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Table 19. Region, Division, and Type of Residence - Poverty Status 21
of Families and People in 1998
(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................ 146,262 21,840 14.9 116,503 14,016 12.0
Residence and Region
United States:
Metropolitan........... 118,699 17,316 14.6 92,911 10,772 11.6
Central City........ 42,836 9,751 22.8 27,739 5,071 18.3
Not Central City.... 75,862 7,565 10.0 65,171 5,701 8.7
Not Metropolitan....... 27,564 4,524 16.4 23,592 3,244 13.8
Northeast................ 26,816 3,889 14.5 21,565 2,236 10.4
Metropolitan........... 23,966 3,571 14.9 18,780 1,929 10.3
Central City........ 8,136 2,400 29.5 4,742 1,097 23.1
Not Central City.... 15,830 1,172 7.4 14,038 833 5.9
Not Metropolitan....... 2,850 318 11.2 2,784 307 11.0
Midwest.................. 34,546 3,925 11.4 29,335 2,389 8.1
Metropolitan........... 26,033 2,943 11.3 21,176 1,577 7.4
Central City........ 9,132 1,914 21.0 5,732 766 13.4
Not Central City.... 16,901 1,029 6.1 15,444 811 5.3
Not Metropolitan....... 8,513 982 11.5 8,160 812 10.0
South.................... 50,343 8,143 16.2 36,844 4,514 12.3
Metropolitan........... 38,468 5,643 14.7 28,017 3,002 10.7
Central City........ 13,751 2,899 21.1 8,071 1,229 15.2
Not Central City.... 24,717 2,744 11.1 19,946 1,774 8.9
Not Metropolitan....... 11,874 2,500 21.1 8,827 1,511 17.1
West..................... 34,559 5,883 17.0 28,759 4,877 17.0
Metropolitan........... 30,231 5,159 17.1 24,938 4,263 17.1
Central City........ 11,816 2,538 21.5 9,194 1,980 21.5
Not Central City.... 18,415 2,620 14.2 15,744 2,283 14.5
Not Metropolitan....... 4,328 724 16.7 3,821 614 16.1
Division
New England............ 6,772 717 10.6 5,962 504 8.4
Middle Atlantic........ 20,043 3,172 15.8 15,602 1,732 11.1
East North Central..... 24,437 2,715 11.1 20,407 1,651 8.1
West North Central..... 10,108 1,210 12.0 8,928 739 8.3
South Atlantic......... 24,405 3,468 14.2 16,884 1,610 9.5
East South Central..... 8,703 1,525 17.5 6,491 895 13.8
West South Central..... 17,235 3,150 18.3 13,469 2,008 14.9
Mountain............... 9,713 1,545 15.9 8,877 1,326 14.9
Pacific................ 24,846 4,338 17.5 19,882 3,551 17.9
Table 19. Region, Division, and Type of Residence - Poverty Status 22
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
PEOPLE IN FAMILIES WITH
RELATED CHILDREN UNDER 18
Total................ 21,502 6,454 30.0 22,234 6,367 28.6
Residence and Region
United States:
Metropolitan........... 18,431 5,460 29.6 20,333 5,812 28.6
Central City........ 11,834 4,020 34.0 10,371 3,484 33.6
Not Central City.... 6,598 1,439 21.8 9,962 2,328 23.4
Not Metropolitan....... 3,070 994 32.4 1,901 555 29.2
Northeast................ 3,964 1,437 36.3 3,228 1,055 32.7
Metropolitan........... 3,925 1,435 36.6 3,164 1,024 32.4
Central City........ 2,752 1,134 41.2 2,078 847 40.8
Not Central City.... 1,173 301 25.7 1,086 177 16.3
Not Metropolitan....... 39 3 0.0 64 30 0.0
Midwest.................. 4,168 1,314 31.5 1,785 375 21.0
Metropolitan........... 3,985 1,248 31.3 1,613 351 21.8
Central City........ 2,998 1,065 35.5 977 268 27.5
Not Central City.... 986 183 18.6 636 83 13.0
Not Metropolitan....... 184 66 35.7 172 24 13.8
South.................... 11,631 3,333 28.7 7,014 1,894 27.0
Metropolitan........... 8,835 2,409 27.3 6,016 1,571 26.1
Central City........ 5,095 1,572 30.8 3,079 858 27.9
Not Central City.... 3,740 837 22.4 2,937 713 24.3
Not Metropolitan....... 2,795 924 33.1 998 323 32.4
West..................... 1,739 370 21.3 10,207 3,043 29.8
Metropolitan........... 1,687 367 21.8 9,540 2,865 30.0
Central City........ 988 250 25.3 4,236 1,509 35.6
Not Central City.... 699 118 16.9 5,303 1,356 25.6
Not Metropolitan....... 52 2 0.0 667 178 26.7
Division
New England............ 542 168 31.0 517 165 31.9
Middle Atlantic........ 3,422 1,270 37.1 2,711 890 32.8
East North Central..... 3,431 1,015 29.6 1,445 297 20.6
West North Central..... 737 298 40.4 341 78 22.9
South Atlantic......... 6,491 1,752 27.0 2,031 472 23.3
East South Central..... 2,134 611 28.6 104 26 24.6
West South Central..... 3,006 970 32.3 4,878 1,396 28.6
Mountain............... 275 85 31.0 2,339 758 32.4
Pacific................ 1,464 285 19.4 7,868 2,285 29.0
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_009.htm