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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)

Asian alone
 
Total (1) 		14,005 3,629 25.9 12,296 2,874 23.4 36 16 (B) 1,673 739 44.2

Residence and Region (31)

United States:
 
  Inside metro statistical areas 		13,579 3,451 25.4 11,938 2,735 22.9 33 14 (B) 1,608 701 43.6
      Inside principal cities 6,646 1,911 28.8 5,577 1,424 25.5 15 11 (B) 1,054 477 45.3
      Outside principal cities 6,933 1,539 22.2 6,361 1,312 20.6 18 3 (B) 554 224 40.5
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 426 179 42.0 357 139 38.8 3 3 (B) 65 38 (B)

Residence and Region (31)
 
Northeast 		3,054 947 31.0 2,646 738 27.9 4 4 (B) 404 204 50.6
  Inside metro statistical areas 3,024 939 31.1 2,624 732 27.9 4 4 (B) 396 203 51.3
      Inside principal cities 1,521 608 39.9 1,248 455 36.5 4 4 (B) 269 148 55.0
      Outside principal cities 1,503 332 22.1 1,376 276 20.1 0 0 (X) 127 55 43.5
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 30 8 (B) 22 6 (B) 0 0 (X) 8 1 (B)
Midwest 1,697 499 29.4 1,519 412 27.1 6 3 (B) 172 84 49.1
  Inside metro statistical areas 1,637 468 28.6 1,470 389 26.5 6 3 (B) 160 76 47.5
      Inside principal cities 704 270 38.4 602 220 36.6 0 0 (X) 102 50 49.4
      Outside principal cities 933 198 21.2 868 169 19.5 6 3 (B) 58 26 (B)
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 60 31 (B) 49 23 (B) 0 0 (X) 11 8 (B)
South 3,117 810 26.0 2,795 672 24.0 3 3 (B) 319 136 42.6
  Inside metro statistical areas 2,942 710 24.1 2,648 594 22.4 0 0 (X) 294 117 39.6
      Inside principal cities 1,006 248 24.6 866 192 22.2 0 0 (X) 140 55 39.6
      Outside principal cities 1,937 463 23.9 1,782 402 22.5 0 0 (X) 155 61 39.5
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 175 100 57.3 147 78 52.9 3 3 (B) 25 19 (B)
West 6,137 1,373 22.4 5,336 1,052 19.7 23 7 (B) 778 314 40.4
  Inside metro statistical areas 5,976 1,333 22.3 5,197 1,021 19.6 22 7 (B) 757 305 40.3
      Inside principal cities 3,416 786 23.0 2,862 556 19.4 10 6 (B) 544 224 41.1
      Outside principal cities 2,560 547 21.4 2,335 465 19.9 12 1 (B) 213 82 38.3
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 161 40 25.0 139 31 22.5 1 0 (B) 21 9 (B)

Division (31)
 
New England 		653 215 33.0 558 166 29.8 0 0 (X) 95 49 51.6
Middle Atlantic 2,402 732 30.5 2,089 572 27.4 4 4 (B) 309 155 50.3
East North Central 1,336 396 29.7 1,233 345 28.0 4 0 (B) 99 51 51.5
West North Central 361 103 28.5 286 67 23.4 3 3 (B) 72 33 (B)
South Atlantic 1,719 413 24.0 1,541 348 22.6 0 0 (X) 178 65 36.3
East South Central 195 64 32.7 169 50 29.7 0 0 (X) 26 14 (B)
West South Central 1,202 333 27.7 1,085 273 25.2 3 3 (B) 115 58 50.3
Mountain 608 161 26.4 524 123 23.5 1 1 (B) 83 36 43.8
Pacific 5,529 1,213 21.9 4,812 929 19.3 22 6 (B) 695 278 40.0

Poverty Footnotes

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