Percentage of children ages <18 years at or below poverty level

Source:2010 Bureau of US Census Data of of July,2012

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  Percentage
Region/County (CI)
Reg- 1 Western New York
Allegany 23.0 (18.2-27.8)
Cattaraugus 22.1 (17.7-26.5)
Chautauqua 25.4 (20.4-30.4)
Erie 20.9 (18.9-22.9)
Genesee 16.9 (13.5-20.3)
Niagara 19.9 (16.7-23.1)
Orleans 21.9 (16.9-26.9)
Wyoming 15.9 (12.0-19.8)
Reg- 2 Finger Lakes
Chemung 22.7 (18.1-27.3)
Livingston 16.7 (13.3-20.1)
Monroe 21.0 (18.9-23.1)
Ontario 14.5 (11.5-17.5)
Schuyler 23.4 (17.8-29.0)
Seneca 22.1 (17.6-26.6)
Steuben 21.6 (16.8-26.4)
Wayne 16.3 (12.9-19.7)
Yates 29.0 (22.4-35.6)
Reg- 3 Central New York
Cayuga 19.0 (14.8-23.2)
Cortland 19.5 (14.7-24.3)
Herkimer 22.7 (18.2-27.2)
Jefferson 20.8 (16.1-25.5)
Lewis 21.8 (16.9-26.7)
Madison 16.1 (12.4-19.8)
Oneida 23.7 (20.6-26.8)
Onondaga 19.5 (16.9-22.1)
Oswego 23.7 (19.7-27.7)
St Lawrence 25.4 (21.3-29.5)
Tompkins 15.4 (11.8-19.0)
Reg- 4 New York-Penn
Broome 23.4 (19.7-27.1)
Chenango 23.6 (18.6-28.6)
Tioga 15.7 (11.9-19.5)
Reg- 5 Northeastern New York
Albany 17.4 (14.9-19.9)
Clinton 18.8 (14.7-22.9)
Columbia 15.9 (11.9-19.9)
Delaware 20.9 (15.4-26.4)
Essex 19.3 (15.2-23.4)
Franklin 22.2 (17.2-27.2)
Fulton 24.2 (19.1-29.3)
Greene 21.0 (16.7-25.3)
Hamilton 17.4 (13.1-21.7)
Montgomery 27.9 (22.5-33.3)
Otsego 18.9 (14.5-23.3)
Rensselaer 19.6 (16.7-22.5)
Saratoga 8.4 (6.4-10.4)
Schenectady 18.7 (15.1-22.3)
Schoharie 17.1 (13.0-21.2)
Warren 17.0 (12.8-21.2)
Washington 19.0 (14.7-23.3)
Reg- 6 Hudson Valley
Dutchess 10.7 (8.4-13.0)
Orange 16.9 (14.0-19.8)
Putnam 6.0 (4.6-7.4)
Rockland 18.3 (14.6-22.0)
Sullivan 27.9 (23.2-32.6)
Ulster 15.3 (12.0-18.6)
Westchester 11.5 (9.7-13.3)
Reg- 7 New York City
Bronx 42.2 (39.8-44.6)
Kings 33.4 (31.4-35.4)
New York 23.2 (20.0-26.4)
Queens 22.0 (19.9-24.1)
Richmond 17.2 (14.3-20.1)
Reg- 8 Nassau-Suffolk
Nassau 8.1 (6.8-9.4)
Suffolk 8.4 (6.7-10.1)
New York State Total 21.5 (21.1-21.9)

*: Fewer than 10 events in the numerator, therefore the rate is unstable

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