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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, not Hispanic
 
Total (1) 		197,164 43,978 22.3 158,646 28,639 18.1 761 509 66.9 37,757 14,829 39.3

Residence and Region (31)

United States:
 
  Inside metro statistical areas 		158,861 32,315 20.3 127,147 20,383 16.0 562 373 66.4 31,152 11,559 37.1
      Inside principal cities 47,383 11,155 23.5 33,949 6,085 17.9 177 131 73.7 13,256 4,939 37.3
      Outside principal cities 111,478 21,160 19.0 93,198 14,298 15.3 384 242 63.0 17,896 6,620 37.0
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 38,304 11,663 30.4 31,500 8,256 26.2 199 136 68.4 6,605 3,271 49.5

Residence and Region (31)
 
Northeast 		38,191 7,234 18.9 30,870 4,545 14.7 129 90 69.7 7,192 2,599 36.1
  Inside metro statistical areas 32,958 5,902 17.9 26,615 3,654 13.7 94 76 80.7 6,249 2,172 34.8
      Inside principal cities 6,727 1,658 24.6 4,661 932 20.0 18 17 (B) 2,048 709 34.6
      Outside principal cities 26,231 4,244 16.2 21,954 2,722 12.4 76 58 77.0 4,201 1,463 34.8
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 5,233 1,332 25.5 4,255 891 20.9 35 14 (B) 943 427 45.3
Midwest 52,380 12,137 23.2 42,311 7,973 18.8 244 167 68.5 9,824 3,997 40.7
  Inside metro statistical areas 38,368 8,082 21.1 30,767 5,137 16.7 184 118 63.8 7,416 2,827 38.1
      Inside principal cities 10,875 2,976 27.4 7,800 1,669 21.4 65 45 (B) 3,011 1,261 41.9
      Outside principal cities 27,492 5,106 18.6 22,968 3,468 15.1 120 72 60.6 4,405 1,566 35.6
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 14,012 4,055 28.9 11,544 2,836 24.6 60 49 (B) 2,409 1,170 48.6
South 68,052 16,521 24.3 55,603 11,392 20.5 255 172 67.3 12,194 4,957 40.7
  Inside metro statistical areas 53,620 11,602 21.6 43,605 7,782 17.8 184 122 66.3 9,831 3,698 37.6
      Inside principal cities 15,734 3,430 21.8 11,652 1,958 16.8 54 49 (B) 4,028 1,423 35.3
      Outside principal cities 37,886 8,172 21.6 31,952 5,824 18.2 130 73 55.8 5,803 2,275 39.2
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 14,433 4,919 34.1 11,998 3,611 30.1 71 50 (B) 2,363 1,259 53.3
West 38,541 8,085 21.0 29,862 4,730 15.8 133 80 60.5 8,546 3,276 38.3
  Inside metro statistical areas 33,916 6,729 19.8 26,160 3,811 14.6 99 57 57.7 7,657 2,861 37.4
      Inside principal cities 14,046 3,091 22.0 9,836 1,526 15.5 41 19 (B) 4,170 1,546 37.1
      Outside principal cities 19,869 3,638 18.3 16,324 2,284 14.0 58 38 (B) 3,487 1,315 37.7
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 4,626 1,356 29.3 3,703 919 24.8 33 23 (B) 890 415 46.6

Division (31)
 
New England 		11,618 2,107 18.1 9,308 1,212 13.0 45 33 (B) 2,265 862 38.1
Middle Atlantic 26,573 5,127 19.3 21,562 3,333 15.5 83 57 68.4 4,928 1,737 35.3
East North Central 35,341 8,257 23.4 28,705 5,534 19.3 176 110 62.8 6,460 2,612 40.4
West North Central 17,039 3,880 22.8 13,607 2,438 17.9 68 57 (B) 3,364 1,385 41.2
South Atlantic 36,803 8,413 22.9 29,801 5,719 19.2 134 85 63.2 6,868 2,610 38.0
East South Central 13,393 4,197 31.3 11,128 3,089 27.8 36 22 (B) 2,229 1,087 48.8
West South Central 17,856 3,910 21.9 14,674 2,584 17.6 85 65 76.4 3,096 1,261 40.7
Mountain 14,572 3,176 21.8 11,675 2,005 17.2 58 37 (B) 2,839 1,133 39.9
Pacific 23,969 4,910 20.5 18,187 2,724 15.0 75 43 (B) 5,707 2,142 37.5

Poverty Footnotes

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