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Table 19. Region, Division, and Type of Residence - Poverty Status of Families and People in 1997 19
(Numbers in thousands)
White
Below Below
poverty Level poverty level
Percent Percent
Total Number of total Total Number of total
PEOPLE IN MARRIED
COUPLE FAMILIES
Total................ 175,779 11,166 6.4 152,561 8,834 5.8
Residence and Region
United States:
Metropolitan........... 139,935 8,135 5.8 119,751 6,219 5.2
Central City......... 43,406 3,979 9.2 33,303 2,752 8.3
Not Central City..... 96,529 4,156 4.3 86,448 3,467 4.0
Not Metropolitan....... 35,845 3,031 8.5 32,811 2,616 8.0
Northeast................. 32,748 1,669 5.1 28,984 1,237 4.3
Metropolitan........... 28,871 1,408 4.9 25,159 979 3.9
Central City......... 7,148 806 11.3 4,992 460 9.2
Not Central City..... 21,723 602 2.8 20,167 520 2.6
Not Metropolitan....... 3,878 261 6.7 3,825 258 6.7
Midwest................... 41,951 1,602 3.8 38,463 1,319 3.4
Metropolitan........... 30,769 992 3.2 27,585 733 2.7
Central City......... 8,735 500 5.7 6,989 342 4.9
Not Central City..... 22,034 492 2.2 20,596 392 1.9
Not Metropolitan....... 11,182 610 5.5 10,878 586 5.4
South..................... 61,267 4,505 7.4 51,359 3,592 7.0
Metropolitan........... 45,599 2,860 6.3 37,989 2,280 6.0
Central City......... 14,292 1,236 8.6 10,580 895 8.5
Not Central City..... 31,307 1,624 5.2 27,410 1,385 5.1
Not Metropolitan....... 15,668 1,646 10.5 13,369 1,312 9.8
West...................... 39,813 3,390 8.5 33,756 2,686 8.0
Metropolitan........... 34,695 2,876 8.3 29,018 2,226 7.7
Central City......... 13,231 1,437 10.9 10,743 1,055 9.8
Not Central City..... 21,465 1,438 6.7 18,275 1,171 6.4
Not Metropolitan....... 5,117 514 10.1 4,738 460 9.7
Division
New England............. 8,410 293 3.5 7,965 263 3.3
Middle Atlantic......... 24,338 1,376 5.7 21,019 974 4.6
East North Central...... 29,262 1,083 3.7 26,535 904 3.4
West North Central...... 12,689 519 4.1 11,928 415 3.5
South Atlantic.......... 30,479 1,813 5.9 25,001 1,382 5.5
East South Central...... 10,863 748 6.9 9,237 635 6.9
West South Central...... 19,925 1,944 9.8 17,121 1,574 9.2
Mountain................ 11,282 962 8.5 10,514 843 8.0
Pacific................. 28,530 2,428 8.5 23,241 1,844 7.9
Table 19. Region, Division, and Type of Residence - Poverty Status of Families and People in 1997 20
(Numbers in thousands)
Black Hispanic Origin
Below Below
poverty level poverty level
Percent Percent
Total Number of total Total Number of total
PEOPLE IN MARRIED
COUPLE FAMILIES
Total................ 14,105 1,364 9.7 19,777 3,856 19.5
Residence and Region
United States:
Metropolitan........... 11,798 1,070 9.1 17,735 3,383 19.1
Central City......... 6,554 621 9.5 8,669 2,058 23.7
Not Central City..... 5,244 449 8.6 9,066 1,325 14.6
Not Metropolitan....... 2,306 293 12.7 2,042 473 23.1
Northeast................. 2,402 299 12.4 2,279 357 15.7
Metropolitan........... 2,385 296 12.4 2,238 351 15.7
Central City......... 1,529 232 15.2 1,314 286 21.7
Not Central City..... 856 65 7.5 924 66 7.1
Not Metropolitan....... 18 3 (B) 40 5 (B)
Midwest................... 2,435 206 8.5 1,581 275 17.4
Metropolitan........... 2,242 197 8.8 1,427 249 17.4
Central City......... 1,364 102 7.5 819 194 23.7
Not Central City..... 878 94 10.7 608 54 8.9
Not Metropolitan....... 193 10 5.1 154 26 17.2
South..................... 8,060 716 8.9 6,811 1,307 19.2
Metropolitan........... 6,003 444 7.4 5,728 1,070 18.7
Central City......... 3,175 242 7.6 2,774 641 23.1
Not Central City..... 2,828 202 7.1 2,954 429 14.5
Not Metropolitan....... 2,057 272 13.2 1,083 237 21.9
West...................... 1,207 143 11.8 9,107 1,917 21.0
Metropolitan........... 1,169 134 11.5 8,342 1,713 20.5
Central City......... 487 46 9.4 3,762 937 24.9
Not Central City..... 682 88 12.9 4,580 776 16.9
Not Metropolitan....... 39 9 (B) 765 204 26.6
Division
New England............. 329 29 8.9 291 61 21.1
Middle Atlantic......... 2,074 270 13.0 1,988 295 14.9
East North Central...... 2,003 149 7.4 1,328 248 18.7
West North Central...... 432 58 13.4 253 27 10.7
South Atlantic.......... 4,511 361 8.0 2,107 308 14.6
East South Central...... 1,559 98 6.3 93 5 5.2
West South Central...... 1,991 256 12.9 4,611 994 21.6
Mountain................ 199 9 4.4 2,130 490 23.0
Pacific................. 1,009 134 13.3 6,977 1,427 20.5
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_010.htm