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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 WITH RELATED
CHILDREN UNDER 18
Total................ 113,690 7,865 6.9 95,570 6,301 6.6 10,448 958 9.2
Residence and Region
United States:
Metropolitan........... 93,237 5,878 6.3 77,275 4,671 6.0 9,190 738 8.0
Central City........ 27,926 2,786 10.0 20,955 2,005 9.6 4,493 494 11.0
Not Central City.... 65,310 3,091 4.7 56,319 2,666 4.7 4,697 245 5.2
Not Metropolitan....... 20,453 1,988 9.7 18,296 1,630 8.9 1,258 219 17.4
Northeast................ 20,405 1,073 5.3 17,449 786 4.5 1,713 174 10.2
Metropolitan........... 18,291 886 4.8 15,411 599 3.9 1,678 174 10.4
Central City........ 4,604 550 12.0 3,010 300 10.0 1,035 156 15.0
Not Central City.... 13,687 336 2.5 12,400 299 2.4 643 18 2.9
Not Metropolitan....... 2,114 187 8.8 2,039 187 9.2 35 0 .
Midwest.................. 25,587 1,108 4.3 22,961 859 3.7 1,661 161 9.7
Metropolitan........... 19,159 714 3.7 16,821 541 3.2 1,554 123 7.9
Central City........ 5,026 316 6.3 3,813 195 5.1 977 85 8.7
Not Central City.... 14,133 398 2.8 13,007 346 2.7 577 38 6.5
Not Metropolitan....... 6,428 394 6.1 6,141 318 5.2 107 39 36.2
South.................... 39,665 3,283 8.3 31,976 2,584 8.1 5,982 563 9.4
Metropolitan........... 30,995 2,258 7.3 24,756 1,787 7.2 4,896 393 8.0
Central City........ 9,294 1,015 10.9 6,951 746 10.7 1,971 229 11.6
Not Central City.... 21,701 1,243 5.7 17,805 1,041 5.8 2,925 164 5.6
Not Metropolitan....... 8,669 1,025 11.8 7,220 797 11.0 1,086 170 15.7
West..................... 28,033 2,401 8.6 23,184 2,072 8.9 1,093 59 5.4
Metropolitan........... 24,791 2,019 8.1 20,287 1,744 8.6 1,062 49 4.6
Central City........ 9,002 906 10.1 7,180 764 10.6 511 24 4.7
Not Central City.... 15,789 1,113 7.1 13,107 980 7.5 551 25 4.5
Not Metropolitan....... 3,242 382 11.8 2,897 329 11.3 30 10 .
Division
New England............. 5,344 154 2.9 4,815 121 2.5 291 15 5.2
Middle Atlantic......... 15,062 919 6.1 12,634 665 5.3 1,422 159 11.2
East North Central...... 17,802 795 4.5 15,744 624 4.0 1,426 132 9.3
West North Central...... 7,785 313 4.0 7,217 234 3.2 234 29 12.3
South Atlantic.......... 19,404 1,155 6.0 14,913 889 6.0 3,619 240 6.6
East South Central...... 6,680 558 8.4 5,452 394 7.2 1,116 149 13.3
West South Central...... 13,581 1,570 11.6 11,611 1,301 11.2 1,247 175 14.1
Mountain................ 8,029 648 8.1 7,329 593 8.1 164 11 6.9
Pacific................. 20,004 1,753 8.8 15,855 1,479 9.3 928 48 5.2
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 WITH RELATED
CHILDREN UNDER 18
Total................ 18,853 3,234 17.2 77,635 3,170 4.1
Residence and Region
United States:
Metropolitan........... 17,114 2,813 16.4 60,995 1,947 3.2
Central City........ 7,973 1,404 17.6 13,414 669 5.0
Not Central City.... 9,141 1,409 15.4 47,581 1,278 2.7
Not Metropolitan....... 1,738 421 24.2 16,640 1,223 7.3
Northeast................ 1,851 245 13.2 15,901 594 3.7
Metropolitan........... 1,807 241 13.3 13,895 412 3.0
Central City........ 1,102 179 16.2 2,156 174 8.0
Not Central City.... 705 62 8.8 11,739 238 2.0
Not Metropolitan....... 44 4 . 2,005 183 9.1
Midwest.................. 1,332 138 10.3 21,699 728 3.4
Metropolitan........... 1,143 110 9.6 15,739 436 2.8
Central City........ 609 64 10.5 3,238 136 4.2
Not Central City.... 534 46 8.7 12,501 300 2.4
Not Metropolitan....... 189 28 14.8 5,959 292 4.9
South.................... 6,708 1,331 19.8 25,539 1,276 5.0
Metropolitan........... 5,800 1,100 19.0 19,182 710 3.7
Central City........ 2,702 550 20.4 4,305 200 4.6
Not Central City.... 3,098 550 17.8 14,876 510 3.4
Not Metropolitan....... 908 231 25.4 6,357 566 8.9
West..................... 8,962 1,520 17.0 14,496 572 3.9
Metropolitan........... 8,365 1,362 16.3 12,178 390 3.2
Central City........ 3,561 612 17.2 3,714 161 4.3
Not Central City.... 4,804 751 15.6 8,464 230 2.7
Not Metropolitan....... 597 158 26.5 2,318 182 7.8
Division
New England............. 350 57 16.2 4,495 65 1.4
Middle Atlantic......... 1,501 188 12.6 11,406 530 4.6
East North Central...... 1,053 93 8.8 14,745 531 3.6
West North Central...... 279 45 16.1 6,954 197 2.8
South Atlantic.......... 2,190 303 13.9 12,910 605 4.7
East South Central...... 149 47 31.3 5,306 347 6.5
West South Central...... 4,369 981 22.4 7,322 323 4.4
Mountain................ 2,001 350 17.5 5,398 250 4.6
Pacific................. 6,961 1,170 16.8 9,098 322 3.5
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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