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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 200% of poverty (5) Percentage below 200% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 200% of poverty (5) Percentage below 200% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 200% of poverty (5) Percentage below 200% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 200% of poverty (5) Percentage below 200% of poverty (6)

Asian A.O.I.C. (12)
 
Families with related children
  under 18 years, total (13) 		1,933 492 25.4 1,601 325 20.3 89 39 43.4 243 128 52.5

Residence and Region (31)

United States:
 
  Inside metro statistical areas 		1,882 466 24.8 1,565 311 19.9 85 35 41.4 232 120 51.7
      Inside principal cities 890 252 28.3 734 172 23.4 36 18 (B) 120 62 51.3
      Outside principal cities 992 215 21.6 832 139 16.8 49 17 (B) 112 58 52.2
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 50 25 (B) 35 14 (B) 4 3 (B) 11 8 (B)

Residence and Region (31)
 
Northeast 		391 99 25.3 328 73 22.2 9 5 (B) 54 21 (B)
  Inside metro statistical areas 389 98 25.1 326 72 22.1 9 5 (B) 54 21 (B)
      Inside principal cities 157 52 32.9 127 40 31.1 6 4 (B) 23 8 (B)
      Outside principal cities 233 46 19.9 198 32 16.3 3 2 (B) 31 12 (B)
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 2 1 (B) 2 1 (B) 0 0 (X) 0 0 (B)
Midwest 239 64 27.0 202 42 20.5 11 4 (B) 25 19 (B)
  Inside metro statistical areas 230 59 25.8 196 40 20.2 10 3 (B) 23 16 (B)
      Inside principal cities 115 39 33.7 101 28 27.9 4 2 (B) 10 8 (B)
      Outside principal cities 114 20 17.8 95 11 11.9 7 1 (B) 12 8 (B)
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 9 5 (B) 6 2 (B) 1 1 (B) 3 3 (B)
South 484 134 27.6 401 85 21.1 30 18 (B) 53 31 (B)
  Inside metro statistical areas 465 119 25.7 387 75 19.4 28 16 (B) 49 28 (B)
      Inside principal cities 198 53 26.8 168 36 21.5 11 6 (B) 18 11 (B)
      Outside principal cities 267 66 24.8 218 39 17.8 17 10 (B) 31 17 (B)
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 19 14 (B) 14 10 (B) 2 2 (B) 3 3 (B)
West 819 195 23.8 670 126 18.9 39 12 (B) 111 57 51.1
  Inside metro statistical areas 799 190 23.8 657 124 19.0 37 11 (B) 106 55 52.0
      Inside principal cities 421 108 25.7 337 68 20.1 16 6 (B) 69 34 (B)
      Outside principal cities 378 82 21.6 320 57 17.8 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 22 24.5 70 12 (B) 1 0 (B) 19 10 (B)
Middle Atlantic 301 77 25.5 257 60 23.4 8 5 (B) 36 11 (B)
East North Central 176 47 26.9 153 32 20.7 5 1 (B) 18 14 (B)
West North Central 63 17 (B) 50 10 (B) 6 3 (B) 8 5 (B)
South Atlantic 262 58 22.2 222 36 16.4 12 8 (B) 28 13 (B)
East South Central 34 14 (B) 25 9 (B) 3 3 (B) 6 2 (B)
West South Central 188 61 32.7 154 39 25.3 16 6 (B) 18 16 (B)
Mountain 80 24 30.1 65 15 (B) 3 1 (B) 12 9 (B)
Pacific 739 171 23.1 605 112 18.5 36 11 (B) 99 48 48.4

Poverty Footnotes

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