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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)

Asian A.O.I.C. (12)
 
Families, total (10) 		3,742 835 22.3 2,987 569 19.1 273 89 32.5 481 176 36.7

Residence and Region (31)

United States:
 
  Inside metro statistical areas 		3,632 802 22.1 2,899 548 18.9 267 84 31.6 466 169 36.4
      Inside principal cities 1,716 427 24.9 1,350 290 21.5 125 42 33.5 241 96 39.6
      Outside principal cities 1,916 375 19.6 1,549 259 16.7 142 43 30.0 225 74 32.9
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 110 32 29.4 88 21 23.6 6 5 (B) 15 7 (B)

Residence and Region (31)
 
Northeast 		790 215 27.2 659 159 24.1 45 19 (B) 86 37 43.0
  Inside metro statistical areas 782 213 27.2 651 157 24.1 45 19 (B) 86 37 43.0
      Inside principal cities 380 133 35.0 315 99 31.5 16 12 (B) 49 22 (B)
      Outside principal cities 402 80 19.8 336 58 17.1 29 7 (B) 37 15 (B)
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 8 2 (B) 8 2 (B) 0 0 (X) 0 0 (X)
Midwest 442 105 23.8 363 73 20.0 22 7 (B) 57 25 (B)
  Inside metro statistical areas 430 99 23.0 352 67 18.9 21 7 (B) 56 25 (B)
      Inside principal cities 169 55 32.4 140 40 28.8 7 3 (B) 22 11 (B)
      Outside principal cities 261 44 16.9 212 26 12.5 14 4 (B) 34 14 (B)
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 12 6 (B) 11 6 (B) 1 0 (B) 0 0 (B)
South 838 170 20.3 670 118 17.6 75 24 (B) 93 29 30.8
  Inside metro statistical areas 803 158 19.7 638 108 16.9 72 21 (B) 93 29 30.8
      Inside principal cities 273 54 19.6 217 37 17.2 23 6 (B) 33 10 (B)
      Outside principal cities 530 104 19.7 421 71 16.8 49 15 (B) 60 18 (B)
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 35 12 (B) 32 10 (B) 3 3 (B) 0 0 (X)
West 1,673 345 20.6 1,296 220 17.0 132 39 29.7 245 85 34.8
  Inside metro statistical areas 1,618 333 20.6 1,258 217 17.3 129 37 28.9 230 79 34.1
      Inside principal cities 894 186 20.8 678 113 16.7 79 21 26.7 137 52 38.0
      Outside principal cities 724 147 20.3 580 104 17.9 50 16 (B) 94 27 28.4
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 56 12 (B) 37 3 (B) 3 2 (B) 15 7 (B)

Division (31)
 
New England 		157 47 29.6 127 35 27.8 8 2 (B) 23 10 (B)
Middle Atlantic 633 168 26.6 532 123 23.2 37 17 (B) 63 27 (B)
East North Central 354 88 24.9 293 61 20.9 15 5 (B) 46 22 (B)
West North Central 87 17 19.4 70 11 (B) 7 2 (B) 10 4 (B)
South Atlantic 469 93 19.7 371 62 16.6 39 11 (B) 59 20 (B)
East South Central 52 14 (B) 45 10 (B) 6 3 (B) 1 1 (B)
West South Central 316 64 20.1 254 46 18.3 29 10 (B) 33 8 (B)
Mountain 175 45 25.5 138 28 20.1 14 7 (B) 22 10 (B)
Pacific 1,499 300 20.0 1,158 192 16.6 118 32 27.5 223 75 33.8

Poverty Footnotes

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