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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)

Hispanic (any race) (12)
 
Families, total (10) 		10,422 3,137 30.1 6,593 1,510 22.9 1,081 315 29.2 2,748 1,312 47.7

Residence and Region (31)

United States:
 
  Inside metro statistical areas 		9,664 2,881 29.8 6,089 1,383 22.7 1,003 293 29.2 2,571 1,204 46.8
      Inside principal cities 4,974 1,651 33.2 2,924 749 25.6 557 169 30.3 1,493 734 49.2
      Outside principal cities 4,690 1,229 26.2 3,165 635 20.1 446 124 27.9 1,078 470 43.6
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 758 256 33.8 504 127 25.1 77 22 28.6 177 107 60.8

Residence and Region (31)
 
Northeast 		1,486 448 30.1 756 139 18.3 183 50 27.1 547 259 47.4
  Inside metro statistical areas 1,455 441 30.3 734 136 18.5 182 50 27.3 540 255 47.2
      Inside principal cities 828 286 34.6 376 87 23.1 96 27 28.3 355 172 48.5
      Outside principal cities 628 154 24.5 358 49 13.7 85 22 26.3 185 83 44.7
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 31 7 (B) 23 3 (B) 1 0 (B) 7 4 (B)
Midwest 807 264 32.7 491 128 26.1 131 41 31.5 184 95 51.4
  Inside metro statistical areas 712 234 32.9 427 113 26.5 119 36 30.0 166 85 51.4
      Inside principal cities 370 137 37.1 192 58 29.9 77 26 33.6 101 54 53.6
      Outside principal cities 342 97 28.3 235 56 23.7 42 10 (B) 65 31 (B)
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 95 30 31.6 64 15 (B) 13 6 (B) 18 9 (B)
South 3,974 1,199 30.2 2,630 598 22.7 343 99 29.0 1,002 501 50.1
  Inside metro statistical areas 3,596 1,064 29.6 2,387 535 22.4 301 89 29.6 908 440 48.4
      Inside principal cities 1,813 608 33.5 1,145 285 24.9 165 55 33.3 503 268 53.3
      Outside principal cities 1,783 456 25.6 1,241 250 20.2 136 34 25.2 405 172 42.3
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 378 135 35.6 243 63 25.8 41 10 (B) 94 62 66.2
West 4,155 1,227 29.5 2,716 645 23.8 424 125 29.5 1,015 456 45.0
  Inside metro statistical areas 3,901 1,142 29.3 2,541 599 23.6 402 118 29.5 957 424 44.3
      Inside principal cities 1,963 620 31.6 1,210 319 26.4 219 61 27.7 534 240 44.9
      Outside principal cities 1,937 522 26.9 1,331 280 21.0 183 58 31.6 423 185 43.6
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 255 85 33.4 175 47 26.6 22 6 (B) 58 32 (B)

Division (31)
 
New England 		250 92 36.9 109 20 18.4 33 10 (B) 107 62 58.1
Middle Atlantic 1,237 355 28.7 647 119 18.3 150 40 26.7 440 197 44.7
East North Central 608 189 31.1 377 98 26.0 101 29 28.8 129 62 48.1
West North Central 199 75 37.7 114 30 26.5 30 12 (B) 55 32 (B)
South Atlantic 1,476 366 24.8 1,006 204 20.3 134 39 28.9 335 122 36.5
East South Central 117 39 33.1 79 17 21.8 11 3 (B) 27 18 (B)
West South Central 2,381 794 33.4 1,544 376 24.4 197 57 29.1 640 361 56.4
Mountain 1,067 357 33.5 688 183 26.5 115 32 28.1 264 142 53.9
Pacific 3,088 870 28.2 2,028 463 22.8 309 93 29.9 751 314 41.8

Poverty Footnotes

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