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POV41: Region, Division and Type of Residence--Poverty Status for All People, Family Members and Unrelated Individuals by Family Structure: 2008

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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2009 Annual Social and Economic Supplement.

(Numbers in thousands)

  All people (1) People in families (2) People in unrelated subfamilies (3) Unrelated individuals (4)
All income levels Below 125% of poverty (5) Percentage below 125% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 125% of poverty (5) Percentage below 125% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 125% of poverty (5) Percentage below 125% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 125% of poverty (5) Percentage below 125% of poverty (6)

Asian A.O.I.C.
 
Total (1) 		14,543 2,063 14.2 12,817 1,545 12.1 19 8 (B) 1,707 511 29.9

Residence and Region (31)

United States:
 
  Inside metro statistical areas 		14,129 1,947 13.8 12,446 1,446 11.6 17 7 (B) 1,666 493 29.6
      Inside principal cities 7,011 1,165 16.6 5,923 825 13.9 9 1 (B) 1,079 339 31.4
      Outside principal cities 7,118 781 11.0 6,523 621 9.5 8 6 (B) 587 154 26.3
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 414 117 28.2 371 99 26.6 2 1 (B) 41 17 (B)

Residence and Region (31)
 
Northeast 		2,969 534 18.0 2,616 412 15.8 0 0 (X) 352 122 34.7
  Inside metro statistical areas 2,929 532 18.2 2,582 411 15.9 0 0 (X) 346 121 35.0
      Inside principal cities 1,404 367 26.1 1,164 273 23.5 0 0 (X) 240 93 38.9
      Outside principal cities 1,525 165 10.8 1,418 137 9.7 0 0 (X) 106 28 26.1
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 40 3 (B) 34 1 (B) 0 0 (X) 6 1 (B)
Midwest 1,622 241 14.9 1,455 201 13.8 1 1 (B) 166 39 23.6
  Inside metro statistical areas 1,553 218 14.0 1,393 183 13.1 0 0 (X) 160 35 22.0
      Inside principal cities 738 131 17.8 631 106 16.7 0 0 (X) 107 26 24.2
      Outside principal cities 815 87 10.6 762 77 10.2 0 0 (X) 53 9 (B)
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 69 23 (B) 62 18 (B) 1 1 (B) 6 4 (B)
South 3,236 423 13.1 2,859 292 10.2 0 0 (X) 376 131 34.9
  Inside metro statistical areas 3,123 365 11.7 2,755 239 8.7 0 0 (X) 369 126 34.2
      Inside principal cities 1,235 189 15.3 1,052 118 11.2 0 0 (X) 183 71 39.0
      Outside principal cities 1,889 175 9.3 1,703 121 7.1 0 0 (X) 186 55 29.4
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 112 58 51.8 105 53 50.6 0 0 (X) 8 5 (B)
West 6,717 865 12.9 5,886 640 10.9 18 7 (B) 813 218 26.8
  Inside metro statistical areas 6,524 832 12.8 5,716 614 10.7 17 7 (B) 792 211 26.7
      Inside principal cities 3,635 478 13.1 3,076 329 10.7 9 1 (B) 549 148 27.0
      Outside principal cities 2,890 354 12.3 2,640 285 10.8 8 6 (B) 242 63 25.9
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 192 33 17.3 170 26 15.4 1 0 (B) 21 7 (B)

Division (31)
 
New England 		540 97 17.9 469 77 16.4 0 0 (X) 71 20 (B)
Middle Atlantic 2,429 438 18.0 2,148 335 15.6 0 0 (X) 282 103 36.5
East North Central 1,195 174 14.6 1,087 152 14.0 0 0 (X) 109 22 20.1
West North Central 427 67 15.7 368 49 13.2 1 1 (B) 57 17 (B)
South Atlantic 1,889 177 9.4 1,664 101 6.0 0 0 (X) 225 77 34.2
East South Central 182 39 21.4 148 25 17.2 0 0 (X) 34 14 (B)
West South Central 1,165 206 17.7 1,047 165 15.8 0 0 (X) 118 41 34.6
Mountain 679 100 14.7 578 72 12.5 0 0 (X) 101 28 27.5
Pacific 6,038 765 12.7 5,308 568 10.7 18 7 (B) 712 190 26.7

Poverty Footnotes

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