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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 alone (12)
 
Families, total (10) 		3,592 795 22.1 2,888 549 19.0 257 86 33.6 447 160 35.8

Residence and Region (31)

United States:
 
  Inside metro statistical areas 		3,498 767 21.9 2,810 529 18.8 251 82 32.6 437 155 35.5
      Inside principal cities 1,650 404 24.5 1,305 276 21.1 119 41 34.1 225 88 39.0
      Outside principal cities 1,849 362 19.6 1,505 254 16.9 132 41 31.4 212 67 31.8
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 93 28 30.3 78 20 25.2 5 4 (B) 10 5 (B)

Residence and Region (31)
 
Northeast 		780 212 27.2 651 157 24.0 45 19 (B) 84 37 44.0
  Inside metro statistical areas 773 211 27.2 644 155 24.0 45 19 (B) 84 37 44.0
      Inside principal cities 374 131 35.0 311 97 31.3 16 12 (B) 47 22 (B)
      Outside principal cities 398 80 20.0 333 58 17.3 29 7 (B) 37 15 (B)
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 7 2 (B) 7 2 (B) 0 0 (X) 0 0 (X)
Midwest 430 100 23.3 356 73 20.4 21 7 (B) 52 21 (B)
  Inside metro statistical areas 419 94 22.4 347 67 19.2 21 7 (B) 52 21 (B)
      Inside principal cities 163 52 32.0 137 40 29.5 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 811 166 20.4 651 113 17.4 68 24 (B) 92 29 31.3
  Inside metro statistical areas 778 153 19.7 621 103 16.6 65 21 (B) 92 29 31.3
      Inside principal cities 263 51 19.2 207 34 16.6 23 6 (B) 33 10 (B)
      Outside principal cities 515 103 20.0 414 69 16.7 42 15 (B) 58 18 (B)
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 33 12 (B) 30 10 (B) 3 3 (B) 0 0 (X)
West 1,571 317 20.2 1,229 207 16.8 123 37 29.8 219 73 33.4
  Inside metro statistical areas 1,528 309 20.2 1,198 205 17.1 121 35 29.2 209 69 32.8
      Inside principal cities 849 171 20.1 651 104 16.0 73 20 (B) 125 47 37.5
      Outside principal cities 679 138 20.3 547 101 18.4 47 15 (B) 84 22 25.9
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 43 8 (B) 31 2 (B) 2 1 (B) 10 4 (B)

Division (31)
 
New England 		155 47 30.0 125 35 28.1 8 2 (B) 22 10 (B)
Middle Atlantic 625 166 26.5 526 121 23.1 37 17 (B) 62 27 (B)
East North Central 345 84 24.5 288 61 21.3 15 5 (B) 42 18 (B)
West North Central 85 16 18.7 68 11 (B) 7 2 (B) 10 3 (B)
South Atlantic 452 90 19.8 361 59 16.3 34 11 (B) 57 20 (B)
East South Central 51 13 (B) 43 8 (B) 6 3 (B) 1 1 (B)
West South Central 308 64 20.6 247 46 18.7 28 10 (B) 33 8 (B)
Mountain 165 40 24.1 132 26 19.3 14 6 (B) 19 8 (B)
Pacific 1,406 277 19.7 1,097 181 16.5 109 30 27.8 200 65 32.6

Poverty Footnotes

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