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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 130% of poverty (5) Percentage below 130% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 130% of poverty (5) Percentage below 130% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 130% of poverty (5) Percentage below 130% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 130% of poverty (5) Percentage below 130% of poverty (6)

Asian A.O.I.C.
 
Total (1) 		14,543 2,190 15.1 12,817 1,655 12.9 19 8 (B) 1,707 527 30.9

Residence and Region (31)

United States:
 
  Inside metro statistical areas 		14,129 2,072 14.7 12,446 1,556 12.5 17 7 (B) 1,666 510 30.6
      Inside principal cities 7,011 1,245 17.8 5,923 890 15.0 9 1 (B) 1,079 354 32.8
      Outside principal cities 7,118 827 11.6 6,523 666 10.2 8 6 (B) 587 155 26.5
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 414 118 28.4 371 99 26.7 2 1 (B) 41 18 (B)

Residence and Region (31)
 
Northeast 		2,969 579 19.5 2,616 455 17.4 0 0 (X) 352 124 35.2
  Inside metro statistical areas 2,929 576 19.7 2,582 453 17.5 0 0 (X) 346 123 35.5
      Inside principal cities 1,404 394 28.0 1,164 298 25.6 0 0 (X) 240 95 39.7
      Outside principal cities 1,525 183 12.0 1,418 155 10.9 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 1,622 269 16.6 1,455 228 15.7 1 1 (B) 166 40 24.0
  Inside metro statistical areas 1,553 246 15.8 1,393 210 15.1 0 0 (X) 160 36 22.5
      Inside principal cities 738 153 20.7 631 126 20.0 0 0 (X) 107 27 24.9
      Outside principal cities 815 93 11.4 762 84 11.0 0 0 (X) 53 9 (B)
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 69 23 (B) 62 18 (B) 1 1 (B) 6 4 (B)
South 3,236 428 13.2 2,859 292 10.2 0 0 (X) 376 135 35.9
  Inside metro statistical areas 3,123 369 11.8 2,755 239 8.7 0 0 (X) 369 130 35.3
      Inside principal cities 1,235 193 15.7 1,052 118 11.2 0 0 (X) 183 75 41.2
      Outside principal cities 1,889 176 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 6,717 915 13.6 5,886 680 11.5 18 7 (B) 813 228 28.1
  Inside metro statistical areas 6,524 881 13.5 5,716 653 11.4 17 7 (B) 792 221 27.9
      Inside principal cities 3,635 506 13.9 3,076 348 11.3 9 1 (B) 549 157 28.6
      Outside principal cities 2,890 375 13.0 2,640 306 11.6 8 6 (B) 242 64 26.3
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 192 34 17.7 170 27 15.7 1 0 (B) 21 7 (B)

Division (31)
 
New England 		540 104 19.3 469 84 18.0 0 0 (X) 71 20 (B)
Middle Atlantic 2,429 475 19.5 2,148 370 17.2 0 0 (X) 282 105 37.1
East North Central 1,195 199 16.6 1,087 177 16.3 0 0 (X) 109 22 20.1
West North Central 427 70 16.5 368 51 13.9 1 1 (B) 57 18 (B)
South Atlantic 1,889 178 9.4 1,664 101 6.1 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 1,165 210 18.1 1,047 165 15.8 0 0 (X) 118 45 38.1
Mountain 679 103 15.1 578 74 12.8 0 0 (X) 101 29 28.4
Pacific 6,038 812 13.5 5,308 606 11.4 18 7 (B) 712 199 28.0

Poverty Footnotes

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