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Table 1.

Regional and Locale Distributions of Poverty Adjustment Factors (PAF)

				Average
Region	Metropolitan	Micropolitan	Rural	Across Locales
Appalachia^a
Mean PAF	1.04	0.83	0.81	0.98
Standard Deviation	0.19	0.12	0.12	0.20
Central^b
Mean PAF	0.98	0.79	0.77	0.92
Standard Deviation	0.11	0.16	0.17	0.16
Mid-Atlantic^c
Mean PAF	1.14	0.89	0.83	1.12
Standard Deviation	0.15	0.14	0.11	0.17
Midwest^d
Mean PAF	1.04	0.86	0.82	1.00
Standard Deviation	0.10	0.12	0.12	0.13
Northeast^e
Mean PAF	1.16	0.94	0.89	1.13
Standard Deviation	0.14	0.07	0.13	0.16
Northwest^f
Mean PAF	1.07	0.89	0.87	1.03
Standard Deviation	0.14	0.13	0.12	0.16
Southeast^g
Mean PAF	0.95	0.84	0.81	0.93
Standard Deviation	0.08	0.11	0.10	0.10
Southwest^h
Mean PAF	0.97	0.75	0.73	0.93
Standard Deviation	0.11	0.13	0.13	0.14
Westⁱ
Mean PAF	1.12	0.87	0.86	1.11
Standard Deviation	0.14	0.11	0.08	0.15
Average Across States
Mean PAF	1.05	0.84	0.80	1.01
Standard Deviation	0.15	0.13	0.13	0.17

				Average
Region	Metropolitan	Micropolitan	Rural	Across Locales
Appalachia^a
Mean PAF	1.04	0.83	0.81	0.98
Standard Deviation	0.19	0.12	0.12	0.20
Central^b
Mean PAF	0.98	0.79	0.77	0.92
Standard Deviation	0.11	0.16	0.17	0.16
Mid-Atlantic^c
Mean PAF	1.14	0.89	0.83	1.12
Standard Deviation	0.15	0.14	0.11	0.17
Midwest^d
Mean PAF	1.04	0.86	0.82	1.00
Standard Deviation	0.10	0.12	0.12	0.13
Northeast^e
Mean PAF	1.16	0.94	0.89	1.13
Standard Deviation	0.14	0.07	0.13	0.16
Northwest^f
Mean PAF	1.07	0.89	0.87	1.03
Standard Deviation	0.14	0.13	0.12	0.16
Southeast^g
Mean PAF	0.95	0.84	0.81	0.93
Standard Deviation	0.08	0.11	0.10	0.10
Southwest^h
Mean PAF	0.97	0.75	0.73	0.93
Standard Deviation	0.11	0.13	0.13	0.14
Westⁱ
Mean PAF	1.12	0.87	0.86	1.11
Standard Deviation	0.14	0.11	0.08	0.15
Average Across States
Mean PAF	1.05	0.84	0.80	1.01
Standard Deviation	0.15	0.13	0.13	0.17

Notes: Each cell contains school district level enrollment-weighted average PAF across labor markets. Data from 2007–08, 2008–09, and 2009–10, U.S. Census Bureau Fiscal Survey of Local Governments, Elementary and Secondary School Finances (www.census.gov/govs/school/).

^aAppalachia: Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia.

^bCentral: Colorado, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wyoming.

^cMid-Atlantic: Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, New Jersey.

^dMidwest: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Wisconsin.

^eNortheast: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island, Vermont.

^fNorthwest: Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington.

^gSoutheast: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina.

^hSouthwest: Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas.

ⁱWest: Arizona, California, Nevada, Utah.

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