| | Persons for Whom Poverty Status is Determined, 2007–2011 | Persons Below Poverty Level, 2007–2011 | Poverty Rate, 2007–2011 | Poverty Rate, Percent of U.S. Average, 2007–2011 |
|
| United States | 298,787,998 | 42,739,924 | 14.3% | 100.0% |
| Appalachian Region | 24,377,459 | 3,930,024 | 16.1% | 112.7% |
| Pennsylvania | 12,246,520 | 1,548,869 | 12.6% | 88.4% |
| Appalachian Pennsylvania | 5,571,308 | 726,574 | 13.0% | 91.2% |
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| County |
| Allegheny | 1,190,701 | 147,737 | 12.4% | 86.7% |
| Armstrong | 68,283 | 8,091 | 11.8% | 82.8% |
| Beaver | 167,553 | 19,486 | 11.6% | 81.3% |
| Bedford | 49,139 | 6,447 | 13.1% | 91.7% |
| Blair | 123,433 | 17,049 | 13.8% | 96.6% |
| Bradford | 61,443 | 8,349 | 13.6% | 95.0% |
| Butler | 178,762 | 15,517 | 8.7% | 60.7% |
| Cambria | 136,683 | 19,419 | 14.2% | 99.3% |
| Cameron | 5,066 | 707 | 14.0% | 97.6% |
| Carbon | 64,091 | 6,839 | 10.7% | 74.6% |
| Centre | 134,388 | 25,336 | 18.9% | 131.8% |
| Clarion | 38,025 | 6,018 | 15.8% | 110.6% |
| Clearfield | 77,429 | 11,437 | 14.8% | 103.3% |
| Clinton | 36,211 | 5,726 | 15.8% | 110.5% |
| Columbia | 62,804 | 9,535 | 15.2% | 106.1% |
| Crawford | 85,051 | 13,747 | 16.2% | 113.0% |
| Elk | 31,825 | 3,682 | 11.6% | 80.9% |
| Erie | 267,196 | 42,157 | 15.8% | 110.3% |
| Fayette | 133,959 | 25,783 | 19.2% | 134.6% |
| Forest | 5,334 | 706 | 13.2% | 92.5% |
| Fulton | 14,690 | 1,909 | 13.0% | 90.8% |
| Greene | 35,289 | 5,599 | 15.9% | 110.9% |
| Huntingdon | 40,656 | 4,866 | 12.0% | 83.7% |
| Indiana | 83,774 | 15,575 | 18.6% | 130.0% |
| Jefferson | 44,506 | 6,284 | 14.1% | 98.7% |
| Juniata | 24,075 | 2,546 | 10.6% | 73.9% |
| Lackawanna | 206,473 | 27,445 | 13.3% | 92.9% |
| Lawrence | 88,627 | 11,949 | 13.5% | 94.3% |
| Luzerne | 308,963 | 43,695 | 14.1% | 98.9% |
| Lycoming | 111,118 | 15,834 | 14.2% | 99.6% |
| McKean | 40,727 | 6,053 | 14.9% | 103.9% |
| Mercer | 109,859 | 14,023 | 12.8% | 89.2% |
| Mifflin | 45,973 | 6,991 | 15.2% | 106.3% |
| Monroe | 164,837 | 18,627 | 11.3% | 79.0% |
| Montour | 17,641 | 1,842 | 10.4% | 73.0% |
| Northumberland | 90,135 | 12,364 | 13.7% | 95.9% |
| Perry | 45,097 | 4,306 | 9.5% | 66.8% |
| Pike | 56,674 | 5,287 | 9.3% | 65.2% |
| Potter | 17,230 | 2,517 | 14.6% | 102.1% |
| Schuylkill | 140,545 | 16,551 | 11.8% | 82.3% |
| Snyder | 37,052 | 4,137 | 11.2% | 78.1% |
| Somerset | 74,152 | 9,479 | 12.8% | 89.4% |
| Sullivan | 6,322 | 836 | 13.2% | 92.4% |
| Susquehanna | 42,669 | 5,066 | 11.9% | 83.0% |
| Tioga | 39,782 | 6,235 | 15.7% | 109.6% |
| Union | 35,500 | 4,270 | 12.0% | 84.1% |
| Venango | 53,780 | 8,425 | 15.7% | 109.5% |
| Warren | 40,780 | 4,937 | 12.1% | 84.6% |
| Washington | 202,926 | 20,738 | 10.2% | 71.4% |
| Wayne | 49,013 | 5,208 | 10.6% | 74.3% |
| Westmoreland | 357,726 | 35,911 | 10.0% | 70.2% |
| Wyoming | 27,341 | 3,301 | 12.1% | 84.4% |
