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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 130% of poverty (5) Percentage below 130% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 130% of poverty (5) Percentage below 130% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 130% of poverty (5) Percentage below 130% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 130% of poverty (5) Percentage below 130% of poverty (6)

All races
 
Total (1) 		303,820 59,825 19.7 249,384 43,221 17.3 1,357 795 58.6 53,079 15,809 29.8

Residence and Region (31)

United States:
 
  Inside metro statistical areas 		256,028 48,820 19.1 209,756 35,198 16.8 1,114 658 59.1 45,157 12,964 28.7
      Inside principal cities 97,725 24,297 24.9 75,618 17,379 23.0 443 297 67.0 21,665 6,621 30.6
      Outside principal cities 158,302 24,523 15.5 134,139 17,819 13.3 671 361 53.8 23,493 6,342 27.0
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 47,792 11,005 23.0 39,627 8,023 20.2 243 137 56.4 7,922 2,845 35.9

Residence and Region (31)
 
Northeast 		54,571 9,128 16.7 44,493 6,265 14.1 228 140 61.6 9,851 2,723 27.6
  Inside metro statistical areas 49,009 8,257 16.8 39,978 5,695 14.2 191 129 67.6 8,839 2,433 27.5
      Inside principal cities 15,840 4,197 26.5 12,048 2,977 24.7 70 60 (B) 3,722 1,159 31.1
      Outside principal cities 33,169 4,060 12.2 27,930 2,718 9.7 121 69 56.8 5,117 1,274 24.9
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 5,563 870 15.6 4,514 570 12.6 37 11 (B) 1,011 290 28.6
Midwest 65,980 12,119 18.4 53,680 8,466 15.8 329 170 51.7 11,972 3,483 29.1
  Inside metro statistical areas 50,752 9,166 18.1 41,101 6,396 15.6 261 132 50.8 9,389 2,638 28.1
      Inside principal cities 18,177 4,885 26.9 13,747 3,456 25.1 92 54 58.3 4,339 1,375 31.7
      Outside principal cities 32,575 4,282 13.1 27,355 2,939 10.7 169 79 46.7 5,051 1,264 25.0
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 15,228 2,953 19.4 12,578 2,070 16.5 68 38 (B) 2,582 845 32.7
South 112,165 24,218 21.6 93,085 18,165 19.5 425 262 61.6 18,655 5,792 31.0
  Inside metro statistical areas 91,805 18,629 20.3 76,031 13,945 18.3 333 201 60.4 15,440 4,483 29.0
      Inside principal cities 33,520 8,310 24.8 26,451 6,168 23.3 136 103 75.6 6,933 2,039 29.4
      Outside principal cities 58,285 10,319 17.7 49,580 7,777 15.7 198 99 49.9 8,507 2,444 28.7
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 20,360 5,589 27.5 17,055 4,220 24.7 91 60 66.0 3,214 1,309 40.7
West 71,103 14,360 20.2 58,126 10,326 17.8 375 223 59.4 12,602 3,811 30.2
  Inside metro statistical areas 64,462 12,767 19.8 52,646 9,163 17.4 328 195 59.3 11,489 3,409 29.7
      Inside principal cities 30,189 6,906 22.9 23,373 4,777 20.4 145 80 55.2 6,671 2,048 30.7
      Outside principal cities 34,274 5,861 17.1 29,273 4,386 15.0 183 115 62.6 4,817 1,361 28.2
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 6,641 1,593 24.0 5,480 1,163 21.2 47 28 (B) 1,114 402 36.1

Division (31)
 
New England 		14,352 2,046 14.3 11,578 1,283 11.1 55 32 (B) 2,719 730 26.8
Middle Atlantic 40,220 7,082 17.6 32,915 4,981 15.1 173 108 62.5 7,132 1,993 27.9
East North Central 45,884 8,563 18.7 37,564 6,076 16.2 240 121 50.3 8,080 2,367 29.3
West North Central 20,096 3,556 17.7 16,116 2,390 14.8 89 49 55.2 3,891 1,116 28.7
South Atlantic 58,588 11,470 19.6 47,884 8,263 17.3 239 135 56.4 10,464 3,072 29.4
East South Central 18,017 4,482 24.9 14,932 3,363 22.5 50 22 (B) 3,035 1,097 36.2
West South Central 35,560 8,266 23.2 30,269 6,539 21.6 136 105 77.4 5,155 1,623 31.5
Mountain 21,906 4,482 20.5 18,003 3,300 18.3 93 53 57.6 3,810 1,129 29.6
Pacific 49,197 9,877 20.1 40,123 7,027 17.5 282 169 60.0 8,792 2,681 30.5

Poverty Footnotes

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