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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)

Asian alone
 
Total (1) 		14,005 1,746 12.5 12,296 1,244 10.1 36 11 (B) 1,673 491 29.3

Residence and Region (31)

United States:
 
  Inside metro statistical areas 		13,579 1,676 12.3 11,938 1,193 10.0 33 9 (B) 1,608 474 29.5
      Inside principal cities 6,646 1,009 15.2 5,577 679 12.2 15 5 (B) 1,054 325 30.8
      Outside principal cities 6,933 667 9.6 6,361 514 8.1 18 3 (B) 554 149 27.0
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 426 70 16.5 357 51 14.3 3 3 (B) 65 17 (B)

Residence and Region (31)
 
Northeast 		3,054 495 16.2 2,646 340 12.9 4 4 (B) 404 151 37.4
  Inside metro statistical areas 3,024 491 16.2 2,624 336 12.8 4 4 (B) 396 150 37.8
      Inside principal cities 1,521 363 23.9 1,248 253 20.3 4 4 (B) 269 106 39.4
      Outside principal cities 1,503 127 8.5 1,376 83 6.0 0 0 (X) 127 44 34.6
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 30 5 (B) 22 4 (B) 0 0 (X) 8 1 (B)
Midwest 1,697 282 16.6 1,519 222 14.6 6 3 (B) 172 57 33.5
  Inside metro statistical areas 1,637 275 16.8 1,470 219 14.9 6 3 (B) 160 53 33.3
      Inside principal cities 704 158 22.4 602 122 20.3 0 0 (X) 102 35 34.5
      Outside principal cities 933 118 12.6 868 97 11.1 6 3 (B) 58 18 (B)
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 60 7 (B) 49 3 (B) 0 0 (X) 11 4 (B)
South 3,117 375 12.0 2,795 291 10.4 3 3 (B) 319 82 25.6
  Inside metro statistical areas 2,942 338 11.5 2,648 263 9.9 0 0 (X) 294 75 25.5
      Inside principal cities 1,006 119 11.9 866 82 9.5 0 0 (X) 140 38 26.9
      Outside principal cities 1,937 218 11.3 1,782 181 10.1 0 0 (X) 155 38 24.3
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 175 37 21.3 147 28 19.2 3 3 (B) 25 6 (B)
West 6,137 593 9.7 5,336 391 7.3 23 2 (B) 778 201 25.8
  Inside metro statistical areas 5,976 572 9.6 5,197 374 7.2 22 2 (B) 757 196 25.9
      Inside principal cities 3,416 369 10.8 2,862 221 7.7 10 1 (B) 544 146 26.9
      Outside principal cities 2,560 203 7.9 2,335 153 6.6 12 1 (B) 213 50 23.3
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 161 21 13.3 139 16 11.9 1 0 (B) 21 5 (B)

Division (31)
 
New England 		653 103 15.8 558 66 11.9 0 0 (X) 95 37 38.7
Middle Atlantic 2,402 392 16.3 2,089 274 13.1 4 4 (B) 309 114 37.0
East North Central 1,336 223 16.7 1,233 184 14.9 4 0 (B) 99 38 38.7
West North Central 361 59 16.4 286 38 13.1 3 3 (B) 72 19 (B)
South Atlantic 1,719 194 11.3 1,541 144 9.3 0 0 (X) 178 50 28.2
East South Central 195 40 20.5 169 29 17.1 0 0 (X) 26 11 (B)
West South Central 1,202 141 11.7 1,085 118 10.9 3 3 (B) 115 20 17.5
Mountain 608 84 13.9 524 62 11.8 1 0 (B) 83 23 27.1
Pacific 5,529 509 9.2 4,812 329 6.8 22 2 (B) 695 178 25.6

Poverty Footnotes

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