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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
PEOPLE IN MARRIED
COUPLE FAMILIES
Total................ 182,212 10,299 5.7 156,392 8,269 5.3 15,089 1,234 8.2
Residence and Region
United States:
Metropolitan........... 146,583 7,589 5.2 123,767 6,004 4.9 13,250 949 7.2
Central City........ 43,674 3,487 8.0 33,197 2,479 7.5 6,760 619 9.2
Not Central City.... 102,909 4,102 4.0 90,570 3,525 3.9 6,490 331 5.1
Not Metropolitan....... 35,630 2,710 7.6 32,625 2,264 6.9 1,839 285 15.5
Northeast................ 33,978 1,515 4.5 29,724 1,132 3.8 2,454 223 9.1
Metropolitan........... 30,144 1,261 4.2 26,007 880 3.4 2,405 222 9.2
Central City........ 7,622 748 9.8 5,255 423 8.0 1,546 190 12.3
Not Central City.... 22,522 514 2.3 20,752 457 2.2 859 32 3.7
Not Metropolitan....... 3,834 254 6.6 3,718 253 6.8 49 1 .
Midwest.................. 42,025 1,478 3.5 38,237 1,189 3.1 2,483 188 7.6
Metropolitan........... 30,850 964 3.1 27,438 760 2.8 2,338 146 6.2
Central City........ 8,247 425 5.1 6,394 277 4.3 1,505 105 7.0
Not Central City.... 22,603 539 2.4 21,043 483 2.3 833 41 4.9
Not Metropolitan....... 11,175 514 4.6 10,800 429 4.0 145 43 29.5
South.................... 64,829 4,395 6.8 53,788 3,484 6.5 8,677 744 8.6
Metropolitan........... 49,552 2,937 5.9 40,566 2,325 5.7 7,068 514 7.3
Central City........ 14,564 1,237 8.5 10,987 899 8.2 3,001 288 9.6
Not Central City.... 34,988 1,700 4.9 29,580 1,426 4.8 4,067 226 5.5
Not Metropolitan....... 15,276 1,458 9.5 13,221 1,158 8.8 1,608 231 14.3
West..................... 41,380 2,910 7.0 34,643 2,463 7.1 1,475 79 5.3
Metropolitan........... 36,036 2,426 6.7 29,757 2,039 6.9 1,439 68 4.8
Central City........ 13,241 1,077 8.1 10,562 879 8.3 708 36 5.1
Not Central City.... 22,796 1,349 5.9 19,195 1,159 6.0 731 33 4.5
Not Metropolitan....... 5,344 484 9.1 4,886 425 8.7 37 10 .
Division
New England............. 8,799 256 2.9 8,047 209 2.6 414 26 6.4
Middle Atlantic......... 25,179 1,259 5.0 21,677 923 4.3 2,040 196 9.6
East North Central...... 29,313 1,015 3.5 26,348 809 3.1 2,098 158 7.5
West North Central...... 12,713 463 3.6 11,889 380 3.2 385 30 7.8
South Atlantic.......... 32,984 1,756 5.3 26,541 1,372 5.2 5,224 352 6.7
East South Central...... 11,003 757 6.9 9,252 557 6.0 1,583 174 11.0
West South Central...... 20,841 1,882 9.0 17,994 1,555 8.6 1,870 218 11.7
Mountain................ 12,260 801 6.5 11,271 722 6.4 244 16 6.6
Pacific................. 29,120 2,110 7.2 23,372 1,741 7.5 1,231 63 5.1
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
PEOPLE IN MARRIED
COUPLE FAMILIES
Total................ 23,544 3,609 15.3 133,990 4,782 3.6
Residence and Region
United States:
Metropolitan........... 21,294 3,123 14.7 103,523 2,987 2.9
Central City........ 9,878 1,584 16.0 23,881 978 4.1
Not Central City.... 11,416 1,539 13.5 79,643 2,009 2.5
Not Metropolitan....... 2,251 486 21.6 30,467 1,796 5.9
Northeast................ 2,493 297 11.9 27,602 897 3.2
Metropolitan........... 2,435 293 12.1 23,931 648 2.7
Central City........ 1,496 213 14.2 4,061 270 6.7
Not Central City.... 939 80 8.6 19,870 378 1.9
Not Metropolitan....... 58 4 . 3,671 249 6.8
Midwest.................. 1,696 156 9.2 36,639 1,045 2.9
Metropolitan........... 1,472 126 8.6 26,053 642 2.5
Central City........ 765 78 10.2 5,683 207 3.6
Not Central City.... 706 48 6.9 20,370 435 2.1
Not Metropolitan....... 224 30 13.4 10,587 403 3.8
South.................... 8,671 1,544 17.8 45,453 1,966 4.3
Metropolitan........... 7,471 1,262 16.9 33,384 1,088 3.3
Central City........ 3,416 634 18.6 7,648 272 3.6
Not Central City.... 4,054 628 15.5 25,736 817 3.2
Not Metropolitan....... 1,200 282 23.5 12,069 878 7.3
West..................... 10,685 1,611 15.1 24,296 874 3.6
Metropolitan........... 9,917 1,441 14.5 20,156 609 3.0
Central City........ 4,199 659 15.7 6,489 229 3.5
Not Central City.... 5,717 782 13.7 13,667 380 2.8
Not Metropolitan....... 768 170 22.1 4,140 266 6.4
Division
New England............. 432 62 14.4 7,651 147 1.9
Middle Atlantic......... 2,061 235 11.4 19,951 749 3.8
East North Central...... 1,334 105 7.9 25,090 709 2.8
West North Central...... 362 51 14.2 11,549 336 2.9
South Atlantic.......... 3,072 372 12.1 23,710 1,019 4.3
East South Central...... 170 55 32.1 9,087 504 5.5
West South Central...... 5,428 1,117 20.6 12,656 443 3.5
Mountain................ 2,456 381 15.5 8,899 350 3.9
Pacific................. 8,229 1,230 15.0 15,398 524 3.4
Hispanics may be of any race.
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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