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POV44: Region, Division and Type of Residence -- Poverty Status for 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)
| |
Families (total) (10) |
Married-couple families (11) |
Families with a male householder, no wife present |
Families with a female householder, no husband present |
| All income levels |
Below 100% of poverty (5) |
Percentage below 100% of poverty (6) |
All income levels |
Below 100% of poverty (5) |
Percentage below 100% of poverty (6) |
All income levels |
Below 100% of poverty (5) |
Percentage below 100% of poverty (6) |
All income levels |
Below 100% of poverty (5) |
Percentage below 100% of poverty (6) |
Asian A.O.I.C. (12) |
|---|
Families, total (10)
|
3,742
|
359
|
9.6
|
2,987
|
239
|
8.0
|
273
|
34
|
12.3
|
481
|
87
|
18.0
|
Residence and Region (31) |
|---|
United States: |
|---|
Inside metro statistical areas
|
3,632
|
345
|
9.5
|
2,899
|
233
|
8.0
|
267
|
31
|
11.6
|
466
|
81
|
17.5
|
|
Inside principal cities
|
1,716
|
195
|
11.4
|
1,350
|
128
|
9.4
|
125
|
18
|
14.0
|
241
|
50
|
20.8
|
|
Outside principal cities
|
1,916
|
150
|
7.8
|
1,549
|
106
|
6.8
|
142
|
13
|
9.4
|
225
|
31
|
13.9
|
|
Outside metro statistical areas (35)
|
110
|
14
|
12.4
|
88
|
6
|
6.6
|
6
|
3
|
(B)
|
15
|
5
|
(B)
|
Residence and Region (31) |
|---|
Northeast
|
790
|
92
|
11.7
|
659
|
69
|
10.4
|
45
|
6
|
(B)
|
86
|
17
|
20.0
|
|
Inside metro statistical areas
|
782
|
91
|
11.6
|
651
|
67
|
10.3
|
45
|
6
|
(B)
|
86
|
17
|
20.0
|
|
Inside principal cities
|
380
|
66
|
17.3
|
315
|
50
|
15.8
|
16
|
2
|
(B)
|
49
|
14
|
(B)
|
|
Outside principal cities
|
402
|
25
|
6.2
|
336
|
18
|
5.2
|
29
|
4
|
(B)
|
37
|
3
|
(B)
|
|
Outside metro statistical areas (35)
|
8
|
1
|
(B)
|
8
|
1
|
(B)
|
0
|
0
|
(X)
|
0
|
0
|
(X)
|
|
Midwest
|
442
|
58
|
13.2
|
363
|
33
|
9.1
|
22
|
4
|
(B)
|
57
|
21
|
(B)
|
|
Inside metro statistical areas
|
430
|
57
|
13.4
|
352
|
33
|
9.3
|
21
|
4
|
(B)
|
56
|
21
|
(B)
|
|
Inside principal cities
|
169
|
32
|
19.1
|
140
|
21
|
14.7
|
7
|
3
|
(B)
|
22
|
9
|
(B)
|
|
Outside principal cities
|
261
|
25
|
9.7
|
212
|
12
|
5.7
|
14
|
2
|
(B)
|
34
|
12
|
(B)
|
|
Outside metro statistical areas (35)
|
12
|
1
|
(B)
|
11
|
1
|
(B)
|
1
|
0
|
(B)
|
0
|
0
|
(B)
|
|
South
|
838
|
71
|
8.4
|
670
|
53
|
7.9
|
75
|
8
|
(B)
|
93
|
9
|
10.2
|
|
Inside metro statistical areas
|
803
|
66
|
8.2
|
638
|
51
|
8.0
|
72
|
5
|
(B)
|
93
|
9
|
10.2
|
|
Inside principal cities
|
273
|
21
|
7.8
|
217
|
14
|
6.5
|
23
|
2
|
(B)
|
33
|
5
|
(B)
|
|
Outside principal cities
|
530
|
44
|
8.4
|
421
|
37
|
8.7
|
49
|
3
|
(B)
|
60
|
5
|
(B)
|
|
Outside metro statistical areas (35)
|
35
|
5
|
(B)
|
32
|
2
|
(B)
|
3
|
3
|
(B)
|
0
|
0
|
(X)
|
|
West
|
1,673
|
138
|
8.3
|
1,296
|
84
|
6.5
|
132
|
15
|
11.4
|
245
|
39
|
15.9
|
|
Inside metro statistical areas
|
1,618
|
132
|
8.1
|
1,258
|
82
|
6.5
|
129
|
15
|
11.7
|
230
|
34
|
14.9
|
|
Inside principal cities
|
894
|
76
|
8.5
|
678
|
43
|
6.3
|
79
|
10
|
13.1
|
137
|
22
|
16.5
|
|
Outside principal cities
|
724
|
56
|
7.7
|
580
|
39
|
6.8
|
50
|
5
|
(B)
|
94
|
12
|
12.5
|
|
Outside metro statistical areas (35)
|
56
|
7
|
(B)
|
37
|
2
|
(B)
|
3
|
0
|
(B)
|
15
|
5
|
(B)
|
Division (31) |
|---|
New England
|
157
|
17
|
11.0
|
127
|
16
|
12.5
|
8
|
1
|
(B)
|
23
|
1
|
(B)
|
|
Middle Atlantic
|
633
|
75
|
11.8
|
532
|
53
|
9.9
|
37
|
6
|
(B)
|
63
|
16
|
(B)
|
|
East North Central
|
354
|
51
|
14.3
|
293
|
30
|
10.1
|
15
|
3
|
(B)
|
46
|
18
|
(B)
|
|
West North Central
|
87
|
7
|
8.5
|
70
|
4
|
(B)
|
7
|
1
|
(B)
|
10
|
3
|
(B)
|
|
South Atlantic
|
469
|
36
|
7.6
|
371
|
27
|
7.3
|
39
|
2
|
(B)
|
59
|
6
|
(B)
|
|
East South Central
|
52
|
8
|
(B)
|
45
|
5
|
(B)
|
6
|
2
|
(B)
|
1
|
1
|
(B)
|
|
West South Central
|
316
|
27
|
8.6
|
254
|
21
|
8.3
|
29
|
4
|
(B)
|
33
|
2
|
(B)
|
|
Mountain
|
175
|
25
|
14.2
|
138
|
17
|
12.2
|
14
|
3
|
(B)
|
22
|
5
|
(B)
|
|
Pacific
|
1,499
|
114
|
7.6
|
1,158
|
67
|
5.8
|
118
|
12
|
10.2
|
223
|
34
|
15.4
|
Poverty Footnotes
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