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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)

Hispanic (any race) (12)
 
Families, total (10) 		10,422 2,369 22.7 6,593 1,054 16.0 1,081 249 23.0 2,748 1,066 38.8

Residence and Region (31)

United States:
 
  Inside metro statistical areas 		9,664 2,182 22.6 6,089 974 16.0 1,003 234 23.3 2,571 974 37.9
      Inside principal cities 4,974 1,292 26.0 2,924 540 18.5 557 143 25.7 1,493 609 40.8
      Outside principal cities 4,690 890 19.0 3,165 434 13.7 446 90 20.3 1,078 366 33.9
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 758 187 24.6 504 80 16.0 77 15 19.6 177 91 51.6

Residence and Region (31)
 
Northeast 		1,486 335 22.5 756 87 11.5 183 32 17.4 547 216 39.5
  Inside metro statistical areas 1,455 329 22.6 734 85 11.6 182 32 17.5 540 212 39.3
      Inside principal cities 828 226 27.3 376 55 14.7 96 22 23.3 355 148 41.7
      Outside principal cities 628 103 16.4 358 30 8.4 85 9 11.0 185 64 34.5
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 31 6 (B) 23 1 (B) 1 0 (B) 7 4 (B)
Midwest 807 208 25.7 491 87 17.6 131 39 29.3 184 82 44.8
  Inside metro statistical areas 712 186 26.1 427 78 18.2 119 35 29.2 166 74 44.6
      Inside principal cities 370 110 29.7 192 39 20.2 77 26 33.6 101 45 44.9
      Outside principal cities 342 76 22.3 235 39 16.5 42 9 (B) 65 29 (B)
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 95 22 22.8 64 9 (B) 13 4 (B) 18 9 (B)
South 3,974 892 22.4 2,630 413 15.7 343 80 23.5 1,002 399 39.8
  Inside metro statistical areas 3,596 795 22.1 2,387 374 15.7 301 74 24.7 908 347 38.2
      Inside principal cities 1,813 462 25.5 1,145 199 17.4 165 47 28.6 503 216 42.9
      Outside principal cities 1,783 333 18.7 1,241 175 14.1 136 27 20.1 405 131 32.3
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 378 97 25.7 243 39 16.2 41 6 (B) 94 52 55.4
West 4,155 935 22.5 2,716 468 17.2 424 98 23.2 1,015 368 36.3
  Inside metro statistical areas 3,901 872 22.4 2,541 438 17.2 402 93 23.1 957 342 35.7
      Inside principal cities 1,963 495 25.2 1,210 247 20.4 219 48 22.0 534 199 37.3
      Outside principal cities 1,937 377 19.5 1,331 190 14.3 183 45 24.5 423 142 33.7
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 255 62 24.5 175 31 17.5 22 5 (B) 58 27 (B)

Division (31)
 
New England 		250 65 26.1 109 12 11.4 33 9 (B) 107 44 41.1
Middle Atlantic 1,237 270 21.8 647 74 11.5 150 23 15.5 440 172 39.2
East North Central 608 152 25.0 377 70 18.5 101 28 27.6 129 54 41.8
West North Central 199 56 28.1 114 17 14.9 30 10 (B) 55 28 (B)
South Atlantic 1,476 281 19.0 1,006 147 14.6 134 33 24.7 335 101 30.1
East South Central 117 33 28.2 79 11 14.6 11 3 (B) 27 18 (B)
West South Central 2,381 578 24.3 1,544 254 16.5 197 44 22.4 640 279 43.7
Mountain 1,067 275 25.8 688 132 19.1 115 28 24.7 264 115 43.5
Pacific 3,088 660 21.4 2,028 336 16.6 309 70 22.6 751 254 33.7

Poverty Footnotes

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