.9
Metropolitan 18145 958 5.3 15562 656 4.2 1546 173 11.2 1566 346 22.1
Central City 4701 590 12.6 3223 369 11.5 970 130 13.4 983 290 29.5
Not Central City 13444 367 2.7 12339 287 2.3 576 43 7.5 583 57 9.7
Not Metropolitan 2518 161 6.4 2457 160 6.5 14 0 .0 19 0 .0
Midwest 25781 1501 5.8 23826 1264 5.3 1306 204 15.6 913 133 14.5
Metropolitan 18854 982 5.2 17055 753 4.4 1261 204 16.1 807 123 15.2
Central City 5283 590 11.2 4262 376 8.8 831 188 22.6 492 117 23.9
Not Central City 13571 393 2.9 12793 377 2.9 430 16 3.7 315 5 1.7
Not Metropolitan 6926 519 7.5 6770 512 7.6 45 0 .2 106 10 9.5
South 37309 3747 10.0 30466 3026 9.9 5643 522 9.3 4684 1288 27.5
Metropolitan 28191 2469 8.8 22864 1996 8.7 4401 348 7.9 3930 1103 28.1
Central City 8628 1186 13.7 6444 988 15.3 1899 127 6.7 1980 605 30.5
Not Central City 19563 1283 6.6 16419 1009 6.1 2502 221 8.8 1950 498 25.5
Not Metropolitan 9118 1278 14.0 7602 1030 13.5 1242 174 14.0 754 185 24.6
West 25968 3190 12.3 21866 2546 11.6 877 144 16.4 7055 1812 25.7
Metropolitan 22690 2820 12.4 18907 2245 11.9 849 144 17.0 6503 1659 25.5
Central City 8019 1365 17.0 6334 968 15.3 346 88 25.3 2642 765 28.9
Not Central City 14671 1456 9.9 12572 1277 10.2 503 56 11.2 3861 894 23.2
Not Metropolitan 3278 370 11.3 2960 301 10.2 29 0 .0 551 153 27.8
Division
New England 5319 216 4.1 4891 159 3.3 255 27 10.5 219 59 27.1
Middle Atlantic 15343 902 5.9 13128 656 5.0 1305 146 11.2 1365 287 21.0
East North Central 17930 998 5.6 16388 801 4.9 1097 189 17.2 760 108 14.2
West North Central 7851 504 6.4 7437 463 6.2 209 15 7.0 154 25 16.3
South Atlantic 17862 1365 7.6 13909 1040 7.5 3370 279 8.3 1386 302 21.8
East South Central 6696 691 10.3 5587 546 9.8 1014 127 12.5 77 7 8.8
West South Central 12751 1691 13.3 10969 1439 13.1 1259 116 9.2 3221 980 30.4
Mountain 7188 698 9.7 6615 615 9.3 150 15 9.9 1423 365 25.6
Pacific 18781 2492 13.3 15252 1930 12.7 727 129 17.7 5632 1447 25.7
Persons In Families With Female Householder- No Spouse Present All Families Total 38908 14205 36.5 23732 7047 29.7 13604 6553 48.2 5785 3053 52.8
Residence And Region
United States:
Metropolitan 31855 11434 35.9 19167 5596 29.2 11419 5398 47.3 5323 2812 52.8
Central City 16899 7588 44.9 7983 3091 38.7 8161 4173 51.1 3346 1929 57.7
Not Central City 14956 3847 25.7 11184 2505 22.4 3259 1226 37.6 1977 883 44.6
Not Metropolitan 7053 2770 39.3 4565 1450 31.8 2185 1155 52.8 462 242 52.3
Northeast 7907 2869 36.3 5227 1589 30.4 2472 1243 50.3 1529 894 58.5
Metropolitan 7448 2742 36.8 4802 1469 30.6 2452 1239 50.5 1518 892 58.8
Central City 4268 2085 48.9 2184 975 44.6 1956 1079 55.2 1260 785 62.3
Not Central City 3180 657 20.7 2618 494 18.9 495 160 32.3 258 107 41.6
Not Metropolitan 459 127 27.6 425 120 28.3 20 4 21.9 11 2 16.8
Midwest 8280 2809 33.9 5454 1436 26.3 2613 1262 48.3 336 162 48.3
Metropolitan 6575 2251 34.2 3961 1023 25.8 2453 1162 47.4 306 157 51.1
Central City 3870 1740 45.0 1759 657 37.3 2034 1042 51.2 223 148 66.4
Not Central City 2705 511 18.9 2202 367 16.6 419 120 28.7 83 8 10.2
Not Metropolitan 1705 558 32.8 1493 413 27.6 160 99 62.0 29 6 19.3
South 15013 5858 39.0 7322 2149 29.4 7451 3581 48.1 1675 838 50.0
Metropolitan 11185 4202 37.6 5552 1571 28.3 5458 2541 46.6 1446 716 49.5
Central City 5551 2519 45.4 1933 680 35.2 3506 1760 50.2 817 419 51.3
Not Central City 5635 1683 29.9 3619 891 24.6 1952 781 40.0 629 297 47.2
Not Metropolitan 3828 1655 43.2 1770 578 32.7 1993 1040 52.2 229 123 53.6
West 7708 2669 34.6 5728 1872 32.7 1069 467 43.7 2245 1159 51.6
Metropolitan 6647 2239 33.7 4851 1533 31.6 1057 456 43.2 2053 1047 51.0
Central City 3210 1243 38.7 2106 779 37.0 664 292 43.9 1047 578 55.2
Not Central City 3436 996 29.0 2746 753 27.4 393 164 41.8 1006 470 46.7
Not Metropolitan 1061 430 40.5 877 339 38.7 12 11 93.0 193 111 57.8
Division
New England 1750 592 33.8 1406 380 27.0 315 193 61.5 293 192 65.6
Middle Atlantic 6156 2277 37.0 3822 1210 31.7 2157 1050 48.7 1236 702 56.8
East North Central 6295 2242 35.6 3929 1089 27.7 2233 1097 49.1 250 123 49.2
West North Central 1985 567 28.6 1525 347 22.8 380 164 43.2 86 39 45.8
South Atlantic 7700 2790 36.2 3568 927 26.0 4045 1824 45.1 592 268 45.3
East South Central 3001 1331 44.4 1146 329 28.7 1808 963 53.3 13 13 100.0
West South Central 4312 1737 40.3 2607 893 34.2 1597 794 49.7 1071 558 52.1
Mountain 1899 700 36.9 1505 512 34.0 187 110 58.7 533 258 48.5
Pacific 5809 1969 33.9 4223 1360 32.2 882 357 40.5 1713 901 52.6
Persons In Families With Female Householder- No Spouse Present- With Related Children Under 18 All Families Total 29233 13096 44.8 17131 6511 38.0 10954 6077 55.5 4865 2886 59.3
Residence And Region
United States:
Metropolitan 23856 10552 44.2 13742 5185 37.7 9226 5016 54.4 4466 2660 59.6
Central City 13009 6948 53.4 5938 2861 48.2 6550 3819 58.3 2789 1826 65.5
Not Central City 10847 3604 33.2 7805 2324 29.8 2676 1196 44.7 1677 834 49.7
Not Metropolitan 5378 2545 47.3 3389 1326 39.1 1728 1061 61.4 399 225 56.5
Northeast 5654 2632 46.6 3515 1471 41.8 2020 1135 56.2 1262 837 66.4
Metropolitan 5335 2512 47.1 3231 1357 42.0 2000 1131 56.5 1255 836 66.6
Central City 3228 1889 58.5 1570 893 56.9 1602 974 60.8 1048 742 70.7
Not Central City 2108 623 29.6 1661 464 27.9 398 156 39.3 206 94 45.5
Not Metropolitan 319 120 37.6 285 113 39.9 20 4 21.9 7 2 25.8
Midwest 6492 2692 41.5 4072 1376 33.8 2252 1209 53.7 291 153 52.6
Metropolitan 5118 2161 42.2 2868 979 34.1 2131 1121 52.6 261 147 56.3
Central City 3174 1662 52.3 1356 620 45.7 1761 1001 56.9 183 139 75.8
Not Central City 1944 499 25.7 1511 359 23.7 371 120 32.4 78 8 10.8
Not Metropolitan 1374 531 38.6 1204 398 33.0 120 88 72.9 29 6 19.3
South 11081 5327 48.1 5044 1911 37.9 5856 3302 56.4 1357 785 57.9
Metropolitan 8285 3846 46.4 3878 1424 36.7 4277 2342 54.8 1160 677 58.4
Central City 4129 2283 55.3 1349 622 46.2 2685 1587 59.1 631 386 61.2
Not Central City 4156 1563 37.6 2529 801 31.7 1592 755 47.4 529 291 55.1
Not Metropolitan 2796 1481 53.0 1166 488 41.8 1579 960 60.8 197 108 54.6
West 6006 2445 40.7 4500 1752 38.9 826 430 52.1 1956 1110 56.8
Metropolitan 5117 2033 39.7 3766 1425 37.8 817 421 51.5 1790 1000 55.9
Central City 2478 1114 44.9 1663 725 43.6 502 257 51.1 927 560 60.4
Not Central City 2639 919 34.8 2103 700 33.3 315 164 52.2 864 440 51.0
Not Metropolitan 888 412 46.4 734 327 44.6 9 9 100.0 165 110 66.7
Division
New England 1314 531 40.4 1010 344 34.1 280 174 62.2 272 189 69.5
Middle Atlantic 4340 2101 48.4 2505 1126 45.0 1740 961 55.2 990 649 65.5
East North Central 4907 2156 43.9 2874 1039 36.1 1932 1066 55.2 209 114 54.6
West North Central 1585 536 33.8 1197 338 28.2 320 143 44.9 81 39 47.3
South Atlantic 5494 2498 45.5 2299 815 35.4 3140 1651 52.6 429 240 56.0
East South Central 2279 1219 53.5 799 278 34.7 1440 902 62.7 13 13 100.0
West South Central 3309 1610 48.7 1946 819 42.1 1276 749 58.7 915 532 58.2
Mountain 1502 658 43.8 1166 487 41.7 166 108 65.2 443 247 55.8
Pacific 4504 1787 39.7 3334 1265 38.0 661 322 48.8 1513 863 57.1
Unrelated Individuals All Families Total 39484 8247 20.9 33399 6336 19.0 4756 1551 32.6 2947 1092 37.0
Residence And Region
United States:
Metropolitan 32573 6366 19.5 27137 4719 17.4 4262 1341 31.5 2695 979 36.3
Central City 15495 3472 22.4 11876 2318 19.5 2913 966 33.2 1624 639 39.3
Not Central City 17079 2894 16.9 15261 2401 15.7 1348 375 27.8 1071 340 31.7
Not Metropolitan 6911 1881 27.2 6261 1616 25.8 494 210 42.5 252 113 44.9
Northeast 7943 1605 20.2 6797 1233 18.1 948 307 32.4 508 221 43.6
Metropolitan 7126 1416 19.9 5997 1052 17.5 938 304 32.4 492 211 43.0
Central City 3041 730 24.0 2235 460 20.6 667 218 32.7 366 173 47.2
Not Central City 4085 687 16.8 3762 593 15.8 271 86 31.6 126 39 30.7
Not Metropolitan 816 188 23.1 800 181 22.6 9 3 33.8 16 10 64.9
Midwest 9376 1742 18.6 8208 1369 16.7 931 285 30.6 225 53 23.6
Metropolitan 7173 1231 17.2 6105 894 14.6 886 269 30.4 208 49 23.5
Central City 3440 705 20.5 2645 451 17.0 685 214 31.2 146 44 30.4
Not Central City 3734 525 14.1 3460 443 12.8 201 56 27.7 62 5 7.3
Not Metropolitan 2202 511 23.2 2103 475 22.6 45 16 34.7 17 4 25.2
South 12902 3074 23.8 10291 2198 21.4 2360 803 34.0 922 380 41.2
Metropolitan 10181 2195 21.6 8038 1518 18.9 1932 615 31.8 794 325 41.0
Central City 4714 1162 24.6 3355 701 20.9 1247 424 34.0 491 210 42.9
Not Central City 5467 1033 18.9 4684 817 17.4 686 191 27.9 304 115 37.9
Not Metropolitan 2721 880 32.3 2252 680 30.2 428 188 43.9 127 54 42.4
West 9263 1826 19.7 8103 1536 19.0 517 156 30.1 1294 438 33.9
Metropolitan 8093 1525 18.8 6997 1255 17.9 505 152 30.2 1201 393 32.7
Central City 4300 875 20.4 3641 707 19.4 315 110 35.0 621 211 34.0
Not Central City 3793 649 17.1 3356 548 16.3 190 42 22.2 579 182 31.4
Not Metropolitan 1170 302 25.8 1106 280 25.3 12 3 28.7 93 45 48.5
Division
New England 2161 369 17.1 1989 320 16.1 135 38 28.1 68 18 26.3
Middle Atlantic 5782 1236 21.4 4808 912 19.0 813 269 33.1 439 204 46.3
East North Central 6419 1146 17.8 5525 876 15.8 745 228 30.6 171 38 22.3
West North Central 2956 596 20.2 2684 493 18.4 186 57 30.8 54 15 27.7
South Atlantic 6855 1476 21.5 5381 1023 19.0 1352 422 31.2 355 129 36.5
East South Central 2076 597 28.7 1633 405 24.8 426 178 41.7 18 10 54.8
West South Central 3971 1002 25.2 3277 770 23.5 581 203 34.8 549 240 43.8
Mountain 2595 528 20.3 2408 451 18.7 83 35 41.7 306 112 36.7
Pacific 6669 1299 19.5 5695 1084 19.0 434 121 27.9 987 326 33.0
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/031996/pov/19_002.htm