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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 200% of poverty (5) Percentage below 200% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 200% of poverty (5) Percentage below 200% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 200% of poverty (5) Percentage below 200% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 200% of poverty (5) Percentage below 200% of poverty (6)

White alone, not Hispanic (12)
 
Families, total (10) 		54,461 10,814 19.9 43,966 6,313 14.4 3,200 1,046 32.7 7,294 3,454 47.4

Residence and Region (31)

United States:
 
  Inside metro statistical areas 		43,508 7,735 17.8 35,192 4,479 12.7 2,577 783 30.4 5,739 2,473 43.1
      Inside principal cities 12,027 2,370 19.7 9,399 1,281 13.6 764 233 30.5 1,865 856 45.9
      Outside principal cities 31,481 5,365 17.0 25,794 3,198 12.4 1,813 550 30.4 3,874 1,617 41.7
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 10,953 3,079 28.1 8,774 1,834 20.9 624 263 42.2 1,555 982 63.1

Residence and Region (31)
 
Northeast 		10,328 1,708 16.5 8,291 994 12.0 617 159 25.7 1,419 555 39.1
  Inside metro statistical areas 8,859 1,377 15.5 7,128 803 11.3 519 123 23.7 1,213 451 37.2
      Inside principal cities 1,609 353 22.0 1,248 200 16.0 115 29 25.3 246 124 50.5
      Outside principal cities 7,250 1,024 14.1 5,879 603 10.3 404 94 23.3 967 326 33.8
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 1,469 331 22.5 1,164 191 16.4 99 35 35.9 206 105 50.7
Midwest 14,339 2,960 20.6 11,467 1,609 14.0 902 327 36.3 1,970 1,024 52.0
  Inside metro statistical areas 10,342 1,930 18.7 8,266 1,026 12.4 671 234 34.9 1,404 671 47.8
      Inside principal cities 2,718 653 24.0 2,038 326 16.0 199 74 37.2 481 253 52.6
      Outside principal cities 7,624 1,277 16.8 6,228 700 11.2 472 160 33.9 924 418 45.2
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 3,997 1,030 25.8 3,201 584 18.2 231 93 40.5 566 353 62.4
South 19,304 4,349 22.5 15,710 2,652 16.9 1,041 371 35.7 2,553 1,326 51.9
  Inside metro statistical areas 15,120 2,966 19.6 12,372 1,797 14.5 808 258 31.9 1,939 911 47.0
      Inside principal cities 4,156 776 18.7 3,329 425 12.8 229 70 30.6 598 280 46.9
      Outside principal cities 10,963 2,190 20.0 9,044 1,372 15.2 579 188 32.4 1,341 631 47.0
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 4,185 1,384 33.1 3,337 855 25.6 233 113 48.7 615 415 67.5
West 10,490 1,796 17.1 8,498 1,058 12.4 640 189 29.5 1,351 550 40.7
  Inside metro statistical areas 9,188 1,462 15.9 7,427 853 11.5 578 168 29.1 1,183 440 37.2
      Inside principal cities 3,544 588 16.6 2,784 330 11.9 220 60 27.1 540 198 36.7
      Outside principal cities 5,643 873 15.5 4,643 523 11.3 358 108 30.3 643 242 37.6
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 1,302 335 25.7 1,072 204 19.0 62 21 (B) 168 109 64.9

Division (31)
 
New England 		3,162 470 14.9 2,533 250 9.9 194 48 24.8 435 173 39.7
Middle Atlantic 7,166 1,238 17.3 5,758 745 12.9 423 110 26.1 984 383 38.9
East North Central 9,702 2,063 21.3 7,675 1,096 14.3 661 246 37.3 1,367 721 52.7
West North Central 4,637 897 19.3 3,792 513 13.5 242 81 33.6 603 303 50.2
South Atlantic 10,333 2,219 21.5 8,464 1,368 16.2 543 193 35.6 1,326 658 49.6
East South Central 3,784 1,118 29.5 2,998 674 22.5 210 84 39.9 576 360 62.5
West South Central 5,187 1,012 19.5 4,248 610 14.4 288 94 32.8 651 308 47.2
Mountain 3,956 734 18.6 3,229 450 13.9 201 53 26.2 525 231 44.0
Pacific 6,534 1,062 16.3 5,269 607 11.5 439 136 31.1 826 318 38.5

Poverty Footnotes

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