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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, not Hispanic
 
Total (1) 		197,164 24,853 12.6 158,646 15,257 9.6 761 400 52.6 37,757 9,196 24.4

Residence and Region (31)

United States:
 
  Inside metro statistical areas 		158,861 18,100 11.4 127,147 10,661 8.4 562 297 52.9 31,152 7,142 22.9
      Inside principal cities 47,383 6,552 13.8 33,949 3,334 9.8 177 116 65.4 13,256 3,103 23.4
      Outside principal cities 111,478 11,547 10.4 93,198 7,327 7.9 384 181 47.0 17,896 4,039 22.6
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 38,304 6,753 17.6 31,500 4,595 14.6 199 103 51.9 6,605 2,054 31.1

Residence and Region (31)
 
Northeast 		38,191 4,057 10.6 30,870 2,385 7.7 129 64 49.9 7,192 1,608 22.4
  Inside metro statistical areas 32,958 3,341 10.1 26,615 1,939 7.3 94 55 58.3 6,249 1,346 21.5
      Inside principal cities 6,727 1,015 15.1 4,661 543 11.7 18 17 (B) 2,048 455 22.2
      Outside principal cities 26,231 2,326 8.9 21,954 1,396 6.4 76 38 50.2 4,201 891 21.2
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 5,233 717 13.7 4,255 446 10.5 35 10 (B) 943 262 27.7
Midwest 52,380 6,789 13.0 42,311 4,231 10.0 244 117 48.1 9,824 2,441 24.8
  Inside metro statistical areas 38,368 4,519 11.8 30,767 2,694 8.8 184 87 47.3 7,416 1,738 23.4
      Inside principal cities 10,875 1,709 15.7 7,800 903 11.6 65 36 (B) 3,011 771 25.6
      Outside principal cities 27,492 2,810 10.2 22,968 1,791 7.8 120 51 42.9 4,405 968 22.0
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 14,012 2,270 16.2 11,544 1,538 13.3 60 30 (B) 2,409 702 29.2
South 68,052 9,397 13.8 55,603 6,231 11.2 255 153 59.7 12,194 3,014 24.7
  Inside metro statistical areas 53,620 6,396 11.9 43,605 4,086 9.4 184 109 59.0 9,831 2,201 22.4
      Inside principal cities 15,734 1,995 12.7 11,652 1,068 9.2 54 49 (B) 4,028 877 21.8
      Outside principal cities 37,886 4,401 11.6 31,952 3,018 9.4 130 59 45.5 5,803 1,324 22.8
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 14,433 3,001 20.8 11,998 2,145 17.9 71 44 (B) 2,363 813 34.4
West 38,541 4,608 12.0 29,862 2,409 8.1 133 66 49.9 8,546 2,133 25.0
  Inside metro statistical areas 33,916 3,844 11.3 26,160 1,942 7.4 99 46 46.7 7,657 1,855 24.2
      Inside principal cities 14,046 1,833 13.0 9,836 819 8.3 41 14 (B) 4,170 999 24.0
      Outside principal cities 19,869 2,011 10.1 16,324 1,123 6.9 58 32 (B) 3,487 856 24.6
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 4,626 765 16.5 3,703 467 12.6 33 20 (B) 890 278 31.2

Division (31)
 
New England 		11,618 1,175 10.1 9,308 638 6.9 45 23 (B) 2,265 514 22.7
Middle Atlantic 26,573 2,882 10.8 21,562 1,747 8.1 83 41 49.4 4,928 1,094 22.2
East North Central 35,341 4,546 12.9 28,705 2,885 10.0 176 85 48.1 6,460 1,577 24.4
West North Central 17,039 2,243 13.2 13,607 1,347 9.9 68 33 (B) 3,364 864 25.7
South Atlantic 36,803 4,750 12.9 29,801 3,114 10.4 134 70 52.5 6,868 1,566 22.8
East South Central 13,393 2,499 18.7 11,128 1,795 16.1 36 17 (B) 2,229 688 30.9
West South Central 17,856 2,148 12.0 14,674 1,322 9.0 85 65 76.4 3,096 761 24.6
Mountain 14,572 1,786 12.3 11,675 1,048 9.0 58 31 (B) 2,839 707 24.9
Pacific 23,969 2,823 11.8 18,187 1,361 7.5 75 36 (B) 5,707 1,426 25.0

Poverty Footnotes

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