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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)

Hispanic (of any race)
 
People in families with related
  children under 18 years, total (9) 		32,331 13,811 42.7 22,773 8,123 35.7 2,024 847 41.9 7,534 4,841 64.3

Residence and Region (31)

United States:
 
  Inside metro statistical areas 		30,096 12,724 42.3 21,167 7,462 35.3 1,870 783 41.9 7,059 4,479 63.4
      Inside principal cities 14,989 7,225 48.2 9,895 4,010 40.5 987 478 48.5 4,107 2,737 66.6
      Outside principal cities 15,107 5,499 36.4 11,273 3,452 30.6 882 304 34.5 2,952 1,742 59.0
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 2,235 1,087 48.6 1,606 660 41.1 154 64 41.8 475 362 76.2

Residence and Region (31)
 
Northeast 		4,248 1,844 43.4 2,313 615 26.6 318 149 46.7 1,617 1,081 66.8
  Inside metro statistical areas 4,167 1,794 43.0 2,255 587 26.0 313 143 45.8 1,599 1,063 66.5
      Inside principal cities 2,365 1,206 51.0 1,116 347 31.0 180 108 60.3 1,069 751 70.3
      Outside principal cities 1,802 587 32.6 1,139 240 21.1 133 35 26.2 530 312 58.9
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 81 51 62.6 58 28 (B) 5 5 (B) 18 17 (B)
Midwest 3,001 1,337 44.6 2,200 825 37.5 226 101 44.9 575 411 71.5
  Inside metro statistical areas 2,567 1,133 44.1 1,896 721 38.1 193 76 39.3 478 336 70.2
      Inside principal cities 1,255 586 46.7 880 372 42.3 109 42 38.8 266 172 64.5
      Outside principal cities 1,312 547 41.7 1,016 350 34.4 84 34 40.0 213 164 77.3
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 434 204 47.0 305 104 34.0 33 26 (B) 96 75 77.7
South 11,220 4,786 42.7 8,096 3,009 37.2 622 229 36.9 2,502 1,548 61.9
  Inside metro statistical areas 10,259 4,297 41.9 7,416 2,687 36.2 533 200 37.5 2,309 1,410 61.1
      Inside principal cities 5,000 2,492 49.8 3,469 1,521 43.9 290 122 41.9 1,241 849 68.4
      Outside principal cities 5,259 1,805 34.3 3,948 1,166 29.5 243 79 32.4 1,068 561 52.5
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 961 489 50.9 680 322 47.4 89 29 32.7 193 138 71.5
West 13,863 5,843 42.2 10,164 3,673 36.1 858 368 42.9 2,841 1,802 63.4
  Inside metro statistical areas 13,103 5,500 42.0 9,600 3,467 36.1 831 364 43.7 2,672 1,669 62.5
      Inside principal cities 6,369 2,941 46.2 4,430 1,771 40.0 408 206 50.5 1,531 965 63.0
      Outside principal cities 6,735 2,559 38.0 5,171 1,697 32.8 423 157 37.2 1,141 705 61.8
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 759 343 45.2 563 206 36.5 27 5 (B) 169 133 78.6

Division (31)
 
New England 		749 370 49.5 370 98 26.4 36 7 (B) 343 265 77.3
Middle Atlantic 3,499 1,474 42.1 1,943 517 26.6 283 141 50.0 1,274 815 64.0
East North Central 2,273 1,007 44.3 1,679 637 37.9 182 88 48.4 412 281 68.4
West North Central 727 330 45.4 521 188 36.1 43 13 (B) 163 129 79.4
South Atlantic 3,640 1,297 35.6 2,725 827 30.4 170 70 41.0 745 400 53.7
East South Central 368 210 57.1 246 114 46.2 21 13 (B) 101 83 82.6
West South Central 7,213 3,280 45.5 5,125 2,069 40.4 431 146 33.9 1,657 1,065 64.3
Mountain 3,307 1,570 47.5 2,355 921 39.1 165 82 49.8 787 567 72.1
Pacific 10,556 4,273 40.5 7,809 2,752 35.2 693 286 41.3 2,054 1,235 60.1

Poverty Footnotes

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