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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)

Black A.O.I.C.
 
Total (1) 		40,876 13,275 32.5 33,330 10,361 31.1 178 113 63.4 7,368 2,801 38.0

Residence and Region (31)

United States:
 
  Inside metro statistical areas 		36,797 11,537 31.4 29,928 8,976 30.0 159 100 62.6 6,710 2,461 36.7
      Inside principal cities 20,235 7,150 35.3 16,026 5,541 34.6 90 55 61.5 4,120 1,553 37.7
      Outside principal cities 16,561 4,387 26.5 13,902 3,435 24.7 69 44 (B) 2,590 908 35.0
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 4,079 1,738 42.6 3,402 1,384 40.7 19 13 (B) 658 340 51.8

Residence and Region (31)
 
Northeast 		7,148 2,153 30.1 5,771 1,642 28.5 31 21 (B) 1,346 489 36.4
  Inside metro statistical areas 7,032 2,101 29.9 5,675 1,598 28.2 30 19 (B) 1,327 484 36.4
      Inside principal cities 4,453 1,460 32.8 3,520 1,110 31.5 11 11 (B) 922 339 36.8
      Outside principal cities 2,579 641 24.9 2,155 488 22.7 19 8 (B) 405 144 35.6
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 116 52 44.5 95 44 46.3 2 2 (B) 19 6 (B)
Midwest 7,324 2,787 38.1 5,892 2,242 38.1 52 38 (B) 1,380 507 36.8
  Inside metro statistical areas 7,015 2,642 37.7 5,641 2,126 37.7 49 36 (B) 1,325 480 36.2
      Inside principal cities 4,707 2,022 43.0 3,744 1,648 44.0 24 17 (B) 939 357 38.0
      Outside principal cities 2,308 620 26.9 1,897 478 25.2 25 19 (B) 386 122 31.7
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 310 146 47.0 251 116 46.2 4 2 (B) 55 28 (B)
South 22,258 7,098 31.9 18,315 5,560 30.4 68 40 (B) 3,875 1,497 38.6
  Inside metro statistical areas 18,720 5,600 29.9 15,360 4,371 28.5 57 33 (B) 3,303 1,196 36.2
      Inside principal cities 8,729 2,906 33.3 6,977 2,257 32.3 42 23 (B) 1,711 627 36.6
      Outside principal cities 9,991 2,694 27.0 8,383 2,114 25.2 16 11 (B) 1,592 569 35.7
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 3,538 1,498 42.3 2,955 1,189 40.2 11 7 (B) 573 301 52.6
West 4,145 1,238 29.9 3,352 916 27.3 26 14 (B) 766 308 40.1
  Inside metro statistical areas 4,030 1,194 29.6 3,252 881 27.1 23 11 (B) 755 302 40.0
      Inside principal cities 2,346 762 32.5 1,785 527 29.5 14 5 (B) 548 230 41.9
      Outside principal cities 1,684 432 25.7 1,467 355 24.2 10 6 (B) 207 72 34.9
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 115 43 38.0 100 35 34.8 3 3 (B) 11 6 (B)

Division (31)
 
New England 		1,015 293 28.8 823 224 27.2 5 5 (B) 187 64 34.4
Middle Atlantic 6,134 1,860 30.3 4,948 1,419 28.7 26 16 (B) 1,159 425 36.7
East North Central 5,920 2,253 38.1 4,782 1,800 37.6 43 32 (B) 1,095 422 38.5
West North Central 1,404 534 38.0 1,110 443 39.9 9 6 (B) 285 86 30.1
South Atlantic 13,255 3,986 30.1 10,779 3,052 28.3 55 38 (B) 2,421 897 37.0
East South Central 3,687 1,458 39.5 3,065 1,188 38.8 12 3 (B) 610 268 43.9
West South Central 5,316 1,653 31.1 4,470 1,320 29.5 1 0 (B) 844 333 39.4
Mountain 949 320 33.7 763 227 29.7 12 6 (B) 174 87 50.2
Pacific 3,195 918 28.7 2,589 690 26.6 14 8 (B) 592 220 37.2

Poverty Footnotes

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