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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
PEOPLE IN FAMILIES
Total................ 233,911 23,215 9.9 190,413 15,369 8.1 29,869 6,389 21.4
Residence and Region
United States:
Metropolitan........... 189,603 17,856 9.4 151,521 11,471 7.6 26,068 5,280 20.3
Central City........ 63,682 9,518 14.9 43,711 5,061 11.6 15,128 3,820 25.3
Not Central City.... 125,921 8,338 6.6 107,810 6,409 5.9 10,940 1,460 13.3
Not Metropolitan....... 44,309 5,359 12.1 38,892 3,898 10.0 3,800 1,109 29.2
Northeast................ 43,977 3,855 8.8 36,541 2,506 6.9 5,265 1,111 21.1
Metropolitan........... 39,277 3,359 8.6 32,015 2,043 6.4 5,176 1,084 20.9
Central City........ 12,278 2,196 17.9 7,603 1,074 14.1 3,636 933 25.7
Not Central City.... 27,000 1,163 4.3 24,412 968 4.0 1,540 151 9.8
Not Metropolitan....... 4,700 496 10.6 4,526 464 10.2 89 27 30.6
Midwest.................. 52,743 3,897 7.4 45,699 2,409 5.3 5,386 1,303 24.2
Metropolitan........... 39,368 2,911 7.4 32,924 1,598 4.9 5,110 1,214 23.8
Central City........ 12,592 1,760 14.0 8,382 655 7.8 3,733 1,031 27.6
Not Central City.... 26,776 1,150 4.3 24,541 943 3.8 1,377 183 13.3
Not Metropolitan....... 13,375 986 7.4 12,775 811 6.3 276 89 32.1
South.................... 84,317 9,999 11.9 64,601 5,989 9.3 16,754 3,669 21.9
Metropolitan........... 64,740 6,967 10.8 48,998 4,096 8.4 13,376 2,692 20.1
Central City........ 21,258 3,532 16.6 13,990 1,732 12.4 6,481 1,690 26.1
Not Central City.... 43,482 3,436 7.9 35,008 2,364 6.8 6,895 1,003 14.5
Not Metropolitan....... 19,577 3,031 15.5 15,603 1,893 12.1 3,379 976 28.9
West..................... 52,874 5,464 10.3 43,572 4,465 10.2 2,463 306 12.4
Metropolitan........... 46,217 4,619 10.0 37,585 3,733 9.9 2,407 290 12.0
Central City........ 17,555 2,030 11.6 13,736 1,599 11.6 1,279 165 12.9
Not Central City.... 28,662 2,589 9.0 23,849 2,134 8.9 1,128 124 11.0
Not Metropolitan....... 6,657 845 12.7 5,988 731 12.2 56 17 0.0
Division
New England............ 11,104 718 6.5 9,940 558 5.6 770 131 17.0
Middle Atlantic........ 32,874 3,137 9.5 26,601 1,948 7.3 4,495 981 21.8
East North Central..... 37,237 2,868 7.7 31,618 1,679 5.3 4,540 1,103 24.3
West North Central..... 15,506 1,029 6.6 14,080 730 5.2 845 200 23.7
South Atlantic......... 43,031 4,358 10.1 31,684 2,368 7.5 9,789 1,868 19.1
East South Central..... 14,284 1,847 12.9 10,977 999 9.1 3,107 813 26.2
West South Central..... 27,002 3,794 14.1 21,940 2,621 11.9 3,858 988 25.6
Mountain............... 15,348 1,551 10.1 13,898 1,354 9.7 433 69 15.9
Pacific................ 37,526 3,913 10.4 29,675 3,110 10.5 2,030 237 11.7
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
PEOPLE IN FAMILIES
Total................ 33,110 6,674 20.2 159,178 9,122 5.7
Residence and Region
United States:
Metropolitan........... 30,196 5,979 19.8 123,077 5,890 4.8
Central City........ 14,806 3,346 22.6 29,964 2,046 6.8
Not Central City.... 15,390 2,634 17.1 93,113 3,844 4.1
Not Metropolitan....... 2,914 694 23.8 36,101 3,232 9.0
Northeast................ 4,303 971 22.6 32,922 1,738 5.3
Metropolitan........... 4,224 958 22.7 28,463 1,287 4.5
Central City........ 2,818 770 27.3 5,363 502 9.4
Not Central City.... 1,406 189 13.4 23,099 786 3.4
Not Metropolitan....... 79 13 16.4 4,459 451 10.1
Midwest.................. 2,485 358 14.4 43,362 2,083 4.8
Metropolitan........... 2,185 316 14.5 30,875 1,309 4.2
Central City........ 1,237 199 16.1 7,228 475 6.6
Not Central City.... 948 117 12.3 23,646 834 3.5
Not Metropolitan....... 300 42 13.9 12,488 774 6.2
South.................... 11,575 2,467 21.3 53,509 3,617 6.8
Metropolitan........... 10,077 2,097 20.8 39,334 2,085 5.3
Central City........ 4,798 1,183 24.7 9,348 606 6.5
Not Central City.... 5,278 914 17.3 29,986 1,479 4.9
Not Metropolitan....... 1,498 370 24.7 14,175 1,531 10.8
West..................... 14,747 2,877 19.5 29,385 1,684 5.7
Metropolitan........... 13,710 2,608 19.0 24,406 1,209 5.0
Central City........ 5,952 1,193 20.0 8,024 463 5.8
Not Central City.... 7,758 1,414 18.2 16,382 746 4.6
Not Metropolitan....... 1,037 269 26.0 4,979 476 9.6
Division
New England............ 795 216 27.1 9,238 369 4.0
Middle Atlantic........ 3,508 756 21.5 23,684 1,369 5.8
East North Central..... 1,986 259 13.0 29,744 1,434 4.8
West North Central..... 499 99 19.8 13,618 649 4.8
South Atlantic......... 4,156 663 15.9 27,868 1,779 6.4
East South Central..... 242 68 28.0 10,760 933 8.7
West South Central..... 7,176 1,737 24.2 14,881 905 6.1
Mountain............... 3,426 701 20.5 10,593 669 6.3
Pacific................ 11,321 2,176 19.2 18,792 1,015 5.4
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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