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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 125% of poverty (5) Percentage below 125% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 125% of poverty (5) Percentage below 125% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 125% of poverty (5) Percentage below 125% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 125% of poverty (5) Percentage below 125% of poverty (6)

White A.O.I.C. (12)
 
Families, total (10) 		65,012 8,217 12.6 50,734 3,921 7.7 4,272 851 19.9 10,006 3,444 34.4

Residence and Region (31)

United States:
 
  Inside metro statistical areas 		53,186 6,425 12.1 41,382 3,074 7.4 3,561 678 19.0 8,243 2,673 32.4
      Inside principal cities 16,918 2,750 16.3 12,319 1,258 10.2 1,298 266 20.5 3,302 1,227 37.1
      Outside principal cities 36,268 3,674 10.1 29,064 1,816 6.2 2,264 413 18.2 4,941 1,446 29.3
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 11,826 1,792 15.2 9,352 847 9.1 711 173 24.4 1,763 772 43.8

Residence and Region (31)
 
Northeast 		11,746 1,196 10.2 9,027 498 5.5 794 123 15.5 1,924 575 29.9
  Inside metro statistical areas 10,235 1,040 10.2 7,834 426 5.4 693 108 15.6 1,708 506 29.6
      Inside principal cities 2,346 428 18.2 1,586 160 10.1 199 36 17.9 561 233 41.5
      Outside principal cities 7,889 613 7.8 6,248 267 4.3 495 72 14.6 1,147 273 23.8
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 1,510 156 10.3 1,193 72 6.0 101 15 15.1 216 69 31.8
Midwest 15,230 1,692 11.1 12,007 722 6.0 1,043 224 21.5 2,180 745 34.2
  Inside metro statistical areas 11,109 1,154 10.4 8,722 494 5.7 796 155 19.5 1,591 505 31.7
      Inside principal cities 3,115 467 15.0 2,242 177 7.9 277 57 20.5 596 233 39.2
      Outside principal cities 7,994 687 8.6 6,480 317 4.9 518 99 19.0 995 271 27.3
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 4,121 537 13.0 3,285 228 6.9 247 69 28.0 589 240 40.8
South 23,373 3,315 14.2 18,437 1,681 9.1 1,385 292 21.1 3,551 1,342 37.8
  Inside metro statistical areas 18,765 2,463 13.1 14,830 1,258 8.5 1,107 218 19.7 2,829 987 34.9
      Inside principal cities 5,969 980 16.4 4,491 472 10.5 388 92 23.6 1,090 417 38.2
      Outside principal cities 12,796 1,484 11.6 10,339 787 7.6 719 126 17.6 1,738 570 32.8
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 4,608 852 18.5 3,607 422 11.7 278 74 26.7 723 355 49.1
West 14,663 2,014 13.7 11,264 1,021 9.1 1,049 211 20.1 2,350 782 33.3
  Inside metro statistical areas 13,077 1,767 13.5 9,996 895 9.0 965 197 20.4 2,116 674 31.9
      Inside principal cities 5,488 875 16.0 4,000 450 11.2 433 82 18.9 1,056 344 32.6
      Outside principal cities 7,588 891 11.7 5,997 445 7.4 532 115 21.6 1,060 331 31.2
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 1,586 247 15.6 1,267 126 9.9 84 14 16.9 235 107 45.8

Division (31)
 
New England 		3,411 290 8.5 2,650 106 4.0 226 27 12.1 535 156 29.2
Middle Atlantic 8,334 906 10.9 6,377 392 6.1 568 96 16.9 1,389 419 30.2
East North Central 10,371 1,184 11.4 8,084 490 6.1 769 169 22.0 1,518 525 34.6
West North Central 4,859 507 10.4 3,923 232 5.9 274 56 20.3 662 220 33.3
South Atlantic 11,801 1,414 12.0 9,476 754 8.0 672 141 21.1 1,652 519 31.4
East South Central 3,914 622 15.9 3,088 290 9.4 222 49 22.2 604 283 46.8
West South Central 7,659 1,279 16.7 5,872 637 10.8 491 102 20.7 1,296 541 41.7
Mountain 5,031 690 13.7 3,930 332 8.4 313 60 19.1 788 299 37.9
Pacific 9,632 1,324 13.7 7,333 689 9.4 736 152 20.6 1,562 483 30.9

Poverty Footnotes

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