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POV43: Region, Division and Type of Residence -- Poverty Status for People in Families With Related Children Under 18 by Family Structure: 2009

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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2010 Annual Social and Economic Supplement.

(Numbers in thousands)

  People in families (total) (10) People in married-couple families (11) People in families with a male householder, no wife present People in families with a female householder, no husband present
All income levels Below 100% of poverty (5) Percentage below 100% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 100% of poverty (5) Percentage below 100% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 100% of poverty (5) Percentage below 100% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 100% of poverty (5) Percentage below 100% of poverty (6)

All races
 
People in families with related
  children under 18 years, total (9) 		154,692 26,094 16.9 112,733 10,799 9.6 9,096 2,182 24.0 32,862 13,113 39.9

Residence and Region (31)

United States:
 
  Inside metro statistical areas 		131,523 21,530 16.4 96,077 9,052 9.4 7,614 1,757 23.1 27,831 10,722 38.5
      Inside principal cities 49,059 11,173 22.8 32,104 4,317 13.4 3,229 848 26.3 13,726 6,008 43.8
      Outside principal cities 82,464 10,357 12.6 63,973 4,735 7.4 4,386 909 20.7 14,105 4,714 33.4
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 23,168 4,564 19.7 16,656 1,747 10.5 1,482 425 28.7 5,031 2,391 47.5

Residence and Region (31)
 
Northeast 		26,513 3,774 14.2 19,272 1,367 7.1 1,446 325 22.5 5,795 2,082 35.9
  Inside metro statistical areas 23,982 3,426 14.3 17,352 1,218 7.0 1,291 290 22.5 5,340 1,917 35.9
      Inside principal cities 7,339 1,928 26.3 4,234 635 15.0 448 143 32.0 2,658 1,149 43.2
      Outside principal cities 16,643 1,498 9.0 13,118 583 4.4 843 147 17.4 2,682 768 28.6
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 2,531 349 13.8 1,921 149 7.8 155 35 22.5 455 165 36.2
Midwest 32,595 5,121 15.7 23,934 1,726 7.2 2,056 541 26.3 6,605 2,854 43.2
  Inside metro statistical areas 25,413 3,921 15.4 18,543 1,265 6.8 1,629 410 25.2 5,241 2,246 42.9
      Inside principal cities 9,076 2,258 24.9 5,488 577 10.5 730 220 30.1 2,858 1,461 51.1
      Outside principal cities 16,336 1,664 10.2 13,055 688 5.3 898 190 21.2 2,383 785 32.9
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 7,182 1,199 16.7 5,391 461 8.6 427 131 30.7 1,364 607 44.5
South 57,757 10,739 18.6 41,122 4,344 10.6 3,185 742 23.3 13,451 5,652 42.0
  Inside metro statistical areas 47,625 8,376 17.6 34,177 3,473 10.2 2,523 544 21.6 10,925 4,359 39.9
      Inside principal cities 17,276 3,841 22.2 11,329 1,392 12.3 988 207 21.0 4,959 2,242 45.2
      Outside principal cities 30,349 4,536 14.9 22,848 2,081 9.1 1,536 337 21.9 5,966 2,117 35.5
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 10,132 2,362 23.3 6,945 871 12.5 661 198 30.0 2,526 1,293 51.2
West 37,827 6,460 17.1 28,405 3,361 11.8 2,411 574 23.8 7,011 2,526 36.0
  Inside metro statistical areas 34,503 5,807 16.8 26,006 3,095 11.9 2,172 512 23.6 6,325 2,199 34.8
      Inside principal cities 15,368 3,147 20.5 11,054 1,713 15.5 1,063 278 26.1 3,251 1,156 35.6
      Outside principal cities 19,135 2,660 13.9 14,952 1,382 9.2 1,109 235 21.2 3,075 1,043 33.9
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 3,323 654 19.7 2,398 266 11.1 239 61 25.6 686 327 47.6

Division (31)
 
New England 		6,770 777 11.5 5,190 330 6.4 365 58 15.9 1,215 389 32.0
Middle Atlantic 19,743 2,997 15.2 14,082 1,037 7.4 1,081 267 24.7 4,580 1,693 37.0
East North Central 22,654 3,646 16.1 16,369 1,140 7.0 1,528 410 26.8 4,757 2,096 44.1
West North Central 9,941 1,475 14.8 7,565 586 7.8 528 131 24.8 1,848 757 41.0
South Atlantic 28,913 4,867 16.8 20,665 1,929 9.3 1,542 369 23.9 6,706 2,569 38.3
East South Central 8,983 1,887 21.0 6,221 606 9.7 515 152 29.5 2,247 1,130 50.3
West South Central 19,861 3,984 20.1 14,236 1,809 12.7 1,128 222 19.6 4,498 1,953 43.4
Mountain 11,498 2,134 18.6 8,695 1,019 11.7 655 215 32.8 2,149 900 41.9
Pacific 26,328 4,326 16.4 19,710 2,342 11.9 1,755 359 20.4 4,863 1,625 33.4

Poverty Footnotes

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