| Persons for Whom Poverty Status is Determined, 2011–2015 | Persons Below Poverty Level, 2011–2015 | Poverty Rate, 2011–2015 | Poverty Rate, Percent of U.S. Average, 2011–2015 |
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United States | 308,619,550 | 47,749,043 | 15.5% | 100.0% |
Appalachian Region | 24,640,191 | 4,219,279 | 17.1% | 110.7% |
Pennsylvania | 12,365,782 | 1,666,569 | 13.5% | 87.1% |
Appalachian Pennsylvania | 5,547,802 | 757,187 | 13.6% | 88.2% |
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County |
Allegheny | 1,198,017 | 155,874 | 13.0% | 84.1% |
Armstrong | 67,215 | 8,738 | 13.0% | 84.0% |
Beaver | 167,154 | 19,888 | 11.9% | 76.9% |
Bedford | 48,309 | 6,643 | 13.8% | 88.9% |
Blair | 123,466 | 18,548 | 15.0% | 97.1% |
Bradford | 61,229 | 8,336 | 13.6% | 88.0% |
Butler | 180,319 | 16,325 | 9.1% | 58.5% |
Cambria | 131,376 | 20,011 | 15.2% | 98.4% |
Cameron | 4,802 | 626 | 13.0% | 84.3% |
Carbon | 63,589 | 6,909 | 10.9% | 70.2% |
Centre | 141,001 | 27,217 | 19.3% | 124.8% |
Clarion | 37,834 | 6,881 | 18.2% | 117.6% |
Clearfield | 75,612 | 11,306 | 15.0% | 96.6% |
Clinton | 37,178 | 6,086 | 16.4% | 105.8% |
Columbia | 62,629 | 10,067 | 16.1% | 103.9% |
Crawford | 83,568 | 12,321 | 14.7% | 95.3% |
Elk | 30,909 | 2,721 | 8.8% | 56.9% |
Erie | 267,554 | 44,595 | 16.7% | 107.7% |
Fayette | 130,893 | 25,282 | 19.3% | 124.8% |
Forest | 3,651 | 523 | 14.3% | 92.6% |
Fulton | 14,576 | 1,779 | 12.2% | 78.9% |
Greene | 33,508 | 4,672 | 13.9% | 90.1% |
Huntingdon | 40,695 | 5,578 | 13.7% | 88.6% |
Indiana | 81,959 | 14,176 | 17.3% | 111.8% |
Jefferson | 43,886 | 6,414 | 14.6% | 94.5% |
Juniata | 24,513 | 3,245 | 13.2% | 85.6% |
Lackawanna | 205,256 | 30,447 | 14.8% | 95.9% |
Lawrence | 86,768 | 13,192 | 15.2% | 98.3% |
Luzerne | 308,091 | 48,822 | 15.8% | 102.4% |
Lycoming | 110,999 | 16,150 | 14.5% | 94.0% |
McKean | 39,659 | 6,830 | 17.2% | 111.3% |
Mercer | 107,882 | 14,549 | 13.5% | 87.2% |
Mifflin | 45,807 | 7,216 | 15.8% | 101.8% |
Monroe | 165,258 | 20,702 | 12.5% | 81.0% |
Montour | 17,712 | 1,749 | 9.9% | 63.8% |
Northumberland | 89,094 | 12,279 | 13.8% | 89.1% |
Perry | 44,978 | 4,217 | 9.4% | 60.6% |
Pike | 55,881 | 5,532 | 9.9% | 64.0% |
Potter | 17,093 | 2,570 | 15.0% | 97.2% |
Schuylkill | 139,127 | 18,278 | 13.1% | 84.9% |
Snyder | 37,707 | 4,077 | 10.8% | 69.9% |
Somerset | 71,725 | 9,074 | 12.7% | 81.8% |
Sullivan | 6,188 | 802 | 13.0% | 83.8% |
Susquehanna | 41,945 | 5,455 | 13.0% | 84.1% |
Tioga | 41,028 | 5,891 | 14.4% | 92.8% |
Union | 35,565 | 4,554 | 12.8% | 82.8% |
Venango | 52,729 | 8,123 | 15.4% | 99.6% |
Warren | 39,977 | 4,891 | 12.2% | 79.1% |
Washington | 203,244 | 21,074 | 10.4% | 67.0% |
Wayne | 47,904 | 6,164 | 12.9% | 83.2% |
Westmoreland | 353,277 | 36,758 | 10.4% | 67.3% |
Wyoming | 27,466 | 3,030 | 11.0% | 71.3% |