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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 WITH
RELATED CHILDREN UNDER 18
Total................ 146,984 19,858 13.5 116,951 12,626 10.8 21,473 5,963 27.8 23,427 5,908 25.2
Residence and Region
United States:
Metropolitan........... 119,575 15,333 12.8 93,353 9,311 10.0 18,853 5,153 27.3 21,372 5,339 25.0
Central City........ 41,912 8,434 20.1 27,196 4,279 15.7 11,098 3,580 32.3 10,666 3,091 29.0
Not Central City.... 77,663 6,900 8.9 66,157 5,032 7.6 7,755 1,573 20.3 10,706 2,248 21.0
Not Metropolitan....... 27,410 4,525 16.5 23,598 3,315 14.0 2,620 811 30.9 2,054 568 27.7
Northeast................ 27,009 3,376 12.5 21,677 2,028 9.4 3,990 1,145 28.7 3,028 887 29.3
Metropolitan........... 24,135 3,094 12.8 18,870 1,773 9.4 3,961 1,127 28.5 2,984 870 29.2
Central City........ 7,897 1,992 25.2 4,455 930 20.9 2,739 937 34.2 2,016 716 35.5
Not Central City.... 16,238 1,102 6.8 14,414 843 5.8 1,221 189 15.5 968 154 15.9
Not Metropolitan....... 2,874 282 9.8 2,808 256 9.1 29 18 0.0 44 16 0.0
Midwest.................. 34,359 3,693 10.7 28,903 2,134 7.4 4,326 1,357 31.4 1,934 327 16.9
Metropolitan........... 25,914 2,589 10.0 20,914 1,154 5.5 4,198 1,314 31.3 1,666 268 16.1
Central City........ 8,732 1,618 18.5 5,429 486 9.0 3,012 1,056 35.1 988 173 17.6
Not Central City.... 17,182 972 5.7 15,485 668 4.3 1,187 259 21.8 678 94 13.9
Not Metropolitan....... 8,445 1,104 13.1 7,989 980 12.3 127 42 33.3 269 59 22.0
South.................... 50,381 7,730 15.3 37,065 4,319 11.7 11,591 3,135 27.0 7,519 1,854 24.7
Metropolitan........... 38,630 5,384 13.9 28,050 2,822 10.1 9,167 2,392 26.1 6,408 1,522 23.8
Central City........ 12,935 2,681 20.7 7,717 1,160 15.0 4,550 1,396 30.7 3,086 850 27.5
Not Central City.... 25,696 2,703 10.5 20,333 1,662 8.2 4,617 995 21.6 3,322 673 20.2
Not Metropolitan....... 11,750 2,346 20.0 9,015 1,497 16.6 2,424 743 30.6 1,111 332 29.9
West..................... 35,236 5,059 14.4 29,306 4,145 14.1 1,566 327 20.9 10,945 2,840 25.9
Metropolitan........... 30,895 4,266 13.8 25,519 3,563 14.0 1,527 320 20.9 10,314 2,679 26.0
Central City........ 12,348 2,143 17.4 9,595 1,704 17.8 797 190 23.9 4,577 1,352 29.5
Not Central City.... 18,548 2,123 11.4 15,924 1,859 11.7 730 130 17.8 5,738 1,327 23.1
Not Metropolitan....... 4,341 793 18.3 3,786 582 15.4 39 7 0.0 631 161 25.5
Division
New England............ 6,985 746 10.7 6,047 548 9.1 663 178 26.8 466 188 40.4
Middle Atlantic........ 20,024 2,630 13.1 15,630 1,481 9.5 3,327 967 29.1 2,563 699 27.3
East North Central..... 24,447 2,595 10.6 20,084 1,416 7.1 3,667 1,099 30.0 1,537 222 14.5
West North Central..... 9,911 1,099 11.1 8,819 718 8.1 659 258 39.1 398 105 26.4
South Atlantic......... 24,623 3,230 13.1 17,554 1,553 8.8 6,357 1,597 25.1 2,519 516 20.5
East South Central..... 8,783 1,421 16.2 6,402 761 11.9 2,258 657 29.1 123 21 16.7
West South Central..... 16,975 3,078 18.1 13,109 2,005 15.3 2,976 881 29.6 4,877 1,317 27.0
Mountain............... 9,983 1,310 13.1 9,084 1,045 11.5 284 70 24.5 2,576 642 24.9
Pacific................ 25,253 3,749 14.8 20,222 3,100 15.3 1,282 257 20.1 8,369 2,198 26.3
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_009.htm