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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)

Black alone
 
Total (1) 		38,556 9,944 25.8 31,306 7,642 24.4 148 93 62.5 7,102 2,209 31.1

Residence and Region (31)

United States:
 
  Inside metro statistical areas 		34,756 8,686 25.0 28,145 6,660 23.7 135 83 61.3 6,476 1,943 30.0
      Inside principal cities 19,337 5,600 29.0 15,267 4,332 28.4 80 45 56.3 3,991 1,223 30.6
      Outside principal cities 15,419 3,086 20.0 12,879 2,328 18.1 55 38 (B) 2,486 721 29.0
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 3,799 1,258 33.1 3,160 983 31.1 14 10 (B) 625 265 42.4

Residence and Region (31)
 
Northeast 		6,728 1,595 23.7 5,419 1,188 21.9 24 18 (B) 1,286 389 30.3
  Inside metro statistical areas 6,630 1,558 23.5 5,339 1,156 21.7 24 18 (B) 1,268 384 30.3
      Inside principal cities 4,316 1,129 26.2 3,405 853 25.1 10 9 (B) 902 266 29.5
      Outside principal cities 2,314 429 18.5 1,934 303 15.7 14 8 (B) 366 117 32.1
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 98 37 37.9 80 31 39.4 0 0 (X) 18 6 (B)
Midwest 6,793 2,124 31.3 5,431 1,687 31.1 41 29 (B) 1,321 408 30.9
  Inside metro statistical areas 6,575 2,049 31.2 5,258 1,630 31.0 41 29 (B) 1,276 391 30.6
      Inside principal cities 4,458 1,585 35.6 3,526 1,281 36.3 23 13 (B) 909 291 32.0
      Outside principal cities 2,117 465 21.9 1,732 349 20.1 19 16 (B) 366 100 27.3
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 218 74 34.1 173 57 33.1 0 0 (X) 45 17 (B)
South 21,451 5,355 25.0 17,592 4,141 23.5 67 37 (B) 3,792 1,177 31.0
  Inside metro statistical areas 18,048 4,228 23.4 14,756 3,263 22.1 56 30 (B) 3,235 935 28.9
      Inside principal cities 8,490 2,317 27.3 6,781 1,809 26.7 40 19 (B) 1,669 489 29.3
      Outside principal cities 9,558 1,911 20.0 7,975 1,454 18.2 16 11 (B) 1,567 446 28.5
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 3,403 1,126 33.1 2,836 877 30.9 11 7 (B) 557 242 43.4
West 3,584 871 24.3 2,864 628 21.9 17 9 (B) 703 234 33.3
  Inside metro statistical areas 3,504 850 24.3 2,792 611 21.9 14 6 (B) 698 233 33.5
      Inside principal cities 2,073 569 27.5 1,555 390 25.1 7 3 (B) 511 176 34.5
      Outside principal cities 1,430 281 19.7 1,237 221 17.9 7 3 (B) 187 57 30.6
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 80 20 25.2 72 17 (B) 3 3 (B) 5 1 (B)

Division (31)
 
New England 		907 191 21.0 728 137 18.9 3 3 (B) 176 50 28.7
Middle Atlantic 5,821 1,404 24.1 4,691 1,050 22.4 20 15 (B) 1,110 339 30.5
East North Central 5,532 1,725 31.2 4,442 1,352 30.4 35 23 (B) 1,055 349 33.1
West North Central 1,261 399 31.6 989 334 33.8 6 6 (B) 266 59 22.0
South Atlantic 12,806 3,116 24.3 10,374 2,358 22.7 55 34 (B) 2,378 724 30.4
East South Central 3,617 1,056 29.2 2,999 846 28.2 12 3 (B) 607 208 34.3
West South Central 5,027 1,182 23.5 4,220 937 22.2 0 0 (X) 807 245 30.4
Mountain 823 206 25.1 652 133 20.5 10 6 (B) 161 67 41.6
Pacific 2,761 664 24.1 2,212 494 22.3 7 3 (B) 542 167 30.8

Poverty Footnotes

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