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POV42: Region, Division and Type of Residence -- Poverty Status for People in Families by Family Structure: 2010

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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2011 Annual Social and Economic Supplement.

(Numbers in thousands)

  People in families (total) (10) People in married-couple families (11) People in families with a male householder, no wife present People in families with a female householder, no husband present
All income levels Below 150% of poverty (5) Percentage below 150% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 150% of poverty (5) Percentage below 150% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 150% of poverty (5) Percentage below 150% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 150% of poverty (5) Percentage below 150% of poverty (6)

Black A.O.I.C.
 
 People in families, total (2) 		33,603 12,944 38.5 15,666 3,159 20.2 2,799 1,086 38.8 15,138 8,699 57.5

Residence and Region (31)

United States:
 
  Inside metro statistical areas 		30,049 11,244 37.4 14,025 2,695 19.2 2,527 945 37.4 13,497 7,603 56.3
      Inside principal cities 15,976 6,704 42.0 6,647 1,353 20.4 1,423 579 40.7 7,907 4,772 60.4
      Outside principal cities 14,073 4,540 32.3 7,378 1,342 18.2 1,105 366 33.2 5,590 2,831 50.6
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 3,554 1,700 47.8 1,641 463 28.2 271 141 52.0 1,641 1,096 66.8

Residence and Region (31)
 
Northeast 		5,771 1,895 32.8 2,588 393 15.2 520 179 34.5 2,663 1,322 49.6
  Inside metro statistical areas 5,659 1,841 32.5 2,538 384 15.1 505 174 34.5 2,616 1,282 49.0
      Inside principal cities 3,404 1,293 38.0 1,383 253 18.3 293 117 39.9 1,728 923 53.4
      Outside principal cities 2,255 548 24.3 1,154 131 11.3 212 57 27.0 888 360 40.5
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 111 54 48.5 50 10 (B) 14 5 (B) 47 40 (B)
Midwest 5,901 2,652 44.9 2,512 569 22.7 619 270 43.5 2,769 1,813 65.5
  Inside metro statistical areas 5,629 2,533 45.0 2,338 523 22.4 603 264 43.8 2,687 1,746 65.0
      Inside principal cities 3,592 1,827 50.9 1,213 288 23.8 421 197 46.7 1,958 1,342 68.6
      Outside principal cities 2,037 706 34.7 1,125 235 20.9 183 68 37.0 729 404 55.4
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 272 119 43.7 174 46 26.6 16 6 (B) 83 67 81.3
South 18,627 7,153 38.4 8,849 1,780 20.1 1,347 529 39.3 8,431 4,844 57.4
  Inside metro statistical areas 15,526 5,657 36.4 7,483 1,389 18.6 1,111 403 36.3 6,932 3,865 55.8
      Inside principal cities 7,001 2,805 40.1 3,053 581 19.0 492 190 38.6 3,456 2,034 58.9
      Outside principal cities 8,524 2,852 33.5 4,430 808 18.2 619 213 34.4 3,476 1,831 52.7
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 3,102 1,496 48.2 1,366 391 28.6 236 126 53.4 1,500 979 65.3
West 3,304 1,245 37.7 1,718 416 24.2 313 108 34.6 1,274 721 56.6
  Inside metro statistical areas 3,235 1,213 37.5 1,666 399 24.0 308 103 33.6 1,262 710 56.3
      Inside principal cities 1,979 779 39.4 997 230 23.1 217 75 34.7 765 473 61.9
      Outside principal cities 1,257 434 34.5 669 169 25.3 91 28 30.9 497 237 47.7
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 69 32 (B) 51 16 (B) 5 5 (B) 12 11 (B)

Division (31)
 
New England 		860 254 29.6 429 59 13.8 87 32 36.2 344 164 47.6
Middle Atlantic 4,911 1,640 33.4 2,159 334 15.5 433 148 34.1 2,319 1,158 49.9
East North Central 4,795 2,144 44.7 1,999 428 21.4 524 223 42.7 2,272 1,492 65.7
West North Central 1,106 508 45.9 513 141 27.5 96 46 48.4 497 321 64.6
South Atlantic 10,952 3,962 36.2 5,276 983 18.6 894 340 38.1 4,782 2,639 55.2
East South Central 3,148 1,378 43.8 1,377 311 22.6 193 86 44.8 1,578 981 62.2
West South Central 4,527 1,812 40.0 2,196 486 22.1 260 102 39.3 2,071 1,224 59.1
Mountain 745 260 34.9 425 104 24.4 75 37 (B) 245 119 48.6
Pacific 2,559 984 38.5 1,292 312 24.1 238 71 29.8 1,029 602 58.5

Poverty Footnotes

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Source: U.S. Census Bureau | Social, Economic, and Housing Statistics Division: Poverty |  Last Revised: January 14, 2013