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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
UNRELATED INDIVIDUALS
Total................ 46,392 9,226 19.9 38,294 6,996 18.3 5,873 1,692 28.8
Residence and Region
United States:
Metropolitan........... 38,425 7,231 18.8 31,250 5,378 17.2 5,213 1,412 27.1
Central City........ 17,244 3,721 21.6 12,838 2,442 19.0 3,273 978 29.9
Not Central City.... 21,181 3,510 16.6 18,411 2,936 15.9 1,940 434 22.4
Not Metropolitan....... 7,967 1,995 25.0 7,044 1,618 23.0 661 280 42.3
Northeast................ 9,042 1,766 19.5 7,483 1,275 17.0 1,186 397 33.5
Metropolitan........... 8,063 1,568 19.4 6,538 1,091 16.7 1,170 390 33.4
Central City........ 3,450 849 24.6 2,404 499 20.8 816 281 34.5
Not Central City.... 4,614 718 15.6 4,133 592 14.3 355 109 30.8
Not Metropolitan....... 979 198 20.2 945 184 19.5 16 6 .
Midwest.................. 10,645 1,943 18.3 9,288 1,547 16.7 1,093 318 29.1
Metropolitan........... 8,213 1,414 17.2 6,979 1,069 15.3 1,035 294 28.4
Central City........ 3,637 785 21.6 2,749 508 18.5 783 250 31.9
Not Central City.... 4,576 629 13.7 4,230 561 13.3 253 45 17.7
Not Metropolitan....... 2,432 529 21.8 2,309 478 20.7 57 24 .
South.................... 15,750 3,376 21.4 12,293 2,394 19.5 2,993 862 28.8
Metropolitan........... 12,533 2,419 19.3 9,741 1,715 17.6 2,411 613 25.4
Central City........ 5,299 1,124 21.2 3,768 685 18.2 1,308 367 28.1
Not Central City.... 7,233 1,295 17.9 5,973 1,030 17.2 1,104 246 22.3
Not Metropolitan....... 3,217 957 29.7 2,552 679 26.6 582 249 42.8
West..................... 10,955 2,141 19.5 9,229 1,780 19.3 601 115 19.1
Metropolitan........... 9,616 1,831 19.0 7,992 1,503 18.8 596 114 19.2
Central City........ 4,858 963 19.8 3,917 750 19.1 367 80 21.8
Not Central City.... 4,758 868 18.2 4,075 754 18.5 229 34 15.0
Not Metropolitan....... 1,338 310 23.2 1,237 276 22.3 5 1 .
Division
New England............. 2,711 454 16.8 2,468 386 15.6 165 57 34.7
Middle Atlantic......... 6,332 1,311 20.7 5,015 890 17.7 1,022 340 33.3
East North Central...... 7,274 1,309 18.0 6,220 1,000 16.1 894 260 29.1
West North Central...... 3,372 634 18.8 3,068 546 17.8 199 58 29.1
South Atlantic.......... 8,935 1,720 19.3 6,803 1,156 17.0 1,888 504 26.7
East South Central...... 2,484 673 27.1 1,976 497 25.2 472 167 35.4
West South Central...... 4,332 983 22.7 3,515 741 21.1 634 190 30.0
Mountain................ 3,138 580 18.5 2,844 508 17.9 86 18 20.9
Pacific................. 7,817 1,561 20.0 6,386 1,271 19.9 515 97 18.8
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
UNRELATED INDIVIDUALS
Total................ 3,981 1,211 30.4 34,603 5,882 17.0
Residence and Region
United States:
Metropolitan........... 3,662 1,092 29.8 27,856 4,375 15.7
Central City........ 2,060 657 31.9 10,935 1,844 16.9
Not Central City.... 1,603 435 27.2 16,921 2,531 15.0
Not Metropolitan....... 319 119 37.2 6,748 1,507 22.3
Northeast................ 643 241 37.4 6,940 1,078 15.5
Metropolitan........... 632 236 37.3 6,005 898 15.0
Central City........ 427 177 41.3 2,059 361 17.5
Not Central City.... 204 59 29.0 3,946 538 13.6
Not Metropolitan....... 11 5 . 935 179 19.2
Midwest.................. 369 104 28.1 8,936 1,446 16.2
Metropolitan........... 330 90 27.4 6,666 981 14.7
Central City........ 206 61 29.6 2,552 449 17.6
Not Central City.... 124 29 23.8 4,114 533 13.0
Not Metropolitan....... 39 13 . 2,271 464 20.5
South.................... 1,366 382 27.9 11,031 2,045 18.5
Metropolitan........... 1,212 318 26.2 8,613 1,422 16.5
Central City........ 604 155 25.7 3,190 537 16.8
Not Central City.... 608 163 26.7 5,423 884 16.3
Not Metropolitan....... 154 64 41.3 2,418 623 25.8
West..................... 1,603 485 30.2 7,696 1,313 17.1
Metropolitan........... 1,489 448 30.1 6,571 1,073 16.3
Central City........ 822 264 32.1 3,133 498 15.9
Not Central City.... 666 184 27.6 3,438 576 16.7
Not Metropolitan....... 114 37 32.1 1,125 240 21.3
Division
New England............. 120 52 43.0 2,369 345 14.6
Middle Atlantic......... 523 189 36.2 4,571 732 16.0
East North Central...... 261 70 26.9 5,970 933 15.6
West North Central...... 107 33 31.0 2,966 513 17.3
South Atlantic.......... 685 164 24.0 6,202 1,015 16.4
East South Central...... 57 21 . 1,928 480 24.9
West South Central...... 624 197 31.5 2,901 551 19.0
Mountain................ 443 120 27.0 2,414 392 16.2
Pacific................. 1,160 365 31.5 5,282 922 17.4
Hispanics may be of any race.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, March 2002
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
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Last revised: July 14, 2004
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