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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 150% of poverty (5) |
Percentage below 150% of poverty (6) |
All income levels |
Below 150% of poverty (5) |
Percentage below 150% of poverty (6) |
All income levels |
Below 150% of poverty (5) |
Percentage below 150% of poverty (6) |
All income levels |
Below 150% of poverty (5) |
Percentage below 150% of poverty (6) |
All races |
|---|
People in families, total (2)
|
249,384
|
52,569
|
21.1
|
188,001
|
26,328
|
14.0
|
16,067
|
4,696
|
29.2
|
45,315
|
21,546
|
47.5
|
Residence and Region (31) |
|---|
United States: |
|---|
Inside metro statistical areas
|
209,756
|
42,768
|
20.4
|
157,526
|
21,303
|
13.5
|
13,684
|
3,845
|
28.1
|
38,547
|
17,620
|
45.7
|
|
Inside principal cities
|
75,618
|
20,625
|
27.3
|
51,365
|
9,305
|
18.1
|
5,681
|
1,747
|
30.8
|
18,571
|
9,573
|
51.5
|
|
Outside principal cities
|
134,139
|
22,143
|
16.5
|
106,160
|
11,998
|
11.3
|
8,003
|
2,098
|
26.2
|
19,975
|
8,047
|
40.3
|
|
Outside metro statistical areas (35)
|
39,627
|
9,802
|
24.7
|
30,476
|
5,025
|
16.5
|
2,383
|
851
|
35.7
|
6,768
|
3,926
|
58.0
|
Residence and Region (31) |
|---|
Northeast
|
44,493
|
7,648
|
17.2
|
33,402
|
3,464
|
10.4
|
2,791
|
738
|
26.4
|
8,300
|
3,446
|
41.5
|
|
Inside metro statistical areas
|
39,978
|
6,893
|
17.2
|
29,760
|
3,057
|
10.3
|
2,524
|
657
|
26.0
|
7,694
|
3,179
|
41.3
|
|
Inside principal cities
|
12,048
|
3,519
|
29.2
|
7,493
|
1,411
|
18.8
|
905
|
284
|
31.4
|
3,650
|
1,824
|
50.0
|
|
Outside principal cities
|
27,930
|
3,374
|
12.1
|
22,266
|
1,646
|
7.4
|
1,620
|
373
|
23.0
|
4,044
|
1,355
|
33.5
|
|
Outside metro statistical areas (35)
|
4,514
|
755
|
16.7
|
3,643
|
407
|
11.2
|
267
|
80
|
30.1
|
605
|
268
|
44.2
|
|
Midwest
|
53,680
|
10,291
|
19.2
|
41,200
|
4,736
|
11.5
|
3,481
|
1,120
|
32.2
|
8,999
|
4,435
|
49.3
|
|
Inside metro statistical areas
|
41,101
|
7,777
|
18.9
|
31,142
|
3,396
|
10.9
|
2,795
|
887
|
31.7
|
7,165
|
3,493
|
48.8
|
|
Inside principal cities
|
13,747
|
4,094
|
29.8
|
8,866
|
1,442
|
16.3
|
1,201
|
469
|
39.0
|
3,679
|
2,183
|
59.4
|
|
Outside principal cities
|
27,355
|
3,683
|
13.5
|
22,275
|
1,954
|
8.8
|
1,594
|
418
|
26.3
|
3,486
|
1,310
|
37.6
|
|
Outside metro statistical areas (35)
|
12,578
|
2,514
|
20.0
|
10,058
|
1,340
|
13.3
|
686
|
233
|
34.0
|
1,834
|
941
|
51.3
|
|
South
|
93,085
|
21,726
|
23.3
|
68,920
|
10,608
|
15.4
|
5,705
|
1,720
|
30.2
|
18,460
|
9,397
|
50.9
|
|
Inside metro statistical areas
|
76,031
|
16,659
|
21.9
|
56,425
|
8,131
|
14.4
|
4,581
|
1,292
|
28.2
|
15,025
|
7,236
|
48.2
|
|
Inside principal cities
|
26,451
|
7,133
|
27.0
|
18,028
|
3,109
|
17.2
|
1,738
|
492
|
28.3
|
6,684
|
3,533
|
52.9
|
|
Outside principal cities
|
49,580
|
9,526
|
19.2
|
38,397
|
5,023
|
13.1
|
2,842
|
800
|
28.1
|
8,341
|
3,704
|
44.4
|
|
Outside metro statistical areas (35)
|
17,055
|
5,067
|
29.7
|
12,495
|
2,477
|
19.8
|
1,125
|
429
|
38.1
|
3,435
|
2,161
|
62.9
|
|
West
|
58,126
|
12,904
|
22.2
|
44,479
|
7,518
|
16.9
|
4,090
|
1,118
|
27.3
|
9,556
|
4,268
|
44.7
|
|
Inside metro statistical areas
|
52,646
|
11,439
|
21.7
|
40,199
|
6,718
|
16.7
|
3,784
|
1,009
|
26.7
|
8,663
|
3,712
|
42.8
|
|
Inside principal cities
|
23,373
|
5,879
|
25.2
|
16,977
|
3,343
|
19.7
|
1,837
|
503
|
27.4
|
4,559
|
2,033
|
44.6
|
|
Outside principal cities
|
29,273
|
5,560
|
19.0
|
23,221
|
3,375
|
14.5
|
1,947
|
506
|
26.0
|
4,104
|
1,679
|
40.9
|
|
Outside metro statistical areas (35)
|
5,480
|
1,465
|
26.7
|
4,281
|
800
|
18.7
|
306
|
109
|
35.5
|
894
|
556
|
62.2
|
Division (31) |
|---|
New England
|
11,578
|
1,621
|
14.0
|
9,110
|
781
|
8.6
|
680
|
145
|
21.4
|
1,788
|
695
|
38.9
|
|
Middle Atlantic
|
32,915
|
6,027
|
18.3
|
24,292
|
2,684
|
11.0
|
2,111
|
592
|
28.1
|
6,512
|
2,751
|
42.2
|
|
East North Central
|
37,564
|
7,428
|
19.8
|
28,328
|
3,294
|
11.6
|
2,627
|
859
|
32.7
|
6,608
|
3,274
|
49.5
|
|
West North Central
|
16,116
|
2,863
|
17.8
|
12,871
|
1,442
|
11.2
|
853
|
261
|
30.6
|
2,391
|
1,160
|
48.5
|
|
South Atlantic
|
47,884
|
9,937
|
20.8
|
35,654
|
4,730
|
13.3
|
2,866
|
865
|
30.2
|
9,364
|
4,343
|
46.4
|
|
East South Central
|
14,932
|
3,959
|
26.5
|
11,009
|
1,850
|
16.8
|
860
|
298
|
34.6
|
3,063
|
1,811
|
59.1
|
|
West South Central
|
30,269
|
7,830
|
25.9
|
22,257
|
4,029
|
18.1
|
1,979
|
558
|
28.2
|
6,033
|
3,243
|
53.8
|
|
Mountain
|
18,003
|
4,082
|
22.7
|
13,954
|
2,246
|
16.1
|
1,107
|
332
|
30.0
|
2,942
|
1,504
|
51.1
|
|
Pacific
|
40,123
|
8,822
|
22.0
|
30,525
|
5,272
|
17.3
|
2,983
|
786
|
26.4
|
6,615
|
2,764
|
41.8
|
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