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POV41: Region, Division and Type of Residence--Poverty Status for All People, Family Members and Unrelated Individuals by Family Structure: 2009

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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2010 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 100% of poverty (5) Percentage below 100% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 100% of poverty (5) Percentage below 100% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 100% of poverty (5) Percentage below 100% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 100% of poverty (5) Percentage below 100% of poverty (6)

All races
 
Total (1) 		303,820 43,569 14.3 249,384 31,197 12.5 1,357 693 51.1 53,079 11,678 22.0

Residence and Region (31)

United States:
 
  Inside metro statistical areas 		256,028 35,655 13.9 209,756 25,478 12.1 1,114 567 50.9 45,157 9,610 21.3
      Inside principal cities 97,725 18,261 18.7 75,618 12,994 17.2 443 259 58.4 21,665 5,008 23.1
      Outside principal cities 158,302 17,394 11.0 134,139 12,484 9.3 671 308 45.9 23,493 4,602 19.6
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 47,792 7,914 16.6 39,627 5,719 14.4 243 126 51.9 7,922 2,068 26.1

Residence and Region (31)
 
Northeast 		54,571 6,650 12.2 44,493 4,550 10.2 228 107 46.9 9,851 1,994 20.2
  Inside metro statistical areas 49,009 6,021 12.3 39,978 4,129 10.3 191 101 52.8 8,839 1,791 20.3
      Inside principal cities 15,840 3,228 20.4 12,048 2,285 19.0 70 52 (B) 3,722 891 23.9
      Outside principal cities 33,169 2,792 8.4 27,930 1,844 6.6 121 49 40.4 5,117 900 17.6
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 5,563 630 11.3 4,514 421 9.3 37 6 (B) 1,011 203 20.0
Midwest 65,980 8,768 13.3 53,680 6,084 11.3 329 159 48.3 11,972 2,525 21.1
  Inside metro statistical areas 50,752 6,715 13.2 41,101 4,673 11.4 261 125 48.0 9,389 1,918 20.4
      Inside principal cities 18,177 3,693 20.3 13,747 2,629 19.1 92 50 54.6 4,339 1,014 23.4
      Outside principal cities 32,575 3,022 9.3 27,355 2,043 7.5 169 75 44.4 5,051 904 17.9
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 15,228 2,052 13.5 12,578 1,411 11.2 68 34 (B) 2,582 607 23.5
South 112,165 17,609 15.7 93,085 13,116 14.1 425 240 56.6 18,655 4,253 22.8
  Inside metro statistical areas 91,805 13,502 14.7 76,031 10,036 13.2 333 181 54.4 15,440 3,285 21.3
      Inside principal cities 33,520 6,126 18.3 26,451 4,500 17.0 136 92 68.0 6,933 1,534 22.1
      Outside principal cities 58,285 7,375 12.7 49,580 5,535 11.2 198 89 45.0 8,507 1,751 20.6
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 20,360 4,108 20.2 17,055 3,080 18.1 91 59 64.7 3,214 968 30.1
West 71,103 10,542 14.8 58,126 7,448 12.8 375 187 49.8 12,602 2,907 23.1
  Inside metro statistical areas 64,462 9,417 14.6 52,646 6,641 12.6 328 159 48.6 11,489 2,617 22.8
      Inside principal cities 30,189 5,213 17.3 23,373 3,579 15.3 145 64 44.1 6,671 1,570 23.5
      Outside principal cities 34,274 4,204 12.3 29,273 3,062 10.5 183 95 52.1 4,817 1,047 21.7
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 6,641 1,125 16.9 5,480 807 14.7 47 27 (B) 1,114 290 26.1

Division (31)
 
New England 		14,352 1,450 10.1 11,578 909 7.9 55 26 (B) 2,719 515 18.9
Middle Atlantic 40,220 5,200 12.9 32,915 3,640 11.1 173 81 46.8 7,132 1,479 20.7
East North Central 45,884 6,214 13.5 37,564 4,383 11.7 240 115 47.9 8,080 1,717 21.2
West North Central 20,096 2,553 12.7 16,116 1,701 10.6 89 44 49.3 3,891 808 20.8
South Atlantic 58,588 8,519 14.5 47,884 6,108 12.8 239 121 50.6 10,464 2,289 21.9
East South Central 18,017 3,186 17.7 14,932 2,367 15.9 50 22 (B) 3,035 798 26.3
West South Central 35,560 5,905 16.6 30,269 4,641 15.3 136 98 72.0 5,155 1,166 22.6
Mountain 21,906 3,377 15.4 18,003 2,472 13.7 93 46 49.0 3,810 859 22.6
Pacific 49,197 7,165 14.6 40,123 4,976 12.4 282 141 50.1 8,792 2,047 23.3

Poverty Footnotes

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