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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)

Hispanic (of any race)
 
People in families with related
  children under 18 years, total (9) 		32,331 8,451 26.1 22,773 4,505 19.8 2,024 454 22.4 7,534 3,492 46.3

Residence and Region (31)

United States:
 
  Inside metro statistical areas 		30,096 7,805 25.9 21,167 4,181 19.8 1,870 406 21.7 7,059 3,218 45.6
      Inside principal cities 14,989 4,574 30.5 9,895 2,327 23.5 987 258 26.1 4,107 1,989 48.4
      Outside principal cities 15,107 3,231 21.4 11,273 1,854 16.4 882 148 16.8 2,952 1,229 41.6
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 2,235 646 28.9 1,606 324 20.2 154 48 31.1 475 274 57.6

Residence and Region (31)
 
Northeast 		4,248 1,218 28.7 2,313 322 13.9 318 108 34.0 1,617 788 48.7
  Inside metro statistical areas 4,167 1,186 28.5 2,255 312 13.8 313 103 33.0 1,599 771 48.2
      Inside principal cities 2,365 803 34.0 1,116 191 17.2 180 87 48.2 1,069 525 49.1
      Outside principal cities 1,802 382 21.2 1,139 120 10.6 133 16 12.4 530 246 46.4
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 81 32 40.1 58 11 (B) 5 5 (B) 18 17 (B)
Midwest 3,001 808 26.9 2,200 459 20.8 226 40 17.6 575 310 54.0
  Inside metro statistical areas 2,567 676 26.3 1,896 406 21.4 193 20 10.3 478 250 52.2
      Inside principal cities 1,255 389 31.0 880 246 27.9 109 10 9.4 266 133 50.1
      Outside principal cities 1,312 286 21.8 1,016 160 15.8 84 10 11.5 213 116 54.8
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 434 133 30.6 305 53 17.3 33 20 (B) 96 60 62.8
South 11,220 2,858 25.5 8,096 1,662 20.5 622 107 17.2 2,502 1,089 43.5
  Inside metro statistical areas 10,259 2,589 25.2 7,416 1,506 20.3 533 85 16.0 2,309 998 43.2
      Inside principal cities 5,000 1,529 30.6 3,469 855 24.6 290 57 19.7 1,241 618 49.8
      Outside principal cities 5,259 1,060 20.2 3,948 651 16.5 243 28 11.5 1,068 381 35.6
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 961 269 28.0 680 157 23.1 89 22 24.6 193 90 46.9
West 13,863 3,566 25.7 10,164 2,062 20.3 858 199 23.2 2,841 1,306 46.0
  Inside metro statistical areas 13,103 3,354 25.6 9,600 1,958 20.4 831 198 23.8 2,672 1,199 44.9
      Inside principal cities 6,369 1,852 29.1 4,430 1,036 23.4 408 104 25.4 1,531 713 46.6
      Outside principal cities 6,735 1,502 22.3 5,171 922 17.8 423 94 22.2 1,141 486 42.6
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 759 212 27.9 563 104 18.5 27 1 (B) 169 107 63.2

Division (31)
 
New England 		749 274 36.6 370 63 17.1 36 6 (B) 343 205 59.6
Middle Atlantic 3,499 944 27.0 1,943 259 13.3 283 102 36.2 1,274 583 45.8
East North Central 2,273 620 27.3 1,679 358 21.3 182 35 19.4 412 226 54.9
West North Central 727 189 26.0 521 101 19.3 43 4 (B) 163 84 51.5
South Atlantic 3,640 712 19.6 2,725 440 16.1 170 35 20.5 745 238 32.0
East South Central 368 147 39.9 246 69 28.2 21 9 (B) 101 68 67.6
West South Central 7,213 1,999 27.7 5,125 1,153 22.5 431 63 14.6 1,657 782 47.2
Mountain 3,307 945 28.6 2,355 493 20.9 165 41 24.5 787 411 52.3
Pacific 10,556 2,621 24.8 7,809 1,569 20.1 693 158 22.8 2,054 894 43.5

Poverty Footnotes

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