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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)

Black A.O.I.C.
 
People in families with related
  children under 18 years, total (9) 		23,234 11,765 50.6 10,414 2,802 26.9 1,488 828 55.6 11,333 8,135 71.8

Residence and Region (31)

United States:
 
  Inside metro statistical areas 		21,073 10,359 49.2 9,524 2,419 25.4 1,388 766 55.2 10,160 7,174 70.6
      Inside principal cities 11,429 6,547 57.3 4,301 1,292 30.0 832 524 62.9 6,296 4,731 75.1
      Outside principal cities 9,644 3,812 39.5 5,224 1,128 21.6 556 242 43.5 3,864 2,442 63.2
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 2,161 1,406 65.1 889 383 43.0 100 62 62.1 1,172 961 82.0

Residence and Region (31)
 
Northeast 		4,082 1,945 47.6 1,694 382 22.5 302 167 55.4 2,087 1,396 66.9
  Inside metro statistical areas 4,019 1,912 47.6 1,667 373 22.4 294 160 54.3 2,058 1,379 67.0
      Inside principal cities 2,593 1,403 54.1 939 280 29.8 197 116 59.1 1,457 1,007 69.1
      Outside principal cities 1,426 510 35.7 728 94 12.9 97 43 44.6 601 372 62.0
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 63 33 (B) 27 8 (B) 7 7 (B) 29 17 (B)
Midwest 4,330 2,533 58.5 1,683 601 35.7 318 193 60.8 2,329 1,739 74.7
  Inside metro statistical areas 4,149 2,406 58.0 1,588 538 33.9 315 190 60.4 2,247 1,678 74.7
      Inside principal cities 2,735 1,779 65.0 864 339 39.2 265 184 69.7 1,607 1,256 78.2
      Outside principal cities 1,414 627 44.4 724 199 27.5 50 6 (B) 640 422 65.9
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 181 127 70.1 95 63 65.6 3 3 (B) 82 61 74.2
South 12,427 6,327 50.9 5,621 1,437 25.6 742 410 55.3 6,063 4,480 73.9
  Inside metro statistical areas 10,581 5,114 48.3 4,903 1,146 23.4 654 360 55.0 5,024 3,608 71.8
      Inside principal cities 4,849 2,825 58.3 1,807 480 26.6 331 194 58.7 2,712 2,150 79.3
      Outside principal cities 5,732 2,289 39.9 3,097 666 21.5 323 165 51.2 2,312 1,458 63.1
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 1,845 1,213 65.8 718 291 40.5 88 51 57.2 1,039 872 83.9
West 2,395 959 40.0 1,416 382 27.0 126 57 45.3 854 520 60.9
  Inside metro statistical areas 2,323 926 39.9 1,367 362 26.5 125 56 44.9 832 508 61.1
      Inside principal cities 1,252 540 43.1 691 193 27.9 40 29 (B) 521 318 61.2
      Outside principal cities 1,072 386 36.0 676 169 25.0 85 27 32.1 311 190 61.1
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 72 33 (B) 49 21 (B) 1 1 (B) 22 11 (B)

Division (31)
 
New England 		588 275 46.8 255 55 21.4 58 36 (B) 275 185 67.2
Middle Atlantic 3,494 1,669 47.8 1,439 327 22.7 243 131 53.8 1,812 1,211 66.9
East North Central 3,533 2,165 61.3 1,261 479 38.0 279 176 63.0 1,992 1,510 75.8
West North Central 797 368 46.2 422 122 28.8 39 17 (B) 337 229 68.0
South Atlantic 7,357 3,422 46.5 3,342 746 22.3 438 229 52.3 3,576 2,447 68.4
East South Central 2,035 1,252 61.5 847 277 32.7 139 96 69.3 1,049 878 83.7
West South Central 3,034 1,653 54.5 1,432 414 28.9 165 85 51.3 1,438 1,155 80.3
Mountain 559 241 43.1 348 105 30.2 17 7 (B) 194 129 66.3
Pacific 1,836 718 39.1 1,067 277 26.0 109 50 45.9 660 391 59.3

Poverty Footnotes

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