| | Persons for Whom Poverty Status is Determined, 2000 | Persons Below Poverty Level, 2000 | Poverty Rate, 2000 | Poverty Rate, Percent of U.S. Average, 2000 |
|
| United States | 273,882,232 | 33,899,812 | 12.4% | 100.0% |
| Appalachian Region | 22,944,990 | 3,120,197 | 13.6% | 109.9% |
| Pennsylvania | 11,879,950 | 1,304,117 | 11.0% | 88.7% |
| Appalachian Pennsylvania | 5,613,487 | 639,853 | 11.4% | 92.1% |
|
| County |
| Allegheny | 1,246,610 | 139,505 | 11.2% | 90.4% |
| Armstrong | 71,590 | 8,350 | 11.7% | 94.2% |
| Beaver | 177,691 | 16,635 | 9.4% | 75.6% |
| Bedford | 49,481 | 5,073 | 10.3% | 82.8% |
| Blair | 125,336 | 15,840 | 12.6% | 102.1% |
| Bradford | 61,778 | 7,312 | 11.8% | 95.6% |
| Butler | 168,143 | 15,269 | 9.1% | 73.4% |
| Cambria | 145,016 | 18,111 | 12.5% | 100.9% |
| Cameron | 5,906 | 558 | 9.4% | 76.3% |
| Carbon | 57,927 | 5,509 | 9.5% | 76.8% |
| Centre | 120,934 | 22,742 | 18.8% | 151.9% |
| Clarion | 39,288 | 6,059 | 15.4% | 124.6% |
| Clearfield | 80,123 | 10,028 | 12.5% | 101.1% |
| Clinton | 35,628 | 5,057 | 14.2% | 114.7% |
| Columbia | 60,324 | 7,899 | 13.1% | 105.8% |
| Crawford | 86,310 | 11,024 | 12.8% | 103.2% |
| Elk | 34,630 | 2,432 | 7.0% | 56.7% |
| Erie | 267,738 | 32,108 | 12.0% | 96.9% |
| Fayette | 146,826 | 26,434 | 18.0% | 145.5% |
| Forest | 4,744 | 779 | 16.4% | 132.7% |
| Fulton | 14,140 | 1,529 | 10.8% | 87.4% |
| Greene | 37,464 | 5,947 | 15.9% | 128.2% |
| Huntingdon | 40,811 | 4,631 | 11.3% | 91.7% |
| Indiana | 85,066 | 14,701 | 17.3% | 139.6% |
| Jefferson | 45,106 | 5,312 | 11.8% | 95.1% |
| Juniata | 22,314 | 2,109 | 9.5% | 76.4% |
| Lackawanna | 206,568 | 21,802 | 10.6% | 85.3% |
| Lawrence | 91,820 | 11,096 | 12.1% | 97.6% |
| Luzerne | 307,988 | 34,136 | 11.1% | 89.5% |
| Lycoming | 114,477 | 13,205 | 11.5% | 93.2% |
| McKean | 43,209 | 5,659 | 13.1% | 105.8% |
| Mercer | 114,010 | 13,092 | 11.5% | 92.8% |
| Mifflin | 45,629 | 5,701 | 12.5% | 100.9% |
| Monroe | 135,183 | 12,180 | 9.0% | 72.8% |
| Montour | 17,454 | 1,514 | 8.7% | 70.1% |
| Northumberland | 90,919 | 10,818 | 11.9% | 96.1% |
| Perry | 42,926 | 3,286 | 7.7% | 61.8% |
| Pike | 45,857 | 3,178 | 6.9% | 56.0% |
| Potter | 17,781 | 2,264 | 12.7% | 102.9% |
| Schuylkill | 143,039 | 13,612 | 9.5% | 76.9% |
| Snyder | 35,168 | 3,495 | 9.9% | 80.3% |
| Somerset | 76,747 | 9,037 | 11.8% | 95.1% |
| Sullivan | 6,385 | 923 | 14.5% | 116.8% |
| Susquehanna | 41,679 | 5,135 | 12.3% | 99.5% |
| Tioga | 39,511 | 5,339 | 13.5% | 109.2% |
| Union | 33,052 | 2,910 | 8.8% | 71.1% |
| Venango | 56,117 | 7,516 | 13.4% | 108.2% |
| Warren | 42,762 | 4,224 | 9.9% | 79.8% |
| Washington | 198,346 | 19,513 | 9.8% | 79.5% |
| Wayne | 45,980 | 5,192 | 11.3% | 91.2% |
| Westmoreland | 362,608 | 31,284 | 8.6% | 69.7% |
| Wyoming | 27,348 | 2,789 | 10.2% | 82.4% |
