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Poverty - Estimated Percent of Population (Age 5-17) Under 100% Poverty using SAIPE (Percent) – 2008

Data Provided by: Pennsylvania Partnerships for Children
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5.5% - 11.9%
Bucks (Urban) 5.5%
Chester (Urban) 5.9%
Montgomery (Urban) 6.6%
Cumberland (Urban-Mix) 7.7%
York (Urban-Mix) 8.4%
Butler (Rural-Mix) 8.9%
Adams (Rural-Mix) 9.1%
Northampton (Urban) 10.0%
Pike (Rural) 10.7%
Franklin (Rural-Mix) 10.9%
Elk (Rural) 11.0%
Centre (Urban-Mix) 11.2%
Lebanon (Urban-Mix) 11.4%
Monroe (Rural-Mix) 11.5%
Westmoreland (Urban-Mix) 11.8%
Washington (Urban-Mix) 11.9%
12.0% - 16.4%
Delaware (Urban) 12.2%
Perry (Rural-Mix) 12.3%
Lancaster (Urban) 12.4%
Montour (Rural-Mix) 12.8%
Union (Rural) 13.1%
Lehigh (Urban) 13.7%
Juniata (Rural) 14.2%
Snyder (Rural) 14.6%
Allegheny (Urban) 14.9%
Beaver (Urban-Mix) 14.9%
Schuylkill (Rural-Mix) 14.9%
Berks (Urban-Mix) 14.9%
Carbon (Rural-Mix) 14.9%
Huntingdon (Rural) 15.0%
Armstrong (Rural-Mix) 15.1%
Columbia (Urban-Mix) 15.2%
Wayne (Rural-Mix) 15.7%
Wyoming (Rural-Mix) 15.8%
12.0% - 16.4%
Bedford (Rural-Mix) 16.1%
Cameron (Rural) 16.1%
Dauphin (Urban) 16.2%
Fulton (Rural) 16.4%
16.5% - 22.1%
Indiana (Rural) 16.9%
Luzerne (Urban) 16.9%
Lackawanna (Urban) 17.0%
Lycoming (Rural-Mix) 17.0%
Susquehanna (Rural-Mix) 17.1%
Northumberland (Rural-Mix) 17.1%
Warren (Rural) 17.4%
Clarion (Rural) 17.5%
Mifflin (Rural) 17.6%
Potter (Rural) 18.1%
Jefferson (Rural) 18.4%
Sullivan (Rural) 18.7%
Lawrence (Rural-Mix) 18.7%
Somerset (Rural-Mix) 18.8%
Blair (Urban-Mix) 18.8%
Tioga (Rural) 18.8%
Erie (Urban-Mix) 19.1%
Cambria (Rural-Mix) 19.4%
Clinton (Rural) 19.5%
Mercer (Rural-Mix) 20.0%
Greene (Rural) 20.5%
Clearfield (Rural) 20.7%
Bradford (Rural) 21.1%
McKean (Rural) 22.1%
Venango (Rural) 22.1%
22.2% - 31.7%
Crawford (Rural) 24.0%
Forest (Rural) 26.3%
Philadelphia (Urban) 30.8%
Fayette (Rural-Mix) 31.7%

Definitions: The estimated number of children ages 5-17 who are under 100% of poverty using SAIPE (small area income and poverty estimates).

Data Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates Program (SAIPE)

Note: Maps use the natural break classification method, which reflects patterns in the data by dividing the map into naturally occurring groups. Using statistical tools, this method determines cut-off points for each group by identifying large gaps in data values.

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Kelly Hoffman, KIDS COUNT Director