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Table 19. Region, Division, and Type of Residence - Poverty Status of Families and People in 1997 13
(Numbers in thousands)
White
Below Below
poverty Level poverty level
Percent Percent
Total Number of total Total Number of total
ALL PEOPLE
Total................ 268,480 35,574 13.3 221,200 24,396 11.0
Residence and Region
United States:
Metropolitan........... 216,143 27,273 12.6 175,164 18,050 10.3
Central City......... 80,089 15,018 18.8 56,128 8,630 15.4
Not Central City..... 136,055 12,255 9.0 119,035 9,420 7.9
Not Metropolitan....... 52,337 8,301 15.9 46,037 6,346 13.8
Northeast................. 51,202 6,474 12.6 42,997 4,373 10.2
Metropolitan........... 45,653 5,811 12.7 37,554 3,742 10.0
Central City......... 15,491 3,709 23.9 9,972 2,049 20.6
Not Central City..... 30,161 2,102 7.0 27,583 1,693 6.1
Not Metropolitan....... 5,549 663 12.0 5,443 631 11.6
Midwest................... 62,498 6,493 10.4 54,737 4,546 8.3
Metropolitan........... 46,550 4,616 9.9 39,354 2,834 7.2
Central City......... 16,632 2,819 16.9 11,724 1,401 11.9
Not Central City..... 29,918 1,797 6.0 27,630 1,433 5.2
Not Metropolitan....... 15,948 1,878 11.8 15,383 1,712 11.1
South..................... 94,235 13,748 14.6 72,717 8,473 11.7
Metropolitan........... 71,091 9,305 13.1 54,523 5,607 10.3
Central City......... 25,597 4,499 17.6 16,585 2,171 13.1
Not Central City..... 45,495 4,805 10.6 37,938 3,437 9.1
Not Metropolitan....... 23,143 4,444 19.2 18,193 2,866 15.8
West...................... 60,545 8,858 14.6 50,749 7,004 13.8
Metropolitan........... 52,849 7,542 14.3 43,731 5,867 13.4
Central City......... 22,368 3,991 17.8 17,848 3,009 16.9
Not Central City..... 30,481 3,551 11.7 25,884 2,858 11.0
Not Metropolitan....... 7,697 1,316 17.1 7,018 1,137 16.2
Division
New England............. 13,228 1,421 10.7 12,259 1,201 9.8
Middle Atlantic......... 37,974 5,053 13.3 30,738 3,171 10.3
East North Central...... 44,029 4,522 10.3 37,995 3,094 8.1
West North Central...... 18,469 1,971 10.7 16,742 1,452 8.7
South Atlantic.......... 47,940 6,254 13.0 35,877 3,458 9.6
East South Central...... 16,423 2,534 15.4 12,741 1,598 12.5
West South Central...... 29,872 4,959 16.6 24,098 3,418 14.2
Mountain................ 16,828 2,267 13.5 15,375 1,890 12.3
Pacific................. 43,718 6,591 15.1 35,374 5,114 14.5
Table 19. Region, Division, and Type of Residence - Poverty Status of Families and People in 1997 14
(Numbers in thousands)
Black Hispanic Origin
Below Below
poverty level poverty level
Percent Percent
Total Number of total Total Number of total
ALL PEOPLE
Total................ 34,458 9,116 26.5 30,637 8,308 27.1
Residence and Region
United States:
Metropolitan........... 29,435 7,509 25.5 27,761 7,426 26.7
Central City......... 18,769 5,311 28.3 14,706 4,652 31.6
Not Central City..... 10,666 2,197 20.6 13,055 2,774 21.3
Not Metropolitan....... 5,023 1,607 32.0 2,876 882 30.7
Northeast................. 6,273 1,788 28.5 4,821 1,533 31.8
Metropolitan........... 6,229 1,773 28.5 4,757 1,511 31.8
Central City......... 4,537 1,429 31.5 3,206 1,237 38.6
Not Central City..... 1,692 344 20.3 1,550 275 17.7
Not Metropolitan....... 44 15 (B) 64 21 (B)
Midwest................... 6,199 1,696 27.4 2,276 532 23.4
Metropolitan........... 5,851 1,591 27.2 2,067 473 22.9
Central City......... 4,298 1,290 30.0 1,277 369 28.9
Not Central City..... 1,552 301 19.4 791 104 13.2
Not Metropolitan....... 349 105 30.0 208 58 28.0
South..................... 19,021 4,895 25.7 9,897 2,500 25.3
Metropolitan........... 14,457 3,433 23.7 8,402 2,045 24.3
Central City......... 8,247 2,154 26.1 4,247 1,203 28.3
Not Central City..... 6,210 1,279 20.6 4,154 843 20.3
Not Metropolitan....... 4,564 1,462 32.0 1,495 454 30.4
West...................... 2,965 738 24.9 13,644 3,744 27.4
Metropolitan........... 2,898 712 24.6 12,535 3,396 27.1
Central City......... 1,686 438 26.0 5,976 1,843 30.8
Not Central City..... 1,212 274 22.6 6,560 1,553 23.7
Not Metropolitan....... 66 26 (B) 1,108 348 31.4
Division
New England............. 758 186 24.6 732 276 37.8
Middle Atlantic......... 5,515 1,601 29.0 4,089 1,256 30.7
East North Central...... 5,002 1,317 26.3 1,865 438 23.5
West North Central...... 1,197 379 31.7 411 94 22.9
South Atlantic.......... 10,795 2,669 24.7 3,160 651 20.6
East South Central...... 3,571 906 25.4 174 32 18.7
West South Central...... 4,656 1,319 28.3 6,563 1,816 27.7
Mountain................ 473 125 26.4 3,199 888 27.8
Pacific................. 2,492 613 24.6 10,445 2,856 27.3
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_007.htm