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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)

Asian A.O.I.C.
 
People in families with related
  children under 18 years, total (9) 		8,269 909 11.0 7,025 693 9.9 341 41 12.1 903 175 19.3

Residence and Region (31)

United States:
 
  Inside metro statistical areas 		8,026 837 10.4 6,848 651 9.5 326 38 11.7 852 147 17.3
      Inside principal cities 3,707 458 12.4 3,165 345 10.9 129 37 28.5 413 77 18.6
      Outside principal cities 4,319 378 8.8 3,682 306 8.3 197 1 0.7 440 70 16.0
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 242 72 29.8 177 42 23.6 15 3 (B) 51 27 (B)

Residence and Region (31)
 
Northeast 		1,598 264 16.5 1,354 197 14.5 46 20 (B) 198 47 23.6
  Inside metro statistical areas 1,585 263 16.6 1,343 196 14.6 46 20 (B) 196 47 23.7
      Inside principal cities 617 154 25.0 508 110 21.7 27 20 (B) 81 24 29.4
      Outside principal cities 968 108 11.2 835 86 10.3 18 0 (B) 115 23 19.8
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 12 1 (B) 11 1 (B) 0 0 (X) 1 0 (B)
Midwest 1,004 133 13.3 892 88 9.9 34 4 (B) 78 41 52.3
  Inside metro statistical areas 965 124 12.8 865 88 10.2 31 2 (B) 69 34 (B)
      Inside principal cities 472 87 18.4 427 63 14.7 13 2 (B) 31 22 (B)
      Outside principal cities 492 37 7.5 437 25 5.8 18 0 (B) 37 12 (B)
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 39 9 (B) 27 0 (B) 3 2 (B) 9 7 (B)
South 1,993 176 8.8 1,665 128 7.7 109 7 6.0 219 41 18.8
  Inside metro statistical areas 1,905 127 6.7 1,602 96 6.0 103 7 6.3 200 24 12.1
      Inside principal cities 790 77 9.8 695 61 8.8 33 7 (B) 62 10 (B)
      Outside principal cities 1,115 49 4.4 907 35 3.9 71 0 (B) 137 14 10.3
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 88 49 55.6 63 32 (B) 6 0 (B) 19 17 (B)
West 3,674 336 9.2 3,114 280 9.0 152 10 6.9 408 46 11.3
  Inside metro statistical areas 3,571 323 9.0 3,038 271 8.9 146 10 6.6 387 43 11.0
      Inside principal cities 1,828 140 7.7 1,535 111 7.2 56 8 (B) 238 21 8.8
      Outside principal cities 1,744 183 10.5 1,503 160 10.6 90 1 1.5 150 22 14.5
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 103 13 12.9 76 9 12.1 6 1 (B) 21 3 (B)

Division (31)
 
New England 		362 62 17.1 295 38 12.8 2 0 (B) 65 24 (B)
Middle Atlantic 1,235 201 16.3 1,059 159 15.0 43 20 (B) 133 22 16.8
East North Central 728 104 14.3 655 73 11.1 20 0 (B) 54 31 (B)
West North Central 275 29 10.4 237 15 6.5 14 4 (B) 24 9 (B)
South Atlantic 1,098 36 3.3 919 33 3.6 42 0 (B) 137 3 1.9
East South Central 112 23 20.3 89 19 21.7 11 0 (B) 13 4 (B)
West South Central 783 117 15.0 657 76 11.5 56 7 (B) 69 35 (B)
Mountain 371 42 11.3 317 36 11.5 11 0 (B) 43 6 (B)
Pacific 3,303 294 8.9 2,796 243 8.7 142 10 7.4 365 40 11.1

Poverty Footnotes

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