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TABLE 19. Region, Division And Residence - Poverty Status of Families And Persons In 1996 (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 145303 23664 16.3 115969 14907 12.9 21627 7286 33.7 20897 6981 33.4
Residence And Region
United States:
Metropolitan 116605 18455 15.8 91614 11355 12.4 18272 5941 32.5 18847 6263 33.2
Central City 42162 10595 25.1 27572 5497 19.9 11625 4358 37.5 9831 3660 37.2
Not Central City 74443 7859 10.6 64043 5858 9.1 6647 1583 23.8 9016 2604 28.9
Not Metropolitan 28698 5210 18.2 24355 3552 14.6 3355 1345 40.1 2050 718 35.0
Northeast 27166 4163 15.3 21765 2442 11.2 4186 1537 36.7 3084 1184 38.4
Metropolitan 24352 3876 15.9 19059 2177 11.4 4128 1521 36.8 3062 1182 38.6
Central City 8498 2727 32.1 4852 1298 26.8 3096 1291 41.7 2134 978 45.9
Not Central City 15854 1149 7.2 14207 879 6.2 1032 230 22.3 928 204 22.0
Not Metropolitan 2814 287 10.2 2707 265 9.8 59 16 27.1 22 1 6.7
Midwest 33621 4010 11.9 28924 2660 9.2 3793 1234 32.5 1546 463 30.0
Metropolitan 25092 2977 11.9 20837 1776 8.5 3561 1145 32.1 1396 427 30.6
Central City 8612 1947 22.6 5835 934 16.0 2524 968 38.3 902 371 41.1
Not Central City 16480 1031 6.3 15002 842 5.6 1037 177 17.1 494 56 11.4
Not Metropolitan 8529 1033 12.1 8087 884 10.9 232 89 38.3 150 36 23.9
South 50454 9254 18.3 37030 4803 13.0 11961 4096 34.2 6530 2013 30.8
Metropolitan 37688 6407 17.0 27556 3284 11.9 8952 2866 32.0 5532 1690 30.6
Central City 13403 3345 25.0 7849 1402 17.9 5155 1795 34.8 2817 930 33.0
Not Central City 24285 3062 12.6 19708 1882 9.5 3797 1071 28.2 2715 760 28.0
Not Metropolitan 12766 2847 22.3 9474 1519 16.0 3009 1230 40.9 998 323 32.3
West 34062 6237 18.3 28249 5003 17.7 1686 419 24.9 9737 3322 34.1
Metropolitan 29473 5195 17.6 24162 4118 17.0 1630 409 25.1 8857 2964 33.5
Central City 11649 2577 22.1 9036 1863 20.6 850 305 35.9 3977 1380 34.7
Not Central City 17824 2618 14.7 15126 2254 14.9 780 104 13.4 4880 1584 32.5
Not Metropolitan 4589 1043 22.7 4087 886 21.7 56 10 17.8 880 358 40.7
Division
New England 6875 867 12.6 6107 587 9.6 586 259 44.2 550 256 46.5
Middle Atlantic 20291 3295 16.2 15658 1855 11.8 3600 1277 35.5 2534 928 36.6
East North Central 23374 3033 13.0 19724 1916 9.7 3076 1063 34.5 1208 373 30.9
West North Central 10247 977 9.5 9200 744 8.1 717 171 23.8 338 90 26.6
South Atlantic 24143 3900 16.2 17041 1669 9.8 6264 2139 34.1 1928 440 22.8
East South Central 9084 1812 19.9 6382 875 13.7 2619 897 34.3 104 29 28.1
West South Central 17227 3543 20.6 13608 2259 16.6 3078 1060 34.4 4498 1544 34.3
Mountain 9671 1647 17.0 8605 1366 15.9 383 94 24.5 2369 818 34.5
Pacific 24392 4590 18.8 19643 3637 18.5 1304 325 25.0 7368 2503 34.0
Persons In Married Couple Families All Families Total 174421 11996 6.9 152156 9461 6.2 13761 1462 10.6 18909 4070 21.5
Residence And Region
United States:
Metropolitan 138849 9076 6.5 119366 7000 5.9 11770 1177 10.0 16994 3536 20.8
Central City 42664 4234 9.9 32862 2925 8.9 6456 769 11.9 8282 1867 22.5
Not Central City 96185 4842 5.0 86504 4076 4.7 5314 408 7.7 8712 1669 19.2
Not Metropolitan 35573 2921 8.2 32789 2460 7.5 1991 285 14.3 1916 533 27.8
Northeast 33319 1906 5.7 29306 1390 4.7 2582 359 13.9 2250 383 17.0
Metropolitan 29474 1690 5.7 25538 1181 4.6 2558 353 13.8 2225 381 17.1
Central City 7612 967 12.7 5299 543 10.2 1705 315 18.4 1324 286 21.6
Not Central City 21861 723 3.3 20240 638 3.2 852 39 4.5 901 95 10.5
Not Metropolitan 3845 216 5.6 3768 209 5.5 25 5 22.2 25 2 9.6
Midwest 41612 1919 4.6 38351 1633 4.3 2303 218 9.5 1401 270 19.3
Metropolitan 30621 1252 4.1 27633 1022 3.7 2176 198 9.1 1265 239 18.9
Central City 8662 584 6.7 7011 419 6.0 1339 135 10.1 753 200 26.5
Not Central City 21959 668 3.0 20621 603 2.9 836 62 7.5 512 39 7.6
Not Metropolitan 10991 667 6.1 10719 610 5.7 128 21 16.1 135 31 22.9
South 60445 4435 7.3 51317 3361 6.5 7445 796 10.7 6584 1310 19.9
Metropolitan 44931 2926 6.5 37842 2188 5.8 5660 537 9.5 5573 1062 19.1
Central City 13736 1159 8.4 10354 804 7.8 2856 255 8.9 2740 537 19.6
Not Central City 31196 1767 5.7 27488 1385 5.0 2805 281 10.0 2833 525 18.5
Not Metropolitan 15514 1509 9.7 13475 1172 8.7 1784 259 14.5 1010 248 24.5
West 39045 3736 9.6 33181 3077 9.3 1431 89 6.2 8675 2107 24.3
Metropolitan 33823 3207 9.5 28353 2608 9.2 1377 89 6.4 7930 1854 23.4
Central City 12654 1523 12.0 10198 1159 11.4 556 63 11.4 3464 845 24.4
Not Central City 21169 1684 8.0 18154 1450 8.0 821 26 3.1 4466 1009 22.6
Not Metropolitan 5222 529 10.1 4828 469 9.7 54 0 .0 745 252 33.9
Division
New England 8590 378 4.4 8038 283 3.5 366 83 22.7 253 48 19.1
Middle Atlantic 24729 1528 6.2 21268 1107 5.2 2216 276 12.4 1997 335 16.8
East North Central 28906 1341 4.6 26402 1119 4.2 1856 187 10.1 1100 212 19.3
West North Central 12707 578 4.5 11950 514 4.3 447 31 7.0 301 57 19.1
South Atlantic 30036 1695 5.6 25010 1177 4.7 4104 456 11.1 2030 255 12.5
East South Central 10844 729 6.7 9224 585 6.3 1506 112 7.4 108 23 21.6
West South Central 19566 2011 10.3 17083 1598 9.4 1834 228 12.5 4446 1032 23.2
Mountain 11098 939 8.5 10246 851 8.3 302 3 .9 2021 518 25.6
Pacific 27947 2797 10.0 22934 2226 9.7 1129 86 7.6 6653 1589 23.9
Persons In Married Couple Families With Related Children Under 18 All Families Total 110179 9617 8.7 94487 7525 8.0 9496 1183 12.5 15134 3740 24.7
Residence And Region
United States:
Metropolitan 88167 7345 8.3 74666 5665 7.6 7942 938 11.8 13505 3258 24.1
Central City 27153 3542 13.0 20627 2475 12.0 4226 601 14.2 6556 1702 26.0
Not Central City 61013 3803 6.2 54040 3190 5.9 3716 336 9.0 6949 1556 22.4
Not Metropolitan 22013 2272 10.3 19821 1860 9.4 1554 245 15.8 1628 482 29.6
Northeast 20593 1488 7.2 17671 1030 5.8 1832 331 18.1 1668 325 19.5
Metropolitan 18267 1343 7.4 15408 892 5.8 1812 325 17.9 1646 324 19.7
Central City 4865 818 16.8 3193 436 13.6 1205 287 23.8 965 229 23.8
Not Central City 13401 525 3.9 12215 456 3.7 608 39 6.4 681 95 13.9
Not Metropolitan 2326 145 6.3 2263 138 6.1 19 5 28.3 22 1 4.6
Midwest 26071 1435 5.5 23856 1220 5.1 1528 156 10.2 1141 241 21.1
Metropolitan 19303 948 4.9 17316 788 4.6 1418 136 9.6 1025 210 20.5
Central City 5404 452 8.4 4386 333 7.6 818 95 11.6 604 173 28.7
Not Central City 13900 496 3.6 12930 455 3.5 599 41 6.8 421 37 8.7
Not Metropolitan 6768 487 7.2 6540 432 6.6 110 21 18.6 116 31 26.7
South 37149 3396 9.1 30789 2542 8.3 5149 611 11.9 5026 1151 22.9
Metropolitan 27646 2232 8.1 22876 1673 7.3 3768 392 10.4 4200 937 22.3
Central City 8377 927 11.1 6263 683 10.9 1821 161 8.9 2080 491 23.6
Not Central City 19270 1305 6.8 16613 990 6.0 1947 231 11.9 2120 446 21.0
Not Metropolitan 9503 1164 12.2 7912 869 11.0 1380 219 15.9 826 214 25.9
West 26366 3298 12.5 22171 2733 12.3 988 84 8.5 7298 2023 27.7
Metropolitan 22950 2822 12.3 19066 2312 12.1 943 84 8.9 6634 1787 26.9
Central City 8508 1345 15.8 6785 1023 15.1 382 58 15.3 2908 808 27.8
Not Central City 14442 1477 10.2 12281 1289 10.5 561 26 4.6 3727 979 26.3
Not Metropolitan 3416 476 13.9 3105 421 13.6 44 0 .0 664 236 35.6
Division
New England 5220 282 5.4 4799 198 4.1 269 76 28.4 223 45 20.0
Middle Atlantic 15372 1207 7.8 12872 832 6.5 1563 254 16.3 1446 281 19.4
East North Central 17925 1034 5.8 16271 864 5.3 1194 142 11.9 889 189 21.3
West North Central 8145 400 4.9 7585 356 4.7 334 14 4.2 252 52 20.4
South Atlantic 17595 1208 6.9 14183 814 5.7 2684 345 12.8 1404 217 15.5
East South Central 6554 577 8.8 5327 441 8.3 1153 104 9.1 93 23 24.9
West South Central 13001 1610 12.4 11278 1287 11.4 1312 162 12.4 3529 910 25.8
Mountain 7562 811 10.7 6889 733 10.6 249 3 1.1 1723 489 28.4
Pacific 18805 2487 13.2 15282 2000 13.1 739 81 11.0 5575 1534 27.5
Persons In Families With Female Householder- No Spouse Present All Families Total 38584 13796 35.8 23744 7073 29.8 13193 6123 46.4 5641 3020 53.5
Residence And Region
United States:
Metropolitan 31459 10875 34.6 18896 5396 28.6 11231 5021 44.7 5270 2816 53.4
Central City 16784 7056 42.0 7835 2938 37.5 8160 3818 46.8 3398 1915 56.4
Not Central City 14675 3819 26.0 11060 2458 22.2 3071 1203 39.2 1872 900 48.1
Not Metropolitan 7125 2921 41.0 4849 1677 34.6 1962 1102 56.2 371 205 55.2
Northeast 7707 2704 35.1 4982 1426 28.6 2522 1211 48.0 1536 893 58.1
Metropolitan 7116 2558 35.9 4436 1296 29.2 2482 1201 48.4 1532 892 58.3
Central City 4095 1961 47.9 1967 882 44.9 2000 1024 51.2 1262 787 62.4
Not Central City 3021 598 19.8 2469 414 16.8 482 177 36.7 270 105 39.1
Not Metropolitan 590 146 24.7 546 131 23.9 39 10 26.5 5 0 10.6
Midwest 8108 2528 31.2 5511 1392 25.3 2403 1085 45.2 378 217 57.5
Metropolitan 6284 1967 31.3 3906 927 23.7 2250 1011 44.9 355 212 59.9
Central City 3472 1472 42.4 1622 578 35.6 1797 876 48.8 289 196 67.7
Not Central City 2812 495 17.6 2284 349 15.3 453 135 29.8 66 17 25.2
Not Metropolitan 1824 561 30.8 1605 465 29.0 152 74 48.5 23 5 21.3
South 15018 5822 38.8 7310 2231 30.5 7451 3462 46.5 1568 796 50.8
Metropolitan 11352 4100 36.1 5481 1550 28.3 5694 2454 43.1 1378 687 49.8
Central City 5893 2376 40.3 1971 683 34.7 3811 1628 42.7 788 389 49.4
Not Central City 5458 1725 31.6 3510 867 24.7 1883 827 43.9 590 297 50.4
Not Metropolitan 3667 1721 46.9 1830 681 37.2 1758 1008 57.3 189 109 57.7
West 7750 2741 35.4 5941 2023 34.0 817 365 44.6 2160 1114 51.6
Metropolitan 6707 2249 33.5 5073 1623 32.0 804 355 44.1 2006 1024 51.1
Central City 3323 1248 37.5 2276 794 34.9 551 290 52.6 1059 543 51.3
Not Central City 3384 1002 29.6 2797 828 29.6 253 65 25.6 946 481 50.8
Not Metropolitan 1043 492 47.2 868 400 46.1 13 10 78.3 154 90 58.4
Division
New England 1819 542 29.8 1444 361 25.0 339 167 49.3 319 207 64.9
Middle Atlantic 5887 2162 36.7 3538 1065 30.1 2182 1044 47.8 1217 686 56.3
East North Central 6018 1948 32.4 3910 999 25.5 1992 923 46.3 291 179 61.3
West North Central 2090 581 27.8 1601 393 24.6 411 163 39.6 86 39 44.7
South Atlantic 7554 2693 35.6 3490 882 25.3 3935 1758 44.7 588 247 42.0
East South Central 2924 1258 43.0 1289 447 34.7 1620 802 49.5 10 6 57.1
West South Central 4540 1872 41.2 2531 903 35.7 1896 902 47.6 970 543 56.0
Mountain 2042 774 37.9 1665 585 35.1 152 91 59.9 560 298 53.3
Pacific 5708 1967 34.5 4277 1438 33.6 665 274 41.1 1600 816 51.0
Persons In Families With Female Householder- No Spouse Present- With Related Children Under 18 All Families Total 28798 12750 44.3 16712 6495 38.9 10889 5747 52.8 4648 2845 61.2
Residence And Region
United States:
Metropolitan 23383 10101 43.2 13174 4979 37.8 9289 4741 51.0 4333 2653 61.2
Central City 12954 6589 50.9 5628 2735 48.6 6754 3588 53.1 2783 1791 64.4
Not Central City 10428 3512 33.7 7546 2244 29.7 2535 1153 45.5 1550 861 55.6
Not Metropolitan 5416 2649 48.9 3538 1516 42.8 1600 1006 62.9 315 193 61.1
Northeast 5448 2500 45.9 3222 1310 40.7 2114 1137 53.8 1258 823 65.4
Metropolitan 5055 2371 46.9 2873 1196 41.6 2075 1127 54.3 1258 823 65.4
Central City 3173 1810 57.0 1405 819 58.3 1693 950 56.1 1045 724 69.3
Not Central City 1882 562 29.8 1468 378 25.7 382 177 46.4 213 99 46.6
Not Metropolitan 393 129 32.8 349 114 32.6 39 10 26.5 0 0 100.0
Midwest 6179 2390 38.7 3953 1291 32.7 2065 1048 50.7 330 208 62.9
Metropolitan 4800 1889 39.4 2750 881 32.0 1950 980 50.2 307 203 66.1
Central City 2815 1423 50.5 1216 556 45.7 1559 849 54.5 253 186 73.7
Not Central City 1985 466 23.5 1534 325 21.2 391 130 33.3 54 17 30.4
Not Metropolitan 1379 501 36.3 1202 410 34.1 115 68 59.6 23 5 21.3
South 11225 5358 47.7 4917 1981 40.3 6103 3265 53.5 1246 749 60.1
Metropolitan 8465 3819 45.1 3653 1381 37.8 4668 2348 50.3 1091 652 59.8
Central City 4449 2236 50.3 1291 625 48.4 3066 1546 50.4 611 367 60.1
Not Central City 4017 1583 39.4 2362 756 32.0 1602 801 50.0 480 285 59.4
Not Metropolitan 2760 1538 55.7 1263 600 47.5 1435 918 64.0 155 97 62.6
West 5946 2502 42.1 4621 1913 41.4 607 297 48.9 1814 1065 58.7
Metropolitan 5062 2021 39.9 3897 1520 39.0 595 287 48.2 1677 975 58.1
Central City 2518 1120 44.5 1715 735 42.8 435 243 55.7 874 514 58.8
Not Central City 2545 901 35.4 2182 786 36.0 160 44 27.7 803 461 57.4
Not Metropolitan 884 481 54.4 724 392 54.2 12 10 84.9 137 90 65.8
Division
New England 1343 524 39.0 1018 347 34.1 296 164 55.2 307 205 66.7
Middle Atlantic 4105 1976 48.1 2204 963 43.7 1818 974 53.6 951 619 65.0
East North Central 4516 1843 40.8 2711 925 34.1 1714 891 52.0 265 169 63.8
West North Central 1663 547 32.9 1241 365 29.4 351 157 44.7 65 39 59.5
South Atlantic 5458 2465 45.2 2225 754 33.9 3134 1669 53.3 431 213 49.4
East South Central 2210 1147 51.9 841 386 45.9 1360 753 55.3 10 6 57.1
West South Central 3557 1745 49.1 1851 841 45.5 1609 844 52.4 804 530 65.9
Mountain 1631 728 44.6 1302 550 42.2 130 91 69.9 484 281 58.0
Pacific 4315 1774 41.1 3319 1363 41.1 477 206 43.2 1330 784 59.0
Unrelated Individuals All Families Total 40727 8452 20.8 34247 6463 18.9 4989 1606 32.2 2985 1066 35.7
Residence And Region
United States:
Metropolitan 33416 6487 19.4 27708 4771 17.2 4390 1389 31.6 2701 937 34.7
Central City 15727 3535 22.5 11992 2360 19.7 2878 952 33.1 1571 578 36.8
Not Central City 17688 2952 16.7 15716 2411 15.3 1512 437 28.9 1130 359 31.8
Not Metropolitan 7311 1966 26.9 6539 1691 25.9 598 217 36.2 285 129 45.2
Northeast 8142 1692 20.8 6986 1298 18.6 939 334 35.6 594 241 40.5
Metropolitan 7348 1499 20.4 6213 1114 17.9 930 333 35.7 582 232 39.8
Central City 3167 822 25.9 2350 533 22.7 675 250 37.1 412 183 44.3
Not Central City 4182 678 16.2 3863 581 15.0 256 82 32.3 170 49 28.8
Not Metropolitan 793 193 24.3 773 184 23.8 9 2 20.4 12 9 75.4
Midwest 9535 1721 18.1 8351 1368 16.4 963 307 31.8 222 69 31.0
Metropolitan 7165 1141 15.9 6090 823 13.5 905 286 31.6 208 67 31.9
Central City 3569 706 19.8 2746 448 16.3 707 231 32.7 160 50 31.4
Not Central City 3596 435 12.1 3344 375 11.2 198 55 27.8 49 16 33.6
Not Metropolitan 2370 581 24.5 2261 545 24.1 58 20 35.0 13 2 16.4
South 13470 3002 22.3 10573 2121 20.1 2559 795 31.1 924 326 35.3
Metropolitan 10631 2152 20.2 8316 1483 17.8 2029 600 29.6 806 275 34.1
Central City 4694 1091 23.2 3308 657 19.9 1198 384 32.0 432 151 35.0
Not Central City 5937 1061 17.9 5008 826 16.5 830 216 26.0 374 124 33.1
Not Metropolitan 2839 851 30.0 2258 638 28.3 531 195 36.7 118 52 43.6
West 9580 2037 21.3 8337 1676 20.1 527 170 32.3 1245 430 34.5
Metropolitan 8271 1695 20.5 7089 1352 19.1 526 170 32.4 1104 364 33.0
Central City 4298 917 21.3 3588 723 20.1 298 87 29.1 568 194 34.2
Not Central City 3973 778 19.6 3501 629 18.0 228 83 36.6 536 170 31.7
Not Metropolitan 1309 342 26.1 1248 324 26.0 1 0 .0 140 66 46.8
Division
New England 2351 392 16.7 2216 363 16.4 101 20 20.1 85 28 32.6
Middle Atlantic 5791 1299 22.4 4770 935 19.6 838 314 37.5 509 213 41.9
East North Central 6739 1166 17.3 5799 892 15.4 784 248 31.6 173 47 27.1
West North Central 2796 556 19.9 2552 475 18.6 178 58 32.7 48 22 44.8
South Atlantic 7470 1522 20.4 5719 1015 17.8 1586 452 28.5 393 132 33.5
East South Central 2057 573 27.9 1590 388 24.4 460 182 39.6 10 1 12.6
West South Central 3942 907 23.0 3265 717 22.0 513 160 31.2 521 193 37.1
Mountain 2707 606 22.4 2518 547 21.7 72 20 28.3 325 123 37.8
Pacific 6874 1430 20.8 5819 1129 19.4 455 150 32.9 919 307 33.4
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
Contact: Housing and Household Economic Statistics Information Staff at (301)763-3242
Last revised: July 28, 2004
URL: http://pubdb3.census.gov/macro/031997/pov/19_002.htm