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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) |
Asian A.O.I.C. (12) |
|---|
Families, total (10)
|
3,742
|
778
|
20.8
|
2,987
|
529
|
17.7
|
273
|
81
|
29.5
|
481
|
169
|
35.0
|
Residence and Region (31) |
|---|
United States: |
|---|
Inside metro statistical areas
|
3,632
|
747
|
20.6
|
2,899
|
509
|
17.5
|
267
|
77
|
28.7
|
466
|
162
|
34.7
|
|
Inside principal cities
|
1,716
|
398
|
23.2
|
1,350
|
263
|
19.4
|
125
|
40
|
32.0
|
241
|
96
|
39.6
|
|
Outside principal cities
|
1,916
|
349
|
18.2
|
1,549
|
246
|
15.9
|
142
|
37
|
25.9
|
225
|
66
|
29.4
|
|
Outside metro statistical areas (35)
|
110
|
31
|
28.5
|
88
|
21
|
23.4
|
6
|
4
|
(B)
|
15
|
7
|
(B)
|
Residence and Region (31) |
|---|
Northeast
|
790
|
202
|
25.6
|
659
|
150
|
22.7
|
45
|
18
|
(B)
|
86
|
35
|
40.5
|
|
Inside metro statistical areas
|
782
|
200
|
25.6
|
651
|
148
|
22.7
|
45
|
18
|
(B)
|
86
|
35
|
40.5
|
|
Inside principal cities
|
380
|
129
|
33.9
|
315
|
95
|
30.3
|
16
|
11
|
(B)
|
49
|
22
|
(B)
|
|
Outside principal cities
|
402
|
72
|
17.8
|
336
|
52
|
15.6
|
29
|
7
|
(B)
|
37
|
13
|
(B)
|
|
Outside metro statistical areas (35)
|
8
|
2
|
(B)
|
8
|
2
|
(B)
|
0
|
0
|
(X)
|
0
|
0
|
(X)
|
|
Midwest
|
442
|
97
|
22.0
|
363
|
65
|
17.9
|
22
|
7
|
(B)
|
57
|
25
|
(B)
|
|
Inside metro statistical areas
|
430
|
91
|
21.2
|
352
|
59
|
16.7
|
21
|
7
|
(B)
|
56
|
25
|
(B)
|
|
Inside principal cities
|
169
|
47
|
27.9
|
140
|
33
|
23.4
|
7
|
3
|
(B)
|
22
|
11
|
(B)
|
|
Outside principal cities
|
261
|
44
|
16.8
|
212
|
26
|
12.3
|
14
|
4
|
(B)
|
34
|
14
|
(B)
|
|
Outside metro statistical areas (35)
|
12
|
6
|
(B)
|
11
|
6
|
(B)
|
1
|
0
|
(B)
|
0
|
0
|
(B)
|
|
South
|
838
|
158
|
18.9
|
670
|
110
|
16.4
|
75
|
24
|
(B)
|
93
|
25
|
26.4
|
|
Inside metro statistical areas
|
803
|
146
|
18.2
|
638
|
100
|
15.7
|
72
|
21
|
(B)
|
93
|
25
|
26.4
|
|
Inside principal cities
|
273
|
50
|
18.2
|
217
|
33
|
15.5
|
23
|
6
|
(B)
|
33
|
10
|
(B)
|
|
Outside principal cities
|
530
|
96
|
18.2
|
421
|
67
|
15.8
|
49
|
15
|
(B)
|
60
|
14
|
(B)
|
|
Outside metro statistical areas (35)
|
35
|
12
|
(B)
|
32
|
10
|
(B)
|
3
|
3
|
(B)
|
0
|
0
|
(X)
|
|
West
|
1,673
|
320
|
19.1
|
1,296
|
205
|
15.8
|
132
|
32
|
24.0
|
245
|
84
|
34.1
|
|
Inside metro statistical areas
|
1,618
|
309
|
19.1
|
1,258
|
202
|
16.0
|
129
|
31
|
23.8
|
230
|
77
|
33.4
|
|
Inside principal cities
|
894
|
172
|
19.3
|
678
|
101
|
14.9
|
79
|
19
|
24.5
|
137
|
52
|
38.0
|
|
Outside principal cities
|
724
|
137
|
19.0
|
580
|
101
|
17.4
|
50
|
11
|
(B)
|
94
|
25
|
26.6
|
|
Outside metro statistical areas (35)
|
56
|
11
|
(B)
|
37
|
3
|
(B)
|
3
|
1
|
(B)
|
15
|
7
|
(B)
|
Division (31) |
|---|
New England
|
157
|
43
|
27.6
|
127
|
35
|
27.8
|
8
|
1
|
(B)
|
23
|
8
|
(B)
|
|
Middle Atlantic
|
633
|
159
|
25.1
|
532
|
114
|
21.5
|
37
|
17
|
(B)
|
63
|
27
|
(B)
|
|
East North Central
|
354
|
83
|
23.5
|
293
|
57
|
19.3
|
15
|
5
|
(B)
|
46
|
22
|
(B)
|
|
West North Central
|
87
|
14
|
16.0
|
70
|
8
|
(B)
|
7
|
2
|
(B)
|
10
|
4
|
(B)
|
|
South Atlantic
|
469
|
86
|
18.4
|
371
|
60
|
16.1
|
39
|
11
|
(B)
|
59
|
16
|
(B)
|
|
East South Central
|
52
|
12
|
(B)
|
45
|
8
|
(B)
|
6
|
3
|
(B)
|
1
|
1
|
(B)
|
|
West South Central
|
316
|
60
|
18.9
|
254
|
43
|
16.8
|
29
|
10
|
(B)
|
33
|
8
|
(B)
|
|
Mountain
|
175
|
42
|
23.8
|
138
|
26
|
18.6
|
14
|
6
|
(B)
|
22
|
10
|
(B)
|
|
Pacific
|
1,499
|
279
|
18.6
|
1,158
|
179
|
15.5
|
118
|
26
|
21.8
|
223
|
74
|
33.1
|
Poverty Footnotes
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