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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 130% of poverty (5) Percentage below 130% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 130% of poverty (5) Percentage below 130% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 130% of poverty (5) Percentage below 130% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 130% of poverty (5) Percentage below 130% of poverty (6)

Asian A.O.I.C.
 
People in families with related
  children under 18 years, total (9) 		8,269 1,160 14.0 7,025 877 12.5 341 72 21.1 903 211 23.4

Residence and Region (31)

United States:
 
  Inside metro statistical areas 		8,026 1,069 13.3 6,848 828 12.1 326 64 19.6 852 177 20.7
      Inside principal cities 3,707 607 16.4 3,165 471 14.9 129 48 37.1 413 88 21.4
      Outside principal cities 4,319 463 10.7 3,682 358 9.7 197 16 8.2 440 88 20.1
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 242 91 37.6 177 48 27.4 15 8 (B) 51 35 (B)

Residence and Region (31)
 
Northeast 		1,598 315 19.7 1,354 247 18.3 46 20 (B) 198 48 24.2
  Inside metro statistical areas 1,585 314 19.8 1,343 247 18.4 46 20 (B) 196 47 24.0
      Inside principal cities 617 185 30.0 508 141 27.7 27 20 (B) 81 24 29.4
      Outside principal cities 968 129 13.3 835 106 12.6 18 0 (B) 115 23 20.3
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 12 1 (B) 11 1 (B) 0 0 (X) 1 1 (B)
Midwest 1,004 191 19.0 892 132 14.8 34 14 (B) 78 45 57.4
  Inside metro statistical areas 965 175 18.1 865 126 14.6 31 12 (B) 69 36 (B)
      Inside principal cities 472 117 24.8 427 85 19.9 13 9 (B) 31 23 (B)
      Outside principal cities 492 58 11.7 437 41 9.4 18 3 (B) 37 14 (B)
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 39 16 (B) 27 6 (B) 3 2 (B) 9 8 (B)
South 1,993 219 11.0 1,665 153 9.2 109 25 22.8 219 41 18.8
  Inside metro statistical areas 1,905 166 8.7 1,602 121 7.6 103 21 20.4 200 24 12.1
      Inside principal cities 790 98 12.4 695 79 11.3 33 9 (B) 62 10 (B)
      Outside principal cities 1,115 68 6.1 907 42 4.6 71 12 (B) 137 14 10.3
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 88 53 59.9 63 32 (B) 6 4 (B) 19 17 (B)
West 3,674 435 11.9 3,114 345 11.1 152 13 8.4 408 78 19.0
  Inside metro statistical areas 3,571 415 11.6 3,038 335 11.0 146 11 7.5 387 69 17.8
      Inside principal cities 1,828 207 11.3 1,535 166 10.8 56 10 (B) 238 32 13.4
      Outside principal cities 1,744 208 11.9 1,503 169 11.3 90 1 1.5 150 37 24.8
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 103 21 20.1 76 10 13.3 6 2 (B) 21 9 (B)

Division (31)
 
New England 		362 72 19.9 295 47 15.8 2 0 (B) 65 25 (B)
Middle Atlantic 1,235 243 19.7 1,059 201 19.0 43 20 (B) 133 22 16.8
East North Central 728 150 20.6 655 109 16.6 20 8 (B) 54 33 (B)
West North Central 275 41 14.8 237 23 9.6 14 7 (B) 24 11 (B)
South Atlantic 1,098 52 4.7 919 41 4.5 42 8 (B) 137 3 1.9
East South Central 112 25 22.7 89 22 24.7 11 0 (B) 13 4 (B)
West South Central 783 142 18.1 657 90 13.7 56 17 (B) 69 35 (B)
Mountain 371 48 13.0 317 41 13.1 11 0 (B) 43 7 (B)
Pacific 3,303 387 11.7 2,796 304 10.9 142 13 9.1 365 71 19.4

Poverty Footnotes

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