Characteristics of the SEER Population Compared with the Total United States Population
This is a bar chart showing percentages of the SEER population and the US population for three characteristics. The graph shows:
- Below Poverty Level: 14.1% of the SEER population, 14.3% of the US population;
- Less than a High School Diploma (persons aged 25 years or more): 16.0% of the SEER population, 14.6% of the US population;
- Foreign Born: 17.9% of the SEER population, 12.8% of the US population.
* The data source for these statistics is the U.S. Census Bureau, 2007-2011 American Community Survey. SEER areas included in this figure are the States of Connecticut, Hawaii, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, New Jersey, New Mexico, Utah; multi-country areas of Atlanta, rural Georgia, remaining counties of Georgia, Detroit, San Francisco-Oakland, Seattle-Puget Sound, San Jose-Monterey, Los Angeles county, remaining counties of California; and American Indians/Alaska Natives in Arizona, Alaska and Cherokee Nation.