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 FEMALE
HOUSEHOLDER, NO SPOUSE PRESENT,
WITH RELATED CHILDREN UNDER 18
Total................ 28,340 10,587 37.4 17,014 5,374 31.6 10,024 4,732 47.2 5,091 2,364 46.4
Residence and Region
United States:
Metropolitan........... 23,724 8,530 36.0 13,769 4,075 29.6 8,972 4,117 45.9 4,743 2,177 45.9
Central City........ 11,868 5,258 44.3 5,402 2,042 37.8 5,938 3,002 50.6 2,741 1,354 49.4
Not Central City.... 11,855 3,272 27.6 8,367 2,032 24.3 3,034 1,116 36.8 2,003 823 41.1
Not Metropolitan....... 4,617 2,057 44.6 3,245 1,299 40.0 1,052 615 58.5 348 187 53.7
Northeast................ 5,572 2,223 39.9 3,445 1,177 34.2 1,980 988 49.9 1,102 602 54.7
Metropolitan........... 5,190 2,135 41.1 3,083 1,100 35.7 1,979 987 49.9 1,086 591 54.4
Central City........ 2,910 1,468 50.4 1,247 600 48.1 1,562 839 53.7 875 492 56.2
Not Central City.... 2,280 667 29.2 1,835 499 27.2 417 148 35.4 212 99 47.0
Not Metropolitan....... 382 88 23.0 362 78 21.5 2 2 0.0 15 11 0.0
Midwest.................. 6,191 2,224 35.9 3,654 1,006 27.5 2,306 1,110 48.2 316 139 44.0
Metropolitan........... 5,069 1,708 33.7 2,681 579 21.6 2,255 1,068 47.4 299 127 42.4
Central City........ 2,807 1,194 42.5 946 272 28.8 1,804 883 49.0 199 81 40.8
Not Central City.... 2,262 514 22.7 1,735 306 17.7 450 185 41.0 99 45 45.6
Not Metropolitan....... 1,122 516 46.0 974 427 43.8 51 42 0.0 17 12 0.0
South.................... 10,510 4,079 38.8 5,080 1,584 31.2 5,183 2,404 46.4 1,480 680 46.0
Metropolitan........... 8,232 2,941 35.7 3,888 1,053 27.1 4,190 1,834 43.8 1,282 575 44.8
Central City........ 3,688 1,684 45.7 1,315 481 36.6 2,272 1,149 50.6 674 332 49.3
Not Central City.... 4,543 1,257 27.7 2,573 572 22.2 1,919 685 35.7 608 242 39.9
Not Metropolitan....... 2,278 1,138 50.0 1,192 531 44.6 993 570 57.4 198 106 53.5
West..................... 6,068 2,061 34.0 4,835 1,606 33.2 554 230 41.4 2,193 942 42.9
Metropolitan........... 5,233 1,746 33.4 4,117 1,343 32.6 548 229 41.8 2,076 884 42.6
Central City........ 2,463 912 37.0 1,894 689 36.4 300 130 43.4 992 449 45.2
Not Central City.... 2,770 834 30.1 2,224 655 29.4 248 99 39.8 1,084 436 40.2
Not Metropolitan....... 835 315 37.8 717 263 36.6 6 1 0.0 118 58 49.0
Division
New England............ 1,325 539 40.7 1,024 372 36.3 274 152 55.4 233 163 70.1
Middle Atlantic........ 4,247 1,684 39.6 2,421 805 33.3 1,706 837 49.0 869 439 50.5
East North Central..... 4,618 1,628 35.3 2,498 675 27.0 2,016 920 45.7 251 89 35.6
West North Central..... 1,573 596 37.9 1,156 331 28.6 290 190 65.5 65 50 0.0
South Atlantic......... 5,196 1,723 33.2 2,295 509 22.2 2,825 1,201 42.5 514 204 39.7
East South Central..... 1,773 866 48.9 824 342 41.5 946 521 55.1 3 0 0.0
West South Central..... 3,541 1,490 42.1 1,961 733 37.4 1,412 682 48.3 963 476 49.5
Mountain............... 1,625 534 32.8 1,419 435 30.6 76 40 52.4 617 262 42.5
Pacific................ 4,443 1,527 34.4 3,416 1,172 34.3 479 190 39.7 1,576 680 43.1