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 FEMALE HOUSEHOLDER,
NO SPOUSE PRESENT
Total................ 13,146 3,470 26.4 8,641 1,939 22.4 3,838 1,351 35.2
Residence and Region
United States:
Metropolitan........... 10,929 2,754 25.2 7,020 1,481 21.1 3,357 1,149 34.2
Central City........ 5,077 1,594 31.4 2,619 679 25.9 2,192 845 38.5
Not Central City.... 5,852 1,160 19.8 4,401 802 18.2 1,164 305 26.2
Not Metropolitan....... 2,217 716 32.3 1,621 457 28.2 482 201 41.8
Northeast................ 2,655 677 25.5 1,818 407 22.4 756 246 32.6
Metropolitan........... 2,418 609 25.2 1,594 344 21.6 749 243 32.5
Central City........ 1,228 415 33.8 594 187 31.5 579 209 36.1
Not Central City.... 1,190 194 16.3 1,000 157 15.7 170 34 20.1
Not Metropolitan....... 237 68 28.6 224 64 28.4 7 3 0.0
Midwest.................. 2,808 692 24.6 1,970 363 18.4 768 307 39.9
Metropolitan........... 2,255 554 24.6 1,473 250 17.0 735 293 39.9
Central City........ 1,131 356 31.5 533 105 19.7 579 246 42.4
Not Central City.... 1,124 198 17.6 940 146 15.5 156 48 30.6
Not Metropolitan....... 553 138 24.9 497 113 22.7 34 13 0.0
South.................... 5,011 1,488 29.7 2,767 687 24.8 2,094 747 35.7
Metropolitan........... 3,912 1,080 27.6 2,146 493 23.0 1,656 562 33.9
Central City........ 1,741 600 34.5 765 218 28.4 922 363 39.3
Not Central City.... 2,171 480 22.1 1,381 275 19.9 734 199 27.1
Not Metropolitan....... 1,099 408 37.2 621 194 31.2 438 185 42.1
West..................... 2,672 613 23.0 2,086 481 23.1 220 51 23.3
Metropolitan........... 2,344 512 21.8 1,807 395 21.8 217 51 23.5
Central City........ 977 223 22.9 727 170 23.4 113 27 24.3
Not Central City.... 1,367 288 21.1 1,079 225 20.8 104 24 22.6
Not Metropolitan....... 328 102 31.0 279 87 31.1 3 0 0.0
Division
New England............ 637 132 20.7 524 103 19.7 99 27 26.8
Middle Atlantic........ 2,018 545 27.0 1,294 304 23.5 656 220 33.5
East North Central..... 2,085 525 25.2 1,397 255 18.2 648 259 40.0
West North Central..... 722 166 23.0 574 108 18.9 120 48 39.6
South Atlantic......... 2,584 707 27.4 1,310 282 21.5 1,187 391 33.0
East South Central..... 902 300 33.2 479 121 25.3 411 172 41.9
West South Central..... 1,525 481 31.6 978 283 29.0 497 183 36.9
Mountain............... 718 188 26.2 617 160 26.0 40 12 0.0
Pacific................ 1,955 425 21.8 1,468 321 21.9 180 40 22.0
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 FEMALE HOUSEHOLDER,
NO SPOUSE PRESENT
Total................ 1,922 711 37.0 6,886 1,305 19.0
Residence and Region
United States:
Metropolitan........... 1,793 660 36.8 5,386 898 16.7
Central City........ 1,016 414 40.8 1,724 327 19.0
Not Central City.... 777 246 31.7 3,662 571 15.6
Not Metropolitan....... 129 51 39.8 1,500 408 27.2
Northeast................ 429 182 42.4 1,473 260 17.7
Metropolitan........... 424 181 42.6 1,254 198 15.8
Central City........ 335 151 45.1 336 69 20.6
Not Central City.... 88 29 33.2 919 129 14.0
Not Metropolitan....... 6 1 0.0 218 63 28.6
Midwest.................. 135 36 26.9 1,844 331 18.0
Metropolitan........... 120 34 28.2 1,361 220 16.2
Central City........ 75 19 0.0 463 87 18.7
Not Central City.... 45 15 0.0 898 133 14.9
Not Metropolitan....... 15 3 0.0 483 111 23.0
South.................... 566 218 38.6 2,226 483 21.7
Metropolitan........... 516 198 38.3 1,651 309 18.7
Central City........ 273 128 46.9 507 101 20.0
Not Central City.... 243 70 28.6 1,144 208 18.2
Not Metropolitan....... 49 20 0.0 575 173 30.2
West..................... 792 275 34.7 1,344 231 17.2
Metropolitan........... 733 248 33.8 1,119 170 15.2
Central City........ 332 115 34.7 418 69 16.6
Not Central City.... 401 133 33.1 702 101 14.4
Not Metropolitan....... 59 27 0.0 224 61 27.1
Division
New England............ 91 40 44.4 448 68 15.1
Middle Atlantic........ 338 142 41.8 1,025 193 18.8
East North Central..... 111 25 22.5 1,291 231 17.9
West North Central..... 24 11 0.0 552 100 18.1
South Atlantic......... 209 75 35.6 1,118 220 19.7
East South Central..... 13 2 0.0 471 120 25.4
West South Central..... 343 142 41.3 637 143 22.5
Mountain............... 185 69 37.4 443 93 21.1
Pacific................ 607 206 33.9 901 137 15.3
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, March 2002