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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 175% of poverty (5) Percentage below 175% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 175% of poverty (5) Percentage below 175% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 175% of poverty (5) Percentage below 175% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 175% of poverty (5) Percentage below 175% of poverty (6)

Asian A.O.I.C. (12)
 
Families with related children
  under 18 years, total (13) 		1,933 410 21.2 1,601 274 17.1 89 34 37.6 243 103 42.2

Residence and Region (31)

United States:
 
  Inside metro statistical areas 		1,882 386 20.5 1,565 260 16.6 85 30 35.3 232 95 41.0
      Inside principal cities 890 207 23.2 734 143 19.5 36 16 (B) 120 47 39.2
      Outside principal cities 992 179 18.0 832 117 14.1 49 14 (B) 112 48 42.9
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 50 24 (B) 35 13 (B) 4 3 (B) 11 8 (B)

Residence and Region (31)
 
Northeast 		391 83 21.2 328 61 18.7 9 4 (B) 54 18 (B)
  Inside metro statistical areas 389 82 21.1 326 61 18.6 9 4 (B) 54 18 (B)
      Inside principal cities 157 43 27.7 127 31 24.6 6 4 (B) 23 8 (B)
      Outside principal cities 233 39 16.7 198 29 14.7 3 0 (B) 31 9 (B)
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 2 1 (B) 2 1 (B) 0 0 (X) 0 0 (B)
Midwest 239 58 24.2 202 37 18.4 11 4 (B) 25 16 (B)
  Inside metro statistical areas 230 53 23.0 196 36 18.1 10 3 (B) 23 14 (B)
      Inside principal cities 115 35 30.1 101 25 24.7 4 2 (B) 10 7 (B)
      Outside principal cities 114 18 15.8 95 11 11.2 7 1 (B) 12 7 (B)
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 9 5 (B) 6 2 (B) 1 1 (B) 3 3 (B)
South 484 114 23.5 401 70 17.4 30 18 (B) 53 26 (B)
  Inside metro statistical areas 465 99 21.3 387 60 15.6 28 16 (B) 49 23 (B)
      Inside principal cities 198 44 22.4 168 30 17.9 11 6 (B) 18 8 (B)
      Outside principal cities 267 55 20.5 218 30 13.8 17 10 (B) 31 15 (B)
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 19 14 (B) 14 10 (B) 2 2 (B) 3 3 (B)
West 819 156 19.0 670 105 15.7 39 8 (B) 111 42 38.1
  Inside metro statistical areas 799 152 19.0 657 104 15.8 37 7 (B) 106 41 38.5
      Inside principal cities 421 84 20.0 337 57 16.8 16 4 (B) 69 23 (B)
      Outside principal cities 378 67 17.8 320 47 14.8 22 3 (B) 37 17 (B)
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 20 4 (B) 13 2 (B) 1 1 (B) 5 2 (B)

Division (31)
 
New England 		90 18 19.7 70 11 (B) 1 0 (B) 19 7 (B)
Middle Atlantic 301 65 21.6 257 50 19.5 8 4 (B) 36 11 (B)
East North Central 176 44 24.7 153 30 19.8 5 1 (B) 18 12 (B)
West North Central 63 14 (B) 50 7 (B) 6 3 (B) 8 5 (B)
South Atlantic 262 44 16.7 222 25 11.2 12 8 (B) 28 11 (B)
East South Central 34 13 (B) 25 8 (B) 3 3 (B) 6 2 (B)
West South Central 188 57 30.4 154 37 24.2 16 6 (B) 18 13 (B)
Mountain 80 21 26.7 65 13 (B) 3 1 (B) 12 8 (B)
Pacific 739 135 18.2 605 92 15.3 36 8 (B) 99 35 35.1

Poverty Footnotes

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