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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
PEOPLE IN FAMILIES
Total................ 228,633 23,396 10.2 187,139 15,141 8.1 29,488 6,688 22.7 29,198 6,349 21.7
Residence and Region
United States:
Metropolitan........... 184,148 17,917 9.7 147,765 11,019 7.5 25,884 5,752 22.2 26,702 5,741 21.5
Central City........ 63,025 9,621 15.3 42,584 4,930 11.6 15,413 3,987 25.9 13,325 3,320 24.9
Not Central City.... 121,123 8,297 6.8 105,181 6,089 5.8 10,471 1,766 16.9 13,377 2,421 18.1
Not Metropolitan....... 44,485 5,478 12.3 39,374 4,122 10.5 3,604 935 26.0 2,496 608 24.4
Northeast................ 43,095 4,066 9.4 35,723 2,511 7.0 5,490 1,297 23.6 3,960 988 25.0
Metropolitan........... 38,426 3,718 9.7 31,157 2,190 7.0 5,442 1,279 23.5 3,907 972 24.9
Central City........ 12,199 2,303 18.9 7,514 1,105 14.7 3,771 1,041 27.6 2,623 796 30.4
Not Central City.... 26,228 1,415 5.4 23,644 1,086 4.6 1,672 238 14.2 1,284 176 13.7
Not Metropolitan....... 4,668 348 7.5 4,566 320 7.0 48 18 0.0 53 16 0.0
Midwest.................. 53,182 4,307 8.1 45,963 2,606 5.7 5,637 1,476 26.2 2,326 354 15.2
Metropolitan........... 39,785 3,022 7.6 33,137 1,449 4.4 5,463 1,434 26.2 2,022 295 14.6
Central City........ 13,057 1,842 14.1 8,711 588 6.7 3,863 1,161 30.0 1,216 199 16.4
Not Central City.... 26,728 1,180 4.4 24,426 862 3.5 1,600 273 17.1 806 96 11.9
Not Metropolitan....... 13,397 1,285 9.6 12,825 1,156 9.0 174 42 24.4 304 59 19.4
South.................... 80,806 9,278 11.5 62,358 5,382 8.6 16,141 3,556 22.0 9,689 2,041 21.1
Metropolitan........... 61,041 6,318 10.4 46,338 3,408 7.4 12,815 2,688 21.0 8,334 1,681 20.2
Central City........ 19,825 3,073 15.5 12,416 1,365 11.0 6,556 1,563 23.8 3,949 912 23.1
Not Central City.... 41,216 3,246 7.9 33,922 2,043 6.0 6,260 1,125 18.0 4,385 769 17.5
Not Metropolitan....... 19,765 2,960 15.0 16,020 1,974 12.3 3,326 868 26.1 1,354 360 26.6
West..................... 51,551 5,744 11.1 43,095 4,643 10.8 2,219 359 16.2 13,223 2,965 22.4
Metropolitan........... 44,896 4,859 10.8 37,132 3,972 10.7 2,163 351 16.2 12,439 2,793 22.5
Central City........ 17,945 2,403 13.4 13,943 1,872 13.4 1,223 222 18.1 5,537 1,413 25.5
Not Central City.... 26,951 2,456 9.1 23,190 2,099 9.1 940 130 13.8 6,902 1,380 20.0
Not Metropolitan....... 6,655 885 13.3 5,962 671 11.3 56 7 0.0 784 172 22.0
Division
New England............ 11,134 909 8.2 9,941 698 7.0 822 185 22.6 573 203 35.4
Middle Atlantic........ 31,960 3,157 9.9 25,782 1,812 7.0 4,668 1,111 23.8 3,387 786 23.2
East North Central..... 37,711 3,057 8.1 31,897 1,758 5.5 4,795 1,210 25.2 1,853 243 13.1
West North Central..... 15,471 1,250 8.1 14,066 848 6.0 842 266 31.7 473 111 23.6
South Atlantic......... 40,950 3,946 9.6 30,759 2,025 6.6 9,174 1,820 19.8 3,475 598 17.2
East South Central..... 14,289 1,694 11.9 11,129 965 8.7 3,011 721 23.9 199 29 14.6
West South Central..... 25,567 3,639 14.2 20,471 2,392 11.7 3,956 1,015 25.7 6,014 1,414 23.5
Mountain............... 14,628 1,459 10.0 13,434 1,189 8.9 401 70 17.3 3,142 679 21.6
Pacific................ 36,923 4,285 11.6 29,661 3,453 11.6 1,818 289 15.9 10,082 2,286 22.7
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_008.htm