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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)

Hispanic (of any race) (12)
 
Families with related children
  under 18 years, total (13) 		7,117 2,676 37.6 4,617 1,352 29.3 544 188 34.5 1,957 1,137 58.1

Residence and Region (31)

United States:
 
  Inside metro statistical areas 		6,619 2,452 37.0 4,286 1,232 28.8 508 174 34.3 1,825 1,045 57.2
      Inside principal cities 3,404 1,424 41.8 2,037 666 32.7 282 102 36.2 1,085 656 60.5
      Outside principal cities 3,216 1,028 32.0 2,249 567 25.2 226 72 31.9 740 389 52.5
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 498 224 45.1 331 119 36.0 36 13 (B) 131 92 70.1

Residence and Region (31)
 
Northeast 		1,013 412 40.7 480 101 21.1 92 40 43.1 441 271 61.5
  Inside metro statistical areas 997 401 40.2 470 95 20.3 90 38 42.2 437 267 61.2
      Inside principal cities 598 276 46.1 242 56 23.1 54 28 (B) 301 192 63.6
      Outside principal cities 399 125 31.4 227 40 17.4 36 10 (B) 135 76 55.9
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 16 11 (B) 11 6 (B) 1 1 (B) 4 4 (B)
Midwest 660 242 36.7 447 139 31.1 63 15 (B) 151 88 58.2
  Inside metro statistical areas 573 203 35.5 388 120 30.9 55 11 (B) 130 73 56.0
      Inside principal cities 287 111 38.4 176 60 34.3 36 7 (B) 76 43 57.3
      Outside principal cities 285 93 32.6 211 59 28.1 20 4 (B) 55 30 (B)
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 87 39 44.4 59 19 (B) 7 5 (B) 21 15 (B)
South 2,517 928 36.9 1,689 506 30.0 169 49 29.1 659 373 56.5
  Inside metro statistical areas 2,300 832 36.2 1,546 452 29.3 150 42 28.3 603 337 55.8
      Inside principal cities 1,161 483 41.6 745 258 34.7 80 22 27.0 336 204 60.5
      Outside principal cities 1,139 348 30.6 801 194 24.2 70 21 (B) 267 133 49.9
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 217 96 44.3 142 54 37.7 19 7 (B) 56 36 (B)
West 2,928 1,094 37.4 2,001 605 30.3 221 84 37.8 705 405 57.4
  Inside metro statistical areas 2,750 1,015 36.9 1,882 565 30.0 213 83 39.0 655 368 56.2
      Inside principal cities 1,357 554 40.9 873 291 33.3 112 46 40.7 372 218 58.5
      Outside principal cities 1,393 461 33.1 1,009 274 27.1 101 37 37.1 283 150 53.1
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 178 79 44.3 119 41 34.2 8 1 (B) 51 37 (B)

Division (31)
 
New England 		191 94 49.1 77 19 24.9 12 2 (B) 102 72 70.8
Middle Atlantic 822 318 38.7 404 82 20.3 80 37 46.6 339 199 58.7
East North Central 506 177 35.0 346 106 30.7 52 13 (B) 108 57 53.3
West North Central 154 65 42.3 100 33 32.6 11 2 (B) 43 30 (B)
South Atlantic 844 253 29.9 593 138 23.2 49 13 (B) 202 102 50.6
East South Central 75 41 53.9 51 21 (B) 6 4 (B) 18 15 (B)
West South Central 1,598 635 39.7 1,045 347 33.2 114 32 28.5 439 255 58.1
Mountain 741 318 42.8 474 159 33.4 51 16 (B) 216 143 66.1
Pacific 2,186 777 35.5 1,527 447 29.3 170 67 39.7 489 262 53.6

Poverty Footnotes

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