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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)

Asian A.O.I.C.
 
People in families with related
  children under 18 years, total (9) 		8,269 1,802 21.8 7,025 1,319 18.8 341 120 35.2 903 363 40.2

Residence and Region (31)

United States:
 
  Inside metro statistical areas 		8,026 1,691 21.1 6,848 1,254 18.3 326 109 33.4 852 328 38.5
      Inside principal cities 3,707 925 25.0 3,165 708 22.4 129 58 45.0 413 159 38.6
      Outside principal cities 4,319 766 17.7 3,682 546 14.8 197 51 25.9 440 169 38.4
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 242 111 45.8 177 65 36.6 15 11 (B) 51 35 (B)

Residence and Region (31)
 
Northeast 		1,598 364 22.8 1,354 286 21.1 46 22 (B) 198 57 28.8
  Inside metro statistical areas 1,585 362 22.8 1,343 284 21.2 46 22 (B) 196 56 28.6
      Inside principal cities 617 193 31.3 508 149 29.3 27 20 (B) 81 24 29.4
      Outside principal cities 968 169 17.5 835 135 16.2 18 2 (B) 115 32 28.1
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 12 2 (B) 11 2 (B) 0 0 (X) 1 1 (B)
Midwest 1,004 247 24.6 892 186 20.8 34 14 (B) 78 47 60.3
  Inside metro statistical areas 965 230 23.8 865 179 20.7 31 12 (B) 69 38 (B)
      Inside principal cities 472 159 33.7 427 127 29.8 13 9 (B) 31 23 (B)
      Outside principal cities 492 70 14.2 437 52 11.8 18 3 (B) 37 16 (B)
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 39 17 (B) 27 7 (B) 3 2 (B) 9 8 (B)
South 1,993 480 24.1 1,665 318 19.1 109 56 51.6 219 106 48.3
  Inside metro statistical areas 1,905 411 21.6 1,602 271 16.9 103 51 49.0 200 89 44.5
      Inside principal cities 790 201 25.4 695 159 22.9 33 13 (B) 62 28 (B)
      Outside principal cities 1,115 210 18.8 907 112 12.4 71 37 (B) 137 61 44.1
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 88 69 78.5 63 46 (B) 6 6 (B) 19 17 (B)
West 3,674 711 19.4 3,114 530 17.0 152 28 18.3 408 153 37.6
  Inside metro statistical areas 3,571 689 19.3 3,038 520 17.1 146 25 17.0 387 145 37.3
      Inside principal cities 1,828 372 20.4 1,535 273 17.8 56 15 (B) 238 84 35.5
      Outside principal cities 1,744 317 18.2 1,503 247 16.4 90 10 10.6 150 60 40.2
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 103 22 21.4 76 10 13.3 6 3 (B) 21 9 (B)

Division (31)
 
New England 		362 74 20.5 295 48 16.2 2 0 (B) 65 26 (B)
Middle Atlantic 1,235 290 23.5 1,059 238 22.5 43 22 (B) 133 31 23.0
East North Central 728 191 26.2 655 148 22.6 20 8 (B) 54 35 (B)
West North Central 275 56 20.2 237 37 15.8 14 7 (B) 24 11 (B)
South Atlantic 1,098 194 17.7 919 111 12.1 42 29 (B) 137 55 40.0
East South Central 112 36 32.0 89 22 24.7 11 11 (B) 13 4 (B)
West South Central 783 250 31.9 657 185 28.1 56 17 (B) 69 47 (B)
Mountain 371 96 26.0 317 67 21.1 11 3 (B) 43 26 (B)
Pacific 3,303 615 18.6 2,796 463 16.5 142 25 17.6 365 127 34.8

Poverty Footnotes

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