Table 19. Region, Division, and Type of Residence - Poverty Status
of Families and People in 1999
(Numbers in thousands)
All races White Black Hispanic Origin
Below Below Below Below
poverty Level poverty level poverty level poverty level
Percent Percent Percent Percent
Total Number of total Total Number of total Total Number of total Total Number of total
FAMILIES WITH RELATED
CHILDREN UNDER 18
Total................ 37,277 5,129 13.8 29,841 3,236 10.8 5,585 1,615 28.9 5,320 1,330 25.0
Residence and Region
United States:
Metropolitan........... 30,168 3,917 13.0 23,655 2,330 9.8 4,899 1,392 28.4 4,856 1,199 24.7
Central City........ 10,665 2,181 20.4 6,950 1,093 15.7 2,919 967 33.1 2,454 716 29.2
Not Central City.... 19,503 1,736 8.9 16,705 1,236 7.4 1,979 426 21.5 2,402 483 20.1
Not Metropolitan....... 7,109 1,212 17.1 6,185 907 14.7 686 222 32.4 464 131 28.3
Northeast................ 6,832 882 12.9 5,532 537 9.7 998 301 30.2 775 231 29.9
Metropolitan........... 6,089 806 13.2 4,806 466 9.7 991 298 30.1 762 226 29.7
Central City........ 1,989 506 25.5 1,147 238 20.7 686 241 35.1 505 180 35.7
Not Central City.... 4,100 299 7.3 3,658 229 6.2 304 57 18.7 257 46 17.9
Not Metropolitan....... 743 76 10.2 727 71 9.7 8 3 0.0 13 5 0.0
Midwest.................. 8,723 1,008 11.6 7,383 603 8.2 1,109 358 32.2 433 71 16.5
Metropolitan........... 6,567 705 10.7 5,315 325 6.1 1,076 350 32.5 373 58 15.5
Central City........ 2,242 437 19.5 1,403 139 9.9 780 284 36.4 214 34 15.8
Not Central City.... 4,325 268 6.2 3,911 185 4.7 296 66 22.3 159 24 15.1
Not Metropolitan....... 2,157 303 14.0 2,068 279 13.5 33 7 0.0 60 14 0.0
South.................... 13,082 2,026 15.5 9,678 1,106 11.4 3,033 856 28.2 1,760 436 24.8
Metropolitan........... 9,966 1,400 14.0 7,262 711 9.8 2,400 648 27.0 1,498 358 23.9
Central City........ 3,401 721 21.2 2,014 302 15.0 1,226 390 31.8 732 208 28.4
Not Central City.... 6,566 679 10.3 5,248 409 7.8 1,174 259 22.0 766 150 19.6
Not Metropolitan....... 3,116 627 20.1 2,416 394 16.3 633 207 32.8 262 78 29.9
West..................... 8,640 1,213 14.0 7,248 990 13.7 445 100 22.5 2,352 591 25.1
Metropolitan........... 7,546 1,007 13.3 6,273 828 13.2 432 96 22.2 2,223 557 25.1
Central City........ 3,033 517 17.0 2,385 414 17.4 227 52 22.9 1,002 294 29.3
Not Central City.... 4,513 490 10.9 3,887 413 10.6 205 44 21.5 1,220 263 21.6
Not Metropolitan....... 1,094 206 18.8 975 163 16.7 13 4 0.0 129 34 26.4
Division
New England............ 1,778 181 10.2 1,557 142 9.1 160 36 22.3 116 45 39.0
Middle Atlantic........ 5,053 700 13.9 3,975 395 9.9 838 265 31.7 659 186 28.2
East North Central..... 6,163 692 11.2 5,085 393 7.7 936 285 30.5 337 46 13.7
West North Central..... 2,560 316 12.3 2,297 210 9.1 174 73 41.9 96 25 26.3
South Atlantic......... 6,426 850 13.2 4,604 401 8.7 1,662 433 26.1 621 133 21.4
East South Central..... 2,332 413 17.7 1,726 231 13.4 584 179 30.7 21 4 0.0
West South Central..... 4,324 763 17.6 3,348 474 14.1 786 243 30.9 1,118 299 26.8
Mountain............... 2,413 317 13.1 2,218 261 11.8 62 15 0.0 558 147 26.4
Pacific................ 6,227 896 14.4 5,030 729 14.5 383 85 22.3 1,794 444 24.7