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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,
WITH RELATED CHILDREN UNDER 18
Total................ 29,222 10,254 35.1 17,506 5,412 30.9 10,296 4,344 42.2
Residence and Region
United States:
Metropolitan........... 24,209 8,157 33.7 14,130 4,161 29.5 8,907 3,640 40.9
Central City........ 12,060 4,841 40.1 5,579 1,965 35.2 5,937 2,689 45.3
Not Central City.... 12,149 3,316 27.3 8,551 2,196 25.7 2,970 951 32.0
Not Metropolitan....... 5,014 2,097 41.8 3,376 1,251 37.0 1,389 704 50.7
Northeast................ 5,297 1,809 34.2 3,195 1,013 31.7 1,948 755 38.7
Metropolitan........... 4,827 1,633 33.8 2,771 868 31.3 1,911 728 38.1
Central City........ 2,794 1,173 42.0 1,184 497 42.0 1,501 643 42.8
Not Central City.... 2,033 459 22.6 1,586 371 23.4 409 85 20.8
Not Metropolitan....... 470 176 37.6 424 146 34.3 37 26 0.0
Midwest.................. 5,970 2,007 33.6 3,669 964 26.3 2,137 984 46.1
Metropolitan........... 4,817 1,646 34.2 2,693 677 25.1 2,019 940 46.6
Central City........ 2,651 1,134 42.8 968 309 31.9 1,625 805 49.5
Not Central City.... 2,166 512 23.6 1,725 368 21.3 394 135 34.2
Not Metropolitan....... 1,154 362 31.3 976 287 29.4 117 44 37.9
South.................... 11,608 4,507 38.8 5,659 1,941 34.3 5,640 2,429 43.1
Metropolitan........... 9,017 3,253 36.1 4,370 1,381 31.6 4,422 1,803 40.8
Central City........ 4,241 1,850 43.6 1,604 647 40.3 2,522 1,156 45.8
Not Central City.... 4,776 1,402 29.4 2,766 735 26.6 1,900 647 34.1
Not Metropolitan....... 2,591 1,254 48.4 1,289 560 43.4 1,218 627 51.4
West..................... 6,346 1,930 30.4 4,983 1,493 30.0 571 175 30.7
Metropolitan........... 5,547 1,625 29.3 4,296 1,235 28.8 555 169 30.5
Central City........ 2,374 683 28.8 1,822 512 28.1 287 85 29.7
Not Central City.... 3,173 942 29.7 2,474 723 29.2 267 84 31.3
Not Metropolitan....... 799 305 38.2 687 258 37.6 16 6 0.0
Division
New England............ 1,220 374 30.6 943 269 28.5 245 98 40.1
Middle Atlantic........ 4,077 1,436 35.2 2,252 744 33.1 1,703 657 38.6
East North Central..... 4,407 1,548 35.1 2,545 696 27.4 1,789 826 46.2
West North Central..... 1,563 459 29.4 1,125 268 23.8 348 159 45.6
South Atlantic......... 5,768 2,095 36.3 2,433 749 30.8 3,135 1,266 40.4
East South Central..... 2,044 849 41.5 926 317 34.2 1,093 523 47.8
West South Central..... 3,796 1,563 41.2 2,300 875 38.1 1,413 641 45.4
Mountain............... 1,751 605 34.6 1,493 506 33.9 116 40 34.6
Pacific................ 4,595 1,325 28.8 3,490 988 28.3 455 135 29.8
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,
WITH RELATED CHILDREN UNDER 18
Total................ 5,622 2,419 43.0 12,408 3,260 26.3
Residence and Region
United States:
Metropolitan........... 5,224 2,244 42.9 9,406 2,177 23.1
Central City........ 3,022 1,410 46.7 2,941 774 26.3
Not Central City.... 2,203 834 37.9 6,464 1,403 21.7
Not Metropolitan....... 398 175 44.1 3,003 1,083 36.1
Northeast................ 1,093 515 47.1 2,360 621 26.3
Metropolitan........... 1,079 507 47.0 1,948 484 24.8
Central City........ 867 444 51.2 553 172 31.0
Not Central City.... 211 63 29.8 1,395 312 22.4
Not Metropolitan....... 14 8 0.0 411 137 33.4
Midwest.................. 397 153 38.4 3,312 829 25.0
Metropolitan........... 372 144 38.8 2,360 550 23.3
Central City........ 249 103 41.2 747 216 28.9
Not Central City.... 123 42 33.9 1,613 334 20.7
Not Metropolitan....... 25 8 0.0 952 279 29.4
South.................... 1,719 776 45.1 4,034 1,227 30.4
Metropolitan........... 1,540 706 45.8 2,907 733 25.2
Central City........ 833 476 57.1 823 218 26.5
Not Central City.... 707 230 32.5 2,083 515 24.7
Not Metropolitan....... 178 70 39.1 1,127 494 43.8
West..................... 2,414 976 40.4 2,703 583 21.6
Metropolitan........... 2,234 887 39.7 2,191 411 18.8
Central City........ 1,072 387 36.1 818 168 20.6
Not Central City.... 1,161 499 43.0 1,372 243 17.7
Not Metropolitan....... 180 89 49.4 512 172 33.5
Division
New England............ 264 126 47.9 728 166 22.8
Middle Atlantic........ 829 389 46.9 1,632 455 27.9
East North Central..... 326 118 36.1 2,248 588 26.2
West North Central..... 71 35 0.0 1,064 241 22.7
South Atlantic......... 535 240 44.9 1,959 560 28.6
East South Central..... 48 7 0.0 896 310 34.6
West South Central..... 1,136 529 46.6 1,178 357 30.3
Mountain............... 591 256 43.3 927 256 27.6
Pacific................ 1,823 720 39.5 1,776 327 18.4
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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