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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
FEMALE HOUSEHOLDER, NO
SPOUSE PRESENT
Total................ 39,261 11,223 28.6 24,619 5,972 24.3 12,550 4,694 37.4
Residence and Region
United States:
Metropolitan........... 32,779 8,953 27.3 20,143 4,620 22.9 10,870 3,933 36.2
Central City........ 15,679 5,277 33.7 7,711 2,186 28.3 7,141 2,879 40.3
Not Central City.... 17,100 3,676 21.5 12,432 2,434 19.6 3,729 1,054 28.3
Not Metropolitan....... 6,481 2,270 35.0 4,476 1,352 30.2 1,680 761 45.3
Northeast................ 7,714 2,115 27.4 5,027 1,215 24.2 2,442 839 34.4
Metropolitan........... 7,053 1,908 27.0 4,423 1,038 23.5 2,402 813 33.8
Central City........ 3,781 1,339 35.4 1,749 589 33.7 1,862 703 37.8
Not Central City.... 3,272 569 17.4 2,674 449 16.8 541 110 20.3
Not Metropolitan....... 661 208 31.4 604 177 29.3 40 26 0.0
Midwest.................. 7,980 2,108 26.4 5,227 1,008 19.3 2,533 1,038 41.0
Metropolitan........... 6,487 1,730 26.7 3,933 708 18.0 2,409 993 41.2
Central City........ 3,435 1,197 34.9 1,437 321 22.4 1,928 856 44.4
Not Central City.... 3,052 533 17.5 2,495 387 15.5 481 137 28.5
Not Metropolitan....... 1,492 378 25.3 1,294 300 23.2 124 44 36.0
South.................... 15,158 4,897 32.3 7,860 2,120 27.0 6,856 2,631 38.4
Metropolitan........... 11,806 3,535 29.9 6,109 1,516 24.8 5,356 1,948 36.4
Central City........ 5,331 1,988 37.3 2,202 711 32.3 2,977 1,226 41.2
Not Central City.... 6,474 1,547 23.9 3,907 805 20.6 2,379 721 30.3
Not Metropolitan....... 3,352 1,362 40.6 1,751 604 34.5 1,500 684 45.6
West..................... 8,409 2,102 25.0 6,506 1,630 25.0 719 186 25.9
Metropolitan........... 7,433 1,780 24.0 5,678 1,358 23.9 703 180 25.5
Central City........ 3,132 752 24.0 2,323 565 24.3 375 93 24.9
Not Central City.... 4,301 1,028 23.9 3,356 793 23.6 328 86 26.3
Not Metropolitan....... 976 322 33.0 827 272 32.8 16 6 0.0
Division
New England............ 1,774 418 23.6 1,428 308 21.6 306 102 33.2
Middle Atlantic........ 5,940 1,697 28.6 3,599 907 25.2 2,136 738 34.5
East North Central..... 5,982 1,635 27.3 3,707 727 19.6 2,153 879 40.8
West North Central..... 1,998 473 23.7 1,520 281 18.5 380 159 41.8
South Atlantic......... 7,744 2,325 30.0 3,626 841 23.2 3,859 1,398 36.2
East South Central..... 2,621 917 35.0 1,272 339 26.6 1,322 569 43.1
West South Central..... 4,793 1,655 34.5 2,962 940 31.7 1,674 664 39.7
Mountain............... 2,211 646 29.2 1,880 544 28.9 132 40 30.4
Pacific................ 6,198 1,456 23.5 4,625 1,086 23.5 588 146 24.8
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
FEMALE HOUSEHOLDER, NO
SPOUSE PRESENT
Total................ 6,830 2,585 37.8 18,365 3,661 19.9
Residence and Region
United States:
Metropolitan........... 6,373 2,399 37.6 14,320 2,487 17.4
Central City........ 3,609 1,512 41.9 4,514 899 19.9
Not Central City.... 2,764 886 32.1 9,806 1,589 16.2
Not Metropolitan....... 456 186 40.8 4,045 1,174 29.0
Northeast................ 1,377 597 43.4 3,920 744 19.0
Metropolitan........... 1,359 588 43.3 3,333 576 17.3
Central City........ 1,083 505 46.7 914 205 22.4
Not Central City.... 276 83 29.9 2,419 371 15.3
Not Metropolitan....... 18 9 0.0 587 168 28.6
Midwest.................. 488 156 31.9 4,778 870 18.2
Metropolitan........... 443 147 33.3 3,528 578 16.4
Central City........ 289 103 35.5 1,176 228 19.4
Not Central City.... 154 45 29.1 2,353 350 14.9
Not Metropolitan....... 45 8 0.0 1,250 292 23.4
South.................... 2,007 796 39.7 5,953 1,385 23.3
Metropolitan........... 1,815 721 39.7 4,376 852 19.5
Central City........ 967 483 50.0 1,291 275 21.3
Not Central City.... 848 238 28.1 3,084 577 18.7
Not Metropolitan....... 191 75 39.2 1,577 533 33.8
West..................... 2,958 1,036 35.0 3,714 662 17.8
Metropolitan........... 2,756 942 34.2 3,082 482 15.6
Central City........ 1,269 421 33.1 1,133 191 16.9
Not Central City.... 1,487 521 35.1 1,950 290 14.9
Not Metropolitan....... 202 94 46.3 631 181 28.6
Division
New England............ 298 142 47.6 1,179 189 16.0
Middle Atlantic........ 1,079 455 42.2 2,741 555 20.2
East North Central..... 409 121 29.6 3,328 616 18.5
West North Central..... 79 35 44.4 1,451 254 17.5
South Atlantic......... 661 248 37.5 3,030 645 21.3
East South Central..... 49 7 0.0 1,242 332 26.7
West South Central..... 1,296 542 41.8 1,681 408 24.3
Mountain............... 683 266 38.9 1,229 284 23.1
Pacific................ 2,275 770 33.8 2,485 378 15.2
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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