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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 185% of poverty (5) Percentage below 185% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 185% of poverty (5) Percentage below 185% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 185% of poverty (5) Percentage below 185% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 185% of poverty (5) Percentage below 185% of poverty (6)

Asian A.O.I.C. (12)
 
Families with related children
  under 18 years, total (13) 		1,933 451 23.3 1,601 301 18.8 89 37 41.6 243 113 46.6

Residence and Region (31)

United States:
 
  Inside metro statistical areas 		1,882 427 22.7 1,565 288 18.4 85 34 39.5 232 106 45.6
      Inside principal cities 890 231 26.0 734 159 21.6 36 18 (B) 120 54 45.3
      Outside principal cities 992 196 19.7 832 129 15.5 49 15 (B) 112 51 45.9
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 50 24 (B) 35 13 (B) 4 3 (B) 11 8 (B)

Residence and Region (31)
 
Northeast 		391 92 23.4 328 70 21.4 9 4 (B) 54 18 (B)
  Inside metro statistical areas 389 91 23.3 326 69 21.3 9 4 (B) 54 18 (B)
      Inside principal cities 157 50 31.8 127 38 29.6 6 4 (B) 23 8 (B)
      Outside principal cities 233 41 17.7 198 32 16.0 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 59 24.7 202 38 19.0 11 4 (B) 25 16 (B)
  Inside metro statistical areas 230 54 23.5 196 37 18.8 10 3 (B) 23 14 (B)
      Inside principal cities 115 36 31.2 101 26 25.9 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 484 118 24.4 401 74 18.5 30 18 (B) 53 26 (B)
  Inside metro statistical areas 465 103 22.3 387 65 16.7 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 59 22.2 218 35 15.9 17 10 (B) 31 15 (B)
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 19 14 (B) 14 10 (B) 2 2 (B) 3 3 (B)
West 819 183 22.3 670 118 17.7 39 12 (B) 111 53 47.7
  Inside metro statistical areas 799 179 22.3 657 117 17.8 37 11 (B) 106 51 48.5
      Inside principal cities 421 102 24.1 337 65 19.2 16 6 (B) 69 31 (B)
      Outside principal cities 378 77 20.4 320 52 16.3 22 4 (B) 37 21 (B)
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 20 4 (B) 13 2 (B) 1 1 (B) 5 2 (B)

Division (31)
 
New England 		90 18 20.4 70 12 (B) 1 0 (B) 19 7 (B)
Middle Atlantic 301 73 24.3 257 58 22.7 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 15 (B) 50 8 (B) 6 3 (B) 8 5 (B)
South Atlantic 262 48 18.4 222 29 13.2 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 22 27.5 65 14 (B) 3 1 (B) 12 8 (B)
Pacific 739 161 21.7 605 105 17.3 36 11 (B) 99 45 45.9

Poverty Footnotes

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