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Table 19. Region, Division, and Type of Residence - Poverty Status
of Families and People in 2001
(Numbers in thousands)
All races White Black
Below Below Below
poverty Level poverty level poverty level
Total Number Percent Total Number Percent Total Number Percent
FAMILIES WITH RELATED
CHILDREN UNDER 18
Total................ 38,427 5,138 13.4 30,430 3,313 10.9 5,739 1,524 26.6
Residence and Region
United States:
Metropolitan........... 31,353 3,965 12.6 24,375 2,470 10.1 5,023 1,282 25.5
Central City........ 10,893 2,158 19.8 7,161 1,092 15.2 2,978 942 31.6
Not Central City.... 20,460 1,807 8.8 17,214 1,378 8.0 2,046 340 16.6
Not Metropolitan....... 7,074 1,173 16.6 6,055 843 13.9 716 242 33.8
Northeast................ 7,085 845 11.9 5,694 542 9.5 1,012 257 25.4
Metropolitan........... 6,366 741 11.6 5,000 443 8.9 1,000 254 25.4
Central City........ 2,088 489 23.4 1,209 233 19.3 707 219 31.1
Not Central City.... 4,278 252 5.9 3,791 210 5.5 293 34 11.7
Not Metropolitan....... 719 104 14.4 694 99 14.3 12 3 0.0
Midwest.................. 8,917 976 10.9 7,557 600 7.9 1,078 337 31.3
Metropolitan........... 6,741 730 10.8 5,497 396 7.2 1,026 316 30.8
Central City........ 2,237 433 19.3 1,409 157 11.2 755 262 34.7
Not Central City.... 4,505 297 6.6 4,088 239 5.8 272 54 19.9
Not Metropolitan....... 2,175 246 11.3 2,060 204 9.9 52 22 0.0
South.................... 13,722 2,210 16.1 10,005 1,262 12.6 3,210 865 26.9
Metropolitan........... 10,629 1,569 14.8 7,673 878 11.4 2,566 649 25.3
Central City........ 3,675 823 22.4 2,249 368 16.4 1,291 427 33.1
Not Central City.... 6,954 747 10.7 5,424 510 9.4 1,275 222 17.4
Not Metropolitan....... 3,092 640 20.7 2,331 384 16.5 644 215 33.5
West..................... 8,704 1,107 12.7 7,174 910 12.7 440 65 14.8
Metropolitan........... 7,616 924 12.1 6,205 753 12.1 431 64 14.8
Central City........ 2,893 414 14.3 2,294 333 14.5 226 34 15.1
Not Central City.... 4,723 511 10.8 3,911 419 10.7 205 29 14.4
Not Metropolitan....... 1,087 183 16.8 970 157 16.2 9 1 0.0
Division
New England............ 1,850 162 8.7 1,637 127 7.8 149 29 19.4
Middle Atlantic........ 5,235 683 13.1 4,057 415 10.2 863 228 26.4
East North Central..... 6,261 718 11.5 5,183 420 8.1 904 281 31.1
West North Central..... 2,656 258 9.7 2,374 179 7.5 174 56 32.4
South Atlantic......... 6,740 934 13.9 4,628 470 10.2 1,840 425 23.1
East South Central..... 2,501 453 18.1 1,819 234 12.9 640 209 32.7
West South Central..... 4,480 823 18.4 3,558 558 15.7 730 231 31.6
Mountain............... 2,529 326 12.9 2,285 288 12.6 82 15 18.1
Pacific................ 6,174 781 12.6 4,889 621 12.7 358 50 14.0
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, March 2002
Table 19. Region, Division, and Type of Residence - Poverty Status
of Families and People in 2001
(Numbers in thousands)
Hispanic Origin White Non-Hispanic
Below Below
poverty level poverty level
Total Number Percent Total Number Percent
FAMILIES WITH RELATED
CHILDREN UNDER 18
Total................ 5,937 1,405 23.7 24,861 2,014 8.1
Residence and Region
United States:
Metropolitan........... 5,401 1,266 23.4 19,317 1,304 6.7
Central City........ 2,706 716 26.5 4,668 457 9.8
Not Central City.... 2,696 550 20.4 14,649 847 5.8
Not Metropolitan....... 536 139 26.0 5,544 710 12.8
Northeast................ 835 221 26.5 5,010 368 7.4
Metropolitan........... 821 220 26.8 4,328 271 6.3
Central City........ 559 182 32.6 780 98 12.5
Not Central City.... 262 38 14.5 3,548 173 4.9
Not Metropolitan....... 14 1 0.0 682 98 14.4
Midwest.................. 466 76 16.2 7,114 530 7.5
Metropolitan........... 402 67 16.6 5,117 334 6.5
Central City........ 227 37 16.3 1,194 123 10.3
Not Central City.... 174 30 17.0 3,924 211 5.4
Not Metropolitan....... 65 9 0.0 1,997 196 9.8
South.................... 2,030 518 25.5 8,054 763 9.5
Metropolitan........... 1,771 451 25.4 5,967 447 7.5
Central City........ 857 252 29.4 1,416 130 9.1
Not Central City.... 915 198 21.7 4,551 317 7.0
Not Metropolitan....... 258 68 26.2 2,086 316 15.1
West..................... 2,606 590 22.6 4,683 353 7.5
Metropolitan........... 2,407 529 22.0 3,904 252 6.5
Central City........ 1,062 244 23.0 1,277 107 8.3
Not Central City.... 1,345 284 21.1 2,627 146 5.5
Not Metropolitan....... 199 61 30.9 779 101 12.9
Division
New England............ 171 48 28.0 1,485 84 5.7
Middle Atlantic........ 665 174 26.1 3,524 284 8.1
East North Central..... 366 50 13.7 4,835 372 7.7
West North Central..... 101 26 25.5 2,279 158 6.9
South Atlantic......... 713 151 21.2 3,971 335 8.4
East South Central..... 42 11 0.0 1,781 223 12.5
West South Central..... 1,275 356 27.9 2,301 205 8.9
Mountain............... 624 145 23.2 1,686 147 8.7
Pacific................ 1,981 445 22.5 2,997 206 6.9
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, March 2002
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
Contact: Housing and Household Economic Statistics Information Staff at (301)763-3242
Last revised: July 14, 2004
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