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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)

White A.O.I.C.
 
Total (1) 		247,285 30,888 12.5 202,498 21,567 10.7 1,138 566 49.7 43,649 8,756 20.1

Residence and Region (31)

United States:
 
  Inside metro statistical areas 		204,955 24,700 12.1 167,439 17,190 10.3 918 458 49.9 36,598 7,052 19.3
      Inside principal cities 70,518 11,361 16.1 53,826 7,771 14.4 338 202 59.9 16,354 3,388 20.7
      Outside principal cities 134,436 13,339 9.9 113,613 9,419 8.3 580 255 44.0 20,243 3,664 18.1
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 42,330 6,189 14.6 35,059 4,377 12.5 220 108 49.3 7,051 1,704 24.2

Residence and Region (31)
 
Northeast 		44,513 4,496 10.1 36,223 2,977 8.2 200 85 42.5 8,089 1,434 17.7
  Inside metro statistical areas 39,108 3,922 10.0 31,829 2,600 8.2 164 79 48.3 7,115 1,243 17.5
      Inside principal cities 9,891 1,704 17.2 7,308 1,156 15.8 56 39 (B) 2,526 510 20.2
      Outside principal cities 29,218 2,218 7.6 24,521 1,444 5.9 107 40 37.7 4,590 733 16.0
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 5,404 575 10.6 4,394 377 8.6 37 6 (B) 974 191 19.6
Midwest 57,003 6,203 10.9 46,342 4,059 8.8 272 124 45.4 10,389 2,021 19.4
  Inside metro statistical areas 42,282 4,340 10.3 34,176 2,795 8.2 205 91 44.2 7,902 1,454 18.4
      Inside principal cities 12,878 1,922 14.9 9,520 1,210 12.7 69 37 (B) 3,289 675 20.5
      Outside principal cities 29,404 2,418 8.2 24,656 1,585 6.4 136 54 39.5 4,613 780 16.9
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 14,721 1,863 12.7 12,167 1,264 10.4 67 33 (B) 2,487 566 22.8
South 86,498 11,674 13.5 71,786 8,533 11.9 354 201 56.7 14,357 2,940 20.5
  Inside metro statistical areas 70,115 8,816 12.6 58,065 6,426 11.1 276 152 54.9 11,773 2,238 19.0
      Inside principal cities 23,808 3,657 15.4 18,653 2,586 13.9 94 73 77.8 5,060 998 19.7
      Outside principal cities 46,307 5,159 11.1 39,412 3,840 9.7 182 78 43.0 6,713 1,241 18.5
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 16,383 2,858 17.4 13,721 2,107 15.4 78 49 63.3 2,584 702 27.2
West 59,271 8,515 14.4 48,146 5,997 12.5 311 156 50.2 10,814 2,361 21.8
  Inside metro statistical areas 53,449 7,622 14.3 43,369 5,369 12.4 274 137 49.9 9,807 2,117 21.6
      Inside principal cities 23,942 4,078 17.0 18,344 2,819 15.4 119 54 45.3 5,479 1,206 22.0
      Outside principal cities 29,507 3,544 12.0 25,025 2,550 10.2 154 83 53.5 4,328 911 21.1
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 5,822 893 15.3 4,777 629 13.2 37 20 (B) 1,007 245 24.3

Division (31)
 
New England 		12,695 1,125 8.9 10,211 680 6.7 52 23 (B) 2,432 422 17.4
Middle Atlantic 31,818 3,371 10.6 26,012 2,297 8.8 149 62 41.7 5,657 1,012 17.9
East North Central 38,789 4,200 10.8 31,724 2,804 8.8 193 89 46.0 6,872 1,307 19.0
West North Central 18,214 2,003 11.0 14,618 1,256 8.6 79 35 44.0 3,517 713 20.3
South Atlantic 43,553 5,110 11.7 35,542 3,529 9.9 185 87 47.2 7,826 1,494 19.1
East South Central 14,135 2,070 14.6 11,708 1,478 12.6 38 19 (B) 2,389 573 24.0
West South Central 28,810 4,495 15.6 24,536 3,526 14.4 132 95 72.0 4,142 873 21.1
Mountain 19,638 2,810 14.3 16,127 2,062 12.8 72 32 (B) 3,439 716 20.8
Pacific 39,633 5,705 14.4 32,019 3,936 12.3 239 124 51.9 7,375 1,645 22.3

Poverty Footnotes

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