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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 alone, not Hispanic (12)
 
Families, total (10) 		54,461 5,134 9.4 43,966 2,442 5.6 3,200 547 17.1 7,294 2,145 29.4

Residence and Region (31)

United States:
 
  Inside metro statistical areas 		43,508 3,618 8.3 35,192 1,725 4.9 2,577 399 15.5 5,739 1,494 26.0
      Inside principal cities 12,027 1,148 9.5 9,399 527 5.6 764 109 14.3 1,865 512 27.4
      Outside principal cities 31,481 2,470 7.8 25,794 1,197 4.6 1,813 290 16.0 3,874 983 25.4
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 10,953 1,516 13.8 8,774 717 8.2 624 148 23.8 1,555 650 41.8

Residence and Region (31)
 
Northeast 		10,328 779 7.5 8,291 374 4.5 617 78 12.6 1,419 327 23.1
  Inside metro statistical areas 8,859 633 7.1 7,128 305 4.3 519 63 12.1 1,213 265 21.9
      Inside principal cities 1,609 173 10.8 1,248 85 6.8 115 14 12.1 246 74 30.0
      Outside principal cities 7,250 460 6.3 5,879 220 3.7 404 49 12.1 967 191 19.8
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 1,469 146 9.9 1,164 68 5.9 99 15 15.2 206 62 30.1
Midwest 14,339 1,420 9.9 11,467 592 5.2 902 185 20.5 1,970 643 32.6
  Inside metro statistical areas 10,342 916 8.9 8,266 384 4.6 671 121 18.0 1,404 411 29.2
      Inside principal cities 2,718 322 11.8 2,038 118 5.8 199 32 16.2 481 172 35.7
      Outside principal cities 7,624 594 7.8 6,228 266 4.3 472 89 18.8 924 239 25.9
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 3,997 504 12.6 3,201 208 6.5 231 64 27.5 566 232 41.0
South 19,304 2,128 11.0 15,710 1,086 6.9 1,041 194 18.7 2,553 848 33.2
  Inside metro statistical areas 15,120 1,415 9.4 12,372 721 5.8 808 133 16.5 1,939 560 28.9
      Inside principal cities 4,156 381 9.2 3,329 189 5.7 229 40 17.3 598 153 25.6
      Outside principal cities 10,963 1,033 9.4 9,044 532 5.9 579 94 16.2 1,341 407 30.4
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 4,185 713 17.0 3,337 365 10.9 233 61 26.1 615 287 46.8
West 10,490 807 7.7 8,498 389 4.6 640 91 14.2 1,351 327 24.2
  Inside metro statistical areas 9,188 654 7.1 7,427 314 4.2 578 82 14.2 1,183 258 21.8
      Inside principal cities 3,544 272 7.7 2,784 136 4.9 220 23 10.6 540 113 20.9
      Outside principal cities 5,643 382 6.8 4,643 179 3.8 358 59 16.4 643 145 22.6
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 1,302 153 11.7 1,072 75 7.0 62 9 (B) 168 69 40.9

Division (31)
 
New England 		3,162 207 6.5 2,533 86 3.4 194 20 10.3 435 101 23.2
Middle Atlantic 7,166 572 8.0 5,758 288 5.0 423 58 13.7 984 226 23.0
East North Central 9,702 984 10.1 7,675 390 5.1 661 141 21.3 1,367 453 33.1
West North Central 4,637 435 9.4 3,792 202 5.3 242 44 18.0 603 190 31.4
South Atlantic 10,333 1,065 10.3 8,464 559 6.6 543 107 19.8 1,326 398 30.0
East South Central 3,784 580 15.3 2,998 273 9.1 210 46 21.9 576 261 45.4
West South Central 5,187 483 9.3 4,248 254 6.0 288 41 14.2 651 188 28.8
Mountain 3,956 336 8.5 3,229 151 4.7 201 30 14.8 525 156 29.7
Pacific 6,534 471 7.2 5,269 238 4.5 439 61 14.0 826 171 20.7

Poverty Footnotes

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