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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)

Asian alone
 
Total (1) 		14,005 2,880 20.6 12,296 2,249 18.3 36 16 (B) 1,673 615 36.8

Residence and Region (31)

United States:
 
  Inside metro statistical areas 		13,579 2,726 20.1 11,938 2,122 17.8 33 13 (B) 1,608 591 36.7
      Inside principal cities 6,646 1,548 23.3 5,577 1,136 20.4 15 10 (B) 1,054 403 38.2
      Outside principal cities 6,933 1,177 17.0 6,361 986 15.5 18 3 (B) 554 188 33.9
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 426 154 36.3 357 127 35.6 3 3 (B) 65 25 (B)

Residence and Region (31)
 
Northeast 		3,054 804 26.3 2,646 617 23.3 4 4 (B) 404 182 45.2
  Inside metro statistical areas 3,024 796 26.3 2,624 611 23.3 4 4 (B) 396 181 45.8
      Inside principal cities 1,521 550 36.2 1,248 414 33.2 4 4 (B) 269 132 49.2
      Outside principal cities 1,503 246 16.3 1,376 197 14.3 0 0 (X) 127 49 38.5
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 30 8 (B) 22 6 (B) 0 0 (X) 8 1 (B)
Midwest 1,697 416 24.5 1,519 339 22.4 6 3 (B) 172 74 43.1
  Inside metro statistical areas 1,637 388 23.7 1,470 319 21.7 6 3 (B) 160 66 41.3
      Inside principal cities 704 208 29.5 602 167 27.7 0 0 (X) 102 41 40.0
      Outside principal cities 933 181 19.3 868 152 17.6 6 3 (B) 58 25 (B)
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 60 28 (B) 49 20 (B) 0 0 (X) 11 8 (B)
South 3,117 633 20.3 2,795 531 19.0 3 3 (B) 319 100 31.3
  Inside metro statistical areas 2,942 550 18.7 2,648 458 17.3 0 0 (X) 294 92 31.2
      Inside principal cities 1,006 190 18.9 866 147 17.0 0 0 (X) 140 42 30.3
      Outside principal cities 1,937 360 18.6 1,782 310 17.4 0 0 (X) 155 50 32.1
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 175 83 47.7 147 73 49.4 3 3 (B) 25 8 (B)
West 6,137 1,027 16.7 5,336 762 14.3 23 6 (B) 778 259 33.3
  Inside metro statistical areas 5,976 992 16.6 5,197 734 14.1 22 6 (B) 757 251 33.2
      Inside principal cities 3,416 600 17.6 2,862 408 14.2 10 5 (B) 544 187 34.5
      Outside principal cities 2,560 391 15.3 2,335 327 14.0 12 1 (B) 213 64 29.9
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 161 36 22.1 139 28 20.0 1 0 (B) 21 8 (B)

Division (31)
 
New England 		653 176 26.9 558 131 23.4 0 0 (X) 95 45 47.4
Middle Atlantic 2,402 628 26.1 2,089 486 23.3 4 4 (B) 309 137 44.5
East North Central 1,336 332 24.8 1,233 284 23.0 4 0 (B) 99 48 48.0
West North Central 361 85 23.4 286 55 19.4 3 3 (B) 72 26 (B)
South Atlantic 1,719 325 18.9 1,541 267 17.3 0 0 (X) 178 58 32.6
East South Central 195 53 27.2 169 42 24.8 0 0 (X) 26 11 (B)
West South Central 1,202 255 21.2 1,085 221 20.4 3 3 (B) 115 31 26.7
Mountain 608 129 21.2 524 98 18.7 1 0 (B) 83 31 37.0
Pacific 5,529 898 16.2 4,812 664 13.8 22 6 (B) 695 228 32.8

Poverty Footnotes

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