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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
PEOPLE IN MARRIED
COUPLE FAMILIES
Total................ 179,169 10,422 5.8 154,818 8,305 5.4 14,832 1,217 8.2 20,942 3,522 16.8
Residence and Region
United States:
Metropolitan........... 142,700 7,535 5.3 121,403 5,827 4.8 12,842 1,053 8.2 19,009 3,139 16.5
Central City........ 43,404 3,462 8.0 32,788 2,419 7.4 6,721 624 9.3 9,029 1,709 18.9
Not Central City.... 99,296 4,073 4.1 88,615 3,408 3.8 6,120 429 7.0 9,980 1,430 14.3
Not Metropolitan....... 36,469 2,887 7.9 33,416 2,478 7.4 1,990 164 8.2 1,933 384 19.8
Northeast................ 33,173 1,315 4.0 29,023 1,001 3.4 2,620 152 5.8 2,330 275 11.8
Metropolitan........... 29,181 1,076 3.7 25,094 779 3.1 2,584 136 5.3 2,295 270 11.7
Central City........ 7,494 585 7.8 5,238 373 7.1 1,555 97 6.2 1,410 230 16.3
Not Central City.... 21,686 491 2.3 19,856 406 2.0 1,029 39 3.8 885 39 4.4
Not Metropolitan....... 3,992 239 6.0 3,928 222 5.7 36 16 (B) 35 5 (B)
Midwest.................. 42,448 1,705 4.0 38,680 1,335 3.5 2,521 259 10.3 1,750 186 10.6
Metropolitan........... 31,122 1,029 3.3 27,721 697 2.5 2,427 259 10.7 1,487 142 9.5
Central City........ 8,736 491 5.6 6,872 237 3.4 1,491 203 13.6 861 92 10.7
Not Central City.... 22,386 538 2.4 20,849 460 2.2 935 56 6.0 626 50 8.0
Not Metropolitan....... 11,326 676 6.0 10,959 637 5.8 94 0 0.0 263 44 16.6
South.................... 62,970 4,141 6.6 52,652 3,229 6.1 8,442 716 8.5 7,199 1,187 16.5
Metropolitan........... 47,141 2,662 5.6 38,935 1,969 5.1 6,625 573 8.6 6,155 956 15.5
Central City........ 13,734 1,044 7.6 9,974 721 7.2 3,084 268 8.7 2,821 494 17.5
Not Central City.... 33,407 1,618 4.8 28,962 1,248 4.3 3,541 305 8.6 3,334 461 13.8
Not Metropolitan....... 15,829 1,480 9.3 13,717 1,260 9.2 1,817 143 7.9 1,044 231 22.2
West..................... 40,578 3,261 8.0 34,462 2,740 8.0 1,250 89 7.2 9,662 1,875 19.4
Metropolitan........... 35,256 2,768 7.9 29,651 2,382 8.0 1,206 85 7.1 9,071 1,771 19.5
Central City........ 13,440 1,342 10.0 10,704 1,089 10.2 591 56 9.5 3,937 892 22.7
Not Central City.... 21,816 1,427 6.5 18,947 1,293 6.8 615 29 4.7 5,135 879 17.1
Not Metropolitan....... 5,322 493 9.3 4,811 358 7.4 44 4 (B) 591 103 17.5
Division
New England............. 8,761 261 3.0 8,050 227 2.8 410 29 7.0 259 19 7.5
Middle Atlantic......... 24,412 1,054 4.3 20,973 774 3.7 2,210 124 5.6 2,071 255 12.3
East North Central...... 29,812 1,174 3.9 26,883 916 3.4 2,091 204 9.8 1,390 139 10.0
West North Central...... 12,636 531 4.2 11,798 418 3.5 430 55 12.7 360 47 13.1
South Atlantic.......... 31,754 1,705 5.4 26,054 1,232 4.7 4,835 394 8.1 2,518 304 12.1
East South Central...... 11,361 661 5.8 9,584 527 5.5 1,643 134 8.1 172 26 15.1
West South Central...... 19,855 1,775 8.9 17,014 1,470 8.6 1,964 189 9.6 4,509 857 19.0
Mountain................ 11,789 834 7.1 10,922 672 6.2 276 28 10.1 2,215 375 17.0
Pacific................. 28,789 2,427 8.4 23,540 2,068 8.8 974 61 6.3 7,447 1,499 20.1
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_010.htm