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(Numbers in thousands)
White
Below Below
poverty Level poverty level
Percent Percent
Total Number of total Total Number of total
UNRELATED INDIVIDUALS
Total................ 41,672 8,687 20.8 34,858 6,593 18.9
Residence and Region
United States:
Metropolitan........... 34,315 6,749 19.7 28,325 4,963 17.5
Central City......... 16,164 3,694 22.9 12,247 2,472 20.2
Not Central City..... 18,151 3,055 16.8 16,078 2,490 15.5
Not Metropolitan....... 7,356 1,938 26.3 6,532 1,630 25.0
Northeast................. 8,259 1,666 20.2 7,044 1,271 18.0
Metropolitan........... 7,443 1,491 20.0 6,237 1,098 17.6
Central City......... 3,339 872 26.1 2,454 563 22.9
Not Central City..... 4,104 618 15.1 3,783 535 14.2
Not Metropolitan....... 816 175 21.5 807 173 21.5
Midwest................... 9,636 1,827 19.0 8,421 1,456 17.3
Metropolitan........... 7,308 1,307 17.9 6,185 978 15.8
Central City......... 3,571 745 20.9 2,695 483 17.9
Not Central City..... 3,737 562 15.0 3,490 495 14.2
Not Metropolitan....... 2,327 520 22.4 2,235 479 21.4
South..................... 14,124 3,153 22.3 11,049 2,201 19.9
Metropolitan........... 11,118 2,194 19.7 8,686 1,485 17.1
Central City......... 4,862 1,083 22.3 3,390 617 18.2
Not Central City..... 6,256 1,112 17.8 5,296 869 16.4
Not Metropolitan....... 3,006 959 31.9 2,363 716 30.3
West...................... 9,653 2,040 21.1 8,344 1,664 19.9
Metropolitan........... 8,446 1,758 20.8 7,217 1,402 19.4
Central City......... 4,392 994 22.6 3,708 810 21.9
Not Central City..... 4,055 764 18.8 3,509 591 16.8
Not Metropolitan....... 1,207 283 23.4 1,127 262 23.2
Division
New England............. 2,501 462 18.5 2,278 382 16.8
Middle Atlantic......... 5,758 1,204 20.9 4,766 889 18.6
East North Central...... 6,823 1,279 18.8 5,849 982 16.8
West North Central...... 2,813 548 19.5 2,572 474 18.4
South Atlantic.......... 7,973 1,597 20.0 6,100 1,068 17.5
East South Central...... 2,137 608 28.5 1,664 420 25.3
West South Central...... 4,014 948 23.6 3,286 713 21.7
Mountain................ 2,721 553 20.3 2,509 493 19.6
Pacific................. 6,932 1,488 21.5 5,835 1,171 20.1
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(Numbers in thousands)
Black Hispanic Origin
Below Below
poverty level poverty level
Percent Percent
Total Number of total Total Number of total
UNRELATED INDIVIDUALS
Total................ 5,316 1,645 31.0 2,976 1,017 34.2
Residence and Region
United States:
Metropolitan........... 4,644 1,397 30.1 2,751 920 33.5
Central City......... 3,148 1,010 32.1 1,624 572 35.2
Not Central City..... 1,495 388 25.9 1,127 349 31.0
Not Metropolitan....... 672 248 36.9 226 96 42.7
Northeast................. 1,002 332 33.1 582 193 33.2
Metropolitan........... 1,002 332 33.1 576 190 33.1
Central City......... 761 269 35.4 437 156 35.8
Not Central City..... 242 62 25.8 139 34 24.5
Not Metropolitan....... 0 0 (B) 6 3 (B)
Midwest................... 1,020 310 30.4 191 55 28.9
Metropolitan........... 958 287 30.0 175 51 29.3
Central City......... 766 239 31.2 123 39 31.4
Not Central City..... 192 48 25.1 51 12 (B)
Not Metropolitan....... 62 23 (B) 17 4 (B)
South..................... 2,791 879 31.5 976 369 37.8
Metropolitan........... 2,191 654 29.9 856 309 36.1
Central City......... 1,342 437 32.6 460 163 35.4
Not Central City..... 849 217 25.5 396 146 36.8
Not Metropolitan....... 601 225 37.5 119 60 50.6
West...................... 502 124 24.8 1,228 399 32.5
Metropolitan........... 493 124 25.2 1,144 370 32.4
Central City......... 280 64 22.9 604 214 35.4
Not Central City..... 213 61 28.4 540 157 29.0
Not Metropolitan....... 9 0 (B) 84 29 34.6
Division
New England............. 182 63 34.7 105 30 28.3
Middle Atlantic......... 820 269 32.7 477 164 34.3
East North Central...... 832 256 30.8 151 42 27.7
West North Central...... 188 54 28.7 40 14 (B)
South Atlantic.......... 1,726 494 28.6 437 143 32.6
East South Central...... 450 176 39.1 19 10 (B)
West South Central...... 616 210 34.0 520 217 41.7
Mountain................ 73 21 (B) 307 93 30.3
Pacific................. 429 103 24.1 921 306 33.2