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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 185% of poverty (5) Percentage below 185% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 185% of poverty (5) Percentage below 185% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 185% of poverty (5) Percentage below 185% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 185% of poverty (5) Percentage below 185% of poverty (6)

White A.O.I.C. (12)
 
Families, total (10) 		65,012 14,479 22.3 50,734 8,065 15.9 4,272 1,426 33.4 10,006 4,988 49.9

Residence and Region (31)

United States:
 
  Inside metro statistical areas 		53,186 11,282 21.2 41,382 6,235 15.1 3,561 1,139 32.0 8,243 3,908 47.4
      Inside principal cities 16,918 4,597 27.2 12,319 2,378 19.3 1,298 451 34.7 3,302 1,769 53.6
      Outside principal cities 36,268 6,685 18.4 29,064 3,857 13.3 2,264 688 30.4 4,941 2,140 43.3
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 11,826 3,197 27.0 9,352 1,830 19.6 711 287 40.4 1,763 1,080 61.3

Residence and Region (31)
 
Northeast 		11,746 2,136 18.2 9,027 1,071 11.9 794 209 26.3 1,924 856 44.5
  Inside metro statistical areas 10,235 1,822 17.8 7,834 895 11.4 693 175 25.2 1,708 752 44.0
      Inside principal cities 2,346 702 29.9 1,586 306 19.3 199 58 29.0 561 339 60.4
      Outside principal cities 7,889 1,120 14.2 6,248 589 9.4 495 117 23.7 1,147 413 36.0
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 1,510 314 20.8 1,193 175 14.7 101 34 33.6 216 104 48.2
Midwest 15,230 3,060 20.1 12,007 1,586 13.2 1,043 376 36.1 2,180 1,097 50.3
  Inside metro statistical areas 11,109 2,070 18.6 8,722 1,046 12.0 796 277 34.7 1,591 748 47.0
      Inside principal cities 3,115 794 25.5 2,242 371 16.5 277 107 38.5 596 316 53.1
      Outside principal cities 7,994 1,277 16.0 6,480 675 10.4 518 170 32.8 995 432 43.4
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 4,121 989 24.0 3,285 540 16.4 247 100 40.4 589 349 59.2
South 23,373 5,767 24.7 18,437 3,371 18.3 1,385 481 34.7 3,551 1,916 53.9
  Inside metro statistical areas 18,765 4,320 23.0 14,830 2,523 17.0 1,107 361 32.6 2,829 1,436 50.8
      Inside principal cities 5,969 1,630 27.3 4,491 877 19.5 388 141 36.3 1,090 612 56.1
      Outside principal cities 12,796 2,690 21.0 10,339 1,646 15.9 719 220 30.6 1,738 824 47.4
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 4,608 1,448 31.4 3,607 848 23.5 278 120 43.2 723 480 66.4
West 14,663 3,517 24.0 11,264 2,037 18.1 1,049 360 34.3 2,350 1,119 47.6
  Inside metro statistical areas 13,077 3,070 23.5 9,996 1,771 17.7 965 327 33.9 2,116 972 46.0
      Inside principal cities 5,488 1,471 26.8 4,000 824 20.6 433 145 33.6 1,056 502 47.5
      Outside principal cities 7,588 1,599 21.1 5,997 947 15.8 532 181 34.1 1,060 470 44.4
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 1,586 447 28.2 1,267 267 21.0 84 33 39.3 235 147 62.6

Division (31)
 
New England 		3,411 529 15.5 2,650 241 9.1 226 58 25.8 535 230 42.9
Middle Atlantic 8,334 1,607 19.3 6,377 830 13.0 568 150 26.5 1,389 627 45.1
East North Central 10,371 2,146 20.7 8,084 1,101 13.6 769 277 36.1 1,518 768 50.6
West North Central 4,859 913 18.8 3,923 485 12.4 274 99 36.2 662 329 49.7
South Atlantic 11,801 2,551 21.6 9,476 1,529 16.1 672 226 33.6 1,652 796 48.2
East South Central 3,914 1,080 27.6 3,088 628 20.3 222 82 37.2 604 370 61.2
West South Central 7,659 2,136 27.9 5,872 1,214 20.7 491 173 35.1 1,296 749 57.8
Mountain 5,031 1,160 23.1 3,930 669 17.0 313 95 30.3 788 396 50.3
Pacific 9,632 2,357 24.5 7,333 1,368 18.7 736 265 36.0 1,562 723 46.3

Poverty Footnotes

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