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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 125% of poverty (5) Percentage below 125% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 125% of poverty (5) Percentage below 125% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 125% of poverty (5) Percentage below 125% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 125% of poverty (5) Percentage below 125% of poverty (6)

All races
 
Total (1) 		303,820 56,840 18.7 249,384 41,144 16.5 1,357 771 56.8 53,079 14,924 28.1

Residence and Region (31)

United States:
 
  Inside metro statistical areas 		256,028 46,441 18.1 209,756 33,550 16.0 1,114 639 57.4 45,157 12,252 27.1
      Inside principal cities 97,725 23,094 23.6 75,618 16,518 21.8 443 291 65.7 21,665 6,285 29.0
      Outside principal cities 158,302 23,348 14.7 134,139 17,032 12.7 671 348 51.9 23,493 5,967 25.4
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 47,792 10,398 21.8 39,627 7,595 19.2 243 132 54.2 7,922 2,672 33.7

Residence and Region (31)
 
Northeast 		54,571 8,703 15.9 44,493 6,002 13.5 228 131 57.4 9,851 2,570 26.1
  Inside metro statistical areas 49,009 7,877 16.1 39,978 5,466 13.7 191 120 62.5 8,839 2,291 25.9
      Inside principal cities 15,840 4,006 25.3 12,048 2,855 23.7 70 60 (B) 3,722 1,091 29.3
      Outside principal cities 33,169 3,870 11.7 27,930 2,611 9.3 121 60 49.2 5,117 1,200 23.4
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 5,563 826 14.8 4,514 536 11.9 37 11 (B) 1,011 279 27.6
Midwest 65,980 11,452 17.4 53,680 8,031 15.0 329 165 50.1 11,972 3,256 27.2
  Inside metro statistical areas 50,752 8,702 17.1 41,101 6,099 14.8 261 131 50.3 9,389 2,472 26.3
      Inside principal cities 18,177 4,622 25.4 13,747 3,282 23.9 92 54 58.3 4,339 1,287 29.7
      Outside principal cities 32,575 4,080 12.5 27,355 2,817 10.3 169 78 45.9 5,051 1,185 23.5
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 15,228 2,750 18.1 12,578 1,933 15.4 68 34 (B) 2,582 784 30.4
South 112,165 23,048 20.5 93,085 17,323 18.6 425 260 61.3 18,655 5,464 29.3
  Inside metro statistical areas 91,805 17,741 19.3 76,031 13,299 17.5 333 201 60.4 15,440 4,241 27.5
      Inside principal cities 33,520 7,908 23.6 26,451 5,860 22.2 136 103 75.6 6,933 1,945 28.1
      Outside principal cities 58,285 9,833 16.9 49,580 7,438 15.0 198 99 49.9 8,507 2,296 27.0
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 20,360 5,307 26.1 17,055 4,024 23.6 91 59 64.7 3,214 1,224 38.1
West 71,103 13,637 19.2 58,126 9,789 16.8 375 215 57.4 12,602 3,633 28.8
  Inside metro statistical areas 64,462 12,122 18.8 52,646 8,687 16.5 328 187 57.1 11,489 3,248 28.3
      Inside principal cities 30,189 6,557 21.7 23,373 4,521 19.3 145 75 51.5 6,671 1,962 29.4
      Outside principal cities 34,274 5,565 16.2 29,273 4,166 14.2 183 112 61.5 4,817 1,286 26.7
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 6,641 1,515 22.8 5,480 1,102 20.1 47 28 (B) 1,114 385 34.6

Division (31)
 
New England 		14,352 1,952 13.6 11,578 1,225 10.6 55 32 (B) 2,719 695 25.6
Middle Atlantic 40,220 6,750 16.8 32,915 4,776 14.5 173 99 57.2 7,132 1,875 26.3
East North Central 45,884 8,101 17.7 37,564 5,771 15.4 240 121 50.3 8,080 2,209 27.3
West North Central 20,096 3,351 16.7 16,116 2,260 14.0 89 44 49.3 3,891 1,047 26.9
South Atlantic 58,588 10,898 18.6 47,884 7,865 16.4 239 134 55.9 10,464 2,899 27.7
East South Central 18,017 4,255 23.6 14,932 3,216 21.5 50 22 (B) 3,035 1,017 33.5
West South Central 35,560 7,894 22.2 30,269 6,241 20.6 136 105 77.4 5,155 1,548 30.0
Mountain 21,906 4,298 19.6 18,003 3,162 17.6 93 51 55.2 3,810 1,085 28.5
Pacific 49,197 9,340 19.0 40,123 6,627 16.5 282 164 58.1 8,792 2,549 29.0

Poverty Footnotes

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