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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 alone, not Hispanic (12)
 
Families, total (10) 		54,461 6,849 12.6 43,966 3,510 8.0 3,200 716 22.4 7,294 2,624 36.0

Residence and Region (31)

United States:
 
  Inside metro statistical areas 		43,508 4,822 11.1 35,192 2,453 7.0 2,577 531 20.6 5,739 1,838 32.0
      Inside principal cities 12,027 1,548 12.9 9,399 756 8.0 764 145 19.0 1,865 648 34.7
      Outside principal cities 31,481 3,274 10.4 25,794 1,697 6.6 1,813 386 21.3 3,874 1,191 30.7
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 10,953 2,027 18.5 8,774 1,057 12.0 624 185 29.6 1,555 785 50.5

Residence and Region (31)
 
Northeast 		10,328 1,069 10.3 8,291 546 6.6 617 109 17.6 1,419 414 29.2
  Inside metro statistical areas 8,859 850 9.6 7,128 438 6.1 519 83 16.0 1,213 329 27.1
      Inside principal cities 1,609 237 14.7 1,248 121 9.7 115 20 17.2 246 97 39.3
      Outside principal cities 7,250 613 8.5 5,879 317 5.4 404 63 15.7 967 232 24.0
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 1,469 219 14.9 1,164 108 9.3 99 26 25.8 206 85 41.3
Midwest 14,339 1,888 13.2 11,467 879 7.7 902 236 26.2 1,970 774 39.3
  Inside metro statistical areas 10,342 1,216 11.8 8,266 546 6.6 671 166 24.7 1,404 504 35.9
      Inside principal cities 2,718 429 15.8 2,038 174 8.6 199 48 24.3 481 206 42.8
      Outside principal cities 7,624 787 10.3 6,228 372 6.0 472 117 24.9 924 298 32.2
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 3,997 673 16.8 3,201 332 10.4 231 70 30.4 566 270 47.8
South 19,304 2,756 14.3 15,710 1,495 9.5 1,041 245 23.5 2,553 1,017 39.8
  Inside metro statistical areas 15,120 1,848 12.2 12,372 999 8.1 808 172 21.3 1,939 678 35.0
      Inside principal cities 4,156 496 11.9 3,329 253 7.6 229 45 19.7 598 198 33.1
      Outside principal cities 10,963 1,352 12.3 9,044 746 8.2 579 127 21.9 1,341 480 35.8
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 4,185 908 21.7 3,337 496 14.9 233 73 31.2 615 339 55.2
West 10,490 1,136 10.8 8,498 591 6.9 640 127 19.8 1,351 418 31.0
  Inside metro statistical areas 9,188 908 9.9 7,427 470 6.3 578 110 19.0 1,183 328 27.7
      Inside principal cities 3,544 386 10.9 2,784 207 7.5 220 32 14.4 540 147 27.2
      Outside principal cities 5,643 522 9.2 4,643 263 5.7 358 78 21.9 643 181 28.1
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 1,302 228 17.5 1,072 121 11.3 62 17 (B) 168 91 53.8

Division (31)
 
New England 		3,162 284 9.0 2,533 136 5.4 194 26 13.3 435 122 28.1
Middle Atlantic 7,166 784 10.9 5,758 410 7.1 423 83 19.5 984 292 29.7
East North Central 9,702 1,309 13.5 7,675 591 7.7 661 177 26.8 1,367 541 39.5
West North Central 4,637 580 12.5 3,792 287 7.6 242 59 24.5 603 233 38.7
South Atlantic 10,333 1,374 13.3 8,464 760 9.0 543 129 23.7 1,326 485 36.6
East South Central 3,784 747 19.7 2,998 392 13.1 210 58 27.8 576 297 51.6
West South Central 5,187 635 12.2 4,248 343 8.1 288 57 20.0 651 235 36.0
Mountain 3,956 473 12.0 3,229 249 7.7 201 37 18.6 525 186 35.5
Pacific 6,534 663 10.1 5,269 342 6.5 439 89 20.4 826 232 28.1

Poverty Footnotes

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