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POV45: Region, Division and Type of Residence -- Poverty Status for 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)

  Families (total) (10) Married-couple families (11) Families with a male householder, no wife present Families with a female householder, no husband present
All income levels Below 100% of poverty (5) Percentage below 100% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 100% of poverty (5) Percentage below 100% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 100% of poverty (5) Percentage below 100% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 100% of poverty (5) Percentage below 100% of poverty (6)

Asian A.O.I.C. (12)
 
Families with related children
  under 18 years, total (13) 		1,933 204 10.5 1,601 141 8.8 89 11 12.5 243 52 21.4

Residence and Region (31)

United States:
 
  Inside metro statistical areas 		1,882 190 10.1 1,565 133 8.5 85 10 12.1 232 47 20.1
      Inside principal cities 890 106 11.9 734 69 9.4 36 10 (B) 120 27 22.2
      Outside principal cities 992 84 8.5 832 64 7.7 49 0 (B) 112 20 17.9
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 50 14 (B) 35 8 (B) 4 1 (B) 11 5 (B)

Residence and Region (31)
 
Northeast 		391 59 15.1 328 42 12.8 9 4 (B) 54 14 (B)
  Inside metro statistical areas 389 59 15.1 326 42 12.8 9 4 (B) 54 14 (B)
      Inside principal cities 157 34 21.5 127 22 17.1 6 4 (B) 23 8 (B)
      Outside principal cities 233 25 10.8 198 20 10.1 3 0 (B) 31 5 (B)
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 2 0 (B) 2 0 (B) 0 0 (X) 0 0 (B)
Midwest 239 33 13.6 202 18 9.0 11 2 (B) 25 13 (B)
  Inside metro statistical areas 230 30 13.1 196 18 9.2 10 1 (B) 23 11 (B)
      Inside principal cities 115 21 18.4 101 13 12.8 4 1 (B) 10 7 (B)
      Outside principal cities 114 9 7.7 95 5 5.5 7 0 (B) 12 4 (B)
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 9 2 (B) 6 0 (B) 1 1 (B) 3 2 (B)
South 484 39 8.1 401 24 6.0 30 3 (B) 53 12 (B)
  Inside metro statistical areas 465 30 6.5 387 18 4.7 28 3 (B) 49 9 (B)
      Inside principal cities 198 17 8.5 168 9 5.6 11 3 (B) 18 4 (B)
      Outside principal cities 267 14 5.1 218 9 4.0 17 0 (B) 31 5 (B)
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 19 9 (B) 14 6 (B) 2 0 (B) 3 3 (B)
West 819 73 8.9 670 57 8.4 39 3 (B) 111 14 12.5
  Inside metro statistical areas 799 71 8.8 657 55 8.4 37 3 (B) 106 13 12.4
      Inside principal cities 421 34 8.1 337 25 7.4 16 2 (B) 69 7 (B)
      Outside principal cities 378 36 9.6 320 30 9.3 22 0 (B) 37 6 (B)
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 20 2 (B) 13 2 (B) 1 0 (B) 5 1 (B)

Division (31)
 
New England 		90 14 16.0 70 8 (B) 1 0 (B) 19 6 (B)
Middle Atlantic 301 45 14.9 257 34 13.0 8 4 (B) 36 8 (B)
East North Central 176 24 13.7 153 15 10.0 5 0 (B) 18 9 (B)
West North Central 63 8 (B) 50 3 (B) 6 2 (B) 8 4 (B)
South Atlantic 262 6 2.5 222 5 2.4 12 0 (B) 28 1 (B)
East South Central 34 7 (B) 25 5 (B) 3 0 (B) 6 2 (B)
West South Central 188 26 13.8 154 14 8.9 16 3 (B) 18 9 (B)
Mountain 80 10 12.7 65 7 (B) 3 0 (B) 12 3 (B)
Pacific 739 63 8.5 605 49 8.2 36 3 (B) 99 11 11.1

Poverty Footnotes

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