Table 19. Region, Division, and Type of Residence - Poverty Status of Families and People in 1997 11
(Numbers in thousands)
All races White
Below Below
poverty Level poverty level
Percent Percent
Total Number of total Total Number of total
FAMILIES WITH FEMALE HOUSEHOLDER,
NO SPOUSE PRESENT, WITH
RELATED CHILDREN UNDER 18
Total................ 8,822 3,614 41.0 5,502 2,069 37.6
Residence and Region
United States:
Metropolitan.............. 7,231 2,853 39.5 4,359 1,568 36.0
Central City........... 3,830 1,757 45.9 1,805 791 43.8
Not Central City....... 3,401 1,096 32.2 2,554 777 30.4
Not Metropolitan.......... 1,591 761 47.8 1,143 500 43.8
Northeast................... 1,645 712 43.3 1,047 417 39.9
Metropolitan.............. 1,508 656 43.5 918 365 39.8
Central City........... 876 463 52.9 404 230 56.8
Not Central City....... 631 193 30.6 513 136 26.5
Not Metropolitan.......... 137 56 40.7 129 52 40.0
Midwest..................... 1,890 748 39.6 1,262 437 34.6
Metropolitan.............. 1,468 566 38.5 866 273 31.5
Central City........... 812 382 47.0 327 133 40.8
Not Central City....... 656 184 28.0 539 140 25.9
Not Metropolitan.......... 422 183 43.3 396 164 41.4
South....................... 3,448 1,423 41.3 1,725 621 36.0
Metropolitan.............. 2,653 1,016 38.3 1,312 431 32.9
Central City........... 1,316 578 43.9 480 170 35.4
Not Central City....... 1,337 438 32.7 832 261 31.4
Not Metropolitan.......... 795 407 51.2 412 189 45.9
West........................ 1,839 730 39.7 1,468 594 40.5
Metropolitan.............. 1,602 615 38.4 1,263 498 39.5
Central City........... 826 334 40.5 593 258 43.5
Not Central City....... 776 281 36.2 669 240 35.9
Not Metropolitan.......... 236 115 48.5 205 96 46.6
Division
New England............... 378 151 39.8 321 119 37.2
Middle Atlantic........... 1,267 562 44.3 726 298 41.0
East North Central........ 1,354 517 38.2 877 295 33.6
West North Central........ 536 231 43.1 385 142 37.0
South Atlantic............ 1,664 655 39.4 767 254 33.1
East South Central........ 650 299 46.0 278 126 45.3
West South Central........ 1,135 469 41.3 679 240 35.4
Mountain.................. 474 166 35.0 390 121 31.1
Pacific................... 1,364 564 41.3 1,078 473 43.8
Table 19. Region, Division, and Type of Residence - Poverty Status of Families and People in 1997 12
(Numbers in thousands)
Black Hispanic Origin
Below Below
poverty level poverty level
Percent Percent
Total Number of total Total Number of total
FAMILIES WITH FEMALE HOUSEHOLDER,
NO SPOUSE PRESENT, WITH
RELATED CHILDREN UNDER 18
Total................ 3,060 1,436 46.9 1,292 701 54.2
Residence and Region
United States:
Metropolitan.............. 2,669 1,205 45.2 1,194 644 53.9
Central City........... 1,918 922 48.1 755 440 58.3
Not Central City....... 750 282 37.6 439 204 46.4
Not Metropolitan.......... 392 231 59.0 98 57 58.1
Northeast................... 555 270 48.7 352 223 63.3
Metropolitan.............. 549 268 48.9 349 220 63.2
Central City........... 446 218 48.8 271 181 66.9
Not Central City....... 103 51 49.2 78 39 50.4
Not Metropolitan.......... 6 2 (B) 3 2 (B)
Midwest..................... 591 295 49.9 74 36 (B)
Metropolitan.............. 577 281 48.7 69 32 (B)
Central City........... 474 242 51.1 54 28 (B)
Not Central City....... 103 38 37.3 15 5 (B)
Not Metropolitan.......... 14 14 (B) 5 4 (B)
South....................... 1,678 780 46.5 362 171 47.4
Metropolitan.............. 1,309 568 43.4 316 148 46.6
Central City........... 820 397 48.4 183 92 50.0
Not Central City....... 489 171 34.9 133 56 42.0
Not Metropolitan.......... 369 213 57.6 45 24 (B)
West........................ 237 90 38.2 505 271 53.6
Metropolitan.............. 234 88 37.6 460 243 52.9
Central City........... 179 65 36.6 246 139 56.5
Not Central City....... 55 23 (B) 214 104 48.8
Not Metropolitan.......... 2 2 (B) 45 27 (B)
Division
New England............... 52 27 (B) 78 42 54.3
Middle Atlantic........... 503 243 48.4 274 180 65.9
East North Central........ 456 219 48.0 58 27 (B)
West North Central........ 135 76 56.3 16 10 (B)
South Atlantic............ 876 395 45.0 110 49 44.1
East South Central........ 366 171 46.7 10 5 (B)
West South Central........ 435 215 49.3 241 117 48.6
Mountain.................. 40 25 (B) 112 62 55.1
Pacific................... 196 66 33.5 393 209 53.2