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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
PEOPLE IN MARRIED
COUPLE FAMILIES
Total................ 180,272 10,138 5.6 155,122 8,220 5.3 15,208 1,020 6.7
Residence and Region
United States:
Metropolitan........... 144,619 7,770 5.4 122,249 6,103 5.0 13,394 909 6.8
Central City........ 43,740 3,556 8.1 33,077 2,618 7.9 6,848 582 8.5
Not Central City.... 100,879 4,214 4.2 89,172 3,484 3.9 6,546 327 5.0
Not Metropolitan....... 35,653 2,368 6.6 32,873 2,117 6.4 1,814 112 6.2
Northeast................ 33,614 1,375 4.1 29,489 1,041 3.5 2,601 178 6.9
Metropolitan........... 29,783 1,170 3.9 25,720 844 3.3 2,580 178 6.9
Central City........ 7,419 642 8.7 5,157 400 7.8 1,558 151 9.7
Not Central City.... 22,364 527 2.4 20,563 444 2.2 1,022 27 2.6
Not Metropolitan....... 3,831 205 5.4 3,770 197 5.2 21 0 .
Midwest.................. 43,026 1,815 4.2 39,124 1,526 3.9 2,562 178 7.0
Metropolitan........... 31,452 1,164 3.7 27,939 921 3.3 2,410 174 7.2
Central City........ 8,765 579 6.6 6,846 423 6.2 1,593 137 8.6
Not Central City.... 22,687 585 2.6 21,094 498 2.4 817 37 4.5
Not Metropolitan....... 11,574 651 5.6 11,185 605 5.4 152 4 2.7
South.................... 62,794 3,907 6.2 52,269 3,196 6.1 8,545 547 6.4
Metropolitan........... 47,614 2,817 5.9 39,003 2,245 5.8 6,924 442 6.4
Central City........ 13,957 1,058 7.6 10,452 802 7.7 2,907 211 7.3
Not Central City.... 33,657 1,759 5.2 28,551 1,443 5.1 4,017 231 5.7
Not Metropolitan....... 15,181 1,090 7.2 13,266 951 7.2 1,622 105 6.5
West..................... 40,838 3,041 7.4 34,240 2,457 7.2 1,500 117 7.8
Metropolitan........... 35,770 2,620 7.3 29,587 2,093 7.1 1,480 114 7.7
Central City........ 13,599 1,277 9.4 10,622 993 9.4 790 82 10.3
Not Central City.... 22,171 1,343 6.1 18,965 1,099 5.8 690 32 4.7
Not Metropolitan....... 5,068 421 8.3 4,653 364 7.8 19 3 .
Division
New England............. 8,702 247 2.8 8,028 231 2.9 398 6 1.5
Middle Atlantic......... 24,912 1,127 4.5 21,462 810 3.8 2,203 172 7.8
East North Central...... 30,301 1,458 4.8 27,072 1,189 4.4 2,207 178 8.1
West North Central...... 12,725 357 2.8 12,052 337 2.8 355 0 0.0
South Atlantic.......... 31,524 1,432 4.5 25,422 1,120 4.4 5,247 287 5.5
East South Central...... 10,936 614 5.6 9,331 533 5.7 1,467 75 5.1
West South Central...... 20,334 1,860 9.1 17,517 1,543 8.8 1,831 185 10.1
Mountain................ 11,823 759 6.4 10,897 627 5.8 259 43 16.7
Pacific................. 29,015 2,282 7.9 23,343 1,830 7.8 1,240 74 6.0
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
PEOPLE IN MARRIED
COUPLE FAMILIES
Total................ 21,566 3,502 16.2 134,406 4,836 3.6
Residence and Region
United States:
Metropolitan........... 19,680 3,124 15.9 103,381 3,086 3.0
Central City........ 9,357 1,612 17.2 24,170 1,071 4.4
Not Central City.... 10,323 1,512 14.7 79,211 2,015 2.5
Not Metropolitan....... 1,886 378 20.0 31,024 1,750 5.6
Northeast................ 2,379 306 12.8 27,466 788 2.9
Metropolitan........... 2,337 297 12.7 23,723 592 2.5
Central City........ 1,450 228 15.7 3,965 209 5.3
Not Central City.... 887 70 7.9 19,759 382 1.9
Not Metropolitan....... 41 8 . 3,742 197 5.3
Midwest.................. 1,691 214 12.7 37,497 1,317 3.5
Metropolitan........... 1,415 161 11.4 26,586 763 2.9
Central City........ 891 136 15.3 5,997 290 4.8
Not Central City.... 524 25 4.8 20,589 473 2.3
Not Metropolitan....... 276 53 19.1 10,910 554 5.1
South.................... 7,875 1,296 16.5 44,671 1,939 4.3
Metropolitan........... 6,829 1,117 16.4 32,436 1,167 3.6
Central City........ 3,128 527 16.8 7,408 290 3.9
Not Central City.... 3,700 591 16.0 25,029 877 3.5
Not Metropolitan....... 1,046 179 17.1 12,235 771 6.3
West..................... 9,621 1,686 17.5 24,772 792 3.2
Metropolitan........... 9,099 1,548 17.0 20,635 564 2.7
Central City........ 3,887 721 18.6 6,800 281 4.1
Not Central City.... 5,211 827 15.9 13,835 283 2.0
Not Metropolitan....... 522 138 26.4 4,137 228 5.5
Division
New England............. 359 44 12.4 7,712 190 2.5
Middle Atlantic......... 2,020 261 12.9 19,753 598 3.0
East North Central...... 1,301 188 14.5 25,822 1,006 3.9
West North Central...... 391 26 6.7 11,675 311 2.7
South Atlantic.......... 2,597 286 11.0 23,029 857 3.7
East South Central...... 154 14 9.3 9,178 519 5.7
West South Central...... 5,125 995 19.4 12,464 563 4.5
Mountain................ 2,084 333 16.0 8,845 295 3.3
Pacific................. 7,537 1,354 18.0 15,927 496 3.1
Hispanics may be of any race.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, March 2001.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
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Last revised: December 10, 2001
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