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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)

Hispanic (any race) (12)
 
Families, total (10) 		10,422 5,255 50.4 6,593 2,876 43.6 1,081 509 47.1 2,748 1,870 68.1

Residence and Region (31)

United States:
 
  Inside metro statistical areas 		9,664 4,826 49.9 6,089 2,636 43.3 1,003 464 46.3 2,571 1,726 67.1
      Inside principal cities 4,974 2,721 54.7 2,924 1,388 47.5 557 275 49.3 1,493 1,059 70.9
      Outside principal cities 4,690 2,105 44.9 3,165 1,248 39.4 446 190 42.5 1,078 667 61.9
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 758 429 56.6 504 240 47.6 77 45 57.8 177 144 81.6

Residence and Region (31)
 
Northeast 		1,486 705 47.4 756 258 34.1 183 73 40.2 547 374 68.3
  Inside metro statistical areas 1,455 694 47.7 734 252 34.4 182 73 40.4 540 368 68.2
      Inside principal cities 828 463 55.9 376 165 44.0 96 43 44.3 355 255 71.8
      Outside principal cities 628 231 36.8 358 87 24.3 85 31 36.0 185 113 61.3
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 31 11 (B) 23 6 (B) 1 0 (B) 7 6 (B)
Midwest 807 421 52.2 491 225 45.8 131 67 51.2 184 128 69.8
  Inside metro statistical areas 712 369 51.8 427 197 46.0 119 57 48.0 166 115 69.5
      Inside principal cities 370 213 57.7 192 100 52.1 77 39 51.4 101 74 73.0
      Outside principal cities 342 156 45.5 235 96 41.0 42 18 (B) 65 41 (B)
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 95 52 54.8 64 28 (B) 13 10 (B) 18 13 (B)
South 3,974 2,040 51.3 2,630 1,161 44.1 343 165 48.3 1,002 714 71.3
  Inside metro statistical areas 3,596 1,819 50.6 2,387 1,037 43.5 301 148 49.2 908 633 69.7
      Inside principal cities 1,813 1,010 55.7 1,145 546 47.7 165 87 52.7 503 377 75.0
      Outside principal cities 1,783 809 45.4 1,241 491 39.6 136 61 45.0 405 256 63.2
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 378 221 58.5 243 123 50.7 41 17 (B) 94 81 86.2
West 4,155 2,090 50.3 2,716 1,233 45.4 424 203 47.9 1,015 654 64.5
  Inside metro statistical areas 3,901 1,945 49.9 2,541 1,150 45.2 402 186 46.2 957 609 63.7
      Inside principal cities 1,963 1,035 52.7 1,210 576 47.6 219 106 48.2 534 353 66.1
      Outside principal cities 1,937 910 47.0 1,331 574 43.1 183 80 43.7 423 256 60.6
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 255 145 56.8 175 83 47.2 22 17 (B) 58 45 (B)

Division (31)
 
New England 		250 134 53.8 109 37 34.1 33 18 (B) 107 79 73.7
Middle Atlantic 1,237 571 46.1 647 221 34.1 150 55 37.0 440 295 67.0
East North Central 608 298 49.0 377 166 44.1 101 46 45.2 129 86 66.4
West North Central 199 123 61.9 114 59 51.6 30 21 (B) 55 43 (B)
South Atlantic 1,476 670 45.4 1,006 404 40.2 134 64 47.3 335 203 60.4
East South Central 117 74 63.4 79 43 54.6 11 4 (B) 27 27 (B)
West South Central 2,381 1,295 54.4 1,544 713 46.2 197 98 49.6 640 484 75.7
Mountain 1,067 568 53.2 688 323 46.9 115 55 48.1 264 189 71.7
Pacific 3,088 1,522 49.3 2,028 909 44.8 309 148 47.8 751 465 61.9

Poverty Footnotes

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