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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 150% of poverty (5) Percentage below 150% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 150% of poverty (5) Percentage below 150% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 150% of poverty (5) Percentage below 150% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 150% of poverty (5) Percentage below 150% of poverty (6)

Asian A.O.I.C.
 
People in families with related
  children under 18 years, total (9) 		8,269 1,473 17.8 7,025 1,078 15.4 341 96 28.0 903 299 33.1

Residence and Region (31)

United States:
 
  Inside metro statistical areas 		8,026 1,372 17.1 6,848 1,020 14.9 326 88 26.8 852 264 31.0
      Inside principal cities 3,707 769 20.7 3,165 588 18.6 129 52 40.6 413 128 31.0
      Outside principal cities 4,319 603 14.0 3,682 432 11.7 197 35 17.8 440 136 30.9
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 242 101 41.6 177 58 32.9 15 8 (B) 51 35 (B)

Residence and Region (31)
 
Northeast 		1,598 334 20.9 1,354 260 19.2 46 20 (B) 198 54 27.4
  Inside metro statistical areas 1,585 333 21.0 1,343 259 19.3 46 20 (B) 196 54 27.2
      Inside principal cities 617 193 31.3 508 149 29.3 27 20 (B) 81 24 29.4
      Outside principal cities 968 140 14.4 835 110 13.2 18 0 (B) 115 30 25.7
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 12 1 (B) 11 1 (B) 0 0 (X) 1 1 (B)
Midwest 1,004 217 21.7 892 159 17.8 34 14 (B) 78 45 57.4
  Inside metro statistical areas 965 201 20.9 865 153 17.7 31 12 (B) 69 36 (B)
      Inside principal cities 472 137 29.0 427 105 24.5 13 9 (B) 31 23 (B)
      Outside principal cities 492 64 13.1 437 48 11.0 18 3 (B) 37 14 (B)
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 39 16 (B) 27 6 (B) 3 2 (B) 9 8 (B)
South 1,993 364 18.2 1,665 233 14.0 109 48 44.4 219 82 37.4
  Inside metro statistical areas 1,905 301 15.8 1,602 191 11.9 103 45 43.1 200 65 32.5
      Inside principal cities 790 162 20.5 695 124 17.9 33 13 (B) 62 24 (B)
      Outside principal cities 1,115 139 12.5 907 67 7.4 71 31 (B) 137 41 29.7
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 88 63 71.0 63 42 (B) 6 4 (B) 19 17 (B)
West 3,674 558 15.2 3,114 427 13.7 152 13 8.4 408 118 28.8
  Inside metro statistical areas 3,571 537 15.0 3,038 417 13.7 146 11 7.5 387 109 28.2
      Inside principal cities 1,828 277 15.2 1,535 210 13.7 56 10 (B) 238 57 24.2
      Outside principal cities 1,744 260 14.9 1,503 207 13.8 90 1 1.5 150 52 34.5
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 103 21 20.1 76 10 13.3 6 2 (B) 21 9 (B)

Division (31)
 
New England 		362 73 20.1 295 47 15.8 2 0 (B) 65 26 (B)
Middle Atlantic 1,235 261 21.1 1,059 213 20.1 43 20 (B) 133 28 20.9
East North Central 728 172 23.6 655 131 20.1 20 8 (B) 54 33 (B)
West North Central 275 45 16.5 237 27 11.5 14 7 (B) 24 11 (B)
South Atlantic 1,098 133 12.1 919 75 8.1 42 21 (B) 137 38 27.6
East South Central 112 36 32.0 89 22 24.7 11 11 (B) 13 4 (B)
West South Central 783 194 24.8 657 136 20.8 56 17 (B) 69 41 (B)
Mountain 371 56 15.1 317 49 15.5 11 0 (B) 43 7 (B)
Pacific 3,303 502 15.2 2,796 378 13.5 142 13 9.1 365 111 30.4

Poverty Footnotes

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