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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)

Asian A.O.I.C.
 
 People in families, total (2) 		13,403 2,449 18.3 10,897 1,737 15.9 967 240 24.9 1,539 471 30.6

Residence and Region (31)

United States:
 
  Inside metro statistical areas 		12,966 2,310 17.8 10,551 1,650 15.6 931 217 23.3 1,483 443 29.8
      Inside principal cities 6,007 1,232 20.5 4,821 876 18.2 423 89 21.1 763 267 35.1
      Outside principal cities 6,959 1,077 15.5 5,730 774 13.5 509 128 25.2 720 175 24.3
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 437 139 31.9 346 88 25.3 35 23 (B) 56 29 (B)

Residence and Region (31)
 
Northeast 		2,729 631 23.1 2,307 496 21.5 139 36 25.8 284 99 34.8
  Inside metro statistical areas 2,705 624 23.1 2,283 490 21.4 139 36 25.9 284 99 34.8
      Inside principal cities 1,272 418 32.9 1,076 341 31.7 36 13 (B) 160 64 39.7
      Outside principal cities 1,433 206 14.4 1,206 148 12.3 103 22 21.8 123 35 28.4
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 24 6 (B) 24 6 (B) 0 0 (B) 0 0 (X)
Midwest 1,628 356 21.9 1,397 260 18.6 71 25 (B) 160 71 44.3
  Inside metro statistical areas 1,568 336 21.4 1,342 241 17.9 67 25 (B) 159 70 44.3
      Inside principal cities 644 176 27.3 546 125 22.8 27 18 (B) 72 33 (B)
      Outside principal cities 923 160 17.4 796 116 14.6 40 7 (B) 87 37 42.6
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 60 21 (B) 55 20 (B) 4 0 (B) 1 1 (B)
South 2,990 544 18.2 2,412 367 15.2 283 105 37.0 295 73 24.6
  Inside metro statistical areas 2,838 471 16.6 2,283 317 13.9 259 82 31.7 295 73 24.6
      Inside principal cities 936 147 15.8 747 94 12.5 89 20 22.9 100 33 33.6
      Outside principal cities 1,902 324 17.0 1,537 223 14.5 170 62 36.4 195 39 20.0
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 152 73 47.8 129 51 39.2 23 22 (B) 0 0 (X)
West 6,056 918 15.2 4,781 614 12.8 474 75 15.8 801 229 28.6
  Inside metro statistical areas 5,855 878 15.0 4,643 603 13.0 466 74 15.9 746 201 27.0
      Inside principal cities 3,155 491 15.6 2,453 317 12.9 271 37 13.8 431 137 31.8
      Outside principal cities 2,700 387 14.3 2,190 286 13.1 196 37 18.8 315 64 20.3
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 201 39 19.7 138 11 7.7 8 1 (B) 55 28 (B)

Division (31)
 
New England 		580 131 22.6 480 113 23.4 22 3 (B) 77 15 19.6
Middle Atlantic 2,150 500 23.2 1,826 383 21.0 117 33 28.0 207 84 40.4
East North Central 1,303 298 22.9 1,125 214 19.1 50 21 (B) 128 62 48.6
West North Central 324 59 18.1 272 46 16.9 21 4 (B) 32 9 (B)
South Atlantic 1,646 274 16.7 1,317 180 13.7 140 50 35.7 189 44 23.4
East South Central 188 42 22.3 168 27 16.3 18 12 (B) 2 2 (B)
West South Central 1,155 228 19.7 928 160 17.2 124 42 34.0 103 26 25.2
Mountain 592 124 20.9 463 72 15.6 53 14 (B) 76 38 49.4
Pacific 5,464 794 14.5 4,318 541 12.5 421 61 14.5 725 192 26.4

Poverty Footnotes

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