|
|
|
|
Number
of Persons
Poverty Status
Determined |
Number
of Persons
below
Poverty |
Poverty
Rate |
Percent
of
the U.S.
Average |
| United
States |
241,977,859 |
31,742,864
|
13.1% |
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| Appalachia* |
20,333,569
|
3,112,334
|
15.3% |
116.7%
|
| State
Appalachian Totals |
| Alabama |
2,510,095
|
404,533
|
16.1% |
122.9% |
| Georgia |
1,520,643
|
154,611
|
10.2% |
77.5% |
| Kentucky |
1,020,609 |
296,431 |
29.0% |
221.4% |
| Maryland |
212,688 |
26,481 |
12.5% |
94.9% |
| Mississippi |
509,420 |
115,354 |
22.6% |
172.6% |
| New
York |
1,034,063 |
133,032 |
12.9% |
98.1% |
| North
Carolina |
1,270,693 |
158,185 |
12.4% |
94.9% |
| Ohio |
1,334,561 |
232,297 |
17.4% |
132.7% |
| Pennsylvania |
5,593,189 |
696,729 |
12.5% |
95.0% |
| South
Carolina |
862,416 |
99,634 |
11.6% |
88.1% |
| Tennessee |
2,095,424 |
337,709 |
16.1% |
122.9% |
| Virginia |
614,437 |
112,245 |
18.3% |
139.3% |
| West
Virginia |
1,755,331 |
345,093 |
19.7% |
149.9% |
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