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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 alone
 
Total (1) 		242,047 39,509 16.3 197,938 27,707 14.0 1,099 620 56.4 43,010 11,182 26.0

Residence and Region (31)

United States:
 
  Inside metro statistical areas 		200,589 31,614 15.8 163,634 22,115 13.5 890 511 57.5 36,065 8,988 24.9
      Inside principal cities 68,736 14,192 20.6 52,320 9,736 18.6 326 223 68.3 16,090 4,234 26.3
      Outside principal cities 131,853 17,422 13.2 111,315 12,379 11.1 564 289 51.2 19,975 4,754 23.8
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 41,458 7,896 19.0 34,304 5,592 16.3 209 109 52.0 6,945 2,194 31.6

Residence and Region (31)
 
Northeast 		43,856 5,801 13.2 35,671 3,822 10.7 192 105 54.9 7,994 1,874 23.4
  Inside metro statistical areas 38,497 5,059 13.1 31,312 3,354 10.7 157 96 61.1 7,028 1,608 22.9
      Inside principal cities 9,731 2,075 21.3 7,185 1,415 19.7 55 45 (B) 2,492 614 24.7
      Outside principal cities 28,766 2,984 10.4 24,127 1,939 8.0 102 51 49.7 4,537 994 21.9
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 5,359 742 13.9 4,359 468 10.7 35 10 (B) 965 265 27.5
Midwest 56,027 8,019 14.3 45,495 5,278 11.6 258 119 46.3 10,274 2,622 25.5
  Inside metro statistical areas 41,532 5,595 13.5 33,522 3,611 10.8 196 89 45.5 7,814 1,895 24.2
      Inside principal cities 12,512 2,338 18.7 9,198 1,434 15.6 67 37 (B) 3,247 867 26.7
      Outside principal cities 29,020 3,257 11.2 24,324 2,177 9.0 129 53 40.7 4,566 1,027 22.5
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 14,495 2,424 16.7 11,973 1,667 13.9 62 30 (B) 2,460 727 29.5
South 84,857 15,051 17.7 70,327 11,063 15.7 351 218 62.0 14,179 3,771 26.6
  Inside metro statistical areas 68,852 11,451 16.6 56,942 8,396 14.7 273 168 61.6 11,638 2,887 24.8
      Inside principal cities 23,329 4,779 20.5 18,242 3,444 18.9 93 80 86.3 4,994 1,255 25.1
      Outside principal cities 45,523 6,671 14.7 38,700 4,951 12.8 180 88 48.9 6,643 1,632 24.6
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 16,005 3,600 22.5 13,385 2,667 19.9 78 49 63.3 2,541 884 34.8
West 57,307 10,639 18.6 46,445 7,545 16.2 298 177 59.6 10,564 2,917 27.6
  Inside metro statistical areas 51,708 9,509 18.4 41,859 6,754 16.1 263 158 59.9 9,586 2,598 27.1
      Inside principal cities 23,164 5,000 21.6 17,696 3,442 19.5 112 61 54.4 5,357 1,497 27.9
      Outside principal cities 28,544 4,510 15.8 24,163 3,311 13.7 152 97 64.0 4,229 1,101 26.0
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 5,599 1,129 20.2 4,586 791 17.2 35 20 (B) 978 318 32.5

Division (31)
 
New England 		12,534 1,492 11.9 10,076 889 8.8 50 27 (B) 2,407 575 23.9
Middle Atlantic 31,323 4,309 13.8 25,594 2,933 11.5 142 78 55.0 5,586 1,299 23.2
East North Central 38,137 5,439 14.3 31,144 3,639 11.7 183 85 46.2 6,809 1,716 25.2
West North Central 17,890 2,580 14.4 14,351 1,639 11.4 75 35 (B) 3,465 906 26.2
South Atlantic 42,940 6,498 15.1 35,006 4,497 12.8 185 96 52.2 7,750 1,905 24.6
East South Central 13,981 2,711 19.4 11,574 1,964 17.0 38 19 (B) 2,369 728 30.7
West South Central 27,936 5,842 20.9 23,747 4,602 19.4 129 103 79.7 4,060 1,138 28.0
Mountain 19,214 3,434 17.9 15,762 2,499 15.9 68 36 (B) 3,385 898 26.5
Pacific 38,092 7,205 18.9 30,683 5,045 16.4 229 141 61.6 7,179 2,018 28.1

Poverty Footnotes

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