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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 alone (12)
 
Families with related children
  under 18 years, total (13) 		1,833 191 10.4 1,529 132 8.7 80 10 12.3 224 49 21.8

Residence and Region (31)

United States:
 
  Inside metro statistical areas 		1,790 178 9.9 1,500 125 8.3 77 9 11.8 213 44 20.5
      Inside principal cities 838 98 11.7 694 64 9.2 34 9 (B) 110 25 22.8
      Outside principal cities 951 80 8.4 806 61 7.6 43 0 (B) 103 19 18.0
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 44 14 (B) 30 7 (B) 3 1 (B) 11 5 (B)

Residence and Region (31)
 
Northeast 		385 59 15.2 324 42 12.9 9 4 (B) 52 13 (B)
  Inside metro statistical areas 383 58 15.2 323 42 12.9 9 4 (B) 52 13 (B)
      Inside principal cities 153 34 22.0 126 22 17.2 6 4 (B) 21 8 (B)
      Outside principal cities 230 25 10.7 196 20 10.2 3 0 (B) 31 5 (B)
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 2 0 (B) 2 0 (B) 0 0 (X) 0 0 (B)
Midwest 222 29 12.9 191 17 8.8 9 1 (B) 22 11 (B)
  Inside metro statistical areas 214 26 12.2 186 17 9.0 8 0 (B) 20 9 (B)
      Inside principal cities 107 19 17.5 98 13 13.2 2 0 (B) 7 6 (B)
      Outside principal cities 107 7 7.0 89 4 4.3 6 0 (B) 12 4 (B)
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 8 2 (B) 5 0 (B) 1 1 (B) 3 2 (B)
South 462 39 8.5 387 24 6.2 27 3 (B) 48 12 (B)
  Inside metro statistical areas 445 30 6.8 374 18 4.8 26 3 (B) 45 9 (B)
      Inside principal cities 189 17 8.9 159 9 5.9 11 3 (B) 18 4 (B)
      Outside principal cities 256 14 5.3 215 9 4.1 14 0 (B) 27 5 (B)
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 18 9 (B) 13 6 (B) 2 0 (B) 3 3 (B)
West 763 65 8.5 627 50 7.9 35 2 (B) 102 13 12.4
  Inside metro statistical areas 747 63 8.4 617 48 7.8 34 2 (B) 97 12 12.5
      Inside principal cities 389 29 7.3 311 20 6.4 15 2 (B) 64 7 (B)
      Outside principal cities 358 34 9.5 306 28 9.3 19 0 (B) 33 5 (B)
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 16 2 (B) 11 1 (B) 1 0 (B) 5 0 (B)

Division (31)
 
New England 		89 14 15.5 70 8 (B) 1 0 (B) 18 5 (B)
Middle Atlantic 297 45 15.1 255 34 13.2 8 4 (B) 34 8 (B)
East North Central 165 23 13.7 145 15 10.5 5 0 (B) 15 7 (B)
West North Central 57 6 (B) 46 1 (B) 4 1 (B) 8 4 (B)
South Atlantic 252 6 2.6 219 5 2.4 9 0 (B) 24 1 (B)
East South Central 30 7 (B) 20 5 (B) 3 0 (B) 6 2 (B)
West South Central 181 26 14.4 147 14 9.3 16 3 (B) 18 9 (B)
Mountain 72 10 (B) 59 7 (B) 3 0 (B) 10 3 (B)
Pacific 691 54 7.9 568 42 7.5 32 2 (B) 91 10 10.7

Poverty Footnotes

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