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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 alone
 
Total (1) 		242,047 29,830 12.3 197,938 20,701 10.5 1,099 549 49.9 43,010 8,580 19.9

Residence and Region (31)

United States:
 
  Inside metro statistical areas 		200,589 23,884 11.9 163,634 16,529 10.1 890 445 50.1 36,065 6,910 19.2
      Inside principal cities 68,736 10,952 15.9 52,320 7,438 14.2 326 197 60.4 16,090 3,317 20.6
      Outside principal cities 131,853 12,932 9.8 111,315 9,091 8.2 564 248 44.1 19,975 3,593 18.0
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 41,458 5,946 14.3 34,304 4,172 12.2 209 104 49.5 6,945 1,670 24.0

Residence and Region (31)
 
Northeast 		43,856 4,342 9.9 35,671 2,858 8.0 192 82 42.5 7,994 1,402 17.5
  Inside metro statistical areas 38,497 3,782 9.8 31,312 2,491 8.0 157 77 49.1 7,028 1,213 17.3
      Inside principal cities 9,731 1,639 16.8 7,185 1,103 15.4 55 37 (B) 2,492 499 20.0
      Outside principal cities 28,766 2,143 7.4 24,127 1,388 5.8 102 40 39.3 4,537 715 15.8
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 5,359 560 10.5 4,359 367 8.4 35 4 (B) 965 189 19.6
Midwest 56,027 5,964 10.6 45,495 3,857 8.5 258 117 45.3 10,274 1,989 19.4
  Inside metro statistical areas 41,532 4,164 10.0 33,522 2,646 7.9 196 87 44.2 7,814 1,431 18.3
      Inside principal cities 12,512 1,798 14.4 9,198 1,099 12.0 67 37 (B) 3,247 662 20.4
      Outside principal cities 29,020 2,366 8.2 24,324 1,547 6.4 129 50 38.7 4,566 769 16.8
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 14,495 1,800 12.4 11,973 1,211 10.1 62 30 (B) 2,460 558 22.7
South 84,857 11,384 13.4 70,327 8,289 11.8 351 201 57.3 14,179 2,894 20.4
  Inside metro statistical areas 68,852 8,626 12.5 56,942 6,274 11.0 273 152 55.5 11,638 2,201 18.9
      Inside principal cities 23,329 3,596 15.4 18,242 2,541 13.9 93 73 78.9 4,994 982 19.7
      Outside principal cities 45,523 5,030 11.0 38,700 3,732 9.6 180 78 43.5 6,643 1,219 18.3
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 16,005 2,758 17.2 13,385 2,015 15.1 78 49 63.3 2,541 694 27.3
West 57,307 8,140 14.2 46,445 5,697 12.3 298 149 50.1 10,564 2,294 21.7
  Inside metro statistical areas 51,708 7,312 14.1 41,859 5,118 12.2 263 130 49.3 9,586 2,065 21.5
      Inside principal cities 23,164 3,919 16.9 17,696 2,694 15.2 112 50 44.8 5,357 1,174 21.9
      Outside principal cities 28,544 3,394 11.9 24,163 2,424 10.0 152 80 52.6 4,229 890 21.1
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 5,599 828 14.8 4,586 579 12.6 35 20 (B) 978 229 23.4

Division (31)
 
New England 		12,534 1,086 8.7 10,076 653 6.5 50 21 (B) 2,407 412 17.1
Middle Atlantic 31,323 3,256 10.4 25,594 2,205 8.6 142 60 42.4 5,586 991 17.7
East North Central 38,137 4,040 10.6 31,144 2,669 8.6 183 82 44.8 6,809 1,289 18.9
West North Central 17,890 1,923 10.7 14,351 1,189 8.3 75 35 (B) 3,465 700 20.2
South Atlantic 42,940 4,999 11.6 35,006 3,437 9.8 185 87 47.2 7,750 1,474 19.0
East South Central 13,981 2,034 14.5 11,574 1,446 12.5 38 19 (B) 2,369 569 24.0
West South Central 27,936 4,352 15.6 23,747 3,405 14.3 129 95 73.9 4,060 851 21.0
Mountain 19,214 2,688 14.0 15,762 1,957 12.4 68 30 (B) 3,385 701 20.7
Pacific 38,092 5,453 14.3 30,683 3,740 12.2 229 119 51.8 7,179 1,593 22.2

Poverty Footnotes

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