| Persons for Whom Poverty Status is Determined, 2005–2009 | Persons Below Poverty Level, 2005–2009 | Poverty Rate, 2005–2009 | Poverty Rate, Percent of U.S. Average, 2005–2009 |
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United States | 293,507,923 | 39,537,240 | 13.5% | 100.0% |
Appalachian Region | 23,914,353 | 3,677,476 | 15.4% | 114.2% |
Pennsylvania | 12,081,192 | 1,462,191 | 12.1% | 89.8% |
Appalachian Pennsylvania | 5,518,350 | 701,758 | 12.7% | 94.4% |
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County |
Allegheny | 1,189,045 | 149,823 | 12.6% | 93.5% |
Armstrong | 67,520 | 7,803 | 11.6% | 85.8% |
Beaver | 169,432 | 17,909 | 10.6% | 78.5% |
Bedford | 49,078 | 6,963 | 14.2% | 105.3% |
Blair | 122,054 | 16,097 | 13.2% | 97.9% |
Bradford | 60,211 | 8,974 | 14.9% | 110.6% |
Butler | 178,085 | 14,870 | 8.3% | 62.0% |
Cambria | 137,147 | 19,496 | 14.2% | 105.5% |
Cameron | 5,208 | 651 | 12.5% | 92.8% |
Carbon | 61,933 | 5,891 | 9.5% | 70.6% |
Centre | 124,915 | 23,055 | 18.5% | 137.0% |
Clarion | 37,325 | 5,304 | 14.2% | 105.5% |
Clearfield | 77,402 | 11,435 | 14.8% | 109.7% |
Clinton | 34,153 | 4,537 | 13.3% | 98.6% |
Columbia | 60,333 | 7,780 | 12.9% | 95.7% |
Crawford | 85,339 | 12,430 | 14.6% | 108.1% |
Elk | 32,063 | 3,227 | 10.1% | 74.7% |
Erie | 266,623 | 40,165 | 15.1% | 111.8% |
Fayette | 139,390 | 26,217 | 18.8% | 139.6% |
Forest | 4,490 | 605 | 13.5% | 100.0% |
Fulton | 14,727 | 1,929 | 13.1% | 97.2% |
Greene | 36,520 | 6,262 | 17.1% | 127.3% |
Huntingdon | 40,433 | 4,410 | 10.9% | 81.0% |
Indiana | 82,532 | 15,100 | 18.3% | 135.8% |
Jefferson | 44,611 | 5,932 | 13.3% | 98.7% |
Juniata | 22,910 | 2,010 | 8.8% | 65.1% |
Lackawanna | 200,644 | 26,877 | 13.4% | 99.4% |
Lawrence | 88,479 | 10,644 | 12.0% | 89.3% |
Luzerne | 301,676 | 38,742 | 12.8% | 95.3% |
Lycoming | 112,166 | 15,478 | 13.8% | 102.4% |
McKean | 41,519 | 5,940 | 14.3% | 106.2% |
Mercer | 109,275 | 13,423 | 12.3% | 91.2% |
Mifflin | 45,372 | 6,175 | 13.6% | 101.0% |
Monroe | 159,726 | 14,911 | 9.3% | 69.3% |
Montour | 17,514 | 1,850 | 10.6% | 78.4% |
Northumberland | 87,715 | 12,615 | 14.4% | 106.8% |
Perry | 44,139 | 3,994 | 9.0% | 67.2% |
Pike | 57,606 | 5,226 | 9.1% | 67.3% |
Potter | 16,893 | 2,597 | 15.4% | 114.1% |
Schuylkill | 139,554 | 16,758 | 12.0% | 89.1% |
Snyder | 35,730 | 4,104 | 11.5% | 85.3% |
Somerset | 73,785 | 9,234 | 12.5% | 92.9% |
Sullivan | 5,899 | 901 | 15.3% | 113.4% |
Susquehanna | 39,987 | 5,355 | 13.4% | 99.4% |
Tioga | 39,362 | 5,937 | 15.1% | 112.0% |
Union | 36,098 | 4,577 | 12.7% | 94.1% |
Venango | 53,544 | 8,666 | 16.2% | 120.1% |
Warren | 39,327 | 4,898 | 12.5% | 92.5% |
Washington | 200,478 | 20,781 | 10.4% | 77.0% |
Wayne | 47,931 | 5,558 | 11.6% | 86.1% |
Westmoreland | 353,443 | 34,713 | 9.8% | 72.9% |
Wyoming | 27,009 | 2,929 | 10.8% | 80.5% |