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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 alone (12)
 
Families with related children
  under 18 years, total (13) 		1,833 463 25.2 1,529 310 20.3 80 33 41.5 224 120 53.6

Residence and Region (31)

United States:
 
  Inside metro statistical areas 		1,790 440 24.6 1,500 297 19.8 77 30 39.1 213 113 52.8
      Inside principal cities 838 237 28.3 694 163 23.4 34 17 (B) 110 58 52.6
      Outside principal cities 951 202 21.3 806 134 16.7 43 13 (B) 103 55 53.0
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 44 23 (B) 30 13 (B) 3 3 (B) 11 7 (B)

Residence and Region (31)
 
Northeast 		385 98 25.5 324 73 22.4 9 5 (B) 52 20 (B)
  Inside metro statistical areas 383 97 25.3 323 72 22.3 9 5 (B) 52 20 (B)
      Inside principal cities 153 52 33.6 126 40 31.4 6 4 (B) 21 8 (B)
      Outside principal cities 230 46 19.8 196 32 16.4 3 2 (B) 31 12 (B)
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 2 1 (B) 2 1 (B) 0 0 (X) 0 0 (B)
Midwest 222 60 26.9 191 40 21.0 9 2 (B) 22 17 (B)
  Inside metro statistical areas 214 55 25.5 186 38 20.5 8 1 (B) 20 15 (B)
      Inside principal cities 107 36 34.0 98 28 29.0 2 1 (B) 7 7 (B)
      Outside principal cities 107 18 16.9 89 10 11.2 6 0 (B) 12 8 (B)
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 8 5 (B) 5 2 (B) 1 1 (B) 3 3 (B)
South 462 124 26.9 387 80 20.6 27 15 (B) 48 30 (B)
  Inside metro statistical areas 445 111 24.9 374 71 19.0 26 13 (B) 45 27 (B)
      Inside principal cities 189 50 26.7 159 34 21.1 11 6 (B) 18 11 (B)
      Outside principal cities 256 60 23.6 215 37 17.3 14 7 (B) 27 16 (B)
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 18 14 (B) 13 9 (B) 2 2 (B) 3 3 (B)
West 763 180 23.6 627 117 18.7 35 11 (B) 102 52 51.6
  Inside metro statistical areas 747 177 23.7 617 116 18.8 34 10 (B) 97 51 52.7
      Inside principal cities 389 99 25.4 311 61 19.7 15 6 (B) 64 32 (B)
      Outside principal cities 358 78 21.9 306 55 17.9 19 4 (B) 33 19 (B)
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 16 3 (B) 11 1 (B) 1 1 (B) 5 1 (B)

Division (31)
 
New England 		89 21 24.2 70 12 (B) 1 0 (B) 18 9 (B)
Middle Atlantic 297 77 25.9 255 60 23.7 8 5 (B) 34 11 (B)
East North Central 165 46 27.9 145 32 21.8 5 1 (B) 15 13 (B)
West North Central 57 14 (B) 46 8 (B) 4 1 (B) 8 5 (B)
South Atlantic 252 54 21.3 219 36 16.6 9 6 (B) 24 12 (B)
East South Central 30 10 (B) 20 5 (B) 3 3 (B) 6 2 (B)
West South Central 181 61 33.5 147 38 26.0 16 6 (B) 18 16 (B)
Mountain 72 22 (B) 59 15 (B) 3 1 (B) 10 7 (B)
Pacific 691 158 22.9 568 103 18.1 32 10 (B) 91 45 49.7

Poverty Footnotes

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