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Table 19. Region, Division, and Type of Residence - Poverty Status
of Families and People in 2000
(Numbers in thousands. Based on a November 2001 weighting correction.)
White Black
Below Below Below
poverty Level poverty level poverty level
Percent Percent Percent
Total Number of total Total Number of total Total Number of total
ALL PEOPLE
Total................ 275,924 31,054 11.3 225,997 21,242 9.4 35,752 7,862 22.0
Residence and Region
United States:
Metropolitan........... 224,349 24,136 10.8 180,296 15,923 8.8 31,390 6,648 21.2
Central City........ 80,144 12,906 16.1 56,014 7,374 13.2 18,461 4,758 25.8
Not Central City.... 144,205 11,230 7.8 124,283 8,550 6.9 12,929 1,890 14.6
Not Metropolitan....... 51,575 6,919 13.4 45,701 5,319 11.6 4,362 1,214 27.8
Northeast................ 52,228 5,363 10.3 43,604 3,597 8.2 6,519 1,466 22.5
Metropolitan........... 46,714 4,765 10.2 38,210 3,034 7.9 6,453 1,440 22.3
Central City........ 15,462 2,894 18.7 9,820 1,456 14.8 4,562 1,242 27.2
Not Central City.... 31,252 1,871 6.0 28,390 1,579 5.6 1,890 199 10.5
Not Metropolitan....... 5,514 598 10.8 5,394 563 10.4 66 25 .
Midwest.................. 63,586 6,037 9.5 55,055 4,138 7.5 6,684 1,627 24.4
Metropolitan........... 47,812 4,468 9.3 40,000 2,758 6.9 6,335 1,538 24.3
Central City........ 16,615 2,702 16.3 11,363 1,305 11.5 4,717 1,304 27.6
Not Central City.... 31,197 1,765 5.7 28,637 1,454 5.1 1,618 234 14.5
Not Metropolitan....... 15,774 1,569 9.9 15,055 1,380 9.2 349 90 25.7
South.................... 96,759 12,105 12.5 74,630 7,529 10.1 19,328 4,184 21.6
Metropolitan........... 74,276 8,597 11.6 56,511 5,231 9.3 15,423 3,101 20.1
Central City........ 25,389 4,134 16.3 17,088 2,170 12.7 7,441 1,864 25.1
Not Central City.... 48,887 4,464 9.1 39,423 3,061 7.8 7,982 1,236 15.5
Not Metropolitan....... 22,482 3,508 15.6 18,119 2,298 12.7 3,905 1,084 27.7
West..................... 63,351 7,550 11.9 52,708 5,978 11.3 3,221 584 18.1
Metropolitan........... 55,547 6,306 11.4 45,575 4,900 10.8 3,179 569 17.9
Central City........ 22,677 3,175 14.0 17,742 2,444 13.8 1,740 348 20.0
Not Central City.... 32,869 3,130 9.5 27,833 2,456 8.8 1,439 221 15.4
Not Metropolitan....... 7,804 1,244 15.9 7,133 1,079 15.1 41 15 .
Division
New England............. 13,625 1,174 8.6 12,405 994 8.0 870 152 17.4
Middle Atlantic......... 38,603 4,188 10.8 31,199 2,603 8.3 5,649 1,314 23.3
East North Central...... 44,891 4,578 10.2 37,888 2,959 7.8 5,667 1,438 25.4
West North Central...... 18,695 1,459 7.8 17,167 1,179 6.9 1,016 190 18.6
South Atlantic.......... 49,309 5,100 10.3 36,798 2,963 8.1 11,187 2,004 17.9
East South Central...... 16,770 2,291 13.7 12,978 1,314 10.1 3,616 967 26.7
West South Central...... 30,680 4,714 15.4 24,854 3,253 13.1 4,526 1,214 26.8
Mountain................ 17,724 1,966 11.1 16,131 1,613 10.0 546 140 25.7
Pacific................. 45,627 5,583 12.2 36,577 4,365 11.9 2,675 444 16.6
Hispanics may be of any race.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, March 2001.
Table 19. Region, Division, and Type of Residence - Poverty Status
of Families and People in 2000
(Numbers in thousands. Based on a November 2001 weighting correction.)
Hispanic Origin White Non-Hispanic
Below Below
poverty level poverty level
Percent Percent
Total Number of total Total Number of total
ALL PEOPLE
Total................ 33,716 7,153 21.2 193,917 14,532 7.5
Residence and Region
United States:
Metropolitan........... 30,959 6,409 20.7 150,912 9,925 6.6
Central City........ 15,634 3,714 23.8 41,288 3,917 9.5
Not Central City.... 15,325 2,695 17.6 109,624 6,008 5.5
Not Metropolitan....... 2,757 744 27.0 43,005 4,607 10.7
Northeast................ 4,556 1,041 22.9 39,758 2,763 6.9
Metropolitan........... 4,480 1,021 22.8 34,425 2,212 6.4
Central City........ 3,010 843 28.0 7,371 792 10.7
Not Central City.... 1,470 178 12.1 27,054 1,420 5.2
Not Metropolitan....... 76 20 26.7 5,333 551 10.3
Midwest.................. 2,577 455 17.6 52,609 3,707 7.0
Metropolitan........... 2,206 377 17.1 37,916 2,399 6.3
Central City........ 1,415 298 21.1 10,036 1,023 10.2
Not Central City.... 790 79 9.9 27,880 1,377 4.9
Not Metropolitan....... 371 78 21.0 14,693 1,308 8.9
South.................... 11,768 2,422 20.6 63,331 5,216 8.2
Metropolitan........... 10,317 2,070 20.1 46,637 3,260 7.0
Central City........ 5,028 1,106 22.0 12,209 1,106 9.1
Not Central City.... 5,289 964 18.2 34,428 2,154 6.3
Not Metropolitan....... 1,451 352 24.3 16,694 1,956 11.7
West..................... 14,816 3,235 21.8 38,219 2,846 7.4
Metropolitan........... 13,956 2,941 21.1 31,933 2,054 6.4
Central City........ 6,180 1,467 23.7 11,672 996 8.5
Not Central City.... 7,776 1,474 19.0 20,261 1,058 5.2
Not Metropolitan....... 859 294 34.2 6,286 792 12.6
Division
New England............. 769 230 29.9 11,745 808 6.9
Middle Atlantic......... 3,786 811 21.4 28,014 1,955 7.0
East North Central...... 1,999 378 18.9 35,992 2,605 7.2
West North Central...... 578 77 13.3 16,617 1,102 6.6
South Atlantic.......... 4,223 713 16.9 32,933 2,329 7.1
East South Central...... 301 34 11.2 12,688 1,281 10.1
West South Central...... 7,245 1,676 23.1 17,711 1,606 9.1
Mountain................ 3,298 698 21.2 12,906 938 7.3
Pacific................. 11,517 2,537 22.0 25,314 1,908 7.5
Hispanics may be of any race.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, March 2001.
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Last revised: December 10, 2001
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