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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,
WITH RELATED CHILDREN UNDER 18
Total................ 27,421 9,613 35.1 16,481 4,791 29.1 9,690 4,329 44.7
Residence and Region
United States:
Metropolitan........... 22,752 7,552 33.2 13,311 3,591 27.0 8,413 3,603 42.8
Central City........ 10,934 4,693 42.9 5,067 1,902 37.5 5,465 2,638 48.3
Not Central City.... 11,818 2,860 24.2 8,244 1,689 20.5 2,948 965 32.7
Not Metropolitan....... 4,669 2,061 44.1 3,170 1,200 37.8 1,277 727 56.9
Northeast................ 5,257 1,814 34.5 3,258 928 28.5 1,892 845 44.7
Metropolitan........... 4,888 1,689 34.5 2,921 824 28.2 1,866 826 44.2
Central City........ 2,726 1,177 43.2 1,146 410 35.8 1,518 737 48.6
Not Central City.... 2,162 512 23.7 1,775 414 23.3 348 88 25.3
Not Metropolitan....... 368 125 33.9 337 104 30.9 26 20 0.0
Midwest.................. 5,605 1,941 34.6 3,369 891 26.4 2,078 985 47.4
Metropolitan........... 4,550 1,593 35.0 2,483 636 25.6 1,969 925 47.0
Central City........ 2,451 1,139 46.5 884 331 37.4 1,523 784 51.5
Not Central City.... 2,099 453 21.6 1,599 305 19.1 446 141 31.7
Not Metropolitan....... 1,054 348 33.0 886 255 28.7 109 60 54.7
South.................... 10,448 3,865 37.0 5,198 1,489 28.6 5,004 2,240 44.8
Metropolitan........... 7,987 2,661 33.3 3,955 991 25.1 3,870 1,598 41.3
Central City........ 3,528 1,496 42.4 1,387 494 35.6 2,088 982 47.0
Not Central City.... 4,459 1,165 26.1 2,568 497 19.4 1,782 616 34.6
Not Metropolitan....... 2,461 1,204 48.9 1,243 497 40.0 1,134 642 56.6
West..................... 6,111 1,993 32.6 4,656 1,484 31.9 716 259 36.2
Metropolitan........... 5,326 1,610 30.2 3,952 1,140 28.9 708 254 35.9
Central City........ 2,228 881 39.5 1,650 667 40.4 336 135 40.1
Not Central City.... 3,098 730 23.6 2,302 473 20.5 372 119 32.1
Not Metropolitan....... 785 383 48.8 705 344 48.8 9 5 0.0
Division
New England............ 1,325 434 32.8 1,079 317 29.4 231 109 47.0
Middle Atlantic........ 3,931 1,380 35.1 2,179 611 28.0 1,661 737 44.4
East North Central..... 4,244 1,466 34.5 2,316 572 24.7 1,833 863 47.1
West North Central..... 1,361 475 34.9 1,053 318 30.2 245 122 49.8
South Atlantic......... 4,759 1,532 32.2 2,259 499 22.1 2,411 988 41.0
East South Central..... 2,153 812 37.7 895 203 22.6 1,244 609 48.9
West South Central..... 3,537 1,522 43.0 2,043 787 38.5 1,348 643 47.7
Mountain............... 1,544 530 34.3 1,290 411 31.9 139 61 44.0
Pacific................ 4,567 1,464 32.0 3,367 1,073 31.9 578 198 34.3
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,
WITH RELATED CHILDREN UNDER 18
Total................ 4,930 2,081 42.2 11,950 2,940 24.6
Residence and Region
United States:
Metropolitan........... 4,542 1,882 41.4 9,154 1,928 21.1
Central City........ 2,606 1,287 49.4 2,691 747 27.8
Not Central City.... 1,936 595 30.8 6,463 1,182 18.3
Not Metropolitan....... 388 200 51.5 2,796 1,011 36.2
Northeast................ 970 429 44.2 2,473 604 24.4
Metropolitan........... 952 422 44.3 2,155 506 23.5
Central City........ 755 381 50.5 554 126 22.8
Not Central City.... 197 41 20.9 1,601 380 23.7
Not Metropolitan....... 19 7 0.0 318 97 30.6
Midwest.................. 264 103 38.9 3,118 794 25.5
Metropolitan........... 227 91 40.0 2,267 551 24.3
Central City........ 150 74 49.2 742 262 35.4
Not Central City.... 77 17 22.0 1,525 288 18.9
Not Metropolitan....... 37 12 0.0 852 243 28.6
South.................... 1,405 616 43.9 3,882 921 23.7
Metropolitan........... 1,217 503 41.3 2,819 529 18.8
Central City........ 712 353 49.6 707 160 22.7
Not Central City.... 505 150 29.7 2,112 369 17.5
Not Metropolitan....... 188 114 60.6 1,063 391 36.8
West..................... 2,291 934 40.8 2,477 622 25.1
Metropolitan........... 2,147 867 40.4 1,914 342 17.9
Central City........ 989 479 48.4 689 198 28.7
Not Central City.... 1,157 388 33.5 1,225 144 11.8
Not Metropolitan....... 144 67 46.8 564 279 49.6
Division
New England............ 217 125 57.5 915 229 25.0
Middle Atlantic........ 754 304 40.3 1,558 375 24.1
East North Central..... 208 81 38.9 2,121 497 23.4
West North Central..... 57 22 0.0 997 297 29.8
South Atlantic......... 419 180 42.9 1,900 360 18.9
East South Central..... 62 10 0.0 841 193 22.9
West South Central..... 924 427 46.2 1,141 368 32.3
Mountain............... 547 224 41.0 772 206 26.6
Pacific................ 1,744 710 40.7 1,706 416 24.4
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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