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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 185% of poverty (5) Percentage below 185% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 185% of poverty (5) Percentage below 185% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 185% of poverty (5) Percentage below 185% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 185% of poverty (5) Percentage below 185% of poverty (6)

Hispanic (of any race)
 
People in families with related
  children under 18 years, total (9) 		32,331 17,337 53.6 22,773 10,742 47.2 2,024 1,098 54.3 7,534 5,497 73.0

Residence and Region (31)

United States:
 
  Inside metro statistical areas 		30,096 15,933 52.9 21,167 9,853 46.5 1,870 986 52.7 7,059 5,093 72.2
      Inside principal cities 14,989 8,917 59.5 9,895 5,248 53.0 987 598 60.6 4,107 3,070 74.8
      Outside principal cities 15,107 7,016 46.4 11,273 4,605 40.9 882 388 43.9 2,952 2,023 68.5
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 2,235 1,404 62.8 1,606 889 55.4 154 112 72.6 475 403 84.9

Residence and Region (31)
 
Northeast 		4,248 2,220 52.3 2,313 826 35.7 318 179 56.1 1,617 1,215 75.1
  Inside metro statistical areas 4,167 2,164 51.9 2,255 793 35.2 313 174 55.4 1,599 1,197 74.9
      Inside principal cities 2,365 1,391 58.8 1,116 442 39.6 180 120 66.7 1,069 829 77.5
      Outside principal cities 1,802 773 42.9 1,139 351 30.8 133 54 40.3 530 368 69.5
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 81 56 68.7 58 33 (B) 5 5 (B) 18 17 (B)
Midwest 3,001 1,632 54.4 2,200 1,047 47.6 226 136 60.4 575 449 78.1
  Inside metro statistical areas 2,567 1,367 53.2 1,896 887 46.8 193 108 55.9 478 372 77.7
      Inside principal cities 1,255 730 58.2 880 465 52.8 109 68 62.6 266 197 74.2
      Outside principal cities 1,312 637 48.5 1,016 423 41.6 84 40 47.3 213 174 82.0
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 434 266 61.2 305 160 52.4 33 29 (B) 96 77 80.5
South 11,220 6,273 55.9 8,096 4,108 50.7 622 360 57.8 2,502 1,805 72.1
  Inside metro statistical areas 10,259 5,630 54.9 7,416 3,702 49.9 533 290 54.3 2,309 1,638 70.9
      Inside principal cities 5,000 3,163 63.3 3,469 2,037 58.7 290 173 59.5 1,241 953 76.8
      Outside principal cities 5,259 2,467 46.9 3,948 1,665 42.2 243 117 48.1 1,068 685 64.1
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 961 643 66.9 680 406 59.8 89 70 79.0 193 167 86.5
West 13,863 7,212 52.0 10,164 4,760 46.8 858 423 49.3 2,841 2,029 71.4
  Inside metro statistical areas 13,103 6,772 51.7 9,600 4,470 46.6 831 415 50.0 2,672 1,887 70.6
      Inside principal cities 6,369 3,633 57.0 4,430 2,304 52.0 408 237 58.2 1,531 1,091 71.3
      Outside principal cities 6,735 3,140 46.6 5,171 2,167 41.9 423 178 42.1 1,141 795 69.7
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 759 440 58.0 563 290 51.5 27 8 (B) 169 142 84.1

Division (31)
 
New England 		749 427 57.0 370 131 35.3 36 12 (B) 343 284 82.7
Middle Atlantic 3,499 1,793 51.2 1,943 696 35.8 283 166 58.9 1,274 931 73.1
East North Central 2,273 1,226 53.9 1,679 796 47.4 182 116 63.7 412 314 76.3
West North Central 727 406 55.8 521 251 48.2 43 20 (B) 163 135 82.7
South Atlantic 3,640 1,739 47.8 2,725 1,144 42.0 170 100 59.2 745 495 66.4
East South Central 368 278 75.7 246 170 69.0 21 21 (B) 101 87 86.9
West South Central 7,213 4,256 59.0 5,125 2,795 54.5 431 238 55.2 1,657 1,222 73.8
Mountain 3,307 1,870 56.5 2,355 1,163 49.4 165 93 56.0 787 614 78.1
Pacific 10,556 5,343 50.6 7,809 3,598 46.1 693 331 47.7 2,054 1,414 68.9

Poverty Footnotes

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