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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 150% of poverty (5) Percentage below 150% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 150% of poverty (5) Percentage below 150% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 150% of poverty (5) Percentage below 150% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 150% of poverty (5) Percentage below 150% of poverty (6)

Asian A.O.I.C. (12)
 
Families with related children
  under 18 years, total (13) 		1,933 334 17.3 1,601 226 14.1 89 26 29.3 243 82 33.5

Residence and Region (31)

United States:
 
  Inside metro statistical areas 		1,882 312 16.6 1,565 215 13.7 85 23 27.0 232 74 32.0
      Inside principal cities 890 172 19.3 734 120 16.3 36 15 (B) 120 38 31.4
      Outside principal cities 992 140 14.1 832 95 11.4 49 8 (B) 112 36 32.6
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 50 22 (B) 35 11 (B) 4 3 (B) 11 7 (B)

Residence and Region (31)
 
Northeast 		391 78 19.9 328 58 17.6 9 4 (B) 54 16 (B)
  Inside metro statistical areas 389 77 19.8 326 57 17.6 9 4 (B) 54 16 (B)
      Inside principal cities 157 43 27.7 127 31 24.6 6 4 (B) 23 8 (B)
      Outside principal cities 233 34 14.5 198 26 13.1 3 0 (B) 31 8 (B)
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 2 1 (B) 2 0 (B) 0 0 (X) 0 0 (B)
Midwest 239 48 20.3 202 30 14.9 11 4 (B) 25 14 (B)
  Inside metro statistical areas 230 44 19.1 196 29 14.6 10 3 (B) 23 12 (B)
      Inside principal cities 115 29 25.2 101 19 19.1 4 2 (B) 10 7 (B)
      Outside principal cities 114 15 13.0 95 9 9.9 7 1 (B) 12 5 (B)
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 9 4 (B) 6 1 (B) 1 1 (B) 3 2 (B)
South 484 84 17.4 401 52 13.0 30 15 (B) 53 17 (B)
  Inside metro statistical areas 465 71 15.3 387 44 11.3 28 13 (B) 49 14 (B)
      Inside principal cities 198 35 17.8 168 24 14.2 11 6 (B) 18 5 (B)
      Outside principal cities 267 36 13.5 218 20 9.1 17 7 (B) 31 9 (B)
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 19 13 (B) 14 8 (B) 2 2 (B) 3 3 (B)
West 819 123 15.1 670 86 12.9 39 3 (B) 111 34 30.3
  Inside metro statistical areas 799 120 15.0 657 85 12.9 37 3 (B) 106 32 30.2
      Inside principal cities 421 64 15.3 337 45 13.4 16 3 (B) 69 17 (B)
      Outside principal cities 378 55 14.6 320 40 12.4 22 0 (B) 37 15 (B)
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 20 4 (B) 13 2 (B) 1 1 (B) 5 2 (B)

Division (31)
 
New England 		90 17 19.4 70 11 (B) 1 0 (B) 19 7 (B)
Middle Atlantic 301 60 20.0 257 47 18.3 8 4 (B) 36 10 (B)
East North Central 176 36 20.7 153 25 16.5 5 1 (B) 18 10 (B)
West North Central 63 12 (B) 50 5 (B) 6 3 (B) 8 4 (B)
South Atlantic 262 27 10.2 222 16 7.4 12 6 (B) 28 5 (B)
East South Central 34 13 (B) 25 8 (B) 3 3 (B) 6 2 (B)
West South Central 188 45 24.0 154 28 18.1 16 6 (B) 18 11 (B)
Mountain 80 13 16.9 65 11 (B) 3 0 (B) 12 3 (B)
Pacific 739 110 14.9 605 76 12.5 36 3 (B) 99 31 31.1

Poverty Footnotes

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