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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 150% of poverty (5) Percentage below 150% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 150% of poverty (5) Percentage below 150% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 150% of poverty (5) Percentage below 150% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 150% of poverty (5) Percentage below 150% of poverty (6)

White A.O.I.C. (12)
 
Families, total (10) 		65,012 10,734 16.5 50,734 5,518 10.9 4,272 1,089 25.5 10,006 4,128 41.2

Residence and Region (31)

United States:
 
  Inside metro statistical areas 		53,186 8,354 15.7 41,382 4,282 10.3 3,561 872 24.5 8,243 3,201 38.8
      Inside principal cities 16,918 3,525 20.8 12,319 1,725 14.0 1,298 338 26.0 3,302 1,462 44.3
      Outside principal cities 36,268 4,830 13.3 29,064 2,557 8.8 2,264 534 23.6 4,941 1,739 35.2
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 11,826 2,380 20.1 9,352 1,236 13.2 711 217 30.5 1,763 927 52.6

Residence and Region (31)
 
Northeast 		11,746 1,572 13.4 9,027 710 7.9 794 164 20.7 1,924 698 36.3
  Inside metro statistical areas 10,235 1,341 13.1 7,834 597 7.6 693 138 20.0 1,708 606 35.5
      Inside principal cities 2,346 535 22.8 1,586 219 13.8 199 45 22.7 561 271 48.4
      Outside principal cities 7,889 806 10.2 6,248 378 6.1 495 93 18.9 1,147 335 29.2
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 1,510 230 15.3 1,193 113 9.4 101 26 25.5 216 92 42.5
Midwest 15,230 2,219 14.6 12,007 1,045 8.7 1,043 284 27.2 2,180 890 40.8
  Inside metro statistical areas 11,109 1,508 13.6 8,722 692 7.9 796 207 26.0 1,591 609 38.3
      Inside principal cities 3,115 601 19.3 2,242 250 11.1 277 77 27.8 596 274 46.0
      Outside principal cities 7,994 907 11.3 6,480 442 6.8 518 130 25.0 995 335 33.7
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 4,121 711 17.3 3,285 354 10.8 247 77 31.1 589 281 47.6
South 23,373 4,257 18.2 18,437 2,306 12.5 1,385 366 26.4 3,551 1,586 44.6
  Inside metro statistical areas 18,765 3,165 16.9 14,830 1,724 11.6 1,107 274 24.8 2,829 1,167 41.3
      Inside principal cities 5,969 1,235 20.7 4,491 635 14.1 388 106 27.3 1,090 494 45.3
      Outside principal cities 12,796 1,930 15.1 10,339 1,089 10.5 719 168 23.4 1,738 673 38.7
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 4,608 1,092 23.7 3,607 582 16.1 278 92 33.0 723 419 57.9
West 14,663 2,686 18.3 11,264 1,457 12.9 1,049 274 26.2 2,350 954 40.6
  Inside metro statistical areas 13,077 2,340 17.9 9,996 1,270 12.7 965 252 26.1 2,116 819 38.7
      Inside principal cities 5,488 1,153 21.0 4,000 621 15.5 433 109 25.2 1,056 423 40.0
      Outside principal cities 7,588 1,187 15.6 5,997 648 10.8 532 143 26.9 1,060 396 37.4
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 1,586 346 21.8 1,267 188 14.8 84 22 26.6 235 136 57.8

Division (31)
 
New England 		3,411 384 11.3 2,650 161 6.1 226 39 17.2 535 185 34.5
Middle Atlantic 8,334 1,188 14.3 6,377 549 8.6 568 125 22.0 1,389 513 37.0
East North Central 10,371 1,552 15.0 8,084 720 8.9 769 210 27.3 1,518 622 41.0
West North Central 4,859 667 13.7 3,923 325 8.3 274 74 26.9 662 268 40.4
South Atlantic 11,801 1,829 15.5 9,476 1,028 10.8 672 170 25.3 1,652 630 38.2
East South Central 3,914 796 20.3 3,088 415 13.4 222 63 28.2 604 318 52.7
West South Central 7,659 1,633 21.3 5,872 863 14.7 491 133 27.1 1,296 637 49.2
Mountain 5,031 902 17.9 3,930 476 12.1 313 72 23.2 788 353 44.8
Pacific 9,632 1,784 18.5 7,333 981 13.4 736 202 27.4 1,562 601 38.5

Poverty Footnotes

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