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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)

Asian alone (12)
 
Families with related children
  under 18 years, total (13) 		1,833 252 13.8 1,529 173 11.3 80 19 23.5 224 60 27.0

Residence and Region (31)

United States:
 
  Inside metro statistical areas 		1,790 233 13.0 1,500 164 11.0 77 16 20.4 213 53 25.0
      Inside principal cities 838 130 15.5 694 91 13.1 34 11 (B) 110 27 24.7
      Outside principal cities 951 103 10.9 806 73 9.1 43 4 (B) 103 26 25.3
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 44 19 (B) 30 9 (B) 3 3 (B) 11 7 (B)

Residence and Region (31)
 
Northeast 		385 73 19.0 324 56 17.3 9 4 (B) 52 14 (B)
  Inside metro statistical areas 383 73 18.9 323 56 17.3 9 4 (B) 52 13 (B)
      Inside principal cities 153 42 27.2 126 30 23.6 6 4 (B) 21 8 (B)
      Outside principal cities 230 31 13.4 196 26 13.2 3 0 (B) 31 5 (B)
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 2 1 (B) 2 0 (B) 0 0 (X) 0 0 (B)
Midwest 222 40 17.8 191 25 12.8 9 2 (B) 22 13 (B)
  Inside metro statistical areas 214 35 16.4 186 23 12.5 8 1 (B) 20 10 (B)
      Inside principal cities 107 24 22.0 98 16 16.6 2 1 (B) 7 6 (B)
      Outside principal cities 107 12 10.8 89 7 7.9 6 0 (B) 12 5 (B)
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 8 4 (B) 5 1 (B) 1 1 (B) 3 2 (B)
South 462 52 11.2 387 30 7.7 27 10 (B) 48 12 (B)
  Inside metro statistical areas 445 41 9.3 374 24 6.4 26 8 (B) 45 9 (B)
      Inside principal cities 189 22 11.6 159 13 8.3 11 4 (B) 18 4 (B)
      Outside principal cities 256 19 7.5 215 11 4.9 14 4 (B) 27 5 (B)
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 18 11 (B) 13 6 (B) 2 2 (B) 3 3 (B)
West 763 87 11.5 627 63 10.0 35 3 (B) 102 22 21.5
  Inside metro statistical areas 747 84 11.3 617 61 10.0 34 2 (B) 97 20 21.1
      Inside principal cities 389 42 10.9 311 32 10.2 15 2 (B) 64 9 (B)
      Outside principal cities 358 42 11.7 306 30 9.7 19 0 (B) 33 12 (B)
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 16 3 (B) 11 1 (B) 1 1 (B) 5 1 (B)

Division (31)
 
New England 		89 17 18.7 70 11 (B) 1 0 (B) 18 6 (B)
Middle Atlantic 297 57 19.1 255 45 17.8 8 4 (B) 34 8 (B)
East North Central 165 32 19.1 145 22 15.0 5 1 (B) 15 8 (B)
West North Central 57 8 (B) 46 3 (B) 4 1 (B) 8 4 (B)
South Atlantic 252 12 4.9 219 7 3.3 9 4 (B) 24 1 (B)
East South Central 30 7 (B) 20 5 (B) 3 0 (B) 6 2 (B)
West South Central 181 33 18.2 147 17 11.8 16 6 (B) 18 9 (B)
Mountain 72 11 (B) 59 8 (B) 3 0 (B) 10 3 (B)
Pacific 691 76 11.0 568 54 9.6 32 3 (B) 91 19 20.8

Poverty Footnotes

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