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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
UNRELATED INDIVIDUALS
Total................ 45,117 8,529 18.9 37,211 6,402 17.2 6,099 1,708 28.0
Residence and Region
United States:
Metropolitan........... 37,533 6,622 17.6 30,435 4,801 15.8 5,458 1,466 26.9
Central City........ 17,229 3,488 20.2 12,752 2,218 17.4 3,519 1,048 29.8
Not Central City.... 20,305 3,133 15.4 17,683 2,583 14.6 1,939 418 21.6
Not Metropolitan....... 7,583 1,908 25.2 6,776 1,601 23.6 641 242 37.7
Northeast................ 8,768 1,668 19.0 7,344 1,287 17.5 1,136 310 27.3
Metropolitan........... 7,823 1,463 18.7 6,421 1,088 16.9 1,118 305 27.3
Central City........ 3,431 788 23.0 2,398 493 20.5 838 236 28.1
Not Central City.... 4,392 676 15.4 4,023 595 14.8 280 69 24.6
Not Metropolitan....... 945 205 21.7 923 199 21.6 18 5 .
Midwest.................. 10,090 1,765 17.5 8,712 1,384 15.9 1,145 305 26.7
Metropolitan........... 7,858 1,289 16.4 6,576 945 14.4 1,091 285 26.1
Central City........ 3,683 723 19.6 2,634 425 16.2 938 259 27.6
Not Central City.... 4,175 566 13.6 3,942 519 13.2 154 26 17.1
Not Metropolitan....... 2,233 476 21.3 2,137 439 20.6 54 20 .
South.................... 15,323 3,229 21.1 11,735 2,225 19.0 3,231 924 28.6
Metropolitan........... 12,257 2,336 19.1 9,271 1,562 16.8 2,671 715 26.7
Central City........ 5,338 1,223 22.9 3,745 731 19.5 1,422 457 32.1
Not Central City.... 6,918 1,113 16.1 5,526 831 15.0 1,249 258 20.6
Not Metropolitan....... 3,066 893 29.1 2,464 663 26.9 560 209 37.3
West..................... 10,935 1,866 17.1 9,420 1,506 16.0 587 169 28.8
Metropolitan........... 9,596 1,533 16.0 8,168 1,206 14.8 577 162 28.0
Central City........ 4,777 755 15.8 3,975 569 14.3 321 96 30.1
Not Central City.... 4,819 779 16.2 4,193 637 15.2 256 65 25.5
Not Metropolitan....... 1,340 333 24.9 1,253 299 23.9 10 7 .
Division
New England............. 2,504 386 15.4 2,336 359 15.4 132 23 17.2
Middle Atlantic......... 6,264 1,282 20.5 5,008 929 18.5 1,004 288 28.7
East North Central...... 6,914 1,278 18.5 5,836 958 16.4 924 267 28.9
West North Central...... 3,176 488 15.4 2,877 426 14.8 221 38 17.4
South Atlantic.......... 8,473 1,612 19.0 6,309 1,074 17.0 1,941 485 25.0
East South Central...... 2,391 631 26.4 1,885 442 23.4 494 185 37.4
West South Central...... 4,459 987 22.1 3,540 709 20.0 796 254 32.0
Mountain................ 2,900 485 16.7 2,685 428 15.9 79 22 27.2
Pacific................. 8,035 1,382 17.2 6,735 1,078 16.0 508 147 29.0
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
UNRELATED INDIVIDUALS
Total................ 3,521 1,013 28.8 33,881 5,445 16.1
Residence and Region
United States:
Metropolitan........... 3,264 898 27.5 27,354 3,951 14.4
Central City........ 1,837 525 28.6 11,026 1,725 15.6
Not Central City.... 1,427 373 26.1 16,328 2,226 13.6
Not Metropolitan....... 257 115 44.7 6,527 1,494 22.9
Northeast................ 598 194 32.5 6,832 1,116 16.3
Metropolitan........... 585 190 32.4 5,921 922 15.6
Central City........ 394 134 34.1 2,077 380 18.3
Not Central City.... 192 55 28.8 3,844 541 14.1
Not Metropolitan....... 13 5 . 911 195 21.4
Midwest.................. 278 80 28.6 8,456 1,310 15.5
Metropolitan........... 254 69 27.1 6,340 879 13.9
Central City........ 156 46 29.5 2,488 381 15.3
Not Central City.... 98 23 23.2 3,852 498 12.9
Not Metropolitan....... 24 11 . 2,115 431 20.4
South.................... 1,231 365 29.7 10,564 1,877 17.8
Metropolitan........... 1,111 316 28.4 8,218 1,261 15.3
Central City........ 602 173 28.7 3,164 565 17.8
Not Central City.... 508 143 28.1 5,054 696 13.8
Not Metropolitan....... 120 49 41.0 2,346 616 26.3
West..................... 1,415 374 26.4 8,031 1,141 14.2
Metropolitan........... 1,314 324 24.6 6,875 889 12.9
Central City........ 685 171 25.0 3,297 399 12.1
Not Central City.... 630 153 24.2 3,578 490 13.7
Not Metropolitan....... 100 50 49.8 1,156 252 21.8
Division
New England............. 98 36 37.0 2,244 325 14.5
Middle Atlantic......... 500 158 31.6 4,587 792 17.3
East North Central...... 219 61 27.7 5,633 903 16.0
West North Central...... 58 19 . 2,822 407 14.4
South Atlantic.......... 592 172 29.0 5,770 915 15.9
East South Central...... 43 9 . 1,844 434 23.5
West South Central...... 596 184 30.9 2,950 528 17.9
Mountain................ 325 96 29.4 2,366 336 14.2
Pacific................. 1,090 278 25.5 5,664 805 14.2
Hispanics may be of any race.
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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