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Table 19. Region, Division, and Type of Residence - Poverty Status of Families and People in 1997 25
(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 FEMALE
HOUSEHOLDER, NO SPOUSE PRESENT,
WITH RELATED CHILDREN UNDER 18
Total................ 28,770 12,529 43.5 16,957 6,740 39.7
Residence and Region
United States:
Metropolitan.............. 23,685 9,940 42.0 13,595 5,225 38.4
Central City........... 12,761 6,087 47.7 5,724 2,663 46.5
Not Central City....... 10,924 3,852 35.3 7,871 2,562 32.5
Not Metropolitan.......... 5,085 2,589 50.9 3,362 1,515 45.1
Northeast................... 5,551 2,506 45.2 3,389 1,434 42.3
Metropolitan.............. 5,135 2,333 45.4 3,011 1,285 42.7
Central City........... 3,114 1,672 53.7 1,427 838 58.8
Not Central City....... 2,021 661 32.7 1,585 447 28.2
Not Metropolitan.......... 416 173 41.6 377 149 39.6
Midwest..................... 6,011 2,473 41.1 3,762 1,325 35.2
Metropolitan.............. 4,754 1,914 40.2 2,622 858 32.7
Central City........... 2,685 1,299 48.4 984 413 41.9
Not Central City....... 2,069 615 29.7 1,638 446 27.2
Not Metropolitan.......... 1,256 560 44.5 1,139 466 40.9
South....................... 11,083 4,909 44.3 5,070 1,950 38.5
Metropolitan.............. 8,432 3,428 40.7 3,847 1,339 34.8
Central City........... 4,231 1,859 43.9 1,431 505 35.3
Not Central City....... 4,201 1,569 37.4 2,416 834 34.5
Not Metropolitan.......... 2,651 1,481 55.9 1,223 611 50.0
West........................ 6,125 2,640 43.1 4,737 2,030 42.9
Metropolitan.............. 5,363 2,265 42.2 4,115 1,742 42.3
Central City........... 2,730 1,257 46.0 1,882 907 48.2
Not Central City....... 2,633 1,008 38.3 2,233 835 37.4
Not Metropolitan.......... 762 375 49.2 622 288 46.4
Division
New England............... 1,228 525 42.7 1,026 424 41.3
Middle Atlantic........... 4,322 1,981 45.8 2,362 1,011 42.8
East North Central........ 4,355 1,750 40.2 2,655 908 34.2
West North Central........ 1,656 723 43.6 1,107 417 37.7
South Atlantic............ 5,324 2,313 43.4 2,115 733 34.6
East South Central........ 2,030 984 48.5 817 398 48.7
West South Central........ 3,729 1,613 43.3 2,138 820 38.4
Mountain.................. 1,508 566 37.6 1,193 393 33.0
Pacific................... 4,618 2,074 44.9 3,544 1,637 46.2
Table 19. Region, Division, and Type of Residence - Poverty Status of Families and People in 1997 26
(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 FEMALE
HOUSEHOLDER, NO SPOUSE PRESENT,
WITH RELATED CHILDREN UNDER 18
Total................ 10,824 5,300 49.0 4,834 2,739 56.7
Residence and Region
United States:
Metropolitan.............. 9,341 4,359 46.7 4,442 2,493 56.1
Central City........... 6,661 3,213 48.2 2,797 1,681 60.1
Not Central City....... 2,680 1,146 42.8 1,645 812 49.4
Not Metropolitan.......... 1,483 941 63.4 392 245 62.6
Northeast................... 1,999 972 48.7 1,287 823 64.0
Metropolitan.............. 1,972 960 48.7 1,270 810 63.8
Central City........... 1,590 768 48.3 978 658 67.2
Not Central City....... 382 193 50.4 292 152 52.2
Not Metropolitan.......... 27 12 (B) 17 13 (B)
Midwest..................... 2,104 1,068 50.8 277 165 59.5
Metropolitan.............. 2,032 996 49.0 252 144 57.1
Central City........... 1,654 849 51.4 196 115 58.5
Not Central City....... 378 147 38.8 56 29 (B)
Not Metropolitan.......... 72 72 (B) 25 21 (B)
South....................... 5,853 2,872 49.1 1,309 657 50.2
Metropolitan.............. 4,487 2,032 45.3 1,123 540 48.1
Central City........... 2,742 1,313 47.9 677 339 50.1
Not Central City....... 1,745 719 41.2 446 201 45.0
Not Metropolitan.......... 1,366 840 61.5 186 117 63.0
West........................ 867 387 44.6 1,961 1,094 55.8
Metropolitan.............. 849 370 43.6 1,797 999 55.6
Central City........... 675 282 41.8 945 569 60.2
Not Central City....... 174 88 50.5 851 430 50.6
Not Metropolitan.......... 18 17 (B) 164 94 57.3
Division
New England............... 184 85 46.3 266 162 60.8
Middle Atlantic........... 1,815 887 48.9 1,021 661 64.8
East North Central........ 1,642 829 50.5 205 122 59.4
West North Central........ 462 239 51.7 72 43 (B)
South Atlantic............ 3,147 1,561 49.6 380 173 45.5
East South Central........ 1,203 582 48.4 28 18 (B)
West South Central........ 1,503 729 48.5 901 466 51.7
Mountain.................. 153 94 61.1 404 223 55.1
Pacific................... 714 294 41.1 1,557 871 55.9
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_013.htm