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POV42: Region, Division and Type of Residence -- Poverty Status for People in Families by Family Structure: 2009

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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2010 Annual Social and Economic Supplement.

(Numbers in thousands)

  People in families (total) (10) People in married-couple families (11) People in families with a male householder, no wife present People in families with a female householder, no husband present
All income levels Below 125% of poverty (5) Percentage below 125% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 125% of poverty (5) Percentage below 125% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 125% of poverty (5) Percentage below 125% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 125% of poverty (5) Percentage below 125% of poverty (6)

Asian A.O.I.C.
 
 People in families, total (2) 		13,403 1,822 13.6 10,897 1,278 11.7 967 174 18.0 1,539 370 24.0

Residence and Region (31)

United States:
 
  Inside metro statistical areas 		12,966 1,730 13.3 10,551 1,234 11.7 931 151 16.2 1,483 345 23.3
      Inside principal cities 6,007 925 15.4 4,821 650 13.5 423 67 15.9 763 208 27.2
      Outside principal cities 6,959 805 11.6 5,730 584 10.2 509 84 16.5 720 137 19.0
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 437 92 21.0 346 44 12.8 35 22 (B) 56 25 (B)

Residence and Region (31)
 
Northeast 		2,729 488 17.9 2,307 373 16.2 139 31 22.0 284 84 29.7
  Inside metro statistical areas 2,705 485 17.9 2,283 370 16.2 139 31 22.1 284 84 29.7
      Inside principal cities 1,272 320 25.1 1,076 251 23.4 36 8 (B) 160 60 37.7
      Outside principal cities 1,433 165 11.5 1,206 118 9.8 103 22 21.8 123 24 19.4
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 24 4 (B) 24 4 (B) 0 0 (B) 0 0 (X)
Midwest 1,628 292 17.9 1,397 201 14.4 71 25 (B) 160 66 41.3
  Inside metro statistical areas 1,568 279 17.8 1,342 189 14.1 67 25 (B) 159 65 41.2
      Inside principal cities 644 145 22.5 546 94 17.2 27 18 (B) 72 33 (B)
      Outside principal cities 923 134 14.6 796 95 12.0 40 7 (B) 87 32 37.1
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 60 13 (B) 55 12 (B) 4 0 (B) 1 1 (B)
South 2,990 397 13.3 2,412 289 12.0 283 59 20.8 295 49 16.6
  Inside metro statistical areas 2,838 355 12.5 2,283 269 11.8 259 36 14.0 295 49 16.6
      Inside principal cities 936 115 12.3 747 88 11.8 89 10 11.6 100 16 16.5
      Outside principal cities 1,902 240 12.6 1,537 181 11.8 170 26 15.3 195 33 16.6
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 152 42 27.8 129 20 15.5 23 22 (B) 0 0 (X)
West 6,056 645 10.6 4,781 414 8.7 474 59 12.5 801 171 21.3
  Inside metro statistical areas 5,855 612 10.4 4,643 406 8.7 466 59 12.8 746 146 19.6
      Inside principal cities 3,155 345 11.0 2,453 217 8.8 271 31 11.4 431 98 22.7
      Outside principal cities 2,700 266 9.9 2,190 189 8.6 196 29 14.7 315 48 15.4
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 201 33 16.5 138 9 6.3 8 0 (B) 55 24 (B)

Division (31)
 
New England 		580 93 16.1 480 75 15.6 22 3 (B) 77 15 19.6
Middle Atlantic 2,150 395 18.4 1,826 298 16.3 117 27 23.4 207 69 33.5
East North Central 1,303 249 19.1 1,125 171 15.2 50 21 (B) 128 57 44.8
West North Central 324 43 13.1 272 30 11.2 21 4 (B) 32 9 (B)
South Atlantic 1,646 201 12.2 1,317 146 11.1 140 23 16.6 189 32 17.0
East South Central 188 34 17.9 168 25 14.7 18 7 (B) 2 2 (B)
West South Central 1,155 162 14.0 928 119 12.8 124 28 22.8 103 15 14.1
Mountain 592 93 15.7 463 52 11.2 53 9 (B) 76 32 42.2
Pacific 5,464 552 10.1 4,318 363 8.4 421 50 12.0 725 139 19.1

Poverty Footnotes

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