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Table 19. Region, Division, and Type of Residence - Poverty Status
of Families and People in 2001
(Numbers in thousands)
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
ALL PEOPLE
Total................ 281,475 32,907 11.7 229,675 22,739 9.9 35,871 8,136 22.7
Residence and Region
United States:
Metropolitan........... 228,949 25,446 11.1 183,527 17,147 9.3 31,389 6,728 21.4
Central City........ 81,332 13,394 16.5 56,856 7,615 13.4 18,473 4,829 26.1
Not Central City.... 147,617 12,052 8.2 126,671 9,531 7.5 12,916 1,899 14.7
Not Metropolitan....... 52,526 7,460 14.2 46,148 5,592 12.1 4,482 1,408 31.4
Northeast................ 53,193 5,687 10.7 44,168 3,827 8.7 6,467 1,517 23.5
Metropolitan........... 47,472 4,984 10.5 38,656 3,171 8.2 6,362 1,483 23.3
Central City........ 15,779 3,068 19.4 10,037 1,581 15.8 4,463 1,220 27.3
Not Central City.... 31,693 1,916 6.0 28,619 1,590 5.6 1,898 264 13.9
Not Metropolitan....... 5,721 703 12.3 5,512 656 11.9 106 34 32.0
Midwest.................. 63,676 5,966 9.4 55,243 4,071 7.4 6,504 1,628 25.0
Metropolitan........... 47,776 4,414 9.2 40,071 2,750 6.9 6,171 1,515 24.6
Central City........ 16,293 2,571 15.8 11,175 1,183 10.6 4,535 1,288 28.4
Not Central City.... 31,483 1,842 5.9 28,896 1,567 5.4 1,637 227 13.9
Not Metropolitan....... 15,900 1,552 9.8 15,172 1,321 8.7 333 112 33.8
South.................... 100,421 13,515 13.5 77,147 8,470 11.0 19,826 4,570 23.0
Metropolitan........... 77,555 9,485 12.2 58,948 5,881 10.0 15,844 3,326 21.0
Central City........ 26,686 4,701 17.6 17,841 2,444 13.7 7,827 2,076 26.5
Not Central City.... 50,869 4,784 9.4 41,107 3,437 8.4 8,017 1,249 15.6
Not Metropolitan....... 22,866 4,029 17.6 18,199 2,589 14.2 3,982 1,244 31.2
West..................... 64,185 7,739 12.1 53,117 6,371 12.0 3,073 421 13.7
Metropolitan........... 56,146 6,563 11.7 45,852 5,345 11.7 3,012 404 13.4
Central City........ 22,573 3,054 13.5 17,804 2,407 13.5 1,648 245 14.9
Not Central City.... 33,573 3,510 10.5 28,048 2,938 10.5 1,364 159 11.6
Not Metropolitan....... 8,039 1,176 14.6 7,265 1,026 14.1 62 17 .
Division
New England............. 13,867 1,182 8.5 12,456 951 7.6 935 188 20.1
Middle Atlantic......... 39,326 4,505 11.5 31,712 2,876 9.1 5,532 1,329 24.0
East North Central...... 44,724 4,284 9.6 38,030 2,776 7.3 5,451 1,370 25.1
West North Central...... 18,952 1,682 8.9 17,213 1,295 7.5 1,054 258 24.5
South Atlantic.......... 52,167 6,156 11.8 38,605 3,557 9.2 11,745 2,404 20.5
East South Central...... 16,831 2,540 15.1 13,011 1,515 11.6 3,584 982 27.4
West South Central...... 31,424 4,818 15.3 25,531 3,398 13.3 4,497 1,183 26.3
Mountain................ 18,588 2,185 11.8 16,836 1,914 11.4 521 87 16.7
Pacific................. 45,597 5,555 12.2 36,281 4,457 12.3 2,552 334 13.1
Hispanics may be of any race.
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
Percent Percent
Total Number of total Total Number of total
ALL PEOPLE
Total................ 37,312 7,997 21.4 194,538 15,271 7.8
Residence and Region
United States:
Metropolitan........... 34,066 7,171 21.1 151,491 10,469 6.9
Central City........ 17,010 4,065 23.9 41,067 3,945 9.6
Not Central City.... 17,056 3,106 18.2 110,424 6,524 5.9
Not Metropolitan....... 3,247 826 25.4 43,047 4,803 11.2
Northeast................ 4,970 1,226 24.7 39,988 2,852 7.1
Metropolitan........... 4,879 1,208 24.8 34,554 2,214 6.4
Central City........ 3,267 958 29.3 7,436 864 11.6
Not Central City.... 1,613 250 15.5 27,117 1,351 5.0
Not Metropolitan....... 91 18 19.8 5,435 638 11.7
Midwest.................. 2,866 465 16.2 52,543 3,641 6.9
Metropolitan........... 2,527 409 16.2 37,697 2,371 6.3
Central City........ 1,452 263 18.1 9,815 941 9.6
Not Central City.... 1,074 146 13.6 27,882 1,430 5.1
Not Metropolitan....... 340 56 16.6 14,846 1,270 8.6
South.................... 13,006 2,886 22.2 64,730 5,711 8.8
Metropolitan........... 11,351 2,449 21.6 48,096 3,542 7.4
Central City........ 5,441 1,358 25.0 12,583 1,151 9.1
Not Central City.... 5,910 1,092 18.5 35,514 2,391 6.7
Not Metropolitan....... 1,655 437 26.4 16,633 2,169 13.0
West..................... 16,470 3,419 20.8 37,278 3,067 8.2
Metropolitan........... 15,308 3,105 20.3 31,144 2,341 7.5
Central City........ 6,850 1,487 21.7 11,233 989 8.8
Not Central City.... 8,458 1,618 19.1 19,911 1,352 6.8
Not Metropolitan....... 1,161 315 27.1 6,133 725 11.8
Division
New England............. 922 267 29.0 11,649 721 6.2
Middle Atlantic......... 4,048 959 23.7 28,339 2,131 7.5
East North Central...... 2,256 332 14.7 35,897 2,461 6.9
West North Central...... 610 134 21.9 16,645 1,180 7.1
South Atlantic.......... 4,856 834 17.2 34,176 2,819 8.2
East South Central...... 303 89 29.3 12,742 1,431 11.2
West South Central...... 7,848 1,963 25.0 17,811 1,462 8.2
Mountain................ 3,889 837 21.5 13,083 1,096 8.4
Pacific................. 12,580 2,583 20.5 24,195 1,971 8.1
Hispanics may be of any race.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, March 2002
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
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Last revised: July 14, 2004
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