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Table 19. Region, Division, and Type of Residence - Poverty Status
of Families and People in 1999
(Numbers in thousands)
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
ALL PEOPLE
Total................ 273,493 32,258 11.8 224,373 21,922 9.8 35,373 8,360 23.6 32,669 7,439 22.8
Residence and Region
United States:
Metropolitan........... 221,348 24,816 11.2 178,162 16,183 9.1 31,111 7,145 23.0 29,898 6,726 22.5
Central City........ 80,052 13,123 16.4 55,327 7,246 13.1 18,772 4,935 26.3 15,130 3,909 25.8
Not Central City.... 141,296 11,693 8.3 122,836 8,937 7.3 12,339 2,210 17.9 14,768 2,817 19.1
Not Metropolitan....... 52,145 7,442 14.3 46,211 5,739 12.4 4,262 1,215 28.5 2,771 713 25.7
Northeast................ 51,948 5,678 10.9 43,259 3,770 8.7 6,545 1,594 24.3 4,594 1,203 26.2
Metropolitan........... 46,288 5,140 11.1 37,736 3,268 8.7 6,467 1,569 24.3 4,528 1,182 26.1
Central City........ 15,540 3,025 19.5 9,931 1,560 15.7 4,524 1,263 27.9 3,051 946 31.0
Not Central City.... 30,749 2,115 6.9 27,806 1,709 6.1 1,942 306 15.8 1,477 236 16.0
Not Metropolitan....... 5,660 537 9.5 5,523 502 9.1 79 25 31.7 66 21 (B)
Midwest.................. 63,451 6,210 9.8 54,828 4,109 7.5 6,793 1,795 26.4 2,593 422 16.3
Metropolitan........... 47,550 4,390 9.2 39,573 2,446 6.2 6,583 1,739 26.4 2,247 352 15.6
Central City........ 16,695 2,631 15.8 11,338 1,056 9.3 4,748 1,429 30.1 1,360 242 17.8
Not Central City.... 30,855 1,758 5.7 28,235 1,389 4.9 1,835 310 16.9 887 110 12.4
Not Metropolitan....... 15,901 1,820 11.4 15,255 1,664 10.9 209 56 26.8 346 71 20.4
South.................... 95,747 12,538 13.1 73,839 7,666 10.4 19,257 4,462 23.2 10,876 2,428 22.3
Metropolitan........... 73,069 8,668 11.9 55,537 5,062 9.1 15,344 3,338 21.8 9,397 2,020 21.5
Central City........ 25,257 4,167 16.5 16,234 2,056 12.7 8,001 1,938 24.2 4,513 1,092 24.2
Not Central City.... 47,811 4,501 9.4 39,303 3,007 7.6 7,343 1,400 19.1 4,884 928 19.0
Not Metropolitan....... 22,678 3,869 17.1 18,302 2,604 14.2 3,913 1,124 28.7 1,479 408 27.6
West..................... 62,347 7,833 12.6 52,446 6,377 12.2 2,778 509 18.3 14,606 3,386 23.2
Metropolitan........... 54,441 6,618 12.2 45,315 5,407 11.9 2,717 499 18.4 13,726 3,173 23.1
Central City........ 22,560 3,299 14.6 17,824 2,574 14.4 1,499 305 20.4 6,205 1,629 26.2
Not Central City.... 31,881 3,319 10.4 27,492 2,833 10.3 1,218 194 15.9 7,521 1,544 20.5
Not Metropolitan....... 7,906 1,215 15.4 7,130 970 13.6 61 11 (B) 880 213 24.2
Division
New England............. 13,596 1,343 9.9 12,198 1,074 8.8 984 233 23.7 691 235 34.0
Middle Atlantic......... 38,352 4,335 11.3 31,061 2,696 8.7 5,561 1,361 24.5 3,902 968 24.8
East North Central...... 44,780 4,387 9.8 37,845 2,774 7.3 5,741 1,472 25.6 2,052 284 13.8
West North Central...... 18,672 1,822 9.8 16,983 1,335 7.9 1,052 324 30.8 542 138 25.5
South Atlantic.......... 49,030 5,674 11.6 36,811 3,185 8.7 11,029 2,356 21.4 4,013 795 19.8
East South Central...... 16,606 2,244 13.5 12,881 1,338 10.4 3,555 890 25.0 227 38 16.9
West South Central...... 30,111 4,619 15.3 24,148 3,143 13.0 4,673 1,216 26.0 6,635 1,594 24.0
Mountain................ 17,548 2,010 11.5 16,140 1,689 10.5 477 90 18.9 3,515 790 22.5
Pacific................. 44,799 5,823 13.0 36,306 4,688 12.9 2,301 419 18.2 11,091 2,596 23.4
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/032000/pov/new19_007.htm