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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 200% of poverty (5) Percentage below 200% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 200% of poverty (5) Percentage below 200% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 200% of poverty (5) Percentage below 200% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 200% of poverty (5) Percentage below 200% of poverty (6)

All races
 
Total (1) 		303,820 100,411 33.0 249,384 74,804 30.0 1,357 1,009 74.4 53,079 24,599 46.3

Residence and Region (31)

United States:
 
  Inside metro statistical areas 		256,028 81,865 32.0 209,756 60,829 29.0 1,114 829 74.4 45,157 20,207 44.7
      Inside principal cities 97,725 38,583 39.5 75,618 28,183 37.3 443 335 75.6 21,665 10,066 46.5
      Outside principal cities 158,302 43,282 27.3 134,139 32,646 24.3 671 494 73.6 23,493 10,141 43.2
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 47,792 18,546 38.8 39,627 13,974 35.3 243 180 74.0 7,922 4,392 55.4

Residence and Region (31)
 
Northeast 		54,571 15,563 28.5 44,493 11,059 24.9 228 178 77.9 9,851 4,327 43.9
  Inside metro statistical areas 49,009 13,947 28.5 39,978 9,962 24.9 191 162 84.6 8,839 3,823 43.2
      Inside principal cities 15,840 6,660 42.0 12,048 4,856 40.3 70 61 (B) 3,722 1,743 46.8
      Outside principal cities 33,169 7,287 22.0 27,930 5,106 18.3 121 101 83.0 5,117 2,080 40.6
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 5,563 1,616 29.1 4,514 1,096 24.3 37 16 (B) 1,011 504 49.9
Midwest 65,980 20,568 31.2 53,680 14,775 27.5 329 244 74.2 11,972 5,548 46.3
  Inside metro statistical areas 50,752 15,413 30.4 41,101 11,058 26.9 261 188 72.0 9,389 4,167 44.4
      Inside principal cities 18,177 7,598 41.8 13,747 5,400 39.3 92 70 76.0 4,339 2,128 49.1
      Outside principal cities 32,575 7,815 24.0 27,355 5,658 20.7 169 118 69.8 5,051 2,039 40.4
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 15,228 5,155 33.8 12,578 3,717 29.5 68 56 (B) 2,582 1,382 53.5
South 112,165 40,199 35.8 93,085 30,925 33.2 425 311 73.3 18,655 8,962 48.0
  Inside metro statistical areas 91,805 31,078 33.9 76,031 23,790 31.3 333 242 72.5 15,440 7,046 45.6
      Inside principal cities 33,520 13,203 39.4 26,451 9,948 37.6 136 103 75.6 6,933 3,153 45.5
      Outside principal cities 58,285 17,875 30.7 49,580 13,843 27.9 198 139 70.3 8,507 3,894 45.8
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 20,360 9,120 44.8 17,055 7,135 41.8 91 70 76.3 3,214 1,916 59.6
West 71,103 24,082 33.9 58,126 18,044 31.0 375 276 73.6 12,602 5,761 45.7
  Inside metro statistical areas 64,462 21,427 33.2 52,646 16,018 30.4 328 238 72.4 11,489 5,171 45.0
      Inside principal cities 30,189 11,122 36.8 23,373 7,979 34.1 145 101 69.7 6,671 3,042 45.6
      Outside principal cities 34,274 10,305 30.1 29,273 8,040 27.5 183 137 74.6 4,817 2,129 44.2
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 6,641 2,655 40.0 5,480 2,026 37.0 47 38 (B) 1,114 590 53.0

Division (31)
 
New England 		14,352 3,586 25.0 11,578 2,348 20.3 55 44 (B) 2,719 1,194 43.9
Middle Atlantic 40,220 11,977 29.8 32,915 8,710 26.5 173 133 77.2 7,132 3,133 43.9
East North Central 45,884 14,555 31.7 37,564 10,632 28.3 240 170 71.1 8,080 3,753 46.4
West North Central 20,096 6,012 29.9 16,116 4,143 25.7 89 74 82.6 3,891 1,796 46.1
South Atlantic 58,588 19,373 33.1 47,884 14,419 30.1 239 172 71.9 10,464 4,781 45.7
East South Central 18,017 7,270 40.4 14,932 5,582 37.4 50 28 (B) 3,035 1,660 54.7
West South Central 35,560 13,556 38.1 30,269 10,925 36.1 136 111 81.5 5,155 2,521 48.9
Mountain 21,906 7,412 33.8 18,003 5,563 30.9 93 70 74.9 3,810 1,779 46.7
Pacific 49,197 16,670 33.9 40,123 12,481 31.1 282 206 73.1 8,792 3,982 45.3

Poverty Footnotes

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