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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)

Asian alone
 
Total (1) 		14,005 3,392 24.2 12,296 2,681 21.8 36 16 (B) 1,673 694 41.5

Residence and Region (31)

United States:
 
  Inside metro statistical areas 		13,579 3,214 23.7 11,938 2,543 21.3 33 14 (B) 1,608 657 40.8
      Inside principal cities 6,646 1,796 27.0 5,577 1,338 24.0 15 11 (B) 1,054 448 42.4
      Outside principal cities 6,933 1,418 20.5 6,361 1,205 18.9 18 3 (B) 554 209 37.8
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 426 178 41.7 357 138 38.5 3 3 (B) 65 37 (B)

Residence and Region (31)
 
Northeast 		3,054 896 29.3 2,646 694 26.2 4 4 (B) 404 197 48.8
  Inside metro statistical areas 3,024 888 29.4 2,624 688 26.2 4 4 (B) 396 196 49.5
      Inside principal cities 1,521 596 39.2 1,248 450 36.0 4 4 (B) 269 142 52.8
      Outside principal cities 1,503 292 19.4 1,376 238 17.3 0 0 (X) 127 54 42.5
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 30 8 (B) 22 6 (B) 0 0 (X) 8 1 (B)
Midwest 1,697 468 27.6 1,519 384 25.3 6 3 (B) 172 81 47.3
  Inside metro statistical areas 1,637 437 26.7 1,470 361 24.6 6 3 (B) 160 73 45.8
      Inside principal cities 704 241 34.2 602 193 32.0 0 0 (X) 102 48 47.1
      Outside principal cities 933 197 21.1 868 168 19.4 6 3 (B) 58 25 (B)
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 60 31 (B) 49 23 (B) 0 0 (X) 11 8 (B)
South 3,117 751 24.1 2,795 624 22.3 3 3 (B) 319 124 39.0
  Inside metro statistical areas 2,942 651 22.1 2,648 546 20.6 0 0 (X) 294 105 35.6
      Inside principal cities 1,006 224 22.3 866 176 20.3 0 0 (X) 140 49 34.7
      Outside principal cities 1,937 427 22.0 1,782 370 20.8 0 0 (X) 155 56 36.4
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 175 100 57.3 147 78 52.9 3 3 (B) 25 19 (B)
West 6,137 1,277 20.8 5,336 979 18.3 23 7 (B) 778 291 37.4
  Inside metro statistical areas 5,976 1,238 20.7 5,197 949 18.3 22 7 (B) 757 282 37.3
      Inside principal cities 3,416 735 21.5 2,862 520 18.2 10 6 (B) 544 209 38.4
      Outside principal cities 2,560 503 19.6 2,335 429 18.4 12 1 (B) 213 74 34.5
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 161 39 24.4 139 31 22.0 1 0 (B) 21 9 (B)

Division (31)
 
New England 		653 204 31.3 558 157 28.2 0 0 (X) 95 47 49.4
Middle Atlantic 2,402 692 28.8 2,089 537 25.7 4 4 (B) 309 150 48.7
East North Central 1,336 375 28.0 1,233 323 26.2 4 0 (B) 99 51 51.5
West North Central 361 94 25.9 286 61 21.2 3 3 (B) 72 30 (B)
South Atlantic 1,719 386 22.4 1,541 325 21.1 0 0 (X) 178 60 34.0
East South Central 195 53 27.2 169 42 24.8 0 0 (X) 26 11 (B)
West South Central 1,202 312 26.0 1,085 257 23.7 3 3 (B) 115 53 45.9
Mountain 608 147 24.2 524 112 21.4 1 1 (B) 83 34 40.7
Pacific 5,529 1,130 20.4 4,812 867 18.0 22 6 (B) 695 257 37.0

Poverty Footnotes

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