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Table 19. Region, Division, and Type of Residence - Poverty Status of Families and People in 1997 15
(Numbers in thousands)
All races White
Below Below
poverty Level poverty level
Percent Percent
Total Number of total Total Number of total
PEOPLE IN FAMILIES
Total................ 225,369 26,217 11.6 185,147 17,258 9.3
Residence and Region
United States:
Metropolitan.............. 180,789 19,996 11.1 145,990 12,685 8.7
Central City........... 63,444 11,064 17.4 43,518 5,958 13.7
Not Central City....... 117,345 8,933 7.6 102,471 6,727 6.6
Not Metropolitan.......... 44,581 6,220 14.0 39,157 4,573 11.7
Northeast................... 42,735 4,704 11.0 35,772 3,009 8.4
Metropolitan.............. 38,053 4,233 11.1 31,187 2,568 8.2
Central City........... 12,062 2,782 23.1 7,450 1,439 19.3
Not Central City....... 25,991 1,451 5.6 23,737 1,129 4.8
Not Metropolitan.......... 4,682 471 10.1 4,586 441 9.6
Midwest..................... 52,415 4,465 8.5 45,912 2,914 6.3
Metropolitan.............. 38,956 3,171 8.1 32,918 1,745 5.3
Central City........... 12,908 1,982 15.4 8,902 843 9.5
Not Central City....... 26,048 1,189 4.6 24,016 902 3.8
Not Metropolitan.......... 13,459 1,294 9.6 12,994 1,169 9.0
South....................... 79,719 10,396 13.0 61,388 6,117 10.0
Metropolitan.............. 59,667 6,942 11.6 45,603 3,996 8.8
Central City........... 20,607 3,363 16.3 13,112 1,522 11.6
Not Central City....... 39,060 3,579 9.2 32,491 2,474 7.6
Not Metropolitan.......... 20,052 3,455 17.2 15,784 2,120 13.4
West........................ 50,500 6,652 13.2 42,075 5,218 12.4
Metropolitan.............. 44,113 5,651 12.8 36,281 4,375 12.1
Central City........... 17,866 2,937 16.4 14,054 2,154 15.3
Not Central City....... 26,247 2,714 10.3 22,227 2,221 10.0
Not Metropolitan.......... 6,388 1,001 15.7 5,794 843 14.5
Division
New England............... 10,665 921 8.6 9,920 781 7.9
Middle Atlantic........... 32,070 3,783 11.8 25,853 2,228 8.6
East North Central........ 36,899 3,103 8.4 31,869 1,994 6.3
West North Central........ 15,516 1,361 8.8 14,044 920 6.5
South Atlantic............ 39,749 4,578 11.5 29,626 2,324 7.8
East South Central........ 14,237 1,881 13.2 11,043 1,147 10.4
West South Central........ 25,733 3,937 15.3 20,718 2,645 12.8
Mountain.................. 14,018 1,678 12.0 12,789 1,369 10.7
Pacific................... 36,483 4,974 13.6 29,286 3,849 13.1
Table 19. Region, Division, and Type of Residence - Poverty Status of Families and People in 1997 16
(Numbers in thousands)
Black Hispanic Origin
Below Below
poverty level poverty level
Percent Percent
Total Number of total Total Number of total
PEOPLE IN FAMILIES
Total................ 28,962 7,386 25.5 27,467 7,198 26.2
Residence and Region
United States:
Metropolitan.............. 24,651 6,027 24.5 24,828 6,421 25.9
Central City........... 15,520 4,251 27.4 12,976 4,027 31.0
Not Central City....... 9,131 1,777 19.5 11,853 2,394 20.2
Not Metropolitan.......... 4,311 1,359 31.5 2,639 777 29.5
Northeast................... 5,244 1,445 27.5 4,198 1,319 31.4
Metropolitan.............. 5,200 1,430 27.5 4,140 1,300 31.4
Central City........... 3,755 1,153 30.7 2,731 1,060 38.8
Not Central City....... 1,445 277 19.2 1,409 240 17.1
Not Metropolitan.......... 44 15 (B) 58 18 (B)
Midwest..................... 5,163 1,373 26.6 2,081 474 22.8
Metropolitan.............. 4,877 1,292 26.5 1,889 420 22.2
Central City........... 3,516 1,039 29.5 1,151 328 28.5
Not Central City....... 1,361 253 18.6 738 92 12.4
Not Metropolitan.......... 286 82 28.6 191 54 28.3
South....................... 16,125 3,979 24.7 8,886 2,107 23.7
Metropolitan.............. 12,201 2,743 22.5 7,515 1,717 22.9
Central City........... 6,860 1,694 24.7 3,767 1,031 27.4
Not Central City....... 5,341 1,048 19.6 3,748 687 18.3
Not Metropolitan.......... 3,923 1,237 31.5 1,371 389 28.4
West........................ 2,430 589 24.2 12,302 3,298 26.8
Metropolitan.............. 2,373 564 23.7 11,284 2,983 26.4
Central City........... 1,389 365 26.3 5,327 1,608 30.2
Not Central City....... 984 198 20.2 5,957 1,375 23.1
Not Metropolitan.......... 57 26 (B) 1,018 315 31.0
Division
New England............... 576 123 21.4 618 238 38.5
Middle Atlantic........... 4,668 1,321 28.3 3,580 1,080 30.2
East North Central........ 4,154 1,048 25.2 1,710 394 23.0
West North Central........ 1,009 325 32.2 370 81 21.7
South Atlantic............ 9,006 2,165 24.0 2,719 504 18.5
East South Central........ 3,106 716 23.0 155 23 14.7
West South Central........ 4,012 1,099 27.4 6,012 1,580 26.3
Mountain.................. 401 104 25.9 2,872 784 27.3
Pacific................... 2,030 486 23.9 9,430 2,515 26.7
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_008.htm