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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)

White A.O.I.C.
 
Total (1) 		247,285 40,852 16.5 202,498 28,830 14.2 1,138 637 56.0 43,649 11,385 26.1

Residence and Region (31)

United States:
 
  Inside metro statistical areas 		204,955 32,662 15.9 167,439 22,987 13.7 918 524 57.0 36,598 9,151 25.0
      Inside principal cities 70,518 14,695 20.8 53,826 10,148 18.9 338 228 67.5 16,354 4,319 26.4
      Outside principal cities 134,436 17,966 13.4 113,613 12,839 11.3 580 295 50.9 20,243 4,832 23.9
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 42,330 8,190 19.3 35,059 5,842 16.7 220 114 51.8 7,051 2,234 31.7

Residence and Region (31)
 
Northeast 		44,513 5,984 13.4 36,223 3,967 11.0 200 109 54.4 8,089 1,908 23.6
  Inside metro statistical areas 39,108 5,226 13.4 31,829 3,488 11.0 164 98 59.7 7,115 1,640 23.0
      Inside principal cities 9,891 2,150 21.7 7,308 1,476 20.2 56 47 (B) 2,526 627 24.8
      Outside principal cities 29,218 3,076 10.5 24,521 2,012 8.2 107 51 47.7 4,590 1,013 22.1
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 5,404 758 14.0 4,394 479 10.9 37 11 (B) 974 268 27.5
Midwest 57,003 8,325 14.6 46,342 5,537 11.9 272 126 46.4 10,389 2,662 25.6
  Inside metro statistical areas 42,282 5,816 13.8 34,176 3,798 11.1 205 93 45.5 7,902 1,925 24.4
      Inside principal cities 12,878 2,490 19.3 9,520 1,565 16.4 69 37 (B) 3,289 888 27.0
      Outside principal cities 29,404 3,326 11.3 24,656 2,232 9.1 136 56 41.4 4,613 1,038 22.5
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 14,721 2,509 17.0 12,167 1,740 14.3 67 33 (B) 2,487 737 29.6
South 86,498 15,433 17.8 71,786 11,393 15.9 354 218 61.4 14,357 3,822 26.6
  Inside metro statistical areas 70,115 11,716 16.7 58,065 8,622 14.8 276 168 60.9 11,773 2,926 24.9
      Inside principal cities 23,808 4,859 20.4 18,653 3,508 18.8 94 80 85.1 5,060 1,271 25.1
      Outside principal cities 46,307 6,857 14.8 39,412 5,114 13.0 182 88 48.4 6,713 1,655 24.6
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 16,383 3,717 22.7 13,721 2,771 20.2 78 49 63.3 2,584 896 34.7
West 59,271 11,110 18.7 48,146 7,932 16.5 311 185 59.4 10,814 2,993 27.7
  Inside metro statistical areas 53,449 9,904 18.5 43,369 7,080 16.3 274 165 60.1 9,807 2,660 27.1
      Inside principal cities 23,942 5,196 21.7 18,344 3,599 19.6 119 65 54.3 5,479 1,533 28.0
      Outside principal cities 29,507 4,707 16.0 25,025 3,481 13.9 154 100 64.6 4,328 1,127 26.0
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 5,822 1,206 20.7 4,777 852 17.8 37 20 (B) 1,007 334 33.1

Division (31)
 
New England 		12,695 1,538 12.1 10,211 923 9.0 52 29 (B) 2,432 586 24.1
Middle Atlantic 31,818 4,446 14.0 26,012 3,044 11.7 149 80 53.8 5,657 1,321 23.4
East North Central 38,789 5,640 14.5 31,724 3,812 12.0 193 91 47.3 6,872 1,737 25.3
West North Central 18,214 2,685 14.7 14,618 1,725 11.8 79 35 44.0 3,517 925 26.3
South Atlantic 43,553 6,631 15.2 35,542 4,611 13.0 185 96 52.2 7,826 1,924 24.6
East South Central 14,135 2,762 19.5 11,708 2,009 17.2 38 19 (B) 2,389 734 30.7
West South Central 28,810 6,040 21.0 24,536 4,774 19.5 132 103 77.6 4,142 1,164 28.1
Mountain 19,638 3,580 18.2 16,127 2,627 16.3 72 38 (B) 3,439 915 26.6
Pacific 39,633 7,530 19.0 32,019 5,305 16.6 239 147 61.3 7,375 2,078 28.2

Poverty Footnotes

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