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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)

Hispanic (any race) (12)
 
Families, total (10) 		10,422 4,936 47.4 6,593 2,672 40.5 1,081 479 44.3 2,748 1,786 65.0

Residence and Region (31)

United States:
 
  Inside metro statistical areas 		9,664 4,531 46.9 6,089 2,448 40.2 1,003 438 43.6 2,571 1,645 64.0
      Inside principal cities 4,974 2,563 51.5 2,924 1,299 44.4 557 260 46.6 1,493 1,004 67.2
      Outside principal cities 4,690 1,968 42.0 3,165 1,149 36.3 446 178 39.8 1,078 641 59.5
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 758 405 53.4 504 223 44.3 77 41 53.1 177 141 79.6

Residence and Region (31)
 
Northeast 		1,486 660 44.4 756 238 31.5 183 69 37.6 547 353 64.4
  Inside metro statistical areas 1,455 649 44.6 734 232 31.7 182 69 37.9 540 347 64.3
      Inside principal cities 828 433 52.3 376 153 40.7 96 41 42.6 355 239 67.2
      Outside principal cities 628 216 34.4 358 79 22.2 85 28 32.6 185 109 58.8
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 31 11 (B) 23 6 (B) 1 0 (B) 7 5 (B)
Midwest 807 389 48.3 491 206 42.0 131 63 47.8 184 120 65.3
  Inside metro statistical areas 712 343 48.1 427 181 42.3 119 54 45.5 166 108 65.2
      Inside principal cities 370 203 54.9 192 95 49.3 77 37 48.9 101 71 70.0
      Outside principal cities 342 140 40.9 235 86 36.5 42 17 (B) 65 37 (B)
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 95 46 49.1 64 26 (B) 13 9 (B) 18 12 (B)
South 3,974 1,920 48.3 2,630 1,081 41.1 343 153 44.6 1,002 686 68.5
  Inside metro statistical areas 3,596 1,709 47.5 2,387 967 40.5 301 136 45.0 908 606 66.8
      Inside principal cities 1,813 956 52.7 1,145 515 45.0 165 81 49.3 503 360 71.6
      Outside principal cities 1,783 753 42.3 1,241 453 36.5 136 54 39.9 405 247 60.8
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 378 210 55.7 243 114 46.9 41 17 (B) 94 79 84.8
West 4,155 1,968 47.4 2,716 1,146 42.2 424 194 45.8 1,015 628 61.8
  Inside metro statistical areas 3,901 1,830 46.9 2,541 1,068 42.0 402 179 44.6 957 584 61.0
      Inside principal cities 1,963 971 49.5 1,210 536 44.3 219 100 45.6 534 335 62.7
      Outside principal cities 1,937 859 44.4 1,331 531 39.9 183 79 43.3 423 249 58.8
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 255 137 53.9 175 78 44.7 22 15 (B) 58 44 (B)

Division (31)
 
New England 		250 123 49.4 109 32 29.3 33 16 (B) 107 75 70.1
Middle Atlantic 1,237 536 43.4 647 206 31.9 150 53 35.2 440 278 63.1
East North Central 608 272 44.7 377 151 40.1 101 42 41.9 129 78 60.3
West North Central 199 118 59.2 114 55 48.3 30 20 (B) 55 42 (B)
South Atlantic 1,476 615 41.6 1,006 369 36.7 134 57 42.3 335 189 56.4
East South Central 117 71 60.5 79 41 52.0 11 4 (B) 27 26 (B)
West South Central 2,381 1,234 51.8 1,544 672 43.5 197 92 46.5 640 471 73.7
Mountain 1,067 530 49.7 688 297 43.1 115 50 43.8 264 183 69.4
Pacific 3,088 1,438 46.6 2,028 849 41.9 309 144 46.6 751 444 59.1

Poverty Footnotes

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