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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 175% of poverty (5) Percentage below 175% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 175% of poverty (5) Percentage below 175% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 175% of poverty (5) Percentage below 175% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 175% of poverty (5) Percentage below 175% of poverty (6)

Asian A.O.I.C.
 
 People in families, total (2) 		13,403 2,926 21.8 10,897 2,080 19.1 967 289 29.9 1,539 557 36.2

Residence and Region (31)

United States:
 
  Inside metro statistical areas 		12,966 2,764 21.3 10,551 1,976 18.7 931 262 28.1 1,483 527 35.5
      Inside principal cities 6,007 1,453 24.2 4,821 1,005 20.9 423 131 31.1 763 317 41.5
      Outside principal cities 6,959 1,311 18.8 5,730 970 16.9 509 131 25.7 720 210 29.2
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 437 162 37.1 346 105 30.3 35 27 (B) 56 30 (B)

Residence and Region (31)
 
Northeast 		2,729 708 25.9 2,307 550 23.8 139 44 31.9 284 114 40.1
  Inside metro statistical areas 2,705 701 25.9 2,283 543 23.8 139 44 31.9 284 114 40.1
      Inside principal cities 1,272 454 35.7 1,076 359 33.3 36 22 (B) 160 74 45.8
      Outside principal cities 1,433 247 17.2 1,206 185 15.3 103 22 21.8 123 40 32.5
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 24 6 (B) 24 6 (B) 0 0 (B) 0 0 (X)
Midwest 1,628 409 25.2 1,397 302 21.6 71 27 (B) 160 81 50.4
  Inside metro statistical areas 1,568 381 24.3 1,342 273 20.4 67 27 (B) 159 80 50.3
      Inside principal cities 644 204 31.7 546 142 26.1 27 20 (B) 72 42 (B)
      Outside principal cities 923 176 19.1 796 131 16.5 40 7 (B) 87 38 43.5
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 60 29 (B) 55 28 (B) 4 0 (B) 1 1 (B)
South 2,990 655 21.9 2,412 447 18.5 283 116 40.9 295 92 31.2
  Inside metro statistical areas 2,838 576 20.3 2,283 392 17.2 259 92 35.6 295 92 31.2
      Inside principal cities 936 186 19.9 747 124 16.5 89 29 32.0 100 34 34.4
      Outside principal cities 1,902 389 20.5 1,537 268 17.4 170 64 37.4 195 58 29.5
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 152 79 51.9 129 56 43.1 23 23 (B) 0 0 (X)
West 6,056 1,154 19.1 4,781 782 16.4 474 102 21.4 801 271 33.8
  Inside metro statistical areas 5,855 1,107 18.9 4,643 767 16.5 466 98 21.0 746 241 32.4
      Inside principal cities 3,155 609 19.3 2,453 381 15.5 271 61 22.4 431 167 38.7
      Outside principal cities 2,700 498 18.4 2,190 386 17.6 196 37 19.1 315 74 23.7
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 201 48 23.8 138 15 10.6 8 4 (B) 55 30 (B)

Division (31)
 
New England 		580 157 27.2 480 127 26.5 22 3 (B) 77 27 35.2
Middle Atlantic 2,150 550 25.6 1,826 423 23.1 117 41 35.1 207 86 41.9
East North Central 1,303 342 26.3 1,125 252 22.4 50 21 (B) 128 69 53.7
West North Central 324 67 20.7 272 49 18.0 21 6 (B) 32 12 (B)
South Atlantic 1,646 338 20.5 1,317 221 16.8 140 53 37.7 189 64 33.6
East South Central 188 50 26.3 168 35 20.9 18 12 (B) 2 2 (B)
West South Central 1,155 267 23.1 928 191 20.6 124 50 40.6 103 26 25.2
Mountain 592 140 23.7 463 78 16.8 53 22 (B) 76 41 53.9
Pacific 5,464 1,014 18.6 4,318 704 16.3 421 80 19.0 725 230 31.7

Poverty Footnotes

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