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Table 19. Region, Division, and Type of Residence - Poverty Status of Families and People in 1997 1
(Numbers in thousands)
All races White
Below Below
poverty Level poverty level
Percent Percent
Total Number of total Total Number of total
ALL FAMILIES
Total................ 70,884 7,324 10.3 59,515 4,990 8.4
Residence and Region
United States:
Metropolitan.............. 56,350 5,495 9.8 46,429 3,560 7.7
Central City........... 19,592 3,035 15.5 13,865 1,647 11.9
Not Central City....... 36,758 2,460 6.7 32,564 1,913 5.9
Not Metropolitan.......... 14,534 1,829 12.6 13,086 1,431 10.9
Northeast................... 13,338 1,319 9.9 11,390 868 7.6
Metropolitan.............. 11,782 1,168 9.9 9,856 723 7.3
Central City........... 3,654 743 20.3 2,333 383 16.4
Not Central City....... 8,127 426 5.2 7,523 340 4.5
Not Metropolitan.......... 1,556 150 9.7 1,535 145 9.4
Midwest..................... 16,594 1,323 8.0 14,771 903 6.1
Metropolitan.............. 12,157 923 7.6 10,454 534 5.1
Central City........... 4,036 579 14.3 2,895 256 8.8
Not Central City....... 8,121 344 4.2 7,559 278 3.7
Not Metropolitan.......... 4,436 399 9.0 4,317 369 8.6
South....................... 25,682 2,987 11.6 20,358 1,834 9.0
Metropolitan.............. 19,172 1,994 10.4 15,005 1,171 7.8
Central City........... 6,572 989 15.0 4,342 452 10.4
Not Central City....... 12,600 1,006 8.0 10,663 719 6.7
Not Metropolitan.......... 6,511 992 15.2 5,352 663 12.4
West........................ 15,270 1,696 11.1 12,996 1,385 10.7
Metropolitan.............. 13,240 1,409 10.6 11,114 1,132 10.2
Central City........... 5,330 725 13.6 4,295 555 12.9
Not Central City....... 7,910 685 8.7 6,819 577 8.5
Not Metropolitan.......... 2,031 287 14.1 1,882 253 13.5
Division
New England............... 3,392 268 7.9 3,184 228 7.2
Middle Atlantic........... 9,946 1,051 10.6 8,207 641 7.8
East North Central........ 11,611 907 7.8 10,171 605 5.9
West North Central........ 4,983 415 8.3 4,600 298 6.5
South Atlantic............ 12,991 1,315 10.1 10,034 726 7.2
East South Central........ 4,722 579 12.3 3,800 361 9.5
West South Central........ 7,970 1,092 13.7 6,524 746 11.4
Mountain.................. 4,288 438 10.2 3,960 367 9.3
Pacific................... 10,982 1,258 11.5 9,036 1,018 11.3
Table 19. Region, Division, and Type of Residence - Poverty Status of Families and People in 1997 2
(Numbers in thousands)
Black Hispanic Origin
Below Below
poverty level poverty level
Percent Percent
Total Number of total Total Number of total
ALL FAMILIES
Total................ 8,408 1,985 23.6 6,961 1,721 24.7
Residence and Region
United States:
Metropolitan.............. 7,242 1,652 22.8 6,307 1,529 24.2
Central City........... 4,557 1,211 26.6 3,336 984 29.5
Not Central City....... 2,685 441 16.4 2,970 545 18.4
Not Metropolitan.......... 1,166 334 28.6 654 192 29.4
Northeast................... 1,501 389 25.9 1,128 347 30.8
Metropolitan.............. 1,491 385 25.9 1,114 343 30.8
Central City........... 1,072 313 29.2 747 282 37.7
Not Central City....... 418 72 17.2 366 61 16.7
Not Metropolitan.......... 11 3 (B) 14 4 (B)
Midwest..................... 1,468 377 25.7 542 111 20.5
Metropolitan.............. 1,399 361 25.8 486 94 19.2
Central City........... 1,024 305 29.8 301 76 25.2
Not Central City....... 375 56 14.9 185 18 9.6
Not Metropolitan.......... 70 16 (B) 56 17 (B)
South....................... 4,721 1,077 22.8 2,341 519 22.2
Metropolitan.............. 3,649 768 21.0 2,012 426 21.2
Central City........... 2,062 502 24.3 998 262 26.3
Not Central City....... 1,588 266 16.7 1,014 163 16.1
Not Metropolitan.......... 1,072 309 28.9 330 94 28.4
West........................ 717 143 19.9 2,950 744 25.2
Metropolitan.............. 704 137 19.5 2,695 667 24.8
Central City........... 400 90 22.6 1,290 364 28.2
Not Central City....... 304 47 15.4 1,405 303 21.6
Not Metropolitan.......... 14 5 (B) 255 77 30.2
Division
New England............... 164 36 21.7 175 61 34.7
Middle Atlantic........... 1,337 353 26.4 952 286 30.0
East North Central........ 1,190 278 23.4 432 91 21.0
West North Central........ 278 99 35.6 109 20 18.7
South Atlantic............ 2,655 563 21.2 795 134 16.9
East South Central........ 886 212 23.9 42 7 (B)
West South Central........ 1,180 302 25.6 1,504 378 25.1
Mountain.................. 116 28 24.0 717 187 26.1
Pacific................... 601 115 19.1 2,233 557 25.0
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
Contact: Housing and Household Economic Statistics Information Staff at (301)763-3242
Last revised: July 20, 2004
URL: http://pubdb3.census.gov/macro/031998/pov/new19_001.htm