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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 200% of poverty (5) Percentage below 200% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 200% of poverty (5) Percentage below 200% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 200% of poverty (5) Percentage below 200% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 200% of poverty (5) Percentage below 200% of poverty (6)

Hispanic (any race)
 
 People in families, total (2) 		42,717 22,474 52.6 28,498 13,351 46.8 3,935 1,870 47.5 10,283 7,254 70.5

Residence and Region (31)

United States:
 
  Inside metro statistical areas 		39,678 20,632 52.0 26,430 12,272 46.4 3,653 1,697 46.5 9,594 6,663 69.5
      Inside principal cities 19,979 11,462 57.4 12,538 6,464 51.6 1,992 1,017 51.1 5,449 3,980 73.1
      Outside principal cities 19,699 9,171 46.6 13,893 5,808 41.8 1,661 680 40.9 4,146 2,683 64.7
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 3,039 1,842 60.6 2,067 1,079 52.2 282 173 61.2 689 590 85.7

Residence and Region (31)
 
Northeast 		5,667 2,758 48.7 3,063 1,117 36.5 630 272 43.2 1,975 1,368 69.3
  Inside metro statistical areas 5,554 2,709 48.8 2,984 1,096 36.7 626 272 43.5 1,944 1,341 69.0
      Inside principal cities 3,044 1,743 57.2 1,484 686 46.2 341 169 49.5 1,219 888 72.9
      Outside principal cities 2,510 966 38.5 1,500 411 27.4 285 103 36.3 726 453 62.4
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 113 49 43.2 78 21 26.8 4 0 (B) 31 28 (B)
Midwest 3,413 1,850 54.2 2,273 1,096 48.2 453 244 53.9 687 510 74.4
  Inside metro statistical areas 2,951 1,588 53.8 1,942 941 48.5 411 207 50.4 598 439 73.5
      Inside principal cities 1,501 906 60.4 885 481 54.3 256 145 56.4 360 281 78.0
      Outside principal cities 1,451 682 47.0 1,057 461 43.6 155 63 40.5 238 159 66.7
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 462 262 56.8 331 154 46.5 42 37 (B) 89 71 80.3
South 15,655 8,445 53.9 10,762 5,128 47.7 1,224 593 48.5 3,669 2,723 74.2
  Inside metro statistical areas 14,163 7,508 53.0 9,782 4,583 46.8 1,065 519 48.7 3,316 2,407 72.6
      Inside principal cities 6,987 4,118 58.9 4,612 2,427 52.6 578 295 51.1 1,797 1,396 77.7
      Outside principal cities 7,176 3,390 47.2 5,170 2,156 41.7 487 223 45.9 1,519 1,011 66.6
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 1,492 937 62.8 979 546 55.7 159 74 46.9 354 317 89.5
West 17,982 9,422 52.4 12,400 6,009 48.5 1,629 760 46.7 3,952 2,652 67.1
  Inside metro statistical areas 17,010 8,828 51.9 11,722 5,652 48.2 1,551 699 45.0 3,737 2,477 66.3
      Inside principal cities 8,447 4,696 55.6 5,557 2,871 51.7 817 409 50.0 2,073 1,416 68.3
      Outside principal cities 8,563 4,132 48.3 6,165 2,781 45.1 734 290 39.5 1,663 1,061 63.8
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 972 594 61.1 678 358 52.8 78 62 78.8 216 175 81.0

Division (31)
 
New England 		913 504 55.3 451 180 39.9 99 59 59.2 362 266 73.3
Middle Atlantic 4,755 2,254 47.4 2,612 937 35.9 530 213 40.3 1,613 1,103 68.4
East North Central 2,584 1,322 51.1 1,772 821 46.3 348 165 47.4 465 336 72.2
West North Central 828 529 63.8 502 274 54.7 105 80 75.5 221 174 78.8
South Atlantic 5,654 2,699 47.7 3,923 1,680 42.8 502 233 46.4 1,229 786 63.9
East South Central 504 333 66.0 355 204 57.4 33 15 (B) 116 114 98.1
West South Central 9,498 5,413 57.0 6,484 3,244 50.0 689 345 50.1 2,325 1,824 78.4
Mountain 4,360 2,424 55.6 2,911 1,421 48.8 405 224 55.3 1,044 778 74.6
Pacific 13,622 6,998 51.4 9,489 4,588 48.4 1,224 536 43.8 2,909 1,874 64.4

Poverty Footnotes

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