 Outside of the Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and Harrisburg metropolitan areas, Pennsylvania is a relatively poorer state, especially in the northern areas and the Appalachian Mountains; only 22% of Pennsylvania places have per capita incomes higher than the national per capita income, and 11.0% of the population lives below the poverty line.1.9% of Pennsylvania households have annual incomes of $200,000+, and 10.3% have incomes of $100,000 or more.On the contrary, 9.7% have incomes of less than $10,000, and 43.8% less than $34,999.