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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 125% of poverty (5) Percentage below 125% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 125% of poverty (5) Percentage below 125% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 125% of poverty (5) Percentage below 125% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 125% of poverty (5) Percentage below 125% of poverty (6)

Hispanic (of any race) (12)
 
Families with related children
  under 18 years, total (13) 		7,117 2,566 36.1 4,617 1,269 27.5 544 176 32.3 1,957 1,121 57.3

Residence and Region (31)

United States:
 
  Inside metro statistical areas 		6,619 2,348 35.5 4,286 1,155 26.9 508 163 32.0 1,825 1,030 56.4
      Inside principal cities 3,404 1,359 39.9 2,037 619 30.4 282 92 32.8 1,085 648 59.7
      Outside principal cities 3,216 989 30.7 2,249 536 23.9 226 70 31.0 740 382 51.6
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 498 218 43.8 331 114 34.3 36 13 (B) 131 91 69.7

Residence and Region (31)
 
Northeast 		1,013 400 39.5 480 94 19.6 92 38 41.3 441 268 60.8
  Inside metro statistical areas 997 389 39.0 470 88 18.8 90 37 40.4 437 264 60.5
      Inside principal cities 598 267 44.6 242 51 21.1 54 27 (B) 301 189 62.7
      Outside principal cities 399 122 30.6 227 37 16.3 36 10 (B) 135 75 55.5
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 16 11 (B) 11 6 (B) 1 1 (B) 4 4 (B)
Midwest 660 233 35.3 447 132 29.5 63 15 (B) 151 86 57.1
  Inside metro statistical areas 573 197 34.3 388 114 29.5 55 11 (B) 130 72 55.1
      Inside principal cities 287 107 37.2 176 57 32.4 36 7 (B) 76 43 57.3
      Outside principal cities 285 90 31.4 211 57 27.1 20 4 (B) 55 28 (B)
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 87 36 41.8 59 18 (B) 7 5 (B) 21 14 (B)
South 2,517 896 35.6 1,689 480 28.4 169 46 27.3 659 370 56.1
  Inside metro statistical areas 2,300 803 34.9 1,546 429 27.8 150 39 26.2 603 334 55.4
      Inside principal cities 1,161 461 39.7 745 240 32.2 80 19 23.2 336 202 60.1
      Outside principal cities 1,139 342 30.0 801 189 23.6 70 21 (B) 267 132 49.5
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 217 93 43.0 142 51 35.7 19 7 (B) 56 36 (B)
West 2,928 1,037 35.4 2,001 563 28.1 221 77 34.7 705 397 56.3
  Inside metro statistical areas 2,750 959 34.9 1,882 523 27.8 213 76 35.7 655 360 55.0
      Inside principal cities 1,357 524 38.6 873 270 30.9 112 40 36.1 372 214 57.5
      Outside principal cities 1,393 435 31.2 1,009 253 25.1 101 36 35.3 283 146 51.7
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 178 78 43.7 119 40 33.3 8 1 (B) 51 37 (B)

Division (31)
 
New England 		191 93 48.8 77 19 24.9 12 2 (B) 102 72 70.2
Middle Atlantic 822 307 37.3 404 75 18.6 80 35 44.6 339 196 57.9
East North Central 506 171 33.8 346 102 29.4 52 13 (B) 108 56 52.2
West North Central 154 62 40.2 100 30 29.9 11 2 (B) 43 30 (B)
South Atlantic 844 244 28.9 593 129 21.8 49 13 (B) 202 102 50.6
East South Central 75 39 52.2 51 21 (B) 6 4 (B) 18 14 (B)
West South Central 1,598 613 38.3 1,045 330 31.6 114 29 25.8 439 253 57.8
Mountain 741 303 40.9 474 149 31.4 51 13 (B) 216 141 65.1
Pacific 2,186 734 33.6 1,527 414 27.1 170 63 37.3 489 257 52.5

Poverty Footnotes

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