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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 175% of poverty (5) Percentage below 175% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 175% of poverty (5) Percentage below 175% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 175% of poverty (5) Percentage below 175% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 175% of poverty (5) Percentage below 175% of poverty (6)

White A.O.I.C. (12)
 
Families, total (10) 		65,012 13,444 20.7 50,734 7,331 14.5 4,272 1,345 31.5 10,006 4,767 47.6

Residence and Region (31)

United States:
 
  Inside metro statistical areas 		53,186 10,479 19.7 41,382 5,679 13.7 3,561 1,075 30.2 8,243 3,725 45.2
      Inside principal cities 16,918 4,344 25.7 12,319 2,217 18.0 1,298 424 32.7 3,302 1,703 51.6
      Outside principal cities 36,268 6,135 16.9 29,064 3,462 11.9 2,264 651 28.8 4,941 2,022 40.9
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 11,826 2,965 25.1 9,352 1,653 17.7 711 270 37.9 1,763 1,042 59.1

Residence and Region (31)
 
Northeast 		11,746 1,961 16.7 9,027 944 10.5 794 196 24.7 1,924 821 42.7
  Inside metro statistical areas 10,235 1,670 16.3 7,834 788 10.1 693 162 23.4 1,708 719 42.1
      Inside principal cities 2,346 662 28.2 1,586 284 17.9 199 51 25.9 561 327 58.3
      Outside principal cities 7,889 1,007 12.8 6,248 505 8.1 495 111 22.4 1,147 392 34.1
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 1,510 291 19.3 1,193 155 13.0 101 34 33.4 216 102 47.4
Midwest 15,230 2,839 18.6 12,007 1,458 12.1 1,043 355 34.0 2,180 1,026 47.1
  Inside metro statistical areas 11,109 1,920 17.3 8,722 968 11.1 796 259 32.5 1,591 694 43.6
      Inside principal cities 3,115 749 24.0 2,242 344 15.4 277 101 36.5 596 303 50.9
      Outside principal cities 7,994 1,172 14.7 6,480 623 9.6 518 158 30.4 995 391 39.3
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 4,121 919 22.3 3,285 490 14.9 247 96 38.8 589 332 56.5
South 23,373 5,354 22.9 18,437 3,065 16.6 1,385 448 32.3 3,551 1,841 51.8
  Inside metro statistical areas 18,765 4,014 21.4 14,830 2,301 15.5 1,107 338 30.5 2,829 1,375 48.6
      Inside principal cities 5,969 1,543 25.8 4,491 820 18.3 388 134 34.4 1,090 589 54.1
      Outside principal cities 12,796 2,471 19.3 10,339 1,481 14.3 719 205 28.5 1,738 786 45.2
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 4,608 1,340 29.1 3,607 765 21.2 278 110 39.5 723 466 64.4
West 14,663 3,289 22.4 11,264 1,865 16.6 1,049 346 33.0 2,350 1,079 45.9
  Inside metro statistical areas 13,077 2,875 22.0 9,996 1,622 16.2 965 316 32.7 2,116 937 44.3
      Inside principal cities 5,488 1,390 25.3 4,000 769 19.2 433 138 31.8 1,056 483 45.8
      Outside principal cities 7,588 1,485 19.6 5,997 853 14.2 532 178 33.4 1,060 454 42.8
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 1,586 414 26.1 1,267 243 19.1 84 30 35.8 235 142 60.3

Division (31)
 
New England 		3,411 472 13.8 2,650 207 7.8 226 50 22.0 535 215 40.2
Middle Atlantic 8,334 1,489 17.9 6,377 737 11.6 568 146 25.8 1,389 606 43.6
East North Central 10,371 1,993 19.2 8,084 1,015 12.6 769 263 34.2 1,518 715 47.1
West North Central 4,859 846 17.4 3,923 443 11.3 274 92 33.7 662 311 47.0
South Atlantic 11,801 2,362 20.0 9,476 1,382 14.6 672 215 32.0 1,652 765 46.3
East South Central 3,914 1,005 25.7 3,088 572 18.5 222 77 34.6 604 356 59.0
West South Central 7,659 1,986 25.9 5,872 1,110 18.9 491 156 31.8 1,296 720 55.6
Mountain 5,031 1,089 21.6 3,930 614 15.6 313 91 29.1 788 384 48.8
Pacific 9,632 2,200 22.8 7,333 1,251 17.1 736 255 34.6 1,562 694 44.4

Poverty Footnotes

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