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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 alone (12)
 
Families with related children
  under 18 years, total (13) 		1,833 314 17.1 1,529 213 13.9 80 24 29.5 224 77 34.6

Residence and Region (31)

United States:
 
  Inside metro statistical areas 		1,790 293 16.4 1,500 203 13.5 77 21 26.7 213 70 32.9
      Inside principal cities 838 159 19.0 694 111 16.0 34 13 (B) 110 36 32.4
      Outside principal cities 951 134 14.1 806 92 11.4 43 8 (B) 103 35 33.5
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 44 20 (B) 30 10 (B) 3 3 (B) 11 7 (B)

Residence and Region (31)
 
Northeast 		385 77 20.0 324 58 17.8 9 4 (B) 52 16 (B)
  Inside metro statistical areas 383 77 20.0 323 57 17.8 9 4 (B) 52 16 (B)
      Inside principal cities 153 43 28.2 126 31 24.9 6 4 (B) 21 8 (B)
      Outside principal cities 230 33 14.4 196 26 13.2 3 0 (B) 31 7 (B)
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 2 1 (B) 2 0 (B) 0 0 (X) 0 0 (B)
Midwest 222 44 19.7 191 29 15.0 9 2 (B) 22 13 (B)
  Inside metro statistical areas 214 39 18.3 186 27 14.7 8 1 (B) 20 10 (B)
      Inside principal cities 107 27 24.8 98 19 19.8 2 1 (B) 7 6 (B)
      Outside principal cities 107 13 11.8 89 8 9.1 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 81 17.5 387 48 12.5 27 15 (B) 48 17 (B)
  Inside metro statistical areas 445 69 15.4 374 41 11.0 26 13 (B) 45 14 (B)
      Inside principal cities 189 33 17.3 159 21 13.4 11 6 (B) 18 5 (B)
      Outside principal cities 256 36 14.1 215 20 9.3 14 7 (B) 27 9 (B)
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 18 12 (B) 13 7 (B) 2 2 (B) 3 3 (B)
West 763 112 14.7 627 78 12.4 35 3 (B) 102 31 30.9
  Inside metro statistical areas 747 109 14.6 617 77 12.4 34 2 (B) 97 30 30.9
      Inside principal cities 389 57 14.6 311 39 12.5 15 2 (B) 64 16 (B)
      Outside principal cities 358 52 14.6 306 38 12.4 19 0 (B) 33 14 (B)
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 16 3 (B) 11 1 (B) 1 1 (B) 5 1 (B)

Division (31)
 
New England 		89 17 19.0 70 11 (B) 1 0 (B) 18 6 (B)
Middle Atlantic 297 60 20.3 255 47 18.4 8 4 (B) 34 10 (B)
East North Central 165 35 21.2 145 25 17.4 5 1 (B) 15 8 (B)
West North Central 57 9 (B) 46 3 (B) 4 1 (B) 8 4 (B)
South Atlantic 252 27 10.5 219 16 7.4 9 6 (B) 24 5 (B)
East South Central 30 10 (B) 20 5 (B) 3 3 (B) 6 2 (B)
West South Central 181 44 24.5 147 27 18.5 16 6 (B) 18 11 (B)
Mountain 72 13 (B) 59 11 (B) 3 0 (B) 10 3 (B)
Pacific 691 99 14.3 568 68 11.9 32 3 (B) 91 28 31.2

Poverty Footnotes

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