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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 alone
 
Total (1) 		242,047 41,670 17.2 197,938 29,136 14.7 1,099 644 58.6 43,010 11,890 27.6

Residence and Region (31)

United States:
 
  Inside metro statistical areas 		200,589 33,263 16.6 163,634 23,185 14.2 890 530 59.5 36,065 9,548 26.5
      Inside principal cities 68,736 14,972 21.8 52,320 10,275 19.6 326 228 70.0 16,090 4,469 27.8
      Outside principal cities 131,853 18,290 13.9 111,315 12,910 11.6 564 301 53.5 19,975 5,079 25.4
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 41,458 8,407 20.3 34,304 5,952 17.3 209 114 54.5 6,945 2,342 33.7

Residence and Region (31)
 
Northeast 		43,856 6,114 13.9 35,671 4,003 11.2 192 115 59.9 7,994 1,995 25.0
  Inside metro statistical areas 38,497 5,327 13.8 31,312 3,502 11.2 157 106 67.2 7,028 1,720 24.5
      Inside principal cities 9,731 2,192 22.5 7,185 1,492 20.8 55 45 (B) 2,492 655 26.3
      Outside principal cities 28,766 3,135 10.9 24,127 2,011 8.3 102 60 58.7 4,537 1,064 23.5
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 5,359 787 14.7 4,359 501 11.5 35 10 (B) 965 276 28.6
Midwest 56,027 8,531 15.2 45,495 5,591 12.3 258 125 48.4 10,274 2,815 27.4
  Inside metro statistical areas 41,532 5,909 14.2 33,522 3,791 11.3 196 91 46.2 7,814 2,028 25.9
      Inside principal cities 12,512 2,487 19.9 9,198 1,518 16.5 67 37 (B) 3,247 933 28.7
      Outside principal cities 29,020 3,422 11.8 24,324 2,273 9.3 129 54 41.7 4,566 1,095 24.0
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 14,495 2,622 18.1 11,973 1,800 15.0 62 34 (B) 2,460 788 32.0
South 84,857 15,844 18.7 70,327 11,610 16.5 351 219 62.3 14,179 4,015 28.3
  Inside metro statistical areas 68,852 12,044 17.5 56,942 8,806 15.5 273 168 61.6 11,638 3,069 26.4
      Inside principal cities 23,329 5,051 21.7 18,242 3,659 20.1 93 80 86.3 4,994 1,311 26.3
      Outside principal cities 45,523 6,993 15.4 38,700 5,147 13.3 180 88 48.9 6,643 1,758 26.5
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 16,005 3,800 23.7 13,385 2,804 20.9 78 51 64.9 2,541 945 37.2
West 57,307 11,181 19.5 46,445 7,931 17.1 298 185 62.1 10,564 3,064 29.0
  Inside metro statistical areas 51,708 9,982 19.3 41,859 7,085 16.9 263 165 62.7 9,586 2,732 28.5
      Inside principal cities 23,164 5,242 22.6 17,696 3,606 20.4 112 66 59.1 5,357 1,569 29.3
      Outside principal cities 28,544 4,740 16.6 24,163 3,479 14.4 152 99 65.4 4,229 1,162 27.5
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 5,599 1,199 21.4 4,586 846 18.4 35 20 (B) 978 333 34.0

Division (31)
 
New England 		12,534 1,564 12.5 10,076 930 9.2 50 28 (B) 2,407 607 25.2
Middle Atlantic 31,323 4,549 14.5 25,594 3,074 12.0 142 87 61.5 5,586 1,388 24.8
East North Central 38,137 5,768 15.1 31,144 3,833 12.3 183 85 46.2 6,809 1,850 27.2
West North Central 17,890 2,763 15.4 14,351 1,758 12.3 75 40 (B) 3,465 965 27.8
South Atlantic 42,940 6,871 16.0 35,006 4,732 13.5 185 98 52.9 7,750 2,041 26.3
East South Central 13,981 2,875 20.6 11,574 2,071 17.9 38 19 (B) 2,369 785 33.1
West South Central 27,936 6,099 21.8 23,747 4,807 20.2 129 103 79.7 4,060 1,189 29.3
Mountain 19,214 3,579 18.6 15,762 2,605 16.5 68 38 (B) 3,385 936 27.6
Pacific 38,092 7,601 20.0 30,683 5,326 17.4 229 147 63.9 7,179 2,128 29.6

Poverty Footnotes

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