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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.)
All races White Black
Below Below Below
poverty Level poverty level poverty level
Total Number Percent Total Number Percent Total Number Percent
PEOPLE IN FAMILIES WITH
FEMALE HOUSEHOLDER, NO
SPOUSE PRESENT
Total................ 37,422 10,425 27.9 23,591 5,211 22.1 12,172 4,697 38.6
Residence and Region
United States:
Metropolitan........... 31,185 8,233 26.4 19,168 3,933 20.5 10,630 3,921 36.9
Central City........ 14,661 5,065 34.5 7,200 2,071 28.8 6,867 2,836 41.3
Not Central City.... 16,524 3,168 19.2 11,968 1,862 15.6 3,763 1,085 28.8
Not Metropolitan....... 6,237 2,192 35.1 4,423 1,278 28.9 1,543 776 50.3
Northeast................ 7,464 2,017 27.0 4,875 1,062 21.8 2,400 898 37.4
Metropolitan........... 6,939 1,883 27.1 4,386 948 21.6 2,374 879 37.0
Central City........ 3,599 1,302 36.2 1,642 487 29.6 1,859 782 42.1
Not Central City.... 3,340 581 17.4 2,744 462 16.8 515 96 18.7
Not Metropolitan....... 525 134 25.6 489 113 23.2 26 20 0.0
Midwest.................. 7,580 2,058 27.1 4,916 954 19.4 2,475 1,036 41.9
Metropolitan........... 6,147 1,689 27.5 3,668 681 18.6 2,356 976 41.4
Central City........ 3,188 1,205 37.8 1,298 359 27.6 1,829 822 44.9
Not Central City.... 2,959 484 16.4 2,370 323 13.6 527 155 29.3
Not Metropolitan....... 1,433 369 25.7 1,248 272 21.8 119 60 50.0
South.................... 14,452 4,260 29.5 7,736 1,632 21.1 6,380 2,491 39.0
Metropolitan........... 11,163 2,973 26.6 5,942 1,101 18.5 4,991 1,800 36.1
Central City........ 4,957 1,638 33.0 2,182 534 24.5 2,698 1,085 40.2
Not Central City.... 6,207 1,335 21.5 3,760 568 15.1 2,293 715 31.2
Not Metropolitan....... 3,289 1,287 39.1 1,794 531 29.6 1,389 691 49.8
West..................... 7,926 2,090 26.4 6,064 1,563 25.8 918 272 29.6
Metropolitan........... 6,936 1,688 24.3 5,172 1,202 23.2 909 267 29.3
Central City........ 2,918 920 31.5 2,077 692 33.3 480 147 30.7
Not Central City.... 4,018 769 19.1 3,094 510 16.5 429 119 27.8
Not Metropolitan....... 990 402 40.6 892 361 40.5 9 5 0.0
Division
New England............ 1,799 464 25.8 1,499 342 22.8 276 109 39.3
Middle Atlantic........ 5,665 1,554 27.4 3,376 720 21.3 2,124 790 37.2
East North Central..... 5,681 1,560 27.5 3,389 612 18.1 2,171 914 42.1
West North Central..... 1,899 498 26.2 1,527 341 22.4 304 122 40.1
South Atlantic......... 6,900 1,706 24.7 3,523 566 16.1 3,235 1,095 33.9
East South Central..... 2,831 916 32.4 1,340 227 17.0 1,471 689 46.8
West South Central..... 4,720 1,637 34.7 2,873 839 29.2 1,674 707 42.2
Mountain............... 2,014 556 27.6 1,687 434 25.7 171 61 35.7
Pacific................ 5,912 1,534 26.0 4,376 1,129 25.8 747 211 28.2
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
Total Number Percent Total Number Percent
PEOPLE IN FAMILIES WITH
FEMALE HOUSEHOLDER, NO
SPOUSE PRESENT
Total................ 6,048 2,210 36.5 18,011 3,252 18.1
Residence and Region
United States:
Metropolitan........... 5,612 2,004 35.7 14,008 2,166 15.5
Central City........ 3,167 1,382 43.6 4,301 835 19.4
Not Central City.... 2,445 622 25.4 9,707 1,331 13.7
Not Metropolitan....... 436 206 47.2 4,004 1,086 27.1
Northeast................ 1,197 487 40.7 3,909 694 17.8
Metropolitan........... 1,178 481 40.8 3,438 587 17.1
Central City........ 926 436 47.0 912 163 17.9
Not Central City.... 252 45 17.8 2,526 424 16.8
Not Metropolitan....... 19 7 0.0 470 107 22.7
Midwest.................. 321 111 34.5 4,614 851 18.5
Metropolitan........... 278 96 34.7 3,405 590 17.3
Central City........ 194 80 41.0 1,116 285 25.5
Not Central City.... 84 17 20.2 2,289 306 13.4
Not Metropolitan....... 43 14 0.0 1,209 261 21.6
South.................... 1,863 646 34.7 5,979 1,038 17.4
Metropolitan........... 1,651 532 32.2 4,389 613 14.0
Central City........ 924 368 39.8 1,290 185 14.3
Not Central City.... 727 164 22.6 3,099 428 13.8
Not Metropolitan....... 212 114 53.6 1,590 425 26.7
West..................... 2,667 966 36.2 3,510 669 19.1
Metropolitan........... 2,505 895 35.7 2,776 375 13.5
Central City........ 1,123 499 44.4 982 202 20.6
Not Central City.... 1,382 396 28.7 1,794 173 9.7
Not Metropolitan....... 162 71 43.9 734 293 40.0
Division
New England............ 247 135 54.6 1,307 244 18.6
Middle Atlantic........ 950 352 37.1 2,602 451 17.3
East North Central..... 253 89 35.1 3,151 531 16.9
West North Central..... 68 22 0.0 1,463 320 21.9
South Atlantic......... 636 194 30.5 2,964 416 14.0
East South Central..... 67 10 0.0 1,281 218 17.0
West South Central..... 1,160 442 38.1 1,734 405 23.3
Mountain............... 635 233 36.7 1,082 220 20.3
Pacific................ 2,032 733 36.1 2,427 449 18.5
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, March 2001.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
Contact: (hhes-info@census.gov) Housing and Household Economics Statistics Information Staff
Last revised: December 10, 2001
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