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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 185% of poverty (5) Percentage below 185% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 185% of poverty (5) Percentage below 185% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 185% of poverty (5) Percentage below 185% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 185% of poverty (5) Percentage below 185% of poverty (6)

White alone
 
Total (1) 		242,047 66,721 27.6 197,938 48,154 24.3 1,099 783 71.2 43,010 17,784 41.3

Residence and Region (31)

United States:
 
  Inside metro statistical areas 		200,589 53,269 26.6 163,634 38,316 23.4 890 640 71.9 36,065 14,313 39.7
      Inside principal cities 68,736 22,914 33.3 52,320 16,073 30.7 326 249 76.4 16,090 6,592 41.0
      Outside principal cities 131,853 30,355 23.0 111,315 22,243 20.0 564 391 69.3 19,975 7,722 38.7
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 41,458 13,451 32.4 34,304 9,838 28.7 209 143 68.3 6,945 3,471 50.0

Residence and Region (31)
 
Northeast 		43,856 9,891 22.6 35,671 6,696 18.8 192 142 74.1 7,994 3,052 38.2
  Inside metro statistical areas 38,497 8,505 22.1 31,312 5,766 18.4 157 128 81.8 7,028 2,611 37.2
      Inside principal cities 9,731 3,283 33.7 7,185 2,267 31.6 55 46 (B) 2,492 970 38.9
      Outside principal cities 28,766 5,223 18.2 24,127 3,498 14.5 102 83 80.7 4,537 1,642 36.2
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 5,359 1,385 25.8 4,359 931 21.3 35 14 (B) 965 441 45.7
Midwest 56,027 13,999 25.0 45,495 9,577 21.1 258 177 68.5 10,274 4,245 41.3
  Inside metro statistical areas 41,532 9,686 23.3 33,522 6,519 19.4 196 127 64.8 7,814 3,040 38.9
      Inside principal cities 12,512 3,905 31.2 9,198 2,470 26.9 67 46 (B) 3,247 1,388 42.8
      Outside principal cities 29,020 5,781 19.9 24,324 4,048 16.6 129 81 62.7 4,566 1,651 36.2
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 14,495 4,314 29.8 11,973 3,058 25.5 62 49 (B) 2,460 1,206 49.0
South 84,857 25,275 29.8 70,327 18,945 26.9 351 252 71.9 14,179 6,077 42.9
  Inside metro statistical areas 68,852 19,424 28.2 56,942 14,509 25.5 273 196 71.7 11,638 4,719 40.6
      Inside principal cities 23,329 7,747 33.2 18,242 5,691 31.2 93 80 86.3 4,994 1,977 39.6
      Outside principal cities 45,523 11,676 25.6 38,700 8,818 22.8 180 116 64.2 6,643 2,743 41.3
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 16,005 5,851 36.6 13,385 4,436 33.1 78 56 72.3 2,541 1,358 53.4
West 57,307 17,556 30.6 46,445 12,936 27.9 298 211 70.9 10,564 4,409 41.7
  Inside metro statistical areas 51,708 15,655 30.3 41,859 11,523 27.5 263 188 71.5 9,586 3,943 41.1
      Inside principal cities 23,164 7,979 34.4 17,696 5,645 31.9 112 77 68.9 5,357 2,257 42.1
      Outside principal cities 28,544 7,675 26.9 24,163 5,878 24.3 152 111 73.4 4,229 1,686 39.9
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 5,599 1,901 34.0 4,586 1,413 30.8 35 23 (B) 978 466 47.6

Division (31)
 
New England 		12,534 2,580 20.6 10,076 1,592 15.8 50 37 (B) 2,407 951 39.5
Middle Atlantic 31,323 7,311 23.3 25,594 5,104 19.9 142 105 74.1 5,586 2,101 37.6
East North Central 38,137 9,613 25.2 31,144 6,694 21.5 183 118 64.3 6,809 2,801 41.1
West North Central 17,890 4,387 24.5 14,351 2,883 20.1 75 59 (B) 3,465 1,445 41.7
South Atlantic 42,940 11,251 26.2 35,006 8,012 22.9 185 122 66.3 7,750 3,116 40.2
East South Central 13,981 4,560 32.6 11,574 3,375 29.2 38 24 (B) 2,369 1,161 49.0
West South Central 27,936 9,463 33.9 23,747 7,557 31.8 129 106 82.5 4,060 1,800 44.3
Mountain 19,214 5,585 29.1 15,762 4,117 26.1 68 45 (B) 3,385 1,423 42.0
Pacific 38,092 11,971 31.4 30,683 8,819 28.7 229 166 72.4 7,179 2,986 41.6

Poverty Footnotes

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