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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)

Black alone
 
Total (1) 		38,556 13,044 33.8 31,306 10,106 32.3 148 99 67.1 7,102 2,838 40.0

Residence and Region (31)

United States:
 
  Inside metro statistical areas 		34,756 11,389 32.8 28,145 8,807 31.3 135 89 66.4 6,476 2,492 38.5
      Inside principal cities 19,337 7,121 36.8 15,267 5,482 35.9 80 52 64.9 3,991 1,587 39.8
      Outside principal cities 15,419 4,268 27.7 12,879 3,325 25.8 55 38 (B) 2,486 905 36.4
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 3,799 1,655 43.6 3,160 1,299 41.1 14 10 (B) 625 346 55.3

Residence and Region (31)
 
Northeast 		6,728 2,069 30.8 5,419 1,559 28.8 24 18 (B) 1,286 493 38.3
  Inside metro statistical areas 6,630 2,025 30.5 5,339 1,521 28.5 24 18 (B) 1,268 487 38.4
      Inside principal cities 4,316 1,445 33.5 3,405 1,084 31.8 10 9 (B) 902 352 39.1
      Outside principal cities 2,314 580 25.1 1,934 437 22.6 14 8 (B) 366 135 36.8
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 98 44 44.8 80 38 47.9 0 0 (X) 18 6 (B)
Midwest 6,793 2,711 39.9 5,431 2,175 40.1 41 33 (B) 1,321 503 38.1
  Inside metro statistical areas 6,575 2,608 39.7 5,258 2,094 39.8 41 33 (B) 1,276 482 37.8
      Inside principal cities 4,458 2,010 45.1 3,526 1,634 46.3 23 17 (B) 909 360 39.6
      Outside principal cities 2,117 597 28.2 1,732 460 26.6 19 16 (B) 366 121 33.2
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 218 103 47.2 173 82 47.2 0 0 (X) 45 21 (B)
South 21,451 7,177 33.5 17,592 5,587 31.8 67 40 (B) 3,792 1,549 40.9
  Inside metro statistical areas 18,048 5,688 31.5 14,756 4,424 30.0 56 33 (B) 3,235 1,231 38.0
      Inside principal cities 8,490 2,960 34.9 6,781 2,283 33.7 40 23 (B) 1,669 654 39.2
      Outside principal cities 9,558 2,729 28.5 7,975 2,141 26.8 16 11 (B) 1,567 577 36.8
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 3,403 1,488 43.7 2,836 1,163 41.0 11 7 (B) 557 318 57.2
West 3,584 1,087 30.3 2,864 785 27.4 17 9 (B) 703 293 41.7
  Inside metro statistical areas 3,504 1,067 30.5 2,792 768 27.5 14 6 (B) 698 293 41.9
      Inside principal cities 2,073 705 34.0 1,555 481 31.0 7 3 (B) 511 221 43.2
      Outside principal cities 1,430 362 25.3 1,237 287 23.2 7 3 (B) 187 72 38.5
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 80 20 25.2 72 17 (B) 3 3 (B) 5 1 (B)

Division (31)
 
New England 		907 256 28.2 728 190 26.0 3 3 (B) 176 63 35.8
Middle Atlantic 5,821 1,814 31.2 4,691 1,369 29.2 20 15 (B) 1,110 430 38.7
East North Central 5,532 2,219 40.1 4,442 1,774 39.9 35 27 (B) 1,055 418 39.6
West North Central 1,261 492 39.0 989 401 40.6 6 6 (B) 266 85 32.0
South Atlantic 12,806 4,049 31.6 10,374 3,094 29.8 55 38 (B) 2,378 918 38.6
East South Central 3,617 1,486 41.1 2,999 1,194 39.8 12 3 (B) 607 290 47.8
West South Central 5,027 1,641 32.6 4,220 1,299 30.8 0 0 (X) 807 342 42.3
Mountain 823 276 33.6 652 187 28.7 10 6 (B) 161 84 52.1
Pacific 2,761 811 29.4 2,212 598 27.0 7 3 (B) 542 209 38.6

Poverty Footnotes

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