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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 alone
 
Total (1) 		242,047 72,986 30.2 197,938 53,028 26.8 1,099 798 72.6 43,010 19,160 44.5

Residence and Region (31)

United States:
 
  Inside metro statistical areas 		200,589 58,247 29.0 163,634 42,166 25.8 890 650 73.1 36,065 15,431 42.8
      Inside principal cities 68,736 24,795 36.1 52,320 17,493 33.4 326 249 76.4 16,090 7,053 43.8
      Outside principal cities 131,853 33,453 25.4 111,315 24,673 22.2 564 401 71.2 19,975 8,378 41.9
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 41,458 14,739 35.6 34,304 10,862 31.7 209 148 70.7 6,945 3,729 53.7

Residence and Region (31)
 
Northeast 		43,856 10,975 25.0 35,671 7,505 21.0 192 144 75.1 7,994 3,326 41.6
  Inside metro statistical areas 38,497 9,462 24.6 31,312 6,488 20.7 157 130 83.0 7,028 2,844 40.5
      Inside principal cities 9,731 3,617 37.2 7,185 2,521 35.1 55 46 (B) 2,492 1,050 42.1
      Outside principal cities 28,766 5,845 20.3 24,127 3,967 16.4 102 84 82.5 4,537 1,793 39.5
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 5,359 1,513 28.2 4,359 1,017 23.3 35 14 (B) 965 482 50.0
Midwest 56,027 15,423 27.5 45,495 10,632 23.4 258 179 69.5 10,274 4,611 44.9
  Inside metro statistical areas 41,532 10,730 25.8 33,522 7,289 21.7 196 129 65.4 7,814 3,313 42.4
      Inside principal cities 12,512 4,295 34.3 9,198 2,747 29.9 67 46 (B) 3,247 1,501 46.2
      Outside principal cities 29,020 6,436 22.2 24,324 4,541 18.7 129 82 63.6 4,566 1,812 39.7
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 14,495 4,692 32.4 11,973 3,344 27.9 62 51 (B) 2,460 1,298 52.8
South 84,857 27,554 32.5 70,327 20,799 29.6 351 258 73.5 14,179 6,497 45.8
  Inside metro statistical areas 68,852 21,101 30.6 56,942 15,850 27.8 273 202 73.8 11,638 5,050 43.4
      Inside principal cities 23,329 8,306 35.6 18,242 6,125 33.6 93 80 86.3 4,994 2,101 42.1
      Outside principal cities 45,523 12,795 28.1 38,700 9,724 25.1 180 121 67.4 6,643 2,950 44.4
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 16,005 6,452 40.3 13,385 4,950 37.0 78 56 72.3 2,541 1,446 56.9
West 57,307 19,034 33.2 46,445 14,092 30.3 298 217 72.8 10,564 4,726 44.7
  Inside metro statistical areas 51,708 16,953 32.8 41,859 12,539 30.0 263 190 72.2 9,586 4,224 44.1
      Inside principal cities 23,164 8,577 37.0 17,696 6,099 34.5 112 77 68.9 5,357 2,401 44.8
      Outside principal cities 28,544 8,376 29.3 24,163 6,441 26.7 152 113 74.7 4,229 1,823 43.1
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 5,599 2,081 37.2 4,586 1,553 33.9 35 27 (B) 978 502 51.3

Division (31)
 
New England 		12,534 2,846 22.7 10,076 1,782 17.7 50 39 (B) 2,407 1,026 42.6
Middle Atlantic 31,323 8,129 26.0 25,594 5,723 22.4 142 105 74.1 5,586 2,300 41.2
East North Central 38,137 10,591 27.8 31,144 7,427 23.8 183 118 64.3 6,809 3,046 44.7
West North Central 17,890 4,832 27.0 14,351 3,205 22.3 75 61 (B) 3,465 1,565 45.2
South Atlantic 42,940 12,455 29.0 35,006 8,992 25.7 185 126 68.3 7,750 3,337 43.1
East South Central 13,981 4,978 35.6 11,574 3,710 32.1 38 26 (B) 2,369 1,242 52.4
West South Central 27,936 10,121 36.2 23,747 8,097 34.1 129 106 82.5 4,060 1,917 47.2
Mountain 19,214 6,117 31.8 15,762 4,551 28.9 68 48 (B) 3,385 1,518 44.8
Pacific 38,092 12,917 33.9 30,683 9,541 31.1 229 169 73.7 7,179 3,208 44.7

Poverty Footnotes

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