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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 alone (12)
 
Families, total (10) 		3,592 742 20.6 2,888 512 17.7 257 78 30.4 447 152 34.0

Residence and Region (31)

United States:
 
  Inside metro statistical areas 		3,498 714 20.4 2,810 492 17.5 251 75 29.7 437 147 33.7
      Inside principal cities 1,650 377 22.9 1,305 251 19.2 119 39 32.7 225 88 39.0
      Outside principal cities 1,849 337 18.2 1,505 241 16.0 132 36 27.0 212 59 28.1
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 93 28 29.5 78 20 25.2 5 3 (B) 10 5 (B)

Residence and Region (31)
 
Northeast 		780 202 25.9 651 150 23.0 45 18 (B) 84 35 41.5
  Inside metro statistical areas 773 200 25.9 644 148 22.9 45 18 (B) 84 35 41.5
      Inside principal cities 374 129 34.5 311 95 30.7 16 11 (B) 47 22 (B)
      Outside principal cities 398 72 18.0 333 52 15.7 29 7 (B) 37 13 (B)
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 7 2 (B) 7 2 (B) 0 0 (X) 0 0 (X)
Midwest 430 93 21.6 356 65 18.2 21 7 (B) 52 21 (B)
  Inside metro statistical areas 419 86 20.6 347 59 17.0 21 7 (B) 52 21 (B)
      Inside principal cities 163 45 27.4 137 33 24.0 7 3 (B) 20 9 (B)
      Outside principal cities 256 42 16.3 210 26 12.5 14 3 (B) 32 12 (B)
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 11 6 (B) 10 6 (B) 1 0 (B) 0 0 (B)
South 811 154 19.0 651 105 16.2 68 24 (B) 92 25 26.9
  Inside metro statistical areas 778 141 18.2 621 96 15.4 65 21 (B) 92 25 26.9
      Inside principal cities 263 47 17.8 207 30 14.7 23 6 (B) 33 10 (B)
      Outside principal cities 515 95 18.4 414 65 15.7 42 15 (B) 58 14 (B)
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 33 12 (B) 30 10 (B) 3 3 (B) 0 0 (X)
West 1,571 293 18.6 1,229 192 15.6 123 29 24.0 219 71 32.6
  Inside metro statistical areas 1,528 286 18.7 1,198 190 15.8 121 29 23.9 209 67 32.0
      Inside principal cities 849 157 18.5 651 92 14.1 73 18 (B) 125 47 37.5
      Outside principal cities 679 128 18.9 547 98 17.9 47 10 (B) 84 20 24.0
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 43 7 (B) 31 2 (B) 2 1 (B) 10 4 (B)

Division (31)
 
New England 		155 43 28.0 125 35 28.1 8 1 (B) 22 8 (B)
Middle Atlantic 625 159 25.4 526 114 21.8 37 17 (B) 62 27 (B)
East North Central 345 80 23.1 288 57 19.7 15 5 (B) 42 18 (B)
West North Central 85 13 15.4 68 8 (B) 7 2 (B) 10 3 (B)
South Atlantic 452 84 18.5 361 57 15.7 34 11 (B) 57 16 (B)
East South Central 51 11 (B) 43 6 (B) 6 3 (B) 1 1 (B)
West South Central 308 60 19.4 247 43 17.2 28 10 (B) 33 8 (B)
Mountain 165 37 22.4 132 23 17.7 14 6 (B) 19 8 (B)
Pacific 1,406 256 18.2 1,097 168 15.3 109 24 21.9 200 64 31.7

Poverty Footnotes

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