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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)

White A.O.I.C.
 
Total (1) 		247,285 43,078 17.4 202,498 30,313 15.0 1,138 661 58.1 43,649 12,104 27.7

Residence and Region (31)

United States:
 
  Inside metro statistical areas 		204,955 34,352 16.8 167,439 24,091 14.4 918 542 59.0 36,598 9,719 26.6
      Inside principal cities 70,518 15,488 22.0 53,826 10,699 19.9 338 234 69.1 16,354 4,555 27.9
      Outside principal cities 134,436 18,864 14.0 113,613 13,392 11.8 580 308 53.1 20,243 5,164 25.5
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 42,330 8,726 20.6 35,059 6,223 17.7 220 119 54.2 7,051 2,384 33.8

Residence and Region (31)
 
Northeast 		44,513 6,299 14.2 36,223 4,151 11.5 200 119 59.2 8,089 2,029 25.1
  Inside metro statistical areas 39,108 5,497 14.1 31,829 3,638 11.4 164 107 65.6 7,115 1,751 24.6
      Inside principal cities 9,891 2,268 22.9 7,308 1,552 21.2 56 47 (B) 2,526 668 26.5
      Outside principal cities 29,218 3,229 11.1 24,521 2,086 8.5 107 60 56.3 4,590 1,083 23.6
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 5,404 802 14.8 4,394 512 11.7 37 11 (B) 974 278 28.6
Midwest 57,003 8,854 15.5 46,342 5,862 12.6 272 131 48.3 10,389 2,861 27.5
  Inside metro statistical areas 42,282 6,145 14.5 34,176 3,988 11.7 205 94 46.1 7,902 2,063 26.1
      Inside principal cities 12,878 2,644 20.5 9,520 1,654 17.4 69 37 (B) 3,289 953 29.0
      Outside principal cities 29,404 3,501 11.9 24,656 2,334 9.5 136 58 42.4 4,613 1,110 24.1
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 14,721 2,709 18.4 12,167 1,875 15.4 67 37 (B) 2,487 797 32.1
South 86,498 16,262 18.8 71,786 11,972 16.7 354 219 61.8 14,357 4,071 28.4
  Inside metro statistical areas 70,115 12,322 17.6 58,065 9,044 15.6 276 168 60.9 11,773 3,110 26.4
      Inside principal cities 23,808 5,136 21.6 18,653 3,727 20.0 94 80 85.1 5,060 1,328 26.3
      Outside principal cities 46,307 7,186 15.5 39,412 5,317 13.5 182 88 48.4 6,713 1,781 26.5
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 16,383 3,940 24.0 13,721 2,928 21.3 78 51 64.9 2,584 961 37.2
West 59,271 11,664 19.7 48,146 8,328 17.3 311 192 61.8 10,814 3,143 29.1
  Inside metro statistical areas 53,449 10,388 19.4 43,369 7,421 17.1 274 172 62.9 9,807 2,795 28.5
      Inside principal cities 23,942 5,440 22.7 18,344 3,765 20.5 119 70 58.8 5,479 1,605 29.3
      Outside principal cities 29,507 4,948 16.8 25,025 3,656 14.6 154 102 66.0 4,328 1,190 27.5
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 5,822 1,276 21.9 4,777 907 19.0 37 20 (B) 1,007 348 34.6

Division (31)
 
New England 		12,695 1,611 12.7 10,211 963 9.4 52 29 (B) 2,432 618 25.4
Middle Atlantic 31,818 4,688 14.7 26,012 3,188 12.3 149 89 60.0 5,657 1,411 24.9
East North Central 38,789 5,984 15.4 31,724 4,018 12.7 193 91 47.3 6,872 1,875 27.3
West North Central 18,214 2,870 15.8 14,618 1,845 12.6 79 40 50.7 3,517 986 28.0
South Atlantic 43,553 7,008 16.1 35,542 4,850 13.6 185 98 52.9 7,826 2,061 26.3
East South Central 14,135 2,926 20.7 11,708 2,117 18.1 38 19 (B) 2,389 791 33.1
West South Central 28,810 6,328 22.0 24,536 5,006 20.4 132 103 77.6 4,142 1,219 29.4
Mountain 19,638 3,733 19.0 16,127 2,739 17.0 72 40 (B) 3,439 954 27.8
Pacific 39,633 7,930 20.0 32,019 5,590 17.5 239 152 63.5 7,375 2,189 29.7

Poverty Footnotes

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