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POV43: Region, Division and Type of Residence -- Poverty Status for People in Families With Related Children Under 18 by Family Structure: 2008

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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2009 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 100% of poverty (5) Percentage below 100% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 100% of poverty (5) Percentage below 100% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 100% of poverty (5) Percentage below 100% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 100% of poverty (5) Percentage below 100% of poverty (6)

White A.O.I.C.
 
People in families with related
  children under 18 years, total (9) 		122,093 15,764 12.9 95,844 7,796 8.1 6,442 1,064 16.5 19,807 6,904 34.9

Residence and Region (31)

United States:
 
  Inside metro statistical areas 		101,957 12,818 12.6 80,144 6,462 8.1 5,295 829 15.7 16,518 5,526 33.5
      Inside principal cities 34,039 6,273 18.4 25,158 3,137 12.5 1,903 361 19.0 6,978 2,774 39.7
      Outside principal cities 67,918 6,545 9.6 54,986 3,324 6.0 3,392 468 13.8 9,539 2,753 28.9
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 20,136 2,946 14.6 15,699 1,334 8.5 1,147 235 20.4 3,290 1,378 41.9

Residence and Region (31)
 
Northeast 		21,055 2,218 10.5 16,545 911 5.5 1,041 176 16.9 3,468 1,131 32.6
  Inside metro statistical areas 18,545 1,939 10.5 14,547 810 5.6 895 145 16.2 3,103 984 31.7
      Inside principal cities 4,410 985 22.3 2,905 359 12.4 283 89 31.6 1,223 537 43.9
      Outside principal cities 14,135 954 6.7 11,642 451 3.9 612 56 9.1 1,880 447 23.8
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 2,510 280 11.1 1,998 102 5.1 146 31 21.4 365 147 40.2
Midwest 27,815 3,185 11.5 21,916 1,377 6.3 1,521 246 16.2 4,378 1,562 35.7
  Inside metro statistical areas 20,895 2,231 10.7 16,572 966 5.8 1,123 162 14.4 3,201 1,103 34.5
      Inside principal cities 6,190 945 15.3 4,727 413 8.7 333 57 17.2 1,131 475 42.0
      Outside principal cities 14,705 1,286 8.7 11,845 553 4.7 790 104 13.2 2,070 628 30.3
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 6,920 954 13.8 5,344 411 7.7 399 84 21.2 1,177 458 38.9
South 41,992 5,738 13.7 32,946 2,970 9.0 2,172 377 17.4 6,874 2,391 34.8
  Inside metro statistical areas 34,144 4,446 13.0 26,860 2,338 8.7 1,692 266 15.7 5,593 1,842 32.9
      Inside principal cities 11,413 2,092 18.3 8,529 1,128 13.2 578 97 16.7 2,306 867 37.6
      Outside principal cities 22,732 2,354 10.4 18,330 1,209 6.6 1,114 169 15.2 3,287 976 29.7
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 7,847 1,292 16.5 6,086 633 10.4 480 111 23.1 1,281 549 42.8
West 31,231 4,622 14.8 24,436 2,537 10.4 1,708 264 15.5 5,087 1,820 35.8
  Inside metro statistical areas 28,373 4,202 14.8 22,166 2,348 10.6 1,585 256 16.2 4,621 1,597 34.6
      Inside principal cities 12,026 2,251 18.7 8,997 1,237 13.7 710 118 16.7 2,319 895 38.6
      Outside principal cities 16,347 1,951 11.9 13,169 1,111 8.4 876 138 15.8 2,302 702 30.5
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 2,859 420 14.7 2,270 189 8.3 122 8 6.5 466 224 48.0

Division (31)
 
New England 		5,970 575 9.6 4,722 211 4.5 254 43 17.0 993 321 32.3
Middle Atlantic 15,085 1,644 10.9 11,823 700 5.9 787 133 16.9 2,475 810 32.7
East North Central 19,168 2,203 11.5 14,977 898 6.0 1,065 168 15.8 3,126 1,137 36.4
West North Central 8,647 982 11.4 6,939 480 6.9 456 78 17.1 1,252 425 33.9
South Atlantic 20,160 2,127 10.5 16,107 1,124 7.0 1,005 143 14.2 3,048 860 28.2
East South Central 6,605 969 14.7 5,202 413 7.9 333 119 35.7 1,070 436 40.8
West South Central 15,226 2,643 17.4 11,637 1,433 12.3 834 115 13.8 2,756 1,095 39.7
Mountain 10,277 1,450 14.1 8,177 712 8.7 488 85 17.4 1,611 654 40.6
Pacific 20,954 3,172 15.1 16,259 1,826 11.2 1,219 180 14.7 3,476 1,167 33.6

Poverty Footnotes

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