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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, not Hispanic
 
Total (1) 		197,164 48,871 24.8 158,646 32,301 20.4 761 522 68.6 37,757 16,048 42.5

Residence and Region (31)

United States:
 
  Inside metro statistical areas 		158,861 36,023 22.7 127,147 23,109 18.2 562 382 68.0 31,152 12,532 40.2
      Inside principal cities 47,383 12,330 26.0 33,949 6,887 20.3 177 131 73.7 13,256 5,312 40.1
      Outside principal cities 111,478 23,693 21.3 93,198 16,222 17.4 384 251 65.3 17,896 7,220 40.3
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 38,304 12,848 33.5 31,500 9,192 29.2 199 140 70.3 6,605 3,516 53.2

Residence and Region (31)
 
Northeast 		38,191 8,082 21.2 30,870 5,158 16.7 129 92 71.2 7,192 2,833 39.4
  Inside metro statistical areas 32,958 6,625 20.1 26,615 4,182 15.7 94 78 82.7 6,249 2,366 37.9
      Inside principal cities 6,727 1,836 27.3 4,661 1,053 22.6 18 17 (B) 2,048 765 37.4
      Outside principal cities 26,231 4,790 18.3 21,954 3,129 14.3 76 60 79.4 4,201 1,600 38.1
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 5,233 1,457 27.8 4,255 976 22.9 35 14 (B) 943 467 49.5
Midwest 52,380 13,447 25.7 42,311 8,926 21.1 244 167 68.5 9,824 4,353 44.3
  Inside metro statistical areas 38,368 9,033 23.5 30,767 5,822 18.9 184 118 63.8 7,416 3,093 41.7
      Inside principal cities 10,875 3,320 30.5 7,800 1,908 24.5 65 45 (B) 3,011 1,366 45.4
      Outside principal cities 27,492 5,713 20.8 22,968 3,914 17.0 120 72 60.6 4,405 1,727 39.2
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 14,012 4,414 31.5 11,544 3,104 26.9 60 49 (B) 2,409 1,260 52.3
South 68,052 18,323 26.9 55,603 12,819 23.1 255 177 69.5 12,194 5,327 43.7
  Inside metro statistical areas 53,620 12,843 24.0 43,605 8,731 20.0 184 128 69.4 9,831 3,984 40.5
      Inside principal cities 15,734 3,769 24.0 11,652 2,195 18.8 54 49 (B) 4,028 1,524 37.8
      Outside principal cities 37,886 9,074 24.0 31,952 6,536 20.5 130 78 60.1 5,803 2,460 42.4
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 14,433 5,480 38.0 11,998 4,087 34.1 71 50 (B) 2,363 1,343 56.8
West 38,541 9,018 23.4 29,862 5,398 18.1 133 85 64.4 8,546 3,535 41.4
  Inside metro statistical areas 33,916 7,522 22.2 26,160 4,373 16.7 99 59 59.1 7,657 3,090 40.4
      Inside principal cities 14,046 3,406 24.2 9,836 1,730 17.6 41 19 (B) 4,170 1,657 39.7
      Outside principal cities 19,869 4,116 20.7 16,324 2,643 16.2 58 40 (B) 3,487 1,433 41.1
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 4,626 1,497 32.4 3,703 1,025 27.7 33 27 (B) 890 445 50.0

Division (31)
 
New England 		11,618 2,340 20.1 9,308 1,375 14.8 45 35 (B) 2,265 930 41.1
Middle Atlantic 26,573 5,743 21.6 21,562 3,783 17.5 83 57 68.4 4,928 1,903 38.6
East North Central 35,341 9,145 25.9 28,705 6,183 21.5 176 110 62.8 6,460 2,851 44.1
West North Central 17,039 4,302 25.2 13,607 2,743 20.2 68 57 (B) 3,364 1,502 44.7
South Atlantic 36,803 9,408 25.6 29,801 6,516 21.9 134 88 65.9 6,868 2,803 40.8
East South Central 13,393 4,597 34.3 11,128 3,408 30.6 36 24 (B) 2,229 1,165 52.3
West South Central 17,856 4,319 24.2 14,674 2,895 19.7 85 65 76.4 3,096 1,359 43.9
Mountain 14,572 3,558 24.4 11,675 2,306 19.8 58 39 (B) 2,839 1,213 42.7
Pacific 23,969 5,460 22.8 18,187 3,092 17.0 75 46 (B) 5,707 2,322 40.7

Poverty Footnotes

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