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Percent of total population in poverty, 2007
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All people in poverty (2007)
Children ages 0-17 in poverty (2007)
90% confidence interval of estimate
90% confidence interval of estimate
FIPS* Name RUC Percent Lower bound Upper bound Percent Lower bound Upper bound 1 25000 Massachusetts 10.0 9.7 10.2 13.0 12.4 13.5 2 25001 Barnstable County 3 6.6 5.6 7.7 10.2 7.9 12.6 3 25003 Berkshire County 3 10.8 9.2 12.4 14.8 11.7 17.9 4 25005 Bristol County 1 9.3 8.4 10.1 13.1 11.1 15.0 5 25007 Dukes County 7 6.8 5.2 8.3 9.6 7.1 12.1 6 25009 Essex County 1 10.4 9.5 11.2 14.0 12.2 15.8 7 25011 Franklin County 2 10.5 8.7 12.3 14.0 11.0 17.0 8 25013 Hampden County 2 16.4 15.1 17.8 24.8 22.0 27.7 9 25015 Hampshire County 2 11.6 10.1 13.2 10.9 8.9 12.9 10 25017 Middlesex County 1 6.9 6.3 7.5 7.7 6.6 8.8 11 25019 Nantucket County 7 5.3 4.0 6.5 5.2 3.8 6.6 12 25021 Norfolk County 1 6.4 5.6 7.1 6.3 5.2 7.4 13 25023 Plymouth County 1 6.5 5.5 7.5 7.9 6.3 9.5 14 25025 Suffolk County 1 19.3 17.8 20.7 28.3 24.7 32.0 15 25027 Worcester County 2 9.5 8.7 10.3 11.9 10.3 13.5
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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.
