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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)

Asian alone (12)
 
Families, total (10) 		3,592 859 23.9 2,888 602 20.9 257 90 35.0 447 166 37.3

Residence and Region (31)

United States:
 
  Inside metro statistical areas 		3,498 826 23.6 2,810 578 20.6 251 86 34.1 437 162 37.1
      Inside principal cities 1,650 436 26.4 1,305 301 23.0 119 43 35.8 225 93 41.3
      Outside principal cities 1,849 389 21.1 1,505 277 18.4 132 43 32.5 212 69 32.5
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 93 33 35.4 78 24 31.2 5 4 (B) 10 5 (B)

Residence and Region (31)
 
Northeast 		780 221 28.4 651 163 25.1 45 19 (B) 84 39 46.4
  Inside metro statistical areas 773 219 28.4 644 161 25.0 45 19 (B) 84 39 46.4
      Inside principal cities 374 138 36.9 311 102 32.9 16 12 (B) 47 24 (B)
      Outside principal cities 398 81 20.4 333 59 17.8 29 7 (B) 37 15 (B)
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 7 2 (B) 7 2 (B) 0 0 (X) 0 0 (X)
Midwest 430 105 24.5 356 78 21.7 21 7 (B) 52 21 (B)
  Inside metro statistical areas 419 99 23.6 347 71 20.6 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 47 18.2 210 31 14.7 14 3 (B) 32 12 (B)
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 11 6 (B) 10 6 (B) 1 0 (B) 0 0 (B)
South 811 176 21.7 651 118 18.2 68 25 (B) 92 32 34.6
  Inside metro statistical areas 778 161 20.7 621 106 17.1 65 23 (B) 92 32 34.6
      Inside principal cities 263 54 20.5 207 36 17.3 23 6 (B) 33 12 (B)
      Outside principal cities 515 107 20.7 414 71 17.1 42 17 (B) 58 19 (B)
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 33 15 (B) 30 12 (B) 3 3 (B) 0 0 (X)
West 1,571 356 22.7 1,229 243 19.8 123 39 31.5 219 75 34.2
  Inside metro statistical areas 1,528 347 22.7 1,198 239 19.9 121 37 30.9 209 70 33.7
      Inside principal cities 849 192 22.6 651 123 18.8 73 22 (B) 125 48 38.3
      Outside principal cities 679 155 22.8 547 116 21.3 47 15 (B) 84 23 26.8
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 43 10 (B) 31 4 (B) 2 1 (B) 10 4 (B)

Division (31)
 
New England 		155 47 30.2 125 35 28.2 8 2 (B) 22 10 (B)
Middle Atlantic 625 175 27.9 526 128 24.3 37 17 (B) 62 29 (B)
East North Central 345 89 25.7 288 66 22.8 15 5 (B) 42 18 (B)
West North Central 85 17 19.5 68 12 (B) 7 2 (B) 10 3 (B)
South Atlantic 452 92 20.4 361 60 16.7 34 11 (B) 57 21 (B)
East South Central 51 15 (B) 43 10 (B) 6 3 (B) 1 1 (B)
West South Central 308 69 22.3 247 48 19.4 28 11 (B) 33 10 (B)
Mountain 165 46 27.8 132 31 23.4 14 6 (B) 19 9 (B)
Pacific 1,406 310 22.1 1,097 212 19.3 109 32 29.7 200 66 33.1

Poverty Footnotes

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