Indicator: Poverty, King County, Health Planning Areas
Poverty is percent living below the Federal Poverty Level. In 2009, the national poverty threshold* for a family of four including two related children was an annual income of less than $21,756.
Source: American Community Survey, U.S. Census
See also:
Indicators
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Comparison Data
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Health Planning Areas
| Health Planning Area |
Percent
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Lower CI
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Upper CI
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Downtown/First Hill
|
24.7
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19.9
|
29.5
|
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White Center/Blvd Pk
|
22.8
|
15.2
|
30.3
|
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Tukwila/SeaTac
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16.9
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14.5
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19.2
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Central Seattle
|
16.3
|
14.2
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18.4
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SE Seattle
|
15.8
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13.0
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18.6
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Beacon/G'town/S Park
|
15.5
|
13.2
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17.9
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Auburn
|
15.4
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13.5
|
17.4
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NE Seattle
|
15.3
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13.4
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17.3
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Burien
|
13.7
|
11.0
|
16.5
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Kent
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12.8
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11.4
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14.2
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N Seattle
|
12.4
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10.5
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14.3
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Des Moines/Normandy Park
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12.0
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8.8
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15.1
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Delridge
|
11.6
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9.1
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14.0
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Renton
|
11.1
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9.5
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12.7
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NW Seattle
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11.0
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9.5
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12.6
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Federal Way
|
10.6
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9.4
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11.9
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Fremont/Greenlake
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10.0
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8.8
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11.3
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King County
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9.7
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9.4
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9.9
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Capitol Hill/Eastlake
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8.8
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7.6
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10.1
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Vashon Island
|
8.2
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5.4
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11.0
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Queen Anne/Magnolia
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7.8
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6.5
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9.2
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Shoreline
|
7.5
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6.3
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8.7
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Bothell/North Shore
|
7.3
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5.9
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8.8
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Cascade/Fairwood
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7.1
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5.5
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8.6
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W Seattle
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6.8
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5.5
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8.1
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Ballard
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6.5
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5.2
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7.7
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Bellevue
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6.5
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5.7
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7.2
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Kirkland
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5.7
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4.8
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6.5
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Upper Snoqualmie
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5.2
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3.5
|
7.0
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SE County
|
4.8
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3.7
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5.9
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Redmond/Union Hill
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4.6
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3.7
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5.5
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Covington/Maple Valley
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3.7
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2.4
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4.9
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Mercer Isle/Point Cities
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3.5
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2.6
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4.5
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Issaquah/Sammamish
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3.3
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2.6
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4.0
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Riverview/Lower Valley
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3.2
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2.5
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3.9
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^Too few occurrences to meet validity standard
CI is 90% Confidence Interval
*Data source: Poverty Thresholds for 2009 by Size of Family and Number of Related Children Under 18 Years
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