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 FEMALE HOUSEHOLDER,
NO SPOUSE PRESENT
Total................ 12,687 3,531 27.8 8,380 1,883 22.5 3,814 1,499 39.3 1,769 686 38.8
Residence and Region
United States:
Metropolitan........... 10,555 2,791 26.4 6,768 1,388 20.5 3,388 1,293 38.2 1,645 632 38.4
Central City........ 4,991 1,679 33.7 2,556 702 27.5 2,215 920 41.5 956 400 41.9
Not Central City.... 5,565 1,112 20.0 4,212 685 16.3 1,172 374 31.9 689 232 33.7
Not Metropolitan....... 2,132 740 34.7 1,613 496 30.7 426 206 48.3 125 54 43.3
Northeast................ 2,552 726 28.5 1,769 397 22.5 708 305 43.1 398 185 46.4
Metropolitan........... 2,364 695 29.4 1,590 368 23.2 706 305 43.2 394 182 46.3
Central City........ 1,164 444 38.1 594 193 32.4 531 241 45.4 305 147 48.1
Not Central City.... 1,200 251 20.9 996 176 17.6 175 64 36.7 89 35 39.8
Not Metropolitan....... 188 32 16.8 179 29 16.2 2 0 0.0 4 3 0.0
Midwest.................. 2,756 726 26.3 1,896 371 19.6 790 328 41.5 106 40 38.1
Metropolitan........... 2,240 548 24.5 1,420 211 14.9 773 321 41.5 99 37 37.5
Central City........ 1,108 376 33.9 481 106 22.0 605 264 43.7 63 23 0.0
Not Central City.... 1,132 173 15.2 938 105 11.2 168 56 33.4 36 14 0.0
Not Metropolitan....... 516 177 34.3 476 160 33.7 17 7 0.0 7 3 0.0
South.................... 4,728 1,395 29.5 2,596 581 22.4 2,051 785 38.3 561 208 37.1
Metropolitan........... 3,639 980 26.9 1,936 375 19.4 1,647 587 35.6 486 176 36.3
Central City........ 1,654 567 34.3 689 181 26.3 928 372 40.1 264 103 39.1
Not Central City.... 1,985 413 20.8 1,247 193 15.5 719 215 29.9 222 73 32.9
Not Metropolitan....... 1,089 415 38.1 660 207 31.3 404 198 49.1 75 32 0.0
West..................... 2,651 684 25.8 2,119 533 25.2 264 80 30.3 705 253 35.9
Metropolitan........... 2,312 568 24.6 1,822 433 23.8 262 80 30.6 666 237 35.6
Central City........ 1,065 293 27.5 792 222 28.0 152 42 27.9 323 126 39.1
Not Central City.... 1,247 276 22.1 1,030 211 20.5 110 38 34.5 343 110 32.2
Not Metropolitan....... 338 116 34.3 297 100 33.5 3 0 0.0 39 16 0.0
Division
New England............ 604 159 26.3 506 122 24.2 88 32 35.8 82 46 56.7
Middle Atlantic........ 1,948 567 29.1 1,263 275 21.8 620 274 44.1 317 139 43.8
East North Central..... 2,017 529 26.2 1,302 257 19.8 685 269 39.2 81 24 29.5
West North Central..... 739 196 26.5 594 114 19.2 106 60 56.3 24 16 0.0
South Atlantic......... 2,414 604 25.0 1,227 200 16.3 1,155 399 34.6 206 68 33.2
East South Central..... 852 318 37.3 486 155 31.9 361 158 43.7 4 0 0.0
West South Central..... 1,462 473 32.4 884 227 25.6 535 229 42.7 352 140 39.7
Mountain............... 659 170 25.9 599 144 24.0 21 8 0.0 197 75 38.3
Pacific................ 1,992 514 25.8 1,519 389 25.6 243 72 29.7 508 178 35.0