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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 150% of poverty (5) Percentage below 150% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 150% of poverty (5) Percentage below 150% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 150% of poverty (5) Percentage below 150% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 150% of poverty (5) Percentage below 150% of poverty (6)

White alone
 
Total (1) 		242,047 50,702 20.9 197,938 36,054 18.2 1,099 696 63.3 43,010 13,952 32.4

Residence and Region (31)

United States:
 
  Inside metro statistical areas 		200,589 40,497 20.2 163,634 28,681 17.5 890 572 64.3 36,065 11,245 31.2
      Inside principal cities 68,736 17,915 26.1 52,320 12,425 23.7 326 233 71.5 16,090 5,257 32.7
      Outside principal cities 131,853 22,583 17.1 111,315 16,256 14.6 564 339 60.1 19,975 5,988 30.0
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 41,458 10,205 24.6 34,304 7,374 21.5 209 124 59.2 6,945 2,707 39.0

Residence and Region (31)
 
Northeast 		43,856 7,486 17.1 35,671 4,969 13.9 192 116 60.2 7,994 2,401 30.0
  Inside metro statistical areas 38,497 6,460 16.8 31,312 4,286 13.7 157 106 67.6 7,028 2,068 29.4
      Inside principal cities 9,731 2,565 26.4 7,185 1,736 24.2 55 45 (B) 2,492 784 31.4
      Outside principal cities 28,766 3,895 13.5 24,127 2,550 10.6 102 61 59.4 4,537 1,285 28.3
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 5,359 1,026 19.1 4,359 684 15.7 35 10 (B) 965 332 34.4
Midwest 56,027 10,424 18.6 45,495 6,986 15.4 258 151 58.5 10,274 3,287 32.0
  Inside metro statistical areas 41,532 7,235 17.4 33,522 4,772 14.2 196 111 56.5 7,814 2,352 30.1
      Inside principal cities 12,512 3,011 24.1 9,198 1,899 20.6 67 40 (B) 3,247 1,072 33.0
      Outside principal cities 29,020 4,224 14.6 24,324 2,873 11.8 129 71 55.0 4,566 1,280 28.0
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 14,495 3,189 22.0 11,973 2,214 18.5 62 40 (B) 2,460 935 38.0
South 84,857 19,006 22.4 70,327 14,083 20.0 351 236 67.1 14,179 4,687 33.1
  Inside metro statistical areas 68,852 14,509 21.1 56,942 10,696 18.8 273 184 67.5 11,638 3,629 31.2
      Inside principal cities 23,329 5,938 25.5 18,242 4,310 23.6 93 80 86.3 4,994 1,547 31.0
      Outside principal cities 45,523 8,571 18.8 38,700 6,385 16.5 180 104 57.8 6,643 2,082 31.3
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 16,005 4,497 28.1 13,385 3,388 25.3 78 51 65.9 2,541 1,058 41.6
West 57,307 13,786 24.1 46,445 10,016 21.6 298 193 64.9 10,564 3,578 33.9
  Inside metro statistical areas 51,708 12,294 23.8 41,859 8,928 21.3 263 170 64.7 9,586 3,195 33.3
      Inside principal cities 23,164 6,401 27.6 17,696 4,480 25.3 112 68 60.7 5,357 1,854 34.6
      Outside principal cities 28,544 5,892 20.6 24,163 4,448 18.4 152 102 67.6 4,229 1,342 31.7
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 5,599 1,493 26.7 4,586 1,088 23.7 35 23 (B) 978 382 39.1

Division (31)
 
New England 		12,534 1,956 15.6 10,076 1,192 11.8 50 28 (B) 2,407 735 30.5
Middle Atlantic 31,323 5,530 17.7 25,594 3,777 14.8 142 87 61.5 5,586 1,666 29.8
East North Central 38,137 7,126 18.7 31,144 4,862 15.6 183 105 57.4 6,809 2,159 31.7
West North Central 17,890 3,298 18.4 14,351 2,124 14.8 75 45 (B) 3,465 1,128 32.5
South Atlantic 42,940 8,314 19.4 35,006 5,786 16.5 185 111 60.0 7,750 2,417 31.2
East South Central 13,981 3,382 24.2 11,574 2,497 21.6 38 19 (B) 2,369 866 36.6
West South Central 27,936 7,311 26.2 23,747 5,801 24.4 129 106 82.5 4,060 1,404 34.6
Mountain 19,214 4,409 22.9 15,762 3,256 20.7 68 43 (B) 3,385 1,110 32.8
Pacific 38,092 9,377 24.6 30,683 6,760 22.0 229 151 65.6 7,179 2,467 34.4

Poverty Footnotes

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