| Persons for Whom Poverty Status is Determined, 2008–2012 | Persons Below Poverty Level, 2008–2012 | Poverty Rate, 2008–2012 | Poverty Rate, Percent of U.S. Average, 2008–2012 |
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United States | 301,333,410 | 44,852,527 | 14.9% | 100.0% |
Appalachian Region | 24,471,864 | 4,060,430 | 16.6% | 111.5% |
Pennsylvania | 12,289,177 | 1,604,464 | 13.1% | 87.7% |
Appalachian Pennsylvania | 5,570,326 | 743,893 | 13.4% | 89.7% |
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County |
Allegheny | 1,192,103 | 151,734 | 12.7% | 85.5% |
Armstrong | 68,060 | 8,062 | 11.8% | 79.6% |
Beaver | 167,393 | 20,681 | 12.4% | 83.0% |
Bedford | 48,907 | 6,358 | 13.0% | 87.3% |
Blair | 123,672 | 16,491 | 13.3% | 89.6% |
Bradford | 61,518 | 8,646 | 14.1% | 94.4% |
Butler | 179,174 | 15,966 | 8.9% | 59.9% |
Cambria | 135,491 | 19,823 | 14.6% | 98.3% |
Cameron | 4,979 | 627 | 12.6% | 84.6% |
Carbon | 64,106 | 6,632 | 10.3% | 69.5% |
Centre | 136,172 | 27,250 | 20.0% | 134.4% |
Clarion | 37,970 | 6,572 | 17.3% | 116.3% |
Clearfield | 76,763 | 10,991 | 14.3% | 96.2% |
Clinton | 36,462 | 6,190 | 17.0% | 114.1% |
Columbia | 62,890 | 9,504 | 15.1% | 101.5% |
Crawford | 84,646 | 14,179 | 16.8% | 112.5% |
Elk | 31,617 | 3,356 | 10.6% | 71.3% |
Erie | 267,805 | 43,032 | 16.1% | 108.0% |
Fayette | 132,976 | 24,806 | 18.7% | 125.3% |
Forest | 5,264 | 676 | 12.8% | 86.3% |
Fulton | 14,681 | 1,746 | 11.9% | 79.9% |
Greene | 34,411 | 5,111 | 14.9% | 99.8% |
Huntingdon | 40,748 | 5,057 | 12.4% | 83.4% |
Indiana | 83,455 | 15,165 | 18.2% | 122.1% |
Jefferson | 44,315 | 6,416 | 14.5% | 97.3% |
Juniata | 24,325 | 2,803 | 11.5% | 77.4% |
Lackawanna | 206,764 | 28,319 | 13.7% | 92.0% |
Lawrence | 88,351 | 12,224 | 13.8% | 93.0% |
Luzerne | 309,415 | 46,631 | 15.1% | 101.2% |
Lycoming | 111,141 | 15,786 | 14.2% | 95.4% |
McKean | 40,388 | 6,327 | 15.7% | 105.2% |
Mercer | 109,366 | 14,487 | 13.2% | 89.0% |
Mifflin | 46,052 | 7,055 | 15.3% | 102.9% |
Monroe | 165,425 | 19,404 | 11.7% | 78.8% |
Montour | 17,623 | 1,740 | 9.9% | 66.3% |
Northumberland | 89,922 | 12,547 | 14.0% | 93.7% |
Perry | 45,138 | 4,534 | 10.0% | 67.5% |
Pike | 56,881 | 5,739 | 10.1% | 67.8% |
Potter | 17,165 | 2,462 | 14.3% | 96.4% |
Schuylkill | 140,441 | 17,341 | 12.3% | 83.0% |
Snyder | 37,175 | 4,245 | 11.4% | 76.7% |
Somerset | 73,670 | 9,681 | 13.1% | 88.3% |
Sullivan | 6,306 | 878 | 13.9% | 93.5% |
Susquehanna | 42,602 | 5,199 | 12.2% | 82.0% |
Tioga | 40,166 | 6,309 | 15.7% | 105.5% |
Union | 35,707 | 4,496 | 12.6% | 84.6% |
Venango | 53,586 | 8,738 | 16.3% | 109.6% |
Warren | 40,615 | 4,892 | 12.0% | 80.9% |
Washington | 203,365 | 21,693 | 10.7% | 71.7% |
Wayne | 48,860 | 5,917 | 12.1% | 81.4% |
Westmoreland | 356,960 | 36,017 | 10.1% | 67.8% |
Wyoming | 27,339 | 3,358 | 12.3% | 82.5% |