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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) |
White A.O.I.C. |
|---|
People in families, total (2)
|
202,498
|
37,413
|
18.5
|
160,963
|
21,147
|
13.1
|
12,118
|
3,260
|
26.9
|
29,417
|
13,006
|
44.2
|
Residence and Region (31) |
|---|
United States: |
|---|
Inside metro statistical areas
|
167,439
|
29,738
|
17.8
|
132,900
|
16,857
|
12.7
|
10,170
|
2,646
|
26.0
|
24,369
|
10,235
|
42.0
|
|
Inside principal cities
|
53,826
|
12,908
|
24.0
|
39,962
|
7,010
|
17.5
|
3,830
|
1,114
|
29.1
|
10,034
|
4,784
|
47.7
|
|
Outside principal cities
|
113,613
|
16,830
|
14.8
|
92,938
|
9,848
|
10.6
|
6,340
|
1,532
|
24.2
|
14,335
|
5,451
|
38.0
|
|
Outside metro statistical areas (35)
|
35,059
|
7,675
|
21.9
|
28,063
|
4,290
|
15.3
|
1,948
|
614
|
31.5
|
5,048
|
2,771
|
54.9
|
Residence and Region (31) |
|---|
Northeast
|
36,223
|
5,157
|
14.2
|
28,579
|
2,508
|
8.8
|
2,162
|
500
|
23.1
|
5,482
|
2,149
|
39.2
|
|
Inside metro statistical areas
|
31,829
|
4,462
|
14.0
|
25,018
|
2,139
|
8.6
|
1,914
|
431
|
22.5
|
4,898
|
1,892
|
38.6
|
|
Inside principal cities
|
7,308
|
1,802
|
24.7
|
5,014
|
783
|
15.6
|
583
|
161
|
27.5
|
1,711
|
859
|
50.2
|
|
Outside principal cities
|
24,521
|
2,660
|
10.8
|
20,004
|
1,356
|
6.8
|
1,330
|
270
|
20.3
|
3,187
|
1,034
|
32.4
|
|
Outside metro statistical areas (35)
|
4,394
|
695
|
15.8
|
3,561
|
369
|
10.4
|
249
|
69
|
27.8
|
584
|
257
|
44.0
|
|
Midwest
|
46,342
|
7,291
|
15.7
|
37,388
|
3,846
|
10.3
|
2,783
|
790
|
28.4
|
6,171
|
2,654
|
43.0
|
|
Inside metro statistical areas
|
34,176
|
5,001
|
14.6
|
27,545
|
2,599
|
9.4
|
2,141
|
586
|
27.4
|
4,490
|
1,816
|
40.5
|
|
Inside principal cities
|
9,520
|
2,046
|
21.5
|
7,062
|
950
|
13.5
|
747
|
250
|
33.5
|
1,711
|
846
|
49.4
|
|
Outside principal cities
|
24,656
|
2,955
|
12.0
|
20,483
|
1,649
|
8.0
|
1,394
|
336
|
24.1
|
2,778
|
971
|
34.9
|
|
Outside metro statistical areas (35)
|
12,167
|
2,290
|
18.8
|
9,843
|
1,247
|
12.7
|
642
|
204
|
31.8
|
1,682
|
838
|
49.8
|
|
South
|
71,786
|
14,502
|
20.2
|
57,424
|
8,487
|
14.8
|
3,975
|
1,097
|
27.6
|
10,387
|
4,918
|
47.4
|
|
Inside metro statistical areas
|
58,065
|
10,967
|
18.9
|
46,601
|
6,466
|
13.9
|
3,152
|
818
|
25.9
|
8,312
|
3,683
|
44.3
|
|
Inside principal cities
|
18,653
|
4,385
|
23.5
|
14,255
|
2,472
|
17.3
|
1,134
|
312
|
27.5
|
3,264
|
1,601
|
49.1
|
|
Outside principal cities
|
39,412
|
6,582
|
16.7
|
32,346
|
3,995
|
12.3
|
2,018
|
506
|
25.1
|
5,047
|
2,082
|
41.2
|
|
Outside metro statistical areas (35)
|
13,721
|
3,535
|
25.8
|
10,823
|
2,020
|
18.7
|
823
|
279
|
33.9
|
2,075
|
1,235
|
59.5
|
|
West
|
48,146
|
10,463
|
21.7
|
37,572
|
6,306
|
16.8
|
3,198
|
873
|
27.3
|
7,376
|
3,284
|
44.5
|
|
Inside metro statistical areas
|
43,369
|
9,308
|
21.5
|
33,736
|
5,653
|
16.8
|
2,963
|
812
|
27.4
|
6,669
|
2,843
|
42.6
|
|
Inside principal cities
|
18,344
|
4,675
|
25.5
|
13,631
|
2,805
|
20.6
|
1,365
|
392
|
28.7
|
3,347
|
1,478
|
44.2
|
|
Outside principal cities
|
25,025
|
4,633
|
18.5
|
20,105
|
2,848
|
14.2
|
1,598
|
420
|
26.3
|
3,322
|
1,365
|
41.1
|
|
Outside metro statistical areas (35)
|
4,777
|
1,155
|
24.2
|
3,836
|
654
|
17.0
|
235
|
62
|
26.2
|
707
|
440
|
62.3
|
Division (31) |
|---|
New England
|
10,211
|
1,237
|
12.1
|
8,177
|
583
|
7.1
|
597
|
118
|
19.8
|
1,438
|
536
|
37.3
|
|
Middle Atlantic
|
26,012
|
3,920
|
15.1
|
20,401
|
1,925
|
9.4
|
1,566
|
382
|
24.4
|
4,045
|
1,614
|
39.9
|
|
East North Central
|
31,724
|
5,075
|
16.0
|
25,335
|
2,636
|
10.4
|
2,067
|
591
|
28.6
|
4,322
|
1,848
|
42.8
|
|
West North Central
|
14,618
|
2,216
|
15.2
|
12,053
|
1,211
|
10.0
|
716
|
199
|
27.8
|
1,849
|
806
|
43.6
|
|
South Atlantic
|
35,542
|
5,921
|
16.7
|
29,028
|
3,581
|
12.3
|
1,900
|
507
|
26.7
|
4,614
|
1,833
|
39.7
|
|
East South Central
|
11,708
|
2,546
|
21.7
|
9,398
|
1,436
|
15.3
|
595
|
181
|
30.5
|
1,715
|
929
|
54.2
|
|
West South Central
|
24,536
|
6,034
|
24.6
|
18,999
|
3,470
|
18.3
|
1,480
|
408
|
27.6
|
4,057
|
2,157
|
53.2
|
|
Mountain
|
16,127
|
3,401
|
21.1
|
12,794
|
1,938
|
15.1
|
885
|
230
|
26.0
|
2,448
|
1,233
|
50.4
|
|
Pacific
|
32,019
|
7,062
|
22.1
|
24,778
|
4,368
|
17.6
|
2,313
|
643
|
27.8
|
4,928
|
2,050
|
41.6
|
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