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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)

Hispanic (of any race)
 
People in families with related
  children under 18 years, total (9) 		32,331 11,937 36.9 22,773 6,826 30.0 2,024 719 35.5 7,534 4,392 58.3

Residence and Region (31)

United States:
 
  Inside metro statistical areas 		30,096 10,963 36.4 21,167 6,251 29.5 1,870 662 35.4 7,059 4,051 57.4
      Inside principal cities 14,989 6,299 42.0 9,895 3,390 34.3 987 386 39.1 4,107 2,524 61.4
      Outside principal cities 15,107 4,664 30.9 11,273 2,861 25.4 882 276 31.3 2,952 1,527 51.7
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 2,235 974 43.6 1,606 575 35.8 154 58 37.5 475 341 71.8

Residence and Region (31)
 
Northeast 		4,248 1,621 38.2 2,313 497 21.5 318 141 44.3 1,617 983 60.8
  Inside metro statistical areas 4,167 1,575 37.8 2,255 473 21.0 313 136 43.4 1,599 966 60.4
      Inside principal cities 2,365 1,061 44.8 1,116 272 24.4 180 105 58.1 1,069 684 64.0
      Outside principal cities 1,802 514 28.5 1,139 201 17.7 133 31 23.5 530 282 53.2
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 81 46 57.0 58 24 (B) 5 5 (B) 18 17 (B)
Midwest 3,001 1,118 37.2 2,200 689 31.3 226 67 29.9 575 361 62.8
  Inside metro statistical areas 2,567 933 36.3 1,896 597 31.5 193 42 21.8 478 294 61.4
      Inside principal cities 1,255 491 39.1 880 311 35.3 109 22 20.4 266 158 59.4
      Outside principal cities 1,312 442 33.7 1,016 287 28.2 84 20 23.6 213 136 63.8
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 434 185 42.6 305 92 30.2 33 26 (B) 96 67 70.0
South 11,220 4,140 36.9 8,096 2,516 31.1 622 197 31.7 2,502 1,427 57.0
  Inside metro statistical areas 10,259 3,722 36.3 7,416 2,253 30.4 533 171 32.1 2,309 1,297 56.2
      Inside principal cities 5,000 2,154 43.1 3,469 1,295 37.3 290 93 31.9 1,241 766 61.7
      Outside principal cities 5,259 1,567 29.8 3,948 957 24.3 243 79 32.4 1,068 531 49.7
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 961 419 43.5 680 263 38.7 89 26 29.3 193 129 67.2
West 13,863 5,058 36.5 10,164 3,123 30.7 858 314 36.5 2,841 1,622 57.1
  Inside metro statistical areas 13,103 4,734 36.1 9,600 2,927 30.5 831 312 37.6 2,672 1,494 55.9
      Inside principal cities 6,369 2,593 40.7 4,430 1,512 34.1 408 166 40.7 1,531 915 59.8
      Outside principal cities 6,735 2,140 31.8 5,171 1,416 27.4 423 146 34.6 1,141 578 50.7
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 759 325 42.8 563 196 34.8 27 1 (B) 169 128 75.7

Division (31)
 
New England 		749 332 44.4 370 86 23.3 36 7 (B) 343 239 69.6
Middle Atlantic 3,499 1,289 36.8 1,943 411 21.2 283 134 47.4 1,274 744 58.4
East North Central 2,273 831 36.5 1,679 528 31.4 182 59 32.5 412 244 59.2
West North Central 727 287 39.4 521 162 31.0 43 8 (B) 163 117 71.8
South Atlantic 3,640 1,077 29.6 2,725 649 23.8 170 59 34.8 745 369 49.6
East South Central 368 192 52.2 246 100 40.7 21 13 (B) 101 78 77.7
West South Central 7,213 2,871 39.8 5,125 1,767 34.5 431 125 29.0 1,657 979 59.1
Mountain 3,307 1,348 40.8 2,355 773 32.8 165 65 39.5 787 510 64.8
Pacific 10,556 3,710 35.1 7,809 2,350 30.1 693 248 35.8 2,054 1,112 54.1

Poverty Footnotes

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