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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 WITH
RELATED CHILDREN UNDER 18
Total................ 149,948 19,423 13.0 118,480 12,606 10.6 22,020 5,644 25.6
Residence and Region
United States:
Metropolitan........... 123,108 15,054 12.2 95,659 9,506 9.9 19,230 4,686 24.4
Central City........ 42,428 8,214 19.4 28,113 4,284 15.2 11,175 3,439 30.8
Not Central City.... 80,680 6,840 8.5 67,546 5,222 7.7 8,055 1,248 15.5
Not Metropolitan....... 26,840 4,370 16.3 22,821 3,100 13.6 2,790 958 34.3
Northeast................ 26,864 3,046 11.3 21,580 1,926 8.9 3,832 954 24.9
Metropolitan........... 24,141 2,649 11.0 18,979 1,560 8.2 3,759 928 24.7
Central City........ 7,818 1,794 22.9 4,484 843 18.8 2,646 817 30.9
Not Central City.... 16,323 855 5.2 14,495 717 4.9 1,113 110 9.9
Not Metropolitan....... 2,723 397 14.6 2,601 366 14.1 73 27 0.0
Midwest.................. 33,141 3,365 10.2 27,947 1,997 7.1 4,014 1,207 30.1
Metropolitan........... 25,096 2,527 10.1 20,387 1,322 6.5 3,784 1,123 29.7
Central City........ 8,188 1,563 19.1 5,091 554 10.9 2,782 950 34.1
Not Central City.... 16,908 963 5.7 15,297 767 5.0 1,002 173 17.2
Not Metropolitan....... 8,044 838 10.4 7,559 675 8.9 229 84 36.8
South.................... 53,634 8,317 15.5 39,230 4,806 12.3 12,326 3,219 26.1
Metropolitan........... 41,846 5,905 14.1 30,354 3,367 11.1 9,885 2,389 24.2
Central City........ 14,319 3,108 21.7 9,001 1,480 16.4 4,814 1,538 31.9
Not Central City.... 27,526 2,797 10.2 21,354 1,887 8.8 5,071 851 16.8
Not Metropolitan....... 11,788 2,412 20.5 8,875 1,439 16.2 2,441 830 34.0
West..................... 36,310 4,695 12.9 29,723 3,878 13.0 1,848 264 14.3
Metropolitan........... 32,025 3,973 12.4 25,938 3,258 12.6 1,801 247 13.7
Central City........ 12,102 1,748 14.4 9,537 1,406 14.7 933 133 14.3
Not Central City.... 19,923 2,225 11.2 16,400 1,851 11.3 869 114 13.1
Not Metropolitan....... 4,285 722 16.9 3,785 620 16.4 47 17 0.0
Division
New England............ 6,820 558 8.2 5,987 421 7.0 559 114 20.3
Middle Atlantic........ 20,044 2,488 12.4 15,593 1,504 9.6 3,273 841 25.7
East North Central..... 23,284 2,518 10.8 19,178 1,440 7.5 3,385 1,011 29.9
West North Central..... 9,857 847 8.6 8,769 557 6.3 629 196 31.1
South Atlantic......... 26,360 3,427 13.0 18,110 1,742 9.6 7,144 1,575 22.0
East South Central..... 9,116 1,546 17.0 6,645 788 11.9 2,331 734 31.5
West South Central..... 18,158 3,344 18.4 14,476 2,276 15.7 2,851 910 31.9
Mountain............... 10,349 1,338 12.9 9,303 1,179 12.7 321 55 17.3
Pacific................ 25,961 3,357 12.9 20,420 2,699 13.2 1,527 208 13.6
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 WITH
RELATED CHILDREN UNDER 18
Total................ 26,167 6,073 23.2 93,841 6,925 7.4
Residence and Region
United States:
Metropolitan........... 23,895 5,456 22.8 73,181 4,416 6.0
Central City........ 11,801 3,024 25.6 17,169 1,560 9.1
Not Central City.... 12,094 2,432 20.1 56,012 2,856 5.1
Not Metropolitan....... 2,272 617 27.1 20,660 2,509 12.1
Northeast................ 3,206 818 25.5 18,947 1,291 6.8
Metropolitan........... 3,145 805 25.6 16,395 937 5.7
Central City........ 2,115 660 31.2 2,861 361 12.6
Not Central City.... 1,030 146 14.2 13,534 577 4.3
Not Metropolitan....... 61 12 0.0 2,552 354 13.9
Midwest.................. 1,916 324 16.9 26,148 1,700 6.5
Metropolitan........... 1,673 284 17.0 18,823 1,061 5.6
Central City........ 961 181 18.9 4,193 389 9.3
Not Central City.... 712 103 14.5 14,630 672 4.6
Not Metropolitan....... 243 40 16.3 7,326 639 8.7
South.................... 8,919 2,222 24.9 30,700 2,674 8.7
Metropolitan........... 7,777 1,909 24.6 22,901 1,540 6.7
Central City........ 3,788 1,087 28.7 5,329 447 8.4
Not Central City.... 3,989 822 20.6 17,572 1,093 6.2
Not Metropolitan....... 1,142 312 27.3 7,799 1,134 14.5
West..................... 12,125 2,709 22.3 18,046 1,260 7.0
Metropolitan........... 11,300 2,457 21.7 15,063 878 5.8
Central City........ 4,936 1,096 22.2 4,786 364 7.6
Not Central City.... 6,364 1,361 21.4 10,276 515 5.0
Not Metropolitan....... 826 252 30.6 2,984 382 12.8
Division
New England............ 648 192 29.6 5,419 252 4.7
Middle Atlantic........ 2,558 626 24.5 13,528 1,039 7.7
East North Central..... 1,530 233 15.2 17,737 1,216 6.9
West North Central..... 386 91 23.6 8,411 483 5.7
South Atlantic......... 2,920 576 19.7 15,455 1,238 8.0
East South Central..... 208 60 28.9 6,459 727 11.3
West South Central..... 5,792 1,586 27.4 8,786 709 8.1
Mountain............... 2,769 653 23.6 6,634 539 8.1
Pacific................ 9,356 2,056 22.0 11,412 720 6.3
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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