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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 130% of poverty (5) Percentage below 130% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 130% of poverty (5) Percentage below 130% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 130% of poverty (5) Percentage below 130% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 130% of poverty (5) Percentage below 130% of poverty (6)

White A.O.I.C. (12)
 
Families with related children
  under 18 years, total (13) 		30,740 5,847 19.0 22,405 2,543 11.4 2,085 524 25.1 6,249 2,780 44.5

Residence and Region (31)

United States:
 
  Inside metro statistical areas 		25,516 4,650 18.2 18,667 2,065 11.1 1,692 410 24.2 5,157 2,175 42.2
      Inside principal cities 8,570 2,171 25.3 5,836 950 16.3 600 168 28.0 2,134 1,052 49.3
      Outside principal cities 16,946 2,480 14.6 12,831 1,115 8.7 1,092 241 22.1 3,022 1,123 37.2
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 5,224 1,197 22.9 3,738 478 12.8 393 115 29.2 1,093 605 55.3

Residence and Region (31)
 
Northeast 		5,399 843 15.6 3,939 305 7.7 346 75 21.8 1,114 463 41.6
  Inside metro statistical areas 4,738 726 15.3 3,458 269 7.8 294 61 20.6 987 396 40.1
      Inside principal cities 1,135 346 30.5 664 101 15.2 84 30 35.5 387 215 55.6
      Outside principal cities 3,603 380 10.5 2,793 168 6.0 210 31 14.6 600 181 30.2
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 661 118 17.8 482 36 7.4 52 15 (B) 128 67 52.7
Midwest 7,191 1,242 17.3 5,200 475 9.1 541 128 23.7 1,450 639 44.1
  Inside metro statistical areas 5,383 846 15.7 3,928 321 8.2 389 83 21.3 1,065 443 41.6
      Inside principal cities 1,612 340 21.1 1,122 128 11.4 120 30 25.3 370 182 49.2
      Outside principal cities 3,770 506 13.4 2,806 193 6.9 269 53 19.5 696 261 37.5
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 1,808 396 21.9 1,272 154 12.1 152 45 29.8 385 197 51.1
South 10,561 2,176 20.6 7,697 978 12.7 685 190 27.8 2,179 1,008 46.2
  Inside metro statistical areas 8,546 1,669 19.5 6,253 766 12.3 537 146 27.2 1,756 757 43.1
      Inside principal cities 2,883 750 26.0 1,987 360 18.1 180 49 27.3 715 340 47.6
      Outside principal cities 5,663 920 16.2 4,266 406 9.5 357 97 27.2 1,041 417 40.0
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 2,015 507 25.2 1,444 212 14.7 148 44 29.9 423 251 59.2
West 7,588 1,585 20.9 5,569 785 14.1 514 130 25.4 1,506 669 44.5
  Inside metro statistical areas 6,849 1,409 20.6 5,028 709 14.1 472 120 25.4 1,349 580 43.0
      Inside principal cities 2,940 735 25.0 2,062 361 17.5 215 59 27.3 663 315 47.5
      Outside principal cities 3,909 674 17.2 2,966 348 11.7 257 61 23.7 686 265 38.6
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 739 177 23.9 541 76 14.1 42 11 (B) 157 90 57.3

Division (31)
 
New England 		1,578 226 14.3 1,150 72 6.3 94 18 19.5 335 136 40.5
Middle Atlantic 3,821 617 16.2 2,789 233 8.3 252 57 22.6 780 328 42.0
East North Central 4,940 833 16.9 3,542 296 8.4 371 87 23.4 1,028 450 43.8
West North Central 2,251 410 18.2 1,658 179 10.8 170 41 24.4 423 189 44.8
South Atlantic 5,111 833 16.3 3,790 365 9.6 321 68 21.3 999 400 40.0
East South Central 1,682 381 22.6 1,233 145 11.8 103 51 49.8 346 184 53.2
West South Central 3,768 962 25.5 2,674 468 17.5 261 71 27.2 833 423 50.8
Mountain 2,569 532 20.7 1,893 247 13.0 161 35 21.7 516 251 48.5
Pacific 5,019 1,053 21.0 3,676 539 14.7 353 95 27.0 990 419 42.3

Poverty Footnotes

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