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POV44: Region, Division and Type of Residence -- Poverty Status for Families by Family Structure: 2008
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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2009 Annual Social and Economic Supplement.
(Numbers in thousands)
| |
Families (total) (10) |
Married-couple families (11) |
Families with a male householder, no wife present |
Families with a female householder, no husband present |
| All income levels |
Below 100% of poverty (5) |
Percentage below 100% of poverty (6) |
All income levels |
Below 100% of poverty (5) |
Percentage below 100% of poverty (6) |
All income levels |
Below 100% of poverty (5) |
Percentage below 100% of poverty (6) |
All income levels |
Below 100% of poverty (5) |
Percentage below 100% of poverty (6) |
Asian alone (12) |
|---|
Families, total (10)
|
3,494
|
341
|
9.8
|
2,829
|
244
|
8.6
|
233
|
24
|
10.5
|
432
|
72
|
16.7
|
Residence and Region (31) |
|---|
United States: |
|---|
Inside metro statistical areas
|
3,406
|
326
|
9.6
|
2,766
|
236
|
8.5
|
223
|
24
|
10.5
|
417
|
67
|
16.0
|
|
Inside principal cities
|
1,663
|
185
|
11.1
|
1,317
|
129
|
9.8
|
115
|
20
|
17.6
|
231
|
36
|
15.5
|
|
Outside principal cities
|
1,743
|
142
|
8.1
|
1,448
|
108
|
7.4
|
109
|
3
|
3.1
|
186
|
31
|
16.6
|
|
Outside metro statistical areas (35)
|
88
|
14
|
16.4
|
63
|
8
|
(B)
|
10
|
1
|
(B)
|
15
|
5
|
(B)
|
Residence and Region (31) |
|---|
Northeast
|
773
|
93
|
12.0
|
648
|
75
|
11.5
|
41
|
5
|
(B)
|
85
|
13
|
15.3
|
|
Inside metro statistical areas
|
763
|
93
|
12.1
|
638
|
74
|
11.6
|
41
|
5
|
(B)
|
84
|
13
|
15.3
|
|
Inside principal cities
|
362
|
68
|
18.7
|
303
|
54
|
17.8
|
18
|
5
|
(B)
|
41
|
8
|
(B)
|
|
Outside principal cities
|
402
|
25
|
6.2
|
335
|
20
|
6.1
|
23
|
0
|
(B)
|
44
|
5
|
(B)
|
|
Outside metro statistical areas (35)
|
10
|
0
|
(B)
|
9
|
0
|
(B)
|
0
|
0
|
(X)
|
0
|
0
|
(B)
|
|
Midwest
|
382
|
37
|
9.7
|
314
|
21
|
6.5
|
28
|
2
|
(B)
|
40
|
14
|
(B)
|
|
Inside metro statistical areas
|
366
|
35
|
9.5
|
305
|
21
|
6.7
|
23
|
1
|
(B)
|
38
|
13
|
(B)
|
|
Inside principal cities
|
164
|
21
|
13.1
|
144
|
14
|
9.6
|
5
|
0
|
(B)
|
15
|
8
|
(B)
|
|
Outside principal cities
|
202
|
13
|
6.5
|
161
|
7
|
4.1
|
19
|
1
|
(B)
|
22
|
5
|
(B)
|
|
Outside metro statistical areas (35)
|
16
|
2
|
(B)
|
9
|
0
|
(B)
|
4
|
1
|
(B)
|
3
|
2
|
(B)
|
|
South
|
782
|
71
|
9.1
|
626
|
43
|
6.9
|
60
|
7
|
(B)
|
95
|
21
|
21.9
|
|
Inside metro statistical areas
|
757
|
62
|
8.2
|
609
|
38
|
6.2
|
56
|
7
|
(B)
|
91
|
18
|
19.5
|
|
Inside principal cities
|
294
|
26
|
8.9
|
239
|
13
|
5.4
|
23
|
5
|
(B)
|
33
|
8
|
(B)
|
|
Outside principal cities
|
463
|
36
|
7.7
|
371
|
25
|
6.6
|
33
|
2
|
(B)
|
59
|
10
|
(B)
|
|
Outside metro statistical areas (35)
|
25
|
9
|
(B)
|
17
|
6
|
(B)
|
4
|
0
|
(B)
|
4
|
3
|
(B)
|
|
West
|
1,557
|
140
|
9.0
|
1,240
|
106
|
8.5
|
105
|
10
|
9.6
|
212
|
24
|
11.3
|
|
Inside metro statistical areas
|
1,520
|
137
|
9.0
|
1,213
|
104
|
8.6
|
103
|
10
|
9.8
|
204
|
23
|
11.4
|
|
Inside principal cities
|
844
|
69
|
8.2
|
632
|
48
|
7.6
|
69
|
10
|
(B)
|
143
|
12
|
8.2
|
|
Outside principal cities
|
676
|
68
|
10.0
|
581
|
56
|
9.6
|
34
|
0
|
(B)
|
61
|
12
|
(B)
|
|
Outside metro statistical areas (35)
|
37
|
3
|
(B)
|
28
|
2
|
(B)
|
2
|
0
|
(B)
|
8
|
1
|
(B)
|
Division (31) |
|---|
New England
|
125
|
19
|
14.9
|
97
|
12
|
11.9
|
5
|
2
|
(B)
|
23
|
5
|
(B)
|
|
Middle Atlantic
|
648
|
74
|
11.5
|
551
|
63
|
11.4
|
36
|
4
|
(B)
|
62
|
8
|
(B)
|
|
East North Central
|
293
|
30
|
10.1
|
251
|
19
|
7.6
|
16
|
0
|
(B)
|
27
|
11
|
(B)
|
|
West North Central
|
89
|
8
|
8.5
|
63
|
1
|
(B)
|
12
|
2
|
(B)
|
13
|
4
|
(B)
|
|
South Atlantic
|
452
|
27
|
5.9
|
371
|
18
|
5.0
|
33
|
3
|
(B)
|
49
|
5
|
(B)
|
|
East South Central
|
42
|
7
|
(B)
|
29
|
5
|
(B)
|
3
|
0
|
(B)
|
10
|
2
|
(B)
|
|
West South Central
|
287
|
37
|
13.0
|
227
|
20
|
8.8
|
24
|
3
|
(B)
|
36
|
14
|
(B)
|
|
Mountain
|
145
|
20
|
14.0
|
108
|
13
|
12.2
|
16
|
3
|
(B)
|
21
|
4
|
(B)
|
|
Pacific
|
1,412
|
120
|
8.5
|
1,133
|
93
|
8.2
|
89
|
7
|
8.2
|
191
|
20
|
10.3
|
Poverty Footnotes
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
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