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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 175% of poverty (5) Percentage below 175% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 175% of poverty (5) Percentage below 175% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 175% of poverty (5) Percentage below 175% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 175% of poverty (5) Percentage below 175% of poverty (6)

White A.O.I.C.
 
People in families with related
  children under 18 years, total (9) 		122,093 33,840 27.7 95,844 19,757 20.6 6,442 2,538 39.4 19,807 11,544 58.3

Residence and Region (31)

United States:
 
  Inside metro statistical areas 		101,957 27,321 26.8 80,144 16,024 20.0 5,295 2,000 37.8 16,518 9,296 56.3
      Inside principal cities 34,039 12,476 36.7 25,158 7,153 28.4 1,903 870 45.7 6,978 4,453 63.8
      Outside principal cities 67,918 14,845 21.9 54,986 8,871 16.1 3,392 1,130 33.3 9,539 4,844 50.8
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 20,136 6,519 32.4 15,699 3,733 23.8 1,147 538 46.9 3,290 2,248 68.3

Residence and Region (31)
 
Northeast 		21,055 4,599 21.8 16,545 2,338 14.1 1,041 367 35.3 3,468 1,894 54.6
  Inside metro statistical areas 18,545 3,996 21.5 14,547 2,030 14.0 895 299 33.5 3,103 1,666 53.7
      Inside principal cities 4,410 1,749 39.7 2,905 741 25.5 283 153 54.1 1,223 856 70.0
      Outside principal cities 14,135 2,246 15.9 11,642 1,289 11.1 612 147 23.9 1,880 811 43.1
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 2,510 603 24.0 1,998 309 15.4 146 68 46.3 365 227 62.2
Midwest 27,815 6,757 24.3 21,916 3,564 16.3 1,521 578 38.0 4,378 2,615 59.7
  Inside metro statistical areas 20,895 4,582 21.9 16,572 2,358 14.2 1,123 405 36.1 3,201 1,819 56.8
      Inside principal cities 6,190 1,825 29.5 4,727 950 20.1 333 151 45.5 1,131 724 64.0
      Outside principal cities 14,705 2,757 18.7 11,845 1,408 11.9 790 253 32.1 2,070 1,096 52.9
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 6,920 2,175 31.4 5,344 1,206 22.6 399 173 43.4 1,177 796 67.6
South 41,992 12,748 30.4 32,946 7,707 23.4 2,172 979 45.1 6,874 4,061 59.1
  Inside metro statistical areas 34,144 9,939 29.1 26,860 6,053 22.5 1,692 725 42.8 5,593 3,160 56.5
      Inside principal cities 11,413 4,421 38.7 8,529 2,700 31.7 578 268 46.4 2,306 1,453 63.0
      Outside principal cities 22,732 5,517 24.3 18,330 3,354 18.3 1,114 457 41.0 3,287 1,707 51.9
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 7,847 2,809 35.8 6,086 1,654 27.2 480 254 53.1 1,281 901 70.3
West 31,231 9,736 31.2 24,436 6,147 25.2 1,708 614 35.9 5,087 2,975 58.5
  Inside metro statistical areas 28,373 8,805 31.0 22,166 5,583 25.2 1,585 571 36.0 4,621 2,651 57.4
      Inside principal cities 12,026 4,480 37.3 8,997 2,763 30.7 710 298 42.0 2,319 1,420 61.2
      Outside principal cities 16,347 4,324 26.5 13,169 2,820 21.4 876 273 31.2 2,302 1,231 53.5
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 2,859 931 32.6 2,270 565 24.9 122 42 34.6 466 324 69.6

Division (31)
 
New England 		5,970 1,101 18.4 4,722 483 10.2 254 89 34.8 993 529 53.3
Middle Atlantic 15,085 3,498 23.2 11,823 1,855 15.7 787 279 35.4 2,475 1,365 55.1
East North Central 19,168 4,606 24.0 14,977 2,308 15.4 1,065 429 40.3 3,126 1,869 59.8
West North Central 8,647 2,151 24.9 6,939 1,257 18.1 456 149 32.6 1,252 746 59.6
South Atlantic 20,160 4,987 24.7 16,107 2,973 18.5 1,005 412 41.0 3,048 1,602 52.6
East South Central 6,605 2,117 32.0 5,202 1,197 23.0 333 201 60.4 1,070 719 67.2
West South Central 15,226 5,644 37.1 11,637 3,538 30.4 834 366 43.9 2,756 1,740 63.1
Mountain 10,277 3,083 30.0 8,177 1,929 23.6 488 175 35.9 1,611 979 60.7
Pacific 20,954 6,653 31.7 16,259 4,218 25.9 1,219 438 35.9 3,476 1,996 57.4

Poverty Footnotes

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