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Table 19. Region, Division, and Type of Residence - Poverty Status 17
of Families and People in 1998
(Numbers in thousands)
White
Below Below
poverty Level poverty level
Percent Percent
Total Number of total Total Number of total
ALL PEOPLE
Total................ 271,059 34,476 12.7 222,837 23,454 10.5
Residence and Region
United States:
Metropolitan........... 218,992 26,997 12.3 176,985 17,781 10.0
Central City........ 80,761 14,921 18.5 56,016 8,326 14.9
Not Central City.... 138,231 12,076 8.7 120,970 9,455 7.8
Not Metropolitan....... 52,068 7,479 14.4 45,851 5,673 12.4
Northeast................ 51,742 6,357 12.3 43,151 4,081 9.5
Metropolitan........... 46,146 5,825 12.6 37,683 3,567 9.5
Central City........ 15,771 3,648 23.1 10,090 1,851 18.3
Not Central City.... 30,375 2,177 7.2 27,593 1,716 6.2
Not Metropolitan....... 5,596 532 9.5 5,468 514 9.4
Midwest.................. 63,155 6,501 10.3 55,148 4,475 8.1
Metropolitan........... 47,098 4,755 10.1 39,645 2,940 7.4
Central City........ 16,767 2,920 17.4 11,555 1,373 11.9
Not Central City.... 30,331 1,836 6.1 28,090 1,567 5.6
Not Metropolitan....... 16,057 1,746 10.9 15,503 1,535 9.9
South.................... 94,640 12,992 13.7 72,775 7,761 10.7
Metropolitan........... 71,976 8,990 12.5 54,892 5,182 9.4
Central City........ 25,986 4,531 17.4 16,766 2,148 12.8
Not Central City.... 45,990 4,459 9.7 38,126 3,033 8.0
Not Metropolitan....... 22,664 4,001 17.7 17,883 2,580 14.4
West..................... 61,522 8,625 14.0 51,763 7,137 13.8
Metropolitan........... 53,771 7,427 13.8 44,765 6,093 13.6
Central City........ 22,236 3,823 17.2 17,605 2,954 16.8
Not Central City.... 31,535 3,604 11.4 27,161 3,139 11.6
Not Metropolitan....... 7,751 1,198 15.5 6,997 1,044 14.9
Division
New England............. 13,411 1,259 9.4 12,126 957 7.9
Middle Atlantic......... 38,331 5,099 13.3 31,025 3,124 10.1
East North Central...... 44,425 4,580 10.3 38,133 3,107 8.1
West North Central...... 18,730 1,921 10.3 17,015 1,368 8.0
South Atlantic.......... 48,259 5,977 12.4 35,842 3,178 8.9
East South Central...... 16,378 2,365 14.4 12,845 1,473 11.5
West South Central...... 30,004 4,650 15.5 24,088 3,111 12.9
Mountain................ 17,307 2,301 13.3 16,003 2,010 12.6
Pacific................. 44,215 6,324 14.3 35,760 5,127 14.3
Table 19. Region, Division, and Type of Residence - Poverty Status 18
of Families and People in 1998
(Numbers in thousands)
Black Hispanic Origin
Below Below
poverty level poverty level
Percent Percent
Total Number of total Total Number of total
ALL PEOPLE
Total................ 34,877 9,091 26.1 31,515 8,070 25.6
Residence and Region
United States:
Metropolitan........... 30,037 7,648 25.5 28,955 7,380 25.5
Central City........ 19,233 5,628 29.3 15,033 4,459 29.7
Not Central City.... 10,804 2,020 18.7 13,922 2,921 21.0
Not Metropolitan....... 4,840 1,443 29.8 2,560 690 26.9
Northeast................ 6,529 1,949 29.9 4,855 1,436 29.6
Metropolitan........... 6,454 1,944 30.1 4,770 1,404 29.4
Central City........ 4,596 1,551 33.7 3,176 1,147 36.1
Not Central City.... 1,858 393 21.2 1,594 256 16.1
Not Metropolitan....... 75 6 7.5 85 33 38.6
Midwest.................. 6,425 1,751 27.2 2,396 486 20.3
Metropolitan........... 6,125 1,655 27.0 2,170 457 21.0
Central City........ 4,599 1,424 31.0 1,290 334 25.9
Not Central City.... 1,525 230 15.1 880 122 13.9
Not Metropolitan....... 301 96 31.9 226 29 13.0
South.................... 19,034 4,807 25.3 10,333 2,430 23.5
Metropolitan........... 14,637 3,470 23.7 9,022 2,049 22.7
Central City........ 8,311 2,231 26.8 4,631 1,120 24.2
Not Central City.... 6,326 1,239 19.6 4,390 929 21.2
Not Metropolitan....... 4,397 1,337 30.4 1,311 381 29.1
West..................... 2,889 584 20.2 13,932 3,717 26.7
Metropolitan........... 2,821 579 20.5 12,993 3,471 26.7
Central City........ 1,726 423 24.5 5,936 1,857 31.3
Not Central City.... 1,095 157 14.3 7,057 1,614 22.9
Not Metropolitan....... 68 4 (B) 939 246 26.2
Division
New England............. 894 232 26.0 762 229 30.0
Middle Atlantic......... 5,635 1,717 30.5 4,093 1,207 29.5
East North Central...... 5,338 1,387 26.0 1,912 370 19.3
West North Central...... 1,087 364 33.5 484 116 24.0
South Atlantic.......... 10,921 2,632 24.1 3,451 707 20.5
East South Central...... 3,395 857 25.2 153 32 20.5
West South Central...... 4,718 1,318 27.9 6,728 1,692 25.1
Mountain................ 430 111 25.7 3,353 951 28.4
Pacific................. 2,459 473 19.2 10,579 2,766 26.1
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
Contact: Housing and Household Economic Statistics Information Staff at (301)763-3242
Last revised: July 14, 2004
URL: http://pubdb3.census.gov/macro/031999/pov/new19_007.htm