Table E2.  ,,,,,,,,,,,,
"Family Income as a Percent of Poverty for Children, for Regions and States: 1989 - 1999",,,,,,,,,,,,
"(For information on confidentiality protection, sampling error, nonsampling error, and definitions, see www.census.gov/prod/cen2000/doc/sf3.pdf",,,,,,,,,,,,
See Appendix A for further definitions).,,,,,,,,,,,,
Area,In family in poverty (income below poverty level),,,In low-income family (income 100 -199 percent of poverty level),,,In middle-income family (income 200-399 percent of poverty level),,,In high-income family (income 400+ percent of poverty level),,
,Percent,,Percentage-point changea,Percent,,Percentage-point changea,Percent,,Percentage-point changea,Percent,,Percentage-point changea
,1990,2000,,1990,2000,,1990,2000,,1990,2000,
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  United States......................................................................,17.7,16.0,-1.7,21.1,21.3,0.2,37.3,34.8,-2.5,23.9,27.9,4.0
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Region,,,,,,,,,,,,
  Northeast......................................................................,14.9,14.7,-0.1,16.8,17.6,0.8,38.0,33.7,-4.3,30.4,34.0,3.7
  Midwest......................................................................,16.0,12.8,-3.2,20.1,19.4,-0.7,41.2,38.7,-2.5,22.8,29.1,6.4
  South......................................................................,21.0,18.2,-2.8,23.3,23.3,(NS),35.1,33.9,-1.2,20.6,24.6,4.0
  West......................................................................,16.9,16.8,-0.1,22.3,23.0,0.7,36.0,33.3,-2.7,24.8,27.0,2.1
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State,,,,,,,,,,,,
Alabama......................................................................,23.7,21.0,-2.7,24.5,23.8,-0.7,34.9,34.2,-0.6,17.0,21.0,4.0
Alaska......................................................................,10.8,11.0,(NS),18.4,20.7,2.3,34.0,36.4,2.5,36.9,31.9,-5.0
Arizona......................................................................,21.5,18.6,-2.9,24.2,25.1,1.0,35.2,33.9,-1.3,19.2,22.4,3.2
Arkansas......................................................................,24.7,21.2,-3.5,28.5,27.6,-0.9,34.2,34.8,0.6,12.6,16.4,3.9
California......................................................................,17.6,18.8,1.2,21.3,23.4,2.1,33.2,30.0,-3.1,28.0,27.8,-0.2
Colorado......................................................................,14.8,10.7,-4.1,20.9,18.7,-2.1,39.1,37.0,-2.1,25.3,33.6,8.3
Connecticut......................................................................,10.3,10.0,-0.3,11.2,13.7,2.5,36.5,32.0,-4.4,42.1,44.3,2.3
Delaware......................................................................,11.5,11.8,(NS),18.1,18.2,(NS),39.5,36.5,-3.0,30.9,33.6,2.7
District of Columbia......................................................................,24.8,31.0,6.2,21.7,21.9,(NS),29.9,24.3,-5.6,23.6,22.9,(NS)
Florida......................................................................,18.1,17.0,-1.1,23.8,23.6,-0.2,36.4,34.8,-1.6,21.8,24.7,2.9
Georgia......................................................................,19.6,16.6,-3.0,22.0,21.6,-0.4,35.8,34.3,-1.5,22.6,27.5,4.9
Hawaii......................................................................,11.0,13.4,2.4,19.8,20.4,0.6,39.4,36.8,-2.6,29.9,29.5,(NS)
Idaho......................................................................,15.6,13.6,-2.0,31.4,27.8,-3.5,39.0,39.7,0.7,14.0,18.8,4.8
Illinois......................................................................,16.6,13.8,-2.7,17.8,18.3,0.5,39.2,35.6,-3.5,26.4,32.2,5.7
Indiana......................................................................,13.7,11.6,-2.1,21.8,20.3,-1.4,43.3,41.0,-2.2,21.3,27.0,5.7
Iowa......................................................................,13.8,10.4,-3.5,23.7,21.1,-2.6,44.4,43.9,-0.5,18.1,24.6,6.6
Kansas......................................................................,13.8,11.4,-2.4,23.7,21.7,-2.0,41.6,40.3,-1.3,20.9,26.7,5.7
Kentucky......................................................................,24.2,20.2,-4.0,23.7,23.2,-0.5,35.8,34.7,-1.1,16.3,21.9,5.6
Louisiana......................................................................,30.9,26.1,-4.8,23.3,23.5,(NS),31.1,31.3,(NS),14.7,19.1,4.4
Maine......................................................................,13.1,12.9,(NS),22.9,21.7,-1.2,43.8,40.9,-2.9,20.2,24.5,4.3
Maryland......................................................................,10.8,10.2,-0.6,14.6,15.3,0.7,37.5,34.5,-3.0,37.1,40.1,2.9
Massachusetts......................................................................,12.8,11.5,-1.3,13.6,14.4,0.8,38.3,32.8,-5.5,35.3,41.3,6.0
Michigan......................................................................,18.1,13.3,-4.7,18.0,18.5,0.5,38.7,36.8,-1.9,25.3,31.4,6.1
Minnesota......................................................................,12.3,9.1,-3.2,18.6,16.5,-2.0,43.3,39.2,-4.1,25.8,35.2,9.4
Mississippi......................................................................,33.1,26.5,-6.6,26.2,26.5,0.3,29.0,31.3,2.3,11.7,15.7,4.0
Missouri......................................................................,17.2,15.1,-2.1,22.4,22.3,(NS),39.9,37.8,-2.1,20.5,24.8,4.3
Montana......................................................................,19.8,18.2,-1.6,27.5,27.4,(NS),39.5,37.5,-2.0,13.2,16.9,3.7
Nebraska......................................................................,13.3,11.7,-1.6,25.7,22.3,-3.4,43.5,41.7,-1.9,17.5,24.3,6.8
Nevada......................................................................,12.7,13.4,0.7,22.1,22.4,(NS),41.2,38.4,-2.9,24.0,25.8,1.9
New Hampshire......................................................................,7.0,7.2,(NS),14.9,14.7,(NS),45.0,40.2,-4.8,33.2,37.8,4.7
New Jersey......................................................................,10.9,10.7,-0.2,13.2,14.4,1.1,36.0,31.5,-4.5,39.8,43.4,3.6
New Mexico......................................................................,27.2,24.4,-2.8,27.0,28.0,1.1,32.1,30.8,-1.3,13.8,16.8,3.0
New York......................................................................,18.6,19.5,0.8,17.8,19.2,1.4,35.3,31.6,-3.7,28.3,29.8,1.5
North Carolina......................................................................,16.7,15.6,-1.1,24.2,22.9,-1.3,38.9,36.2,-2.7,20.2,25.3,5.1
North Dakota......................................................................,16.6,13.4,-3.2,27.0,22.8,-4.2,41.9,43.4,1.5,14.4,20.4,6.0
Ohio......................................................................,17.4,13.9,-3.5,19.4,19.6,0.2,41.3,38.6,-2.8,21.8,27.9,6.1
Oklahoma......................................................................,21.1,19.0,-2.2,26.0,27.2,1.1,36.4,35.2,-1.2,16.4,18.7,2.3
Oregon......................................................................,15.0,13.9,-1.2,23.6,22.7,-0.9,41.7,37.6,-4.1,19.8,25.9,6.2
Pennsylvania......................................................................,15.2,14.2,-1.0,19.9,19.8,(NS),41.5,37.5,-4.0,23.4,28.6,5.2
Rhode Island......................................................................,13.4,16.4,3.0,17.3,17.3,(NS),42.0,35.4,-6.6,27.3,30.9,3.6
South Carolina......................................................................,20.5,18.3,-2.2,25.4,24.1,-1.3,36.5,35.9,-0.6,17.6,21.7,4.1
South Dakota......................................................................,19.9,16.5,-3.4,29.1,24.0,-5.1,38.9,40.6,1.7,12.1,18.8,6.8
Tennessee......................................................................,20.5,17.5,-3.0,24.0,23.4,-0.6,36.6,36.2,-0.4,18.9,23.0,4.0
Texas......................................................................,23.8,20.0,-3.8,24.1,25.2,1.1,32.3,31.2,-1.1,19.8,23.6,3.8
Utah......................................................................,12.0,9.6,-2.5,28.3,23.1,-5.3,45.4,44.1,-1.2,14.3,23.2,8.9
Vermont......................................................................,11.4,10.6,-0.8,21.6,21.2,-0.4,44.2,41.3,-2.8,22.9,26.9,4.0
Virginia......................................................................,12.9,11.8,-1.1,19.5,19.1,-0.4,38.0,35.6,-2.4,29.7,33.5,3.8
Washington......................................................................,13.9,13.0,-0.8,20.0,19.4,-0.7,41.3,37.2,-4.1,24.8,30.4,5.6
West Virginia......................................................................,25.6,23.7,-2.0,24.8,26.1,1.3,35.3,33.8,-1.5,14.3,16.4,2.1
Wisconsin......................................................................,14.4,10.7,-3.7,19.9,17.9,-2.0,44.6,41.9,-2.7,21.1,29.5,8.5
Wyoming......................................................................,14.0,13.7,(NS),24.8,23.2,-1.6,43.3,42.2,-1.1,17.9,20.9,2.9
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Puerto Rico......................................................................,(X),57.9,(X),(X),23.9,(X),(X),13.4,(X),(X),4.8,(X)
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   (NS) Not significantly different from zero at the 90-percent confidence level.  (X)  Substantial differences in 1990 questionnaire make comparison unadvisable.,,,,,,,,,,,,
"    Note: Children are all people under 18 years living in households except householders, subfamily reference persons, and their spouses.",,,,,,,,,,,,
"    Note: Poverty and poverty related characteristics include only children who are related to the householder.  Children in poverty live in a family whose income and family size put the child below the poverty threshold.  Poverty data collected in the 1990 and 2000 censuses refer to poverty in calender year 1989 and 1999, respectively.  The average poverty threshold for a family of four was $12,674 in 1989 and $17,029 in 1999.",,,,,,,,,,,,
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    a.  The percentage point change between unrounded percents in 1990 and 2000.,,,,,,,,,,,,
"Source:  U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2000, Summary File 3; U.S. Bureau of the Census, 1990 census Summary File 3",,,,,,,,,,,,
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