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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)

Hispanic (any race)
 
 People in families, total (2) 		42,717 16,907 39.6 28,498 9,613 33.7 3,935 1,384 35.2 10,283 5,910 57.5

Residence and Region (31)

United States:
 
  Inside metro statistical areas 		39,678 15,546 39.2 26,430 8,890 33.6 3,653 1,264 34.6 9,594 5,392 56.2
      Inside principal cities 19,979 8,603 43.1 12,538 4,688 37.4 1,992 759 38.1 5,449 3,157 57.9
      Outside principal cities 19,699 6,943 35.2 13,893 4,202 30.2 1,661 506 30.4 4,146 2,235 53.9
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 3,039 1,361 44.8 2,067 722 34.9 282 120 42.6 689 518 75.2

Residence and Region (31)
 
Northeast 		5,667 1,992 35.2 3,063 744 24.3 630 218 34.6 1,975 1,030 52.2
  Inside metro statistical areas 5,554 1,954 35.2 2,984 728 24.4 626 218 34.8 1,944 1,009 51.9
      Inside principal cities 3,044 1,190 39.1 1,484 430 28.9 341 127 37.2 1,219 634 52.0
      Outside principal cities 2,510 764 30.4 1,500 298 19.9 285 91 32.0 726 375 51.6
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 113 38 33.5 78 16 20.9 4 0 (B) 31 22 (B)
Midwest 3,413 1,391 40.8 2,273 769 33.8 453 190 41.9 687 432 62.9
  Inside metro statistical areas 2,951 1,221 41.4 1,942 679 35.0 411 161 39.2 598 381 63.7
      Inside principal cities 1,501 704 46.9 885 349 39.5 256 115 44.9 360 240 66.7
      Outside principal cities 1,451 517 35.6 1,057 329 31.1 155 46 29.9 238 141 59.3
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 462 170 36.8 331 91 27.3 42 28 (B) 89 51 57.6
South 15,655 6,322 40.4 10,762 3,663 34.0 1,224 411 33.6 3,669 2,249 61.3
  Inside metro statistical areas 14,163 5,603 39.6 9,782 3,293 33.7 1,065 343 32.2 3,316 1,967 59.3
      Inside principal cities 6,987 3,076 44.0 4,612 1,730 37.5 578 209 36.1 1,797 1,137 63.3
      Outside principal cities 7,176 2,527 35.2 5,170 1,563 30.2 487 134 27.5 1,519 830 54.7
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 1,492 719 48.2 979 370 37.8 159 68 42.8 354 282 79.6
West 17,982 7,201 40.0 12,400 4,436 35.8 1,629 566 34.7 3,952 2,199 55.6
  Inside metro statistical areas 17,010 6,768 39.8 11,722 4,191 35.8 1,551 542 35.0 3,737 2,035 54.5
      Inside principal cities 8,447 3,633 43.0 5,557 2,179 39.2 817 308 37.7 2,073 1,146 55.3
      Outside principal cities 8,563 3,135 36.6 6,165 2,012 32.6 734 234 31.9 1,663 889 53.4
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 972 434 44.6 678 246 36.2 78 24 30.6 216 164 76.1

Division (31)
 
New England 		913 392 42.9 451 116 25.7 99 40 40.2 362 236 65.1
Middle Atlantic 4,755 1,601 33.7 2,612 628 24.1 530 178 33.6 1,613 794 49.2
East North Central 2,584 990 38.3 1,772 580 32.8 348 131 37.7 465 279 59.9
West North Central 828 402 48.5 502 189 37.7 105 59 55.9 221 154 69.4
South Atlantic 5,654 1,921 34.0 3,923 1,161 29.6 502 162 32.2 1,229 599 48.7
East South Central 504 217 43.1 355 112 31.6 33 15 (B) 116 89 77.2
West South Central 9,498 4,184 44.0 6,484 2,389 36.8 689 234 33.9 2,325 1,561 67.1
Mountain 4,360 1,915 43.9 2,911 1,070 36.8 405 156 38.5 1,044 689 66.0
Pacific 13,622 5,286 38.8 9,489 3,366 35.5 1,224 410 33.5 2,909 1,510 51.9

Poverty Footnotes

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