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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 130% of poverty (5) |
Percentage below 130% of poverty (6) |
All income levels |
Below 130% of poverty (5) |
Percentage below 130% of poverty (6) |
All income levels |
Below 130% of poverty (5) |
Percentage below 130% of poverty (6) |
All income levels |
Below 130% of poverty (5) |
Percentage below 130% of poverty (6) |
White A.O.I.C. |
|---|
People in families, total (2)
|
202,498
|
30,313
|
15.0
|
160,963
|
16,310
|
10.1
|
12,118
|
2,703
|
22.3
|
29,417
|
11,300
|
38.4
|
Residence and Region (31) |
|---|
United States: |
|---|
Inside metro statistical areas
|
167,439
|
24,091
|
14.4
|
132,900
|
13,001
|
9.8
|
10,170
|
2,204
|
21.7
|
24,369
|
8,885
|
36.5
|
|
Inside principal cities
|
53,826
|
10,699
|
19.9
|
39,962
|
5,551
|
13.9
|
3,830
|
973
|
25.4
|
10,034
|
4,175
|
41.6
|
|
Outside principal cities
|
113,613
|
13,392
|
11.8
|
92,938
|
7,451
|
8.0
|
6,340
|
1,231
|
19.4
|
14,335
|
4,710
|
32.9
|
|
Outside metro statistical areas (35)
|
35,059
|
6,223
|
17.7
|
28,063
|
3,309
|
11.8
|
1,948
|
499
|
25.6
|
5,048
|
2,415
|
47.8
|
Residence and Region (31) |
|---|
Northeast
|
36,223
|
4,151
|
11.5
|
28,579
|
1,906
|
6.7
|
2,162
|
411
|
19.0
|
5,482
|
1,834
|
33.5
|
|
Inside metro statistical areas
|
31,829
|
3,638
|
11.4
|
25,018
|
1,644
|
6.6
|
1,914
|
369
|
19.3
|
4,898
|
1,625
|
33.2
|
|
Inside principal cities
|
7,308
|
1,552
|
21.2
|
5,014
|
639
|
12.7
|
583
|
150
|
25.7
|
1,711
|
764
|
44.6
|
|
Outside principal cities
|
24,521
|
2,086
|
8.5
|
20,004
|
1,005
|
5.0
|
1,330
|
219
|
16.5
|
3,187
|
862
|
27.0
|
|
Outside metro statistical areas (35)
|
4,394
|
512
|
11.7
|
3,561
|
262
|
7.4
|
249
|
42
|
16.7
|
584
|
208
|
35.7
|
|
Midwest
|
46,342
|
5,862
|
12.6
|
37,388
|
2,852
|
7.6
|
2,783
|
678
|
24.4
|
6,171
|
2,332
|
37.8
|
|
Inside metro statistical areas
|
34,176
|
3,988
|
11.7
|
27,545
|
1,915
|
7.0
|
2,141
|
493
|
23.0
|
4,490
|
1,579
|
35.2
|
|
Inside principal cities
|
9,520
|
1,654
|
17.4
|
7,062
|
680
|
9.6
|
747
|
220
|
29.4
|
1,711
|
755
|
44.1
|
|
Outside principal cities
|
24,656
|
2,334
|
9.5
|
20,483
|
1,235
|
6.0
|
1,394
|
274
|
19.6
|
2,778
|
825
|
29.7
|
|
Outside metro statistical areas (35)
|
12,167
|
1,875
|
15.4
|
9,843
|
937
|
9.5
|
642
|
185
|
28.8
|
1,682
|
753
|
44.7
|
|
South
|
71,786
|
11,972
|
16.7
|
57,424
|
6,719
|
11.7
|
3,975
|
898
|
22.6
|
10,387
|
4,355
|
41.9
|
|
Inside metro statistical areas
|
58,065
|
9,044
|
15.6
|
46,601
|
5,101
|
10.9
|
3,152
|
670
|
21.3
|
8,312
|
3,273
|
39.4
|
|
Inside principal cities
|
18,653
|
3,727
|
20.0
|
14,255
|
2,022
|
14.2
|
1,134
|
276
|
24.4
|
3,264
|
1,429
|
43.8
|
|
Outside principal cities
|
39,412
|
5,317
|
13.5
|
32,346
|
3,079
|
9.5
|
2,018
|
394
|
19.5
|
5,047
|
1,843
|
36.5
|
|
Outside metro statistical areas (35)
|
13,721
|
2,928
|
21.3
|
10,823
|
1,618
|
14.9
|
823
|
228
|
27.7
|
2,075
|
1,082
|
52.1
|
|
West
|
48,146
|
8,328
|
17.3
|
37,572
|
4,833
|
12.9
|
3,198
|
716
|
22.4
|
7,376
|
2,779
|
37.7
|
|
Inside metro statistical areas
|
43,369
|
7,421
|
17.1
|
33,736
|
4,342
|
12.9
|
2,963
|
671
|
22.7
|
6,669
|
2,407
|
36.1
|
|
Inside principal cities
|
18,344
|
3,765
|
20.5
|
13,631
|
2,210
|
16.2
|
1,365
|
328
|
24.0
|
3,347
|
1,227
|
36.7
|
|
Outside principal cities
|
25,025
|
3,656
|
14.6
|
20,105
|
2,132
|
10.6
|
1,598
|
344
|
21.5
|
3,322
|
1,180
|
35.5
|
|
Outside metro statistical areas (35)
|
4,777
|
907
|
19.0
|
3,836
|
491
|
12.8
|
235
|
44
|
18.8
|
707
|
372
|
52.6
|
Division (31) |
|---|
New England
|
10,211
|
963
|
9.4
|
8,177
|
409
|
5.0
|
597
|
88
|
14.7
|
1,438
|
467
|
32.5
|
|
Middle Atlantic
|
26,012
|
3,188
|
12.3
|
20,401
|
1,497
|
7.3
|
1,566
|
323
|
20.6
|
4,045
|
1,367
|
33.8
|
|
East North Central
|
31,724
|
4,018
|
12.7
|
25,335
|
1,873
|
7.4
|
2,067
|
513
|
24.8
|
4,322
|
1,631
|
37.7
|
|
West North Central
|
14,618
|
1,845
|
12.6
|
12,053
|
979
|
8.1
|
716
|
165
|
23.0
|
1,849
|
701
|
37.9
|
|
South Atlantic
|
35,542
|
4,850
|
13.6
|
29,028
|
2,802
|
9.7
|
1,900
|
437
|
23.0
|
4,614
|
1,611
|
34.9
|
|
East South Central
|
11,708
|
2,117
|
18.1
|
9,398
|
1,113
|
11.8
|
595
|
158
|
26.5
|
1,715
|
846
|
49.3
|
|
West South Central
|
24,536
|
5,006
|
20.4
|
18,999
|
2,804
|
14.8
|
1,480
|
304
|
20.6
|
4,057
|
1,898
|
46.8
|
|
Mountain
|
16,127
|
2,739
|
17.0
|
12,794
|
1,468
|
11.5
|
885
|
200
|
22.6
|
2,448
|
1,072
|
43.8
|
|
Pacific
|
32,019
|
5,590
|
17.5
|
24,778
|
3,366
|
13.6
|
2,313
|
516
|
22.3
|
4,928
|
1,708
|
34.7
|
Poverty Footnotes
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