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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 125% of poverty (5) Percentage below 125% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 125% of poverty (5) Percentage below 125% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 125% of poverty (5) Percentage below 125% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 125% of poverty (5) Percentage below 125% of poverty (6)

Hispanic (of any race)
 
People in families with related
  children under 18 years, total (9) 		32,331 11,385 35.2 22,773 6,411 28.2 2,024 660 32.6 7,534 4,315 57.3

Residence and Region (31)

United States:
 
  Inside metro statistical areas 		30,096 10,442 34.7 21,167 5,862 27.7 1,870 602 32.2 7,059 3,978 56.4
      Inside principal cities 14,989 5,987 39.9 9,895 3,158 31.9 987 341 34.6 4,107 2,488 60.6
      Outside principal cities 15,107 4,455 29.5 11,273 2,704 24.0 882 261 29.5 2,952 1,491 50.5
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 2,235 944 42.2 1,606 549 34.2 154 58 37.5 475 337 70.8

Residence and Region (31)
 
Northeast 		4,248 1,548 36.4 2,313 455 19.7 318 129 40.6 1,617 963 59.6
  Inside metro statistical areas 4,167 1,502 36.0 2,255 431 19.1 313 124 39.6 1,599 947 59.2
      Inside principal cities 2,365 1,014 42.9 1,116 248 22.2 180 98 54.7 1,069 668 62.4
      Outside principal cities 1,802 488 27.1 1,139 184 16.1 133 25 19.2 530 279 52.7
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 81 46 56.7 58 24 (B) 5 5 (B) 18 17 (B)
Midwest 3,001 1,074 35.8 2,200 651 29.6 226 67 29.9 575 355 61.9
  Inside metro statistical areas 2,567 897 35.0 1,896 565 29.8 193 42 21.8 478 290 60.6
      Inside principal cities 1,255 473 37.7 880 293 33.3 109 22 20.4 266 158 59.4
      Outside principal cities 1,312 424 32.3 1,016 272 26.8 84 20 23.6 213 132 62.1
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 434 177 40.7 305 86 28.2 33 26 (B) 96 65 68.0
South 11,220 3,997 35.6 8,096 2,400 29.6 622 185 29.7 2,502 1,412 56.4
  Inside metro statistical areas 10,259 3,587 35.0 7,416 2,146 28.9 533 159 29.8 2,309 1,283 55.5
      Inside principal cities 5,000 2,051 41.0 3,469 1,212 34.9 290 80 27.6 1,241 759 61.2
      Outside principal cities 5,259 1,536 29.2 3,948 934 23.7 243 79 32.4 1,068 524 49.0
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 961 410 42.6 680 254 37.4 89 26 29.3 193 129 67.2
West 13,863 4,767 34.4 10,164 2,904 28.6 858 279 32.5 2,841 1,584 55.8
  Inside metro statistical areas 13,103 4,455 34.0 9,600 2,719 28.3 831 277 33.4 2,672 1,459 54.6
      Inside principal cities 6,369 2,449 38.5 4,430 1,405 31.7 408 141 34.5 1,531 903 59.0
      Outside principal cities 6,735 2,006 29.8 5,171 1,314 25.4 423 137 32.3 1,141 556 48.7
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 759 311 41.0 563 185 32.9 27 1 (B) 169 125 74.2

Division (31)
 
New England 		749 327 43.7 370 85 22.9 36 7 (B) 343 235 68.6
Middle Atlantic 3,499 1,220 34.9 1,943 370 19.1 283 122 43.1 1,274 728 57.2
East North Central 2,273 805 35.4 1,679 505 30.1 182 59 32.5 412 240 58.4
West North Central 727 269 37.0 521 146 28.0 43 8 (B) 163 115 70.7
South Atlantic 3,640 1,044 28.7 2,725 616 22.6 170 59 34.8 745 369 49.6
East South Central 368 184 50.1 246 100 40.7 21 13 (B) 101 71 70.4
West South Central 7,213 2,768 38.4 5,125 1,684 32.9 431 112 26.0 1,657 972 58.7
Mountain 3,307 1,285 38.9 2,355 735 31.2 165 50 30.0 787 500 63.6
Pacific 10,556 3,482 33.0 7,809 2,169 27.8 693 229 33.0 2,054 1,083 52.7

Poverty Footnotes

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