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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)

Hispanic (of any race) (12)
 
Families with related children
  under 18 years, total (13) 		7,117 1,905 26.8 4,617 874 18.9 544 119 22.0 1,957 912 46.6

Residence and Region (31)

United States:
 
  Inside metro statistical areas 		6,619 1,750 26.4 4,286 803 18.7 508 109 21.4 1,825 838 45.9
      Inside principal cities 3,404 1,037 30.5 2,037 447 22.0 282 65 22.9 1,085 525 48.4
      Outside principal cities 3,216 713 22.2 2,249 356 15.8 226 44 19.5 740 313 42.3
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 498 155 31.2 331 71 21.4 36 11 (B) 131 74 56.4

Residence and Region (31)
 
Northeast 		1,013 316 31.2 480 67 13.9 92 30 32.8 441 219 49.7
  Inside metro statistical areas 997 307 30.8 470 63 13.4 90 29 31.8 437 215 49.3
      Inside principal cities 598 212 35.5 242 39 16.1 54 22 (B) 301 151 50.1
      Outside principal cities 399 95 23.7 227 24 10.5 36 6 (B) 135 64 47.5
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 16 9 (B) 11 4 (B) 1 1 (B) 4 4 (B)
Midwest 660 176 26.7 447 91 20.3 63 9 (B) 151 76 50.8
  Inside metro statistical areas 573 149 26.0 388 81 20.8 55 5 (B) 130 63 48.5
      Inside principal cities 287 88 30.6 176 48 27.0 36 3 (B) 76 37 49.4
      Outside principal cities 285 61 21.5 211 33 15.7 20 2 (B) 55 26 (B)
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 87 27 30.6 59 10 (B) 7 3 (B) 21 13 (B)
South 2,517 636 25.3 1,689 326 19.3 169 26 15.6 659 283 43.0
  Inside metro statistical areas 2,300 571 24.8 1,546 292 18.9 150 21 14.0 603 258 42.7
      Inside principal cities 1,161 343 29.5 745 166 22.2 80 13 16.1 336 164 48.9
      Outside principal cities 1,139 228 20.0 801 127 15.8 70 8 (B) 267 93 34.9
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 217 65 29.9 142 34 23.6 19 5 (B) 56 26 (B)
West 2,928 778 26.6 2,001 391 19.5 221 54 24.6 705 333 47.2
  Inside metro statistical areas 2,750 723 26.3 1,882 367 19.5 213 54 25.2 655 302 46.1
      Inside principal cities 1,357 394 29.0 873 195 22.4 112 26 23.5 372 173 46.4
      Outside principal cities 1,393 329 23.6 1,009 172 17.0 101 27 27.1 283 129 45.8
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 178 55 31.0 119 24 19.8 8 1 (B) 51 31 (B)

Division (31)
 
New England 		191 79 41.3 77 14 18.6 12 2 (B) 102 63 61.3
Middle Atlantic 822 237 28.8 404 52 12.9 80 28 35.2 339 157 46.2
East North Central 506 131 26.0 346 70 20.3 52 8 (B) 108 53 49.6
West North Central 154 45 28.9 100 20 20.3 11 1 (B) 43 23 (B)
South Atlantic 844 161 19.1 593 87 14.7 49 8 (B) 202 66 32.5
East South Central 75 31 40.9 51 14 (B) 6 3 (B) 18 14 (B)
West South Central 1,598 444 27.8 1,045 224 21.5 114 16 14.1 439 204 46.4
Mountain 741 224 30.1 474 95 20.1 51 11 (B) 216 117 54.2
Pacific 2,186 554 25.4 1,527 296 19.4 170 43 25.3 489 216 44.1

Poverty Footnotes

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