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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 175% of poverty (5) Percentage below 175% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 175% of poverty (5) Percentage below 175% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 175% of poverty (5) Percentage below 175% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 175% of poverty (5) Percentage below 175% of poverty (6)

White A.O.I.C.
 
Total (1) 		247,285 63,932 25.9 202,498 46,394 22.9 1,138 794 69.8 43,649 16,744 38.4

Residence and Region (31)

United States:
 
  Inside metro statistical areas 		204,955 50,990 24.9 167,439 36,891 22.0 918 650 70.7 36,598 13,450 36.7
      Inside principal cities 70,518 22,181 31.5 53,826 15,715 29.2 338 256 75.7 16,354 6,210 38.0
      Outside principal cities 134,436 28,809 21.4 113,613 21,176 18.6 580 394 67.9 20,243 7,240 35.8
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 42,330 12,942 30.6 35,059 9,503 27.1 220 145 65.9 7,051 3,294 46.7

Residence and Region (31)
 
Northeast 		44,513 9,403 21.1 36,223 6,405 17.7 200 141 70.3 8,089 2,857 35.3
  Inside metro statistical areas 39,108 8,091 20.7 31,829 5,518 17.3 164 125 76.5 7,115 2,448 34.4
      Inside principal cities 9,891 3,179 32.1 7,308 2,225 30.4 56 47 (B) 2,526 907 35.9
      Outside principal cities 29,218 4,912 16.8 24,521 3,293 13.4 107 78 72.9 4,590 1,541 33.6
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 5,404 1,312 24.3 4,394 887 20.2 37 16 (B) 974 410 42.1
Midwest 57,003 13,411 23.5 46,342 9,251 20.0 272 186 68.2 10,389 3,975 38.3
  Inside metro statistical areas 42,282 9,289 22.0 34,176 6,325 18.5 205 135 65.9 7,902 2,829 35.8
      Inside principal cities 12,878 3,820 29.7 9,520 2,502 26.3 69 47 (B) 3,289 1,271 38.7
      Outside principal cities 29,404 5,468 18.6 24,656 3,823 15.5 136 88 64.5 4,613 1,557 33.8
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 14,721 4,123 28.0 12,167 2,926 24.0 67 51 (B) 2,487 1,146 46.1
South 86,498 24,083 27.8 71,786 18,158 25.3 354 249 70.3 14,357 5,676 39.5
  Inside metro statistical areas 70,115 18,453 26.3 58,065 13,855 23.9 276 196 70.9 11,773 4,402 37.4
      Inside principal cities 23,808 7,403 31.1 18,653 5,475 29.4 94 80 85.1 5,060 1,848 36.5
      Outside principal cities 46,307 11,050 23.9 39,412 8,380 21.3 182 116 63.5 6,713 2,554 38.0
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 16,383 5,630 34.4 13,721 4,302 31.4 78 53 68.3 2,584 1,274 49.3
West 59,271 17,034 28.7 48,146 12,580 26.1 311 219 70.4 10,814 4,236 39.2
  Inside metro statistical areas 53,449 15,157 28.4 43,369 11,192 25.8 274 194 70.8 9,807 3,771 38.5
      Inside principal cities 23,942 7,779 32.5 18,344 5,514 30.1 119 82 68.6 5,479 2,183 39.9
      Outside principal cities 29,507 7,378 25.0 25,025 5,679 22.7 154 112 72.5 4,328 1,588 36.7
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 5,822 1,877 32.2 4,777 1,388 29.0 37 25 (B) 1,007 464 46.1

Division (31)
 
New England 		12,695 2,415 19.0 10,211 1,486 14.6 52 38 (B) 2,432 891 36.6
Middle Atlantic 31,818 6,988 22.0 26,012 4,919 18.9 149 103 69.0 5,657 1,967 34.8
East North Central 38,789 9,223 23.8 31,724 6,480 20.4 193 127 66.0 6,872 2,616 38.1
West North Central 18,214 4,189 23.0 14,618 2,771 19.0 79 58 73.5 3,517 1,359 38.7
South Atlantic 43,553 10,654 24.5 35,542 7,625 21.5 185 122 66.3 7,826 2,906 37.1
East South Central 14,135 4,269 30.2 11,708 3,193 27.3 38 21 (B) 2,389 1,055 44.2
West South Central 28,810 9,160 31.8 24,536 7,339 29.9 132 106 80.4 4,142 1,714 41.4
Mountain 19,638 5,394 27.5 16,127 4,015 24.9 72 45 (B) 3,439 1,333 38.8
Pacific 39,633 11,641 29.4 32,019 8,565 26.7 239 173 72.5 7,375 2,902 39.4

Poverty Footnotes

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