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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)

Asian A.O.I.C. (12)
 
Families, total (10) 		3,742 646 17.3 2,987 441 14.8 273 66 24.0 481 140 29.1

Residence and Region (31)

United States:
 
  Inside metro statistical areas 		3,632 618 17.0 2,899 423 14.6 267 62 23.4 466 133 28.6
      Inside principal cities 1,716 329 19.1 1,350 224 16.6 125 26 20.6 241 78 32.6
      Outside principal cities 1,916 290 15.1 1,549 198 12.8 142 37 25.9 225 55 24.3
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 110 28 25.7 88 19 21.1 6 3 (B) 15 7 (B)

Residence and Region (31)
 
Northeast 		790 176 22.3 659 132 20.1 45 14 (B) 86 30 34.4
  Inside metro statistical areas 782 174 22.2 651 130 20.0 45 14 (B) 86 30 34.4
      Inside principal cities 380 115 30.2 315 89 28.4 16 7 (B) 49 18 (B)
      Outside principal cities 402 59 14.7 336 41 12.2 29 7 (B) 37 11 (B)
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 8 2 (B) 8 2 (B) 0 0 (X) 0 0 (X)
Midwest 442 86 19.5 363 57 15.6 22 6 (B) 57 23 (B)
  Inside metro statistical areas 430 80 18.7 352 51 14.5 21 6 (B) 56 23 (B)
      Inside principal cities 169 40 23.4 140 28 20.0 7 3 (B) 22 9 (B)
      Outside principal cities 261 41 15.7 212 23 10.9 14 4 (B) 34 14 (B)
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 12 6 (B) 11 5 (B) 1 0 (B) 0 0 (B)
South 838 131 15.6 670 90 13.4 75 22 (B) 93 19 20.0
  Inside metro statistical areas 803 119 14.9 638 81 12.7 72 20 (B) 93 19 20.0
      Inside principal cities 273 41 14.9 217 26 12.0 23 4 (B) 33 10 (B)
      Outside principal cities 530 79 14.9 421 55 13.1 49 15 (B) 60 8 (B)
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 35 12 (B) 32 9 (B) 3 3 (B) 0 0 (X)
West 1,673 254 15.2 1,296 162 12.5 132 23 17.6 245 68 27.8
  Inside metro statistical areas 1,618 245 15.1 1,258 160 12.7 129 23 17.8 230 62 26.8
      Inside principal cities 894 134 15.0 678 81 11.9 79 12 14.7 137 41 30.0
      Outside principal cities 724 111 15.3 580 79 13.6 50 11 (B) 94 21 22.2
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 56 9 (B) 37 2 (B) 3 0 (B) 15 7 (B)

Division (31)
 
New England 		157 35 22.5 127 31 24.4 8 1 (B) 23 4 (B)
Middle Atlantic 633 140 22.2 532 101 19.1 37 13 (B) 63 26 (B)
East North Central 354 74 20.9 293 49 16.6 15 5 (B) 46 20 (B)
West North Central 87 12 13.6 70 8 (B) 7 1 (B) 10 3 (B)
South Atlantic 469 69 14.7 371 48 13.0 39 11 (B) 59 10 (B)
East South Central 52 11 (B) 45 6 (B) 6 3 (B) 1 1 (B)
West South Central 316 51 16.2 254 36 14.1 29 8 (B) 33 8 (B)
Mountain 175 38 21.5 138 24 17.5 14 4 (B) 22 9 (B)
Pacific 1,499 216 14.4 1,158 138 11.9 118 19 16.0 223 59 26.6

Poverty Footnotes

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