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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)

Asian alone
 
Total (1) 		14,005 3,924 28.0 12,296 3,127 25.4 36 21 (B) 1,673 776 46.4

Residence and Region (31)

United States:
 
  Inside metro statistical areas 		13,579 3,728 27.5 11,938 2,973 24.9 33 18 (B) 1,608 738 45.9
      Inside principal cities 6,646 2,064 31.1 5,577 1,553 27.8 15 11 (B) 1,054 501 47.5
      Outside principal cities 6,933 1,664 24.0 6,361 1,420 22.3 18 7 (B) 554 237 42.8
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 426 195 45.9 357 154 43.1 3 3 (B) 65 38 (B)

Residence and Region (31)
 
Northeast 		3,054 994 32.6 2,646 783 29.6 4 4 (B) 404 207 51.2
  Inside metro statistical areas 3,024 986 32.6 2,624 776 29.6 4 4 (B) 396 206 51.9
      Inside principal cities 1,521 643 42.3 1,248 491 39.4 4 4 (B) 269 148 55.0
      Outside principal cities 1,503 343 22.8 1,376 285 20.7 0 0 (X) 127 58 45.5
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 30 8 (B) 22 7 (B) 0 0 (X) 8 1 (B)
Midwest 1,697 527 31.1 1,519 438 28.8 6 3 (B) 172 87 50.6
  Inside metro statistical areas 1,637 495 30.3 1,470 414 28.2 6 3 (B) 160 79 49.2
      Inside principal cities 704 274 39.0 602 222 36.9 0 0 (X) 102 52 51.1
      Outside principal cities 933 221 23.7 868 192 22.1 6 3 (B) 58 27 (B)
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 60 32 (B) 49 24 (B) 0 0 (X) 11 8 (B)
South 3,117 850 27.3 2,795 702 25.1 3 3 (B) 319 145 45.5
  Inside metro statistical areas 2,942 745 25.3 2,648 620 23.4 0 0 (X) 294 126 42.7
      Inside principal cities 1,006 261 25.9 866 198 22.9 0 0 (X) 140 63 44.8
      Outside principal cities 1,937 485 25.0 1,782 422 23.7 0 0 (X) 155 63 40.8
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 175 105 59.9 147 83 56.0 3 3 (B) 25 19 (B)
West 6,137 1,552 25.3 5,336 1,204 22.6 23 12 (B) 778 337 43.3
  Inside metro statistical areas 5,976 1,502 25.1 5,197 1,163 22.4 22 11 (B) 757 327 43.2
      Inside principal cities 3,416 886 25.9 2,862 641 22.4 10 6 (B) 544 238 43.8
      Outside principal cities 2,560 616 24.1 2,335 522 22.4 12 4 (B) 213 89 41.9
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 161 51 31.5 139 40 29.1 1 1 (B) 21 9 (B)

Division (31)
 
New England 		653 216 33.2 558 167 29.9 0 0 (X) 95 50 52.1
Middle Atlantic 2,402 778 32.4 2,089 617 29.5 4 4 (B) 309 157 50.9
East North Central 1,336 418 31.3 1,233 365 29.6 4 0 (B) 99 53 53.2
West North Central 361 109 30.3 286 73 25.4 3 3 (B) 72 34 (B)
South Atlantic 1,719 424 24.7 1,541 356 23.1 0 0 (X) 178 68 38.1
East South Central 195 69 35.1 169 55 32.5 0 0 (X) 26 14 (B)
West South Central 1,202 357 29.7 1,085 291 26.8 3 3 (B) 115 64 55.5
Mountain 608 189 31.1 524 148 28.2 1 1 (B) 83 41 49.1
Pacific 5,529 1,363 24.6 4,812 1,056 22.0 22 11 (B) 695 296 42.6

Poverty Footnotes

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