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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)

Hispanic (any race)
 
 People in families, total (2) 		42,717 20,011 46.8 28,498 11,637 40.8 3,935 1,660 42.2 10,283 6,714 65.3

Residence and Region (31)

United States:
 
  Inside metro statistical areas 		39,678 18,395 46.4 26,430 10,724 40.6 3,653 1,512 41.4 9,594 6,159 64.2
      Inside principal cities 19,979 10,229 51.2 12,538 5,667 45.2 1,992 922 46.3 5,449 3,639 66.8
      Outside principal cities 19,699 8,166 41.5 13,893 5,057 36.4 1,661 590 35.5 4,146 2,519 60.8
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 3,039 1,616 53.2 2,067 913 44.2 282 148 52.4 689 555 80.6

Residence and Region (31)
 
Northeast 		5,667 2,421 42.7 3,063 955 31.2 630 227 36.1 1,975 1,239 62.7
  Inside metro statistical areas 5,554 2,374 42.7 2,984 934 31.3 626 227 36.3 1,944 1,212 62.4
      Inside principal cities 3,044 1,501 49.3 1,484 576 38.8 341 134 39.2 1,219 791 64.9
      Outside principal cities 2,510 873 34.8 1,500 358 23.9 285 94 32.9 726 422 58.1
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 113 48 42.2 78 21 26.8 4 0 (B) 31 27 (B)
Midwest 3,413 1,654 48.5 2,273 968 42.6 453 224 49.5 687 461 67.2
  Inside metro statistical areas 2,951 1,447 49.0 1,942 847 43.6 411 196 47.6 598 403 67.5
      Inside principal cities 1,501 829 55.3 885 437 49.4 256 137 53.7 360 255 70.9
      Outside principal cities 1,451 617 42.5 1,057 410 38.8 155 58 37.6 238 148 62.3
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 462 207 44.9 331 121 36.5 42 28 (B) 89 58 65.5
South 15,655 7,565 48.3 10,762 4,490 41.7 1,224 501 41.0 3,669 2,573 70.1
  Inside metro statistical areas 14,163 6,739 47.6 9,782 4,040 41.3 1,065 427 40.1 3,316 2,273 68.5
      Inside principal cities 6,987 3,718 53.2 4,612 2,138 46.4 578 265 45.8 1,797 1,315 73.2
      Outside principal cities 7,176 3,021 42.1 5,170 1,901 36.8 487 162 33.3 1,519 958 63.1
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 1,492 826 55.3 979 450 46.0 159 74 46.9 354 301 85.0
West 17,982 8,371 46.6 12,400 5,223 42.1 1,629 708 43.4 3,952 2,440 61.7
  Inside metro statistical areas 17,010 7,836 46.1 11,722 4,903 41.8 1,551 663 42.7 3,737 2,271 60.8
      Inside principal cities 8,447 4,181 49.5 5,557 2,516 45.3 817 386 47.3 2,073 1,279 61.7
      Outside principal cities 8,563 3,655 42.7 6,165 2,387 38.7 734 276 37.6 1,663 992 59.6
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 972 536 55.1 678 321 47.3 78 45 57.8 216 170 78.7

Division (31)
 
New England 		913 434 47.5 451 137 30.4 99 45 45.5 362 252 69.5
Middle Atlantic 4,755 1,987 41.8 2,612 818 31.3 530 182 34.3 1,613 987 61.2
East North Central 2,584 1,175 45.5 1,772 728 41.1 348 151 43.5 465 296 63.7
West North Central 828 479 57.8 502 241 48.0 105 73 69.2 221 165 74.7
South Atlantic 5,654 2,355 41.7 3,923 1,452 37.0 502 186 37.1 1,229 717 58.3
East South Central 504 275 54.7 355 151 42.7 33 15 (B) 116 109 93.9
West South Central 9,498 4,934 51.9 6,484 2,886 44.5 689 300 43.5 2,325 1,748 75.2
Mountain 4,360 2,161 49.6 2,911 1,239 42.5 405 199 49.0 1,044 724 69.3
Pacific 13,622 6,211 45.6 9,489 3,985 42.0 1,224 509 41.6 2,909 1,717 59.0

Poverty Footnotes

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