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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 alone
 
Total (1) 		242,047 62,044 25.6 197,938 44,814 22.6 1,099 770 70.1 43,010 16,460 38.3

Residence and Region (31)

United States:
 
  Inside metro statistical areas 		200,589 49,518 24.7 163,634 35,663 21.8 890 632 71.1 36,065 13,222 36.7
      Inside principal cities 68,736 21,501 31.3 52,320 15,157 29.0 326 249 76.3 16,090 6,095 37.9
      Outside principal cities 131,853 28,017 21.2 111,315 20,506 18.4 564 384 68.1 19,975 7,127 35.7
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 41,458 12,527 30.2 34,304 9,151 26.7 209 138 65.9 6,945 3,238 46.6

Residence and Region (31)
 
Northeast 		43,856 9,136 20.8 35,671 6,189 17.4 192 137 71.5 7,994 2,810 35.1
  Inside metro statistical areas 38,497 7,843 20.4 31,312 5,315 17.0 157 123 78.5 7,028 2,405 34.2
      Inside principal cities 9,731 3,084 31.7 7,185 2,149 29.9 55 45 (B) 2,492 890 35.7
      Outside principal cities 28,766 4,759 16.5 24,127 3,166 13.1 102 78 76.1 4,537 1,515 33.4
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 5,359 1,293 24.1 4,359 874 20.1 35 14 (B) 965 405 41.9
Midwest 56,027 12,988 23.2 45,495 8,894 19.5 258 175 67.8 10,274 3,919 38.1
  Inside metro statistical areas 41,532 8,967 21.6 33,522 6,054 18.1 196 127 64.8 7,814 2,786 35.7
      Inside principal cities 12,512 3,636 29.1 9,198 2,341 25.5 67 46 (B) 3,247 1,248 38.4
      Outside principal cities 29,020 5,332 18.4 24,324 3,713 15.3 129 81 62.7 4,566 1,538 33.7
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 14,495 4,021 27.7 11,973 2,840 23.7 62 48 (B) 2,460 1,133 46.1
South 84,857 23,514 27.7 70,327 17,666 25.1 351 249 71.0 14,179 5,599 39.5
  Inside metro statistical areas 68,852 18,073 26.2 56,942 13,531 23.8 273 196 71.7 11,638 4,346 37.3
      Inside principal cities 23,329 7,269 31.2 18,242 5,367 29.4 93 80 86.3 4,994 1,822 36.5
      Outside principal cities 45,523 10,804 23.7 38,700 8,164 21.1 180 116 64.2 6,643 2,524 38.0
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 16,005 5,441 34.0 13,385 4,135 30.9 78 53 68.3 2,541 1,253 49.3
West 57,307 16,407 28.6 46,445 12,066 26.0 298 209 70.2 10,564 4,132 39.1
  Inside metro statistical areas 51,708 14,635 28.3 41,859 10,764 25.7 263 186 70.7 9,586 3,685 38.4
      Inside principal cities 23,164 7,512 32.4 17,696 5,301 30.0 112 77 68.9 5,357 2,135 39.9
      Outside principal cities 28,544 7,122 25.0 24,163 5,463 22.6 152 109 72.0 4,229 1,550 36.7
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 5,599 1,772 31.7 4,586 1,302 28.4 35 23 (B) 978 447 45.7

Division (31)
 
New England 		12,534 2,349 18.7 10,076 1,439 14.3 50 37 (B) 2,407 874 36.3
Middle Atlantic 31,323 6,786 21.7 25,594 4,750 18.6 142 101 70.9 5,586 1,936 34.7
East North Central 38,137 8,930 23.4 31,144 6,227 20.0 183 118 64.3 6,809 2,585 38.0
West North Central 17,890 4,058 22.7 14,351 2,667 18.6 75 57 (B) 3,465 1,334 38.5
South Atlantic 42,940 10,469 24.4 35,006 7,468 21.3 185 122 66.3 7,750 2,879 37.1
East South Central 13,981 4,201 30.1 11,574 3,135 27.1 38 21 (B) 2,369 1,046 44.2
West South Central 27,936 8,843 31.7 23,747 7,063 29.7 129 106 82.5 4,060 1,674 41.2
Mountain 19,214 5,214 27.1 15,762 3,860 24.5 68 43 (B) 3,385 1,311 38.7
Pacific 38,092 11,193 29.4 30,683 8,205 26.7 229 166 72.4 7,179 2,821 39.3

Poverty Footnotes

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