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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)

Hispanic (of any race)
 
People in families with related
  children under 18 years, total (9) 		32,331 16,375 50.6 22,773 10,005 43.9 2,024 1,052 51.9 7,534 5,318 70.6

Residence and Region (31)

United States:
 
  Inside metro statistical areas 		30,096 15,048 50.0 21,167 9,178 43.4 1,870 947 50.6 7,059 4,923 69.7
      Inside principal cities 14,989 8,532 56.9 9,895 4,946 50.0 987 578 58.6 4,107 3,008 73.2
      Outside principal cities 15,107 6,515 43.1 11,273 4,232 37.5 882 368 41.7 2,952 1,915 64.9
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 2,235 1,327 59.4 1,606 828 51.5 154 105 67.9 475 395 83.0

Residence and Region (31)
 
Northeast 		4,248 2,096 49.4 2,313 751 32.5 318 166 52.3 1,617 1,179 72.9
  Inside metro statistical areas 4,167 2,041 49.0 2,255 718 31.8 313 161 51.5 1,599 1,162 72.7
      Inside principal cities 2,365 1,319 55.8 1,116 399 35.8 180 116 64.3 1,069 804 75.2
      Outside principal cities 1,802 722 40.1 1,139 319 28.0 133 45 34.2 530 358 67.6
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 81 55 68.1 58 33 (B) 5 5 (B) 18 17 (B)
Midwest 3,001 1,557 51.9 2,200 981 44.6 226 135 59.7 575 442 76.9
  Inside metro statistical areas 2,567 1,312 51.1 1,896 842 44.4 193 106 55.0 478 364 76.1
      Inside principal cities 1,255 703 56.0 880 447 50.8 109 66 61.0 266 190 71.5
      Outside principal cities 1,312 609 46.4 1,016 395 38.9 84 40 47.3 213 174 82.0
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 434 245 56.5 305 139 45.6 33 29 (B) 96 77 80.5
South 11,220 5,860 52.2 8,096 3,803 47.0 622 337 54.1 2,502 1,721 68.8
  Inside metro statistical areas 10,259 5,251 51.2 7,416 3,414 46.0 533 274 51.4 2,309 1,562 67.6
      Inside principal cities 5,000 2,993 59.9 3,469 1,896 54.6 290 162 55.8 1,241 935 75.3
      Outside principal cities 5,259 2,258 42.9 3,948 1,519 38.5 243 112 46.1 1,068 627 58.7
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 961 609 63.4 680 388 57.1 89 63 70.8 193 158 82.2
West 13,863 6,861 49.5 10,164 4,471 44.0 858 414 48.2 2,841 1,976 69.6
  Inside metro statistical areas 13,103 6,443 49.2 9,600 4,203 43.8 831 406 48.8 2,672 1,835 68.7
      Inside principal cities 6,369 3,517 55.2 4,430 2,204 49.8 408 234 57.4 1,531 1,079 70.5
      Outside principal cities 6,735 2,926 43.4 5,171 1,999 38.7 423 171 40.5 1,141 756 66.2
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 759 417 55.0 563 267 47.5 27 8 (B) 169 142 84.1

Division (31)
 
New England 		749 420 56.1 370 127 34.4 36 12 (B) 343 281 81.9
Middle Atlantic 3,499 1,676 47.9 1,943 623 32.1 283 154 54.6 1,274 898 70.5
East North Central 2,273 1,165 51.3 1,679 743 44.2 182 114 62.7 412 308 74.8
West North Central 727 392 53.9 521 238 45.7 43 20 (B) 163 134 82.0
South Atlantic 3,640 1,574 43.2 2,725 1,029 37.8 170 97 56.9 745 448 60.1
East South Central 368 254 69.0 246 150 60.9 21 21 (B) 101 83 82.6
West South Central 7,213 4,032 55.9 5,125 2,624 51.2 431 219 50.8 1,657 1,190 71.8
Mountain 3,307 1,789 54.1 2,355 1,102 46.8 165 91 55.1 787 595 75.6
Pacific 10,556 5,072 48.1 7,809 3,368 43.1 693 323 46.6 2,054 1,381 67.2

Poverty Footnotes

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