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Table 19. Region, Division, and Type of Residence - Poverty Status 23
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
PEOPLE IN MARRIED
COUPLE FAMILIES
Total................ 177,042 10,982 6.2 153,434 8,913 5.8
Residence and Region
United States:
Metropolitan........... 141,026 8,145 5.8 120,716 6,507 5.4
Central City........ 43,107 3,782 8.8 33,103 2,746 8.3
Not Central City.... 97,919 4,363 4.5 87,614 3,762 4.3
Not Metropolitan....... 36,016 2,837 7.9 32,718 2,406 7.4
Northeast................ 33,070 1,587 4.8 29,106 1,146 3.9
Metropolitan........... 29,102 1,421 4.9 25,225 984 3.9
Central City........ 7,569 781 10.3 5,369 443 8.3
Not Central City.... 21,533 640 3.0 19,856 540 2.7
Not Metropolitan....... 3,969 166 4.2 3,881 163 4.2
Midwest.................. 41,869 1,761 4.2 38,569 1,482 3.8
Metropolitan........... 30,701 1,126 3.7 27,734 933 3.4
Central City........ 8,408 496 5.9 6,818 350 5.1
Not Central City.... 22,293 630 2.8 20,915 583 2.8
Not Metropolitan....... 11,168 636 5.7 10,836 549 5.1
South.................... 61,986 4,251 6.9 51,454 3,307 6.4
Metropolitan........... 46,312 2,646 5.7 38,176 1,981 5.2
Central City........ 14,097 1,093 7.8 10,356 727 7.0
Not Central City.... 32,215 1,553 4.8 27,820 1,254 4.5
Not Metropolitan....... 15,674 1,605 10.2 13,278 1,326 10.0
West..................... 40,116 3,382 8.4 34,305 2,977 8.7
Metropolitan........... 34,911 2,952 8.5 29,582 2,610 8.8
Central City........ 13,032 1,411 10.8 10,559 1,226 11.6
Not Central City.... 21,879 1,541 7.0 19,023 1,385 7.3
Not Metropolitan....... 5,205 430 8.3 4,723 367 7.8
Division
New England............. 8,690 237 2.7 8,096 193 2.4
Middle Atlantic......... 24,381 1,350 5.5 21,010 953 4.5
East North Central...... 29,238 1,169 4.0 26,639 1,011 3.8
West North Central...... 12,632 593 4.7 11,930 471 3.9
South Atlantic.......... 31,227 1,723 5.5 25,186 1,266 5.0
East South Central...... 11,176 822 7.4 9,568 660 6.9
West South Central...... 19,582 1,707 8.7 16,700 1,381 8.3
Mountain................ 11,551 933 8.1 10,845 854 7.9
Pacific................. 28,565 2,449 8.6 23,460 2,123 9.1
Table 19. Region, Division, and Type of Residence - Poverty Status 24
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 MARRIED
COUPLE FAMILIES
Total................ 14,241 1,219 8.6 19,993 3,560 17.8
Residence and Region
United States:
Metropolitan........... 11,868 965 8.1 18,185 3,163 17.4
Central City........ 6,549 663 10.1 8,768 1,809 20.6
Not Central City.... 5,319 302 5.7 9,417 1,353 14.4
Not Metropolitan....... 2,372 254 10.7 1,808 397 22.0
Northeast................ 2,473 278 11.2 2,405 327 13.6
Metropolitan........... 2,416 275 11.4 2,353 320 13.6
Central City........ 1,503 202 13.4 1,391 258 18.5
Not Central City.... 913 73 8.0 961 62 6.5
Not Metropolitan....... 57 3 (B) 53 8 (B)
Midwest.................. 2,231 172 7.7 1,592 179 11.2
Metropolitan........... 2,056 149 7.2 1,445 168 11.6
Central City........ 1,257 114 9.1 759 103 13.5
Not Central City.... 799 34 4.3 687 65 9.5
Not Metropolitan....... 175 23 13.3 146 11 7.3
South.................... 8,378 716 8.5 6,660 1,143 17.2
Metropolitan........... 6,279 489 7.8 5,723 893 15.6
Central City........ 3,178 300 9.4 2,902 469 16.1
Not Central City.... 3,100 189 6.1 2,821 424 15.0
Not Metropolitan....... 2,099 228 10.8 937 250 26.7
West..................... 1,159 53 4.6 9,335 1,911 20.5
Metropolitan........... 1,118 53 4.7 8,664 1,782 20.6
Central City........ 611 47 7.7 3,715 981 26.4
Not Central City.... 507 6 1.2 4,949 802 16.2
Not Metropolitan....... 40 0 (B) 671 129 19.2
Division
New England............. 322 26 8.0 335 43 13.0
Middle Atlantic......... 2,151 252 11.7 2,070 284 13.7
East North Central...... 1,910 127 6.6 1,302 148 11.4
West North Central...... 322 45 14.1 290 31 10.5
South Atlantic.......... 4,766 341 7.1 2,161 315 14.6
East South Central...... 1,543 158 10.2 105 9 8.9
West South Central...... 2,069 218 10.5 4,395 818 18.6
Mountain................ 188 16 8.7 2,220 480 21.6
Pacific................. 970 37 3.8 7,115 1,431 20.1
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_010.htm