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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 alone (12)
 
Families, total (10) 		3,592 617 17.2 2,888 429 14.8 257 64 24.9 447 125 27.9

Residence and Region (31)

United States:
 
  Inside metro statistical areas 		3,498 592 16.9 2,810 411 14.6 251 61 24.2 437 121 27.6
      Inside principal cities 1,650 313 19.0 1,305 215 16.5 119 25 21.0 225 72 32.1
      Outside principal cities 1,849 279 15.1 1,505 195 13.0 132 36 27.0 212 48 22.8
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 93 25 27.0 78 18 23.0 5 3 (B) 10 4 (B)

Residence and Region (31)
 
Northeast 		780 176 22.5 651 132 20.3 45 14 (B) 84 30 35.2
  Inside metro statistical areas 773 174 22.5 644 130 20.3 45 14 (B) 84 30 35.2
      Inside principal cities 374 115 30.7 311 89 28.7 16 7 (B) 47 18 (B)
      Outside principal cities 398 59 14.8 333 41 12.3 29 7 (B) 37 11 (B)
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 7 2 (B) 7 2 (B) 0 0 (X) 0 0 (X)
Midwest 430 82 19.1 356 57 15.9 21 6 (B) 52 20 (B)
  Inside metro statistical areas 419 77 18.3 347 51 14.8 21 6 (B) 52 19 (B)
      Inside principal cities 163 38 23.2 137 28 20.4 7 3 (B) 20 7 (B)
      Outside principal cities 256 39 15.2 210 23 11.1 14 3 (B) 32 12 (B)
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 11 6 (B) 10 5 (B) 1 0 (B) 0 0 (B)
South 811 131 16.1 651 90 13.8 68 22 (B) 92 19 20.4
  Inside metro statistical areas 778 119 15.3 621 81 13.1 65 20 (B) 92 19 20.4
      Inside principal cities 263 41 15.4 207 26 12.6 23 4 (B) 33 10 (B)
      Outside principal cities 515 79 15.3 414 55 13.3 42 15 (B) 58 8 (B)
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 33 12 (B) 30 9 (B) 3 3 (B) 0 0 (X)
West 1,571 228 14.5 1,229 150 12.2 123 22 17.7 219 57 26.0
  Inside metro statistical areas 1,528 222 14.5 1,198 148 12.3 121 21 17.7 209 53 25.2
      Inside principal cities 849 120 14.1 651 72 11.1 73 11 (B) 125 36 29.2
      Outside principal cities 679 102 15.1 547 76 13.8 47 10 (B) 84 16 19.4
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 43 6 (B) 31 2 (B) 2 0 (B) 10 4 (B)

Division (31)
 
New England 		155 35 22.7 125 31 24.7 8 1 (B) 22 4 (B)
Middle Atlantic 625 140 22.5 526 101 19.3 37 13 (B) 62 26 (B)
East North Central 345 70 20.4 288 49 16.9 15 5 (B) 42 17 (B)
West North Central 85 12 13.8 68 8 (B) 7 1 (B) 10 3 (B)
South Atlantic 452 69 15.3 361 48 13.3 34 11 (B) 57 10 (B)
East South Central 51 11 (B) 43 6 (B) 6 3 (B) 1 1 (B)
West South Central 308 51 16.6 247 36 14.5 28 8 (B) 33 8 (B)
Mountain 165 33 20.2 132 22 16.6 14 4 (B) 19 7 (B)
Pacific 1,406 195 13.9 1,097 128 11.6 109 17 15.9 200 50 24.9

Poverty Footnotes

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