| Persons for Whom Poverty Status is Determined, 2012–2016 | Persons Below Poverty Level, 2012–2016 | Poverty Rate, 2012–2016 | Poverty Rate, Percent of U.S. Average, 2012–2016 |
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United States | 310,629,645 | 46,932,225 | 15.1% | 100.0% |
Appalachian Region | 24,678,297 | 4,126,520 | 16.7% | 110.7% |
Pennsylvania | 12,369,671 | 1,647,762 | 13.3% | 88.2% |
Appalachian Pennsylvania | 5,530,196 | 744,859 | 13.5% | 89.1% |
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County |
Allegheny | 1,196,956 | 152,390 | 12.7% | 84.3% |
Armstrong | 66,772 | 8,786 | 13.2% | 87.1% |
Beaver | 166,470 | 18,036 | 10.8% | 71.7% |
Bedford | 48,172 | 6,846 | 14.2% | 94.1% |
Blair | 123,045 | 18,196 | 14.8% | 97.9% |
Bradford | 60,869 | 7,562 | 12.4% | 82.2% |
Butler | 180,498 | 15,257 | 8.5% | 55.9% |
Cambria | 130,006 | 20,274 | 15.6% | 103.2% |
Cameron | 4,738 | 602 | 12.7% | 84.1% |
Carbon | 63,230 | 7,621 | 12.1% | 79.8% |
Centre | 141,902 | 27,170 | 19.1% | 126.7% |
Clarion | 37,402 | 6,941 | 18.6% | 122.8% |
Clearfield | 75,401 | 11,196 | 14.8% | 98.3% |
Clinton | 37,308 | 6,436 | 17.3% | 114.2% |
Columbia | 62,108 | 9,498 | 15.3% | 101.2% |
Crawford | 83,244 | 12,077 | 14.5% | 96.0% |
Elk | 30,657 | 2,688 | 8.8% | 58.0% |
Erie | 266,721 | 44,452 | 16.7% | 110.3% |
Fayette | 130,280 | 24,277 | 18.6% | 123.3% |
Forest | 3,040 | 387 | 12.7% | 84.3% |
Fulton | 14,544 | 1,624 | 11.2% | 73.9% |
Greene | 33,627 | 5,141 | 15.3% | 101.2% |
Huntingdon | 40,647 | 5,572 | 13.7% | 90.7% |
Indiana | 81,561 | 14,533 | 17.8% | 117.9% |
Jefferson | 43,694 | 6,364 | 14.6% | 96.4% |
Juniata | 24,469 | 2,926 | 12.0% | 79.1% |
Lackawanna | 204,825 | 31,288 | 15.3% | 101.1% |
Lawrence | 86,237 | 12,374 | 14.3% | 95.0% |
Luzerne | 307,021 | 48,174 | 15.7% | 103.9% |
Lycoming | 110,490 | 15,932 | 14.4% | 95.4% |
McKean | 39,315 | 6,705 | 17.1% | 112.9% |
Mercer | 107,052 | 14,962 | 14.0% | 92.5% |
Mifflin | 45,694 | 6,676 | 14.6% | 96.7% |
Monroe | 164,605 | 20,071 | 12.2% | 80.7% |
Montour | 17,639 | 1,763 | 10.0% | 66.2% |
Northumberland | 89,064 | 12,974 | 14.6% | 96.4% |
Perry | 44,963 | 3,921 | 8.7% | 57.7% |
Pike | 55,489 | 5,672 | 10.2% | 67.7% |
Potter | 16,963 | 2,395 | 14.1% | 93.4% |
Schuylkill | 138,212 | 18,029 | 13.0% | 86.3% |
Snyder | 37,990 | 4,230 | 11.1% | 73.7% |
Somerset | 71,265 | 8,993 | 12.6% | 83.5% |
Sullivan | 6,105 | 731 | 12.0% | 79.3% |
Susquehanna | 41,386 | 5,320 | 12.9% | 85.1% |
Tioga | 41,040 | 5,509 | 13.4% | 88.8% |
Union | 35,720 | 3,991 | 11.2% | 74.0% |
Venango | 52,262 | 7,535 | 14.4% | 95.4% |
Warren | 39,648 | 5,042 | 12.7% | 84.2% |
Washington | 203,186 | 20,471 | 10.1% | 66.7% |
Wayne | 47,564 | 6,034 | 12.7% | 84.0% |
Westmoreland | 351,822 | 36,398 | 10.3% | 68.5% |
Wyoming | 27,278 | 2,817 | 10.3% | 68.4% |