2008 County-Level Poverty Rates for Virginia

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				All people in poverty (2008)			Children ages 0-17 in poverty (2008)
					90% confidence interval of estimate			90% confidence interval of estimate
	FIPS*	Name	RUC Code¹	Percent	Lower bound	Upper bound	Percent	Lower bound	Upper bound
1	51000	Virginia		10.2	10.0	10.4	13.6	13.0	14.1
2	51001	Accomack County	7	20.6	17.0	24.1	29.7	23.8	35.6
3	51003	Albemarle County	3	6.8	5.6	8.0	8.3	6.5	10.1
4	51005	Alleghany County	6	12.6	10.0	15.1	17.9	14.0	21.9
5	51007	Amelia County	1	9.6	7.6	11.6	13.1	10.2	16.1
6	51009	Amherst County	3	12.5	10.1	15.0	17.4	13.6	21.1
7	51011	Appomattox County	3	13.0	10.4	15.5	20.0	15.7	24.3
8	51013	Arlington County	1	6.7	5.5	7.8	8.8	6.9	10.7
9	51015	Augusta County	4	8.2	6.7	9.7	10.8	8.4	13.1
10	51017	Bath County	9	9.6	7.6	11.6	12.3	9.6	15.1
11	51019	Bedford County	3	7.7	6.3	9.1	10.3	8.1	12.5
12	51021	Bland County	8	14.6	11.5	17.6	18.0	14.0	22.1
13	51023	Botetourt County	2	6.4	5.1	7.6	8.0	6.2	9.7
14	51025	Brunswick County	6	22.2	17.8	26.6	24.8	19.5	30.2
15	51027	Buchanan County	9	23.0	18.6	27.4	33.1	25.9	40.4
16	51029	Buckingham County	8	19.4	15.5	23.2	24.8	19.3	30.3
17	51031	Campbell County	3	12.1	10.0	14.2	16.2	12.8	19.6
18	51033	Caroline County	1	9.3	7.5	11.1	14.2	11.1	17.3
19	51035	Carroll County	6	15.7	12.8	18.6	22.5	17.7	27.3
20	51036	Charles City County	1	11.2	9.0	13.5	16.7	13.0	20.4
21	51037	Charlotte County	8	17.2	13.8	20.6	25.9	20.2	31.6
22	51041	Chesterfield County	1	5.8	4.9	6.7	8.1	6.7	9.6
23	51043	Clarke County	1	7.6	6.1	9.2	9.4	7.4	11.5
24	51045	Craig County	2	11.2	8.8	13.5	17.1	13.3	21.0
25	51047	Culpeper County	6	8.1	6.5	9.7	11.1	8.7	13.5
26	51049	Cumberland County	1	15.8	12.5	19.0	22.9	17.9	28.0
27	51051	Dickenson County	9	21.8	17.7	25.9	29.0	22.8	35.3
28	51053	Dinwiddie County	1	11.3	9.0	13.5	14.9	11.7	18.2
29	51057	Essex County	8	13.0	10.3	15.6	20.5	16.0	25.1
30	51059	Fairfax County	1	4.9	4.3	5.4	6.4	5.4	7.5
31	51061	Fauquier County	1	6.1	4.9	7.3	7.3	5.8	8.9
32	51063	Floyd County	8	11.9	9.5	14.2	16.7	13.1	20.4
33	51065	Fluvanna County	3	6.7	5.3	8.1	8.3	6.5	10.2
34	51067	Franklin County	2	13.2	10.9	15.6	18.7	14.8	22.5
35	51069	Frederick County	3	7.3	6.0	8.6	9.8	7.8	11.8
36	51071	Giles County	3	12.5	10.0	15.0	16.7	13.1	20.3
37	51073	Gloucester County	1	9.1	7.3	10.9	13.3	10.4	16.1
38	51075	Goochland County	1	6.4	5.1	7.6	7.5	5.8	9.2
39	51077	Grayson County	9	17.7	14.4	20.9	25.7	20.1	31.3
40	51079	Greene County	3	7.3	5.8	8.7	10.9	8.4	13.3
41	51081	Greensville County	6	24.1	19.1	29.1	22.7	17.7	27.6
42	51083	Halifax County	6	19.5	16.3	22.7	23.4	18.6	28.2
43	51085	Hanover County	1	4.6	3.7	5.5	5.5	4.3	6.7
44	51087	Henrico County	1	8.4	7.2	9.6	11.5	9.5	13.5
45	51089	Henry County	4	16.2	13.4	19.0	24.5	19.8	29.3
46	51091	Highland County	9	12.8	10.2	15.5	18.7	14.2	22.8
47	51093	Isle of Wight County	1	7.8	6.3	9.2	10.6	8.3	12.8
48	51095	James City County	1	6.0	4.9	7.2	9.0	7.1	10.8
49	51097	King and Queen County	1	12.3	9.8	14.9	16.6	12.9	20.4
50	51099	King George County	8	6.2	4.9	7.5	8.0	6.3	9.9
51	51101	King William County	1	6.5	5.1	7.8	8.2	6.4	10.1
52	51103	Lancaster County	9	13.2	10.5	15.9	22.4	17.4	27.4
53	51105	Lee County	8	23.3	19.0	27.6	33.8	26.8	40.7
54	51107	Loudoun County	1	3.1	2.6	3.7	3.5	2.8	4.3
55	51109	Louisa County	1	9.6	7.7	11.5	13.9	10.9	17.0
56	51111	Lunenburg County	9	21.5	17.2	25.9	27.4	21.4	33.4
57	51113	Madison County	8	10.7	8.5	12.9	15.1	11.8	18.4
58	51115	Mathews County	1	8.7	6.9	10.5	13.8	10.7	16.9
59	51117	Mecklenburg County	7	17.4	14.2	20.6	24.5	19.3	29.8
60	51119	Middlesex County	8	12.4	9.9	14.9	20.4	15.9	25.0
61	51121	Montgomery County	3	20.6	17.9	23.2	15.5	12.3	18.6
62	51125	Nelson County	3	13.2	10.6	15.8	18.1	14.1	22.1
63	51127	New Kent County	1	5.6	4.4	6.7	8.1	6.3	9.9
64	51131	Northampton County	9	19.5	15.6	23.4	30.6	23.9	37.4
65	51133	Northumberland County	9	13.0	10.4	15.7	24.7	19.2	30.2
66	51135	Nottoway County	6	20.6	16.5	24.8	27.2	21.3	33.2
67	51137	Orange County	6	8.2	6.7	9.8	11.7	9.1	14.2
68	51139	Page County	6	14.2	11.5	16.8	20.8	16.4	25.1
69	51141	Patrick County	8	17.1	13.6	20.5	24.4	19.2	29.6
70	51143	Pittsylvania County	3	14.4	12.1	16.8	18.3	14.6	22.0
71	51145	Powhatan County	1	5.8	4.6	7.0	7.4	5.7	9.1
72	51147	Prince Edward County	6	23.7	19.1	28.3	26.6	20.8	32.4
73	51149	Prince George County	1	10.5	8.4	12.5	12.8	10.1	15.6
74	51153	Prince William County	1	5.3	4.5	6.1	7.5	6.1	8.9
75	51155	Pulaski County	3	15.4	12.6	18.3	20.8	16.4	25.1
76	51157	Rappahannock County	8	8.2	6.5	9.9	13.3	10.3	16.2
77	51159	Richmond County	9	18.4	14.7	22.1	20.9	16.2	25.5
78	51161	Roanoke County	2	6.5	5.2	7.8	7.9	6.2	9.7
79	51163	Rockbridge County	6	11.6	9.2	13.9	14.6	11.4	17.9
80	51165	Rockingham County	3	9.2	7.5	10.8	11.4	9.0	13.8
81	51167	Russell County	6	19.4	16.0	22.7	25.1	19.9	30.4
82	51169	Scott County	3	17.3	14.2	20.5	22.1	17.3	27.0
83	51171	Shenandoah County	6	9.8	8.0	11.5	14.6	11.5	17.6
84	51173	Smyth County	6	18.1	14.9	21.3	24.3	19.3	29.3
85	51175	Southampton County	6	17.5	14.1	20.9	21.8	17.1	26.4
86	51177	Spotsylvania County	1	6.4	5.2	7.5	8.7	7.0	10.5
87	51179	Stafford County	1	4.8	3.9	5.7	5.9	4.6	7.1
88	51181	Surry County	1	11.6	9.2	13.9	16.5	12.8	20.2
89	51183	Sussex County	1	20.7	16.4	25.0	22.8	17.8	27.8
90	51185	Tazewell County	7	17.6	14.6	20.6	24.2	19.5	29.0
91	51187	Warren County	1	10.1	8.2	12.0	13.1	10.3	15.9
92	51191	Washington County	3	14.2	11.9	16.5	19.0	15.5	22.6
93	51193	Westmoreland County	7	14.7	11.8	17.6	24.3	18.9	29.7
94	51195	Wise County	7	21.5	18.2	24.8	29.3	23.9	34.7
95	51197	Wythe County	6	14.0	11.3	16.7	20.0	15.6	24.3
96	51199	York County	1	4.4	3.6	5.2	5.7	4.5	7.0
97	51510	Alexandria city	1	8.0	6.6	9.5	13.7	10.8	16.6
98	51515	Bedford city	3	18.0	14.3	21.7	25.8	20.1	31.5
99	51520	Bristol city	3	21.3	17.5	25.2	36.2	29.1	43.2
100	51530	Buena Vista city	6	13.3	10.6	16.0	17.9	13.9	22.0
101	51540	Charlottesville city	3	21.8	18.5	25.0	20.9	16.5	25.3
102	51550	Chesapeake city	1	7.9	6.7	9.1	11.0	9.1	13.0
103	51570	Colonial Heights city	1	7.4	5.9	8.9	12.3	9.5	15.1
104	51580	Covington city	6	15.2	12.1	18.4	23.4	18.2	28.6
105	51590	Danville city	3	20.8	17.7	23.9	32.4	25.8	39.0
106	51595	Emporia city	6	20.7	16.5	24.9	29.8	23.2	36.3
107	51600	Fairfax city	1	5.6	4.5	6.8	6.7	5.2	8.2
108	51610	Falls Church city	1	3.1	2.4	3.8	3.3	2.5	4.1
109	51620	Franklin city	6	19.4	15.5	23.2	28.2	22.1	34.3
110	51630	Fredericksburg city	1	15.4	12.4	18.4	20.3	16.0	24.7
111	51640	Galax city	6	20.7	16.6	24.8	32.4	25.2	39.5
112	51650	Hampton city	1	14.2	12.1	16.3	19.9	16.2	23.6
113	51660	Harrisonburg city	3	28.8	24.4	33.2	22.0	17.5	26.4
114	51670	Hopewell city	1	17.9	14.7	21.1	27.0	21.5	32.5
115	51678	Lexington city	6	22.4	17.9	26.9	13.3	10.3	16.3
116	51680	Lynchburg city	3	19.8	16.7	22.8	24.0	19.3	28.8
117	51683	Manassas city	1	8.7	7.0	10.4	13.1	10.3	16.0
118	51685	Manassas Park city	1	6.3	5.0	7.6	11.3	8.8	13.9
119	51690	Martinsville city	4	23.1	18.8	27.5	33.1	26.0	40.3
120	51700	Newport News city	1	13.2	11.3	15.0	19.4	16.0	22.8
121	51710	Norfolk city	1	19.5	17.1	21.8	27.9	23.7	32.0
122	51720	Norton city	7	20.8	16.5	25.1	32.2	25.0	39.4
123	51730	Petersburg city	1	20.1	16.4	23.9	30.7	24.2	37.2
124	51735	Poquoson city	1	4.4	3.5	5.4	5.4	4.1	6.6
125	51740	Portsmouth city	1	17.9	15.1	20.7	28.8	23.7	33.9
126	51750	Radford city	3	26.7	21.3	32.0	16.6	12.9	20.4
127	51760	Richmond city	1	25.1	22.3	28.0	35.6	30.6	40.6
128	51770	Roanoke city	2	17.8	15.3	20.4	27.3	22.6	32.0
129	51775	Salem city	2	9.3	7.4	11.2	11.4	8.9	13.9
130	51790	Staunton city	4	13.2	10.5	15.9	21.0	16.4	25.7
131	51800	Suffolk city	1	10.8	8.9	12.7	14.5	11.5	17.5
132	51810	Virginia Beach city	1	7.0	6.0	7.9	10.3	8.4	12.1
133	51820	Waynesboro city	4	13.3	10.8	15.8	22.7	17.7	27.6
134	51830	Williamsburg city	1	18.7	14.9	22.6	22.2	17.1	27.2
135	51840	Winchester city	3	12.8	10.4	15.2	18.1	14.3	22.0

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¹The 2003 rural-urban continuum codes classify metropolitan counties (codes 1 through 3) by size of the Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA), and nonmetropolitan counties (codes 4 through 9) by degree of urbanization and proximity to metro areas. See rural-urban continuum codes for precise definitions of each code.

Source: Bureau of the Census, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates.

*See the Census Bureau web site for a description of FIPS codes.