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Table 19. Region, Division, and Type of Residence - Poverty Status of Families and People in 1997 17
(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 WITH
RELATED CHILDREN UNDER 18
Total................ 146,165 22,866 15.6 116,480 14,816 12.7
Residence and Region
United States:
Metropolitan.............. 117,724 17,597 14.9 92,318 11,059 12.0
Central City........... 42,573 9,890 23.2 28,011 5,328 19.0
Not Central City....... 75,151 7,706 10.3 64,307 5,730 8.9
Not Metropolitan.......... 28,440 5,269 18.5 24,162 3,757 15.5
Northeast................... 26,744 4,057 15.2 21,747 2,546 11.7
Metropolitan.............. 23,944 3,693 15.4 19,016 2,206 11.6
Central City........... 7,972 2,497 31.3 4,618 1,290 27.9
Not Central City....... 15,972 1,195 7.5 14,398 916 6.4
Not Metropolitan.......... 2,801 364 13.0 2,731 340 12.4
Midwest..................... 34,186 3,968 11.6 29,149 2,538 8.7
Metropolitan.............. 25,657 2,842 11.1 21,009 1,530 7.3
Central City........... 8,793 1,802 20.5 5,708 757 13.3
Not Central City....... 16,865 1,040 6.2 15,301 773 5.1
Not Metropolitan.......... 8,529 1,126 13.2 8,140 1,008 12.4
South....................... 51,006 8,894 17.4 37,248 5,060 13.6
Metropolitan.............. 38,170 5,974 15.7 27,771 3,365 12.1
Central City........... 13,629 2,919 21.4 8,107 1,298 16.0
Not Central City....... 24,541 3,055 12.5 19,664 2,067 10.5
Not Metropolitan.......... 12,836 2,920 22.7 9,477 1,695 17.9
West........................ 34,229 5,947 17.4 28,336 4,671 16.5
Metropolitan.............. 29,954 5,088 17.0 24,521 3,957 16.1
Central City........... 12,179 2,672 21.9 9,578 1,983 20.7
Not Central City....... 17,774 2,416 13.6 14,943 1,974 13.2
Not Metropolitan.......... 4,275 859 20.1 3,815 714 18.7
Division
New England............... 6,531 787 12.0 5,993 660 11.0
Middle Atlantic........... 20,213 3,270 16.2 15,755 1,886 12.0
East North Central........ 24,110 2,801 11.6 20,306 1,779 8.8
West North Central........ 10,075 1,167 11.6 8,843 759 8.6
South Atlantic............ 24,537 3,865 15.8 16,977 1,870 11.0
East South Central........ 8,902 1,632 18.3 6,353 937 14.7
West South Central........ 17,566 3,398 19.3 13,917 2,253 16.2
Mountain.................. 9,632 1,499 15.6 8,684 1,204 13.9
Pacific................... 24,597 4,447 18.1 19,652 3,468 17.6
Table 19. Region, Division, and Type of Residence - Poverty Status of Families and People in 1997 18
(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 WITH
RELATED CHILDREN UNDER 18
Total................ 21,806 6,687 30.7 21,625 6,622 30.6
Residence and Region
United States:
Metropolitan.............. 18,362 5,427 29.6 19,442 5,928 30.5
Central City........... 11,653 3,808 32.7 10,186 3,723 36.5
Not Central City....... 6,709 1,619 24.1 9,256 2,205 23.8
Not Metropolitan.......... 3,444 1,260 36.6 2,184 694 31.8
Northeast................... 3,786 1,291 34.1 3,210 1,203 37.5
Metropolitan.............. 3,744 1,278 34.1 3,167 1,187 37.5
Central City........... 2,790 1,031 37.0 2,103 961 45.7
Not Central City....... 954 247 25.9 1,064 226 21.2
Not Metropolitan.......... 42 12 (B) 43 16 (B)
Midwest..................... 4,060 1,281 31.6 1,672 439 26.3
Metropolitan.............. 3,803 1,199 31.5 1,517 398 26.2
Central City........... 2,727 956 35.1 916 312 34.0
Not Central City....... 1,077 243 22.6 601 87 14.4
Not Metropolitan.......... 257 82 31.8 155 41 26.7
South....................... 12,174 3,580 29.4 6,685 1,892 28.3
Metropolitan.............. 9,073 2,440 26.9 5,548 1,539 27.7
Central City........... 5,076 1,496 29.5 2,841 933 32.9
Not Central City....... 3,997 944 23.6 2,708 606 22.4
Not Metropolitan.......... 3,102 1,140 36.8 1,136 352 31.0
West........................ 1,785 535 30.0 10,059 3,088 30.7
Metropolitan.............. 1,742 509 29.2 9,209 2,803 30.4
Central City........... 1,060 324 30.6 4,326 1,517 35.1
Not Central City....... 682 185 27.1 4,883 1,287 26.3
Not Metropolitan.......... 43 26 (B) 849 284 33.5
Division
New England............... 409 110 27.0 542 232 42.9
Middle Atlantic........... 3,377 1,180 35.0 2,668 970 36.4
East North Central........ 3,193 984 30.8 1,372 366 26.7
West North Central........ 868 297 34.2 301 74 24.5
South Atlantic............ 6,738 1,924 28.6 1,821 449 24.7
East South Central........ 2,483 681 27.4 99 23 22.9
West South Central........ 2,954 974 33.0 4,764 1,420 29.8
Mountain.................. 314 104 33.0 2,298 734 32.0
Pacific................... 1,471 431 29.3 7,761 2,353 30.3
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_009.htm