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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)

White A.O.I.C.
 
Total (1) 		247,285 75,124 30.4 202,498 54,809 27.1 1,138 828 72.8 43,649 19,486 44.6

Residence and Region (31)

United States:
 
  Inside metro statistical areas 		204,955 59,912 29.2 167,439 43,543 26.0 918 672 73.1 36,598 15,697 42.9
      Inside principal cities 70,518 25,579 36.3 53,826 18,139 33.7 338 257 75.8 16,354 7,183 43.9
      Outside principal cities 134,436 34,333 25.5 113,613 25,404 22.4 580 415 71.6 20,243 8,514 42.1
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 42,330 15,212 35.9 35,059 11,267 32.1 220 157 71.4 7,051 3,789 53.7

Residence and Region (31)
 
Northeast 		44,513 11,273 25.3 36,223 7,742 21.4 200 150 74.8 8,089 3,381 41.8
  Inside metro statistical areas 39,108 9,736 24.9 31,829 6,708 21.1 164 134 82.0 7,115 2,894 40.7
      Inside principal cities 9,891 3,725 37.7 7,308 2,606 35.7 56 47 (B) 2,526 1,071 42.4
      Outside principal cities 29,218 6,011 20.6 24,521 4,101 16.7 107 87 80.8 4,590 1,823 39.7
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 5,404 1,538 28.5 4,394 1,034 23.5 37 16 (B) 974 487 50.1
Midwest 57,003 15,918 27.9 46,342 11,050 23.8 272 192 70.5 10,389 4,676 45.0
  Inside metro statistical areas 42,282 11,102 26.3 34,176 7,603 22.2 205 136 66.5 7,902 3,362 42.6
      Inside principal cities 12,878 4,510 35.0 9,520 2,935 30.8 69 47 (B) 3,289 1,529 46.5
      Outside principal cities 29,404 6,591 22.4 24,656 4,669 18.9 136 89 65.4 4,613 1,834 39.8
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 14,721 4,816 32.7 12,167 3,447 28.3 67 56 (B) 2,487 1,313 52.8
South 86,498 28,204 32.6 71,786 21,365 29.8 354 260 73.3 14,357 6,578 45.8
  Inside metro statistical areas 70,115 21,539 30.7 58,065 16,225 27.9 276 204 73.6 11,773 5,110 43.4
      Inside principal cities 23,808 8,476 35.6 18,653 6,267 33.6 94 80 85.1 5,060 2,128 42.1
      Outside principal cities 46,307 13,063 28.2 39,412 9,958 25.3 182 123 67.7 6,713 2,982 44.4
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 16,383 6,665 40.7 13,721 5,140 37.5 78 56 72.3 2,584 1,468 56.8
West 59,271 19,729 33.3 48,146 14,652 30.4 311 227 72.9 10,814 4,851 44.9
  Inside metro statistical areas 53,449 17,536 32.8 43,369 13,007 30.0 274 198 72.3 9,807 4,331 44.2
      Inside principal cities 23,942 8,868 37.0 18,344 6,331 34.5 119 82 68.6 5,479 2,456 44.8
      Outside principal cities 29,507 8,668 29.4 25,025 6,676 26.7 154 116 75.1 4,328 1,876 43.3
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 5,822 2,194 37.7 4,777 1,645 34.4 37 29 (B) 1,007 520 51.6

Division (31)
 
New England 		12,695 2,915 23.0 10,211 1,832 17.9 52 41 (B) 2,432 1,043 42.9
Middle Atlantic 31,818 8,358 26.3 26,012 5,911 22.7 149 109 73.4 5,657 2,338 41.3
East North Central 38,789 10,930 28.2 31,724 7,725 24.4 193 127 66.0 6,872 3,077 44.8
West North Central 18,214 4,988 27.4 14,618 3,325 22.7 79 64 81.5 3,517 1,599 45.5
South Atlantic 43,553 12,663 29.1 35,542 9,169 25.8 185 126 68.3 7,826 3,368 43.0
East South Central 14,135 5,061 35.8 11,708 3,784 32.3 38 26 (B) 2,389 1,251 52.4
West South Central 28,810 10,479 36.4 24,536 8,412 34.3 132 108 81.8 4,142 1,959 47.3
Mountain 19,638 6,313 32.1 16,127 4,715 29.2 72 50 (B) 3,439 1,548 45.0
Pacific 39,633 13,417 33.9 32,019 9,937 31.0 239 176 73.7 7,375 3,304 44.8

Poverty Footnotes

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