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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)

White alone
 
People in families with related
  children under 18 years, total (9) 		118,982 17,114 14.4 92,493 8,286 9.0 6,630 1,483 22.4 19,859 7,344 37.0

Residence and Region (31)

United States:
 
  Inside metro statistical areas 		99,621 13,848 13.9 77,761 6,870 8.8 5,491 1,196 21.8 16,369 5,782 35.3
      Inside principal cities 32,812 6,322 19.3 23,875 3,081 12.9 2,104 508 24.1 6,833 2,732 40.0
      Outside principal cities 66,810 7,526 11.3 53,886 3,788 7.0 3,388 688 20.3 9,536 3,050 32.0
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 19,361 3,266 16.9 14,733 1,416 9.6 1,138 287 25.2 3,490 1,562 44.8

Residence and Region (31)
 
Northeast 		20,510 2,332 11.4 15,916 935 5.9 1,042 203 19.5 3,553 1,193 33.6
  Inside metro statistical areas 18,103 2,037 11.3 14,069 814 5.8 904 177 19.6 3,130 1,046 33.4
      Inside principal cities 4,089 919 22.5 2,666 340 12.7 251 77 30.7 1,172 502 42.9
      Outside principal cities 14,014 1,118 8.0 11,403 474 4.2 653 100 15.4 1,958 543 27.8
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 2,407 295 12.2 1,846 122 6.6 138 26 18.8 423 147 34.8
Midwest 26,733 3,143 11.8 21,047 1,238 5.9 1,601 379 23.6 4,085 1,526 37.4
  Inside metro statistical areas 20,002 2,125 10.6 15,886 841 5.3 1,211 268 22.1 2,904 1,015 35.0
      Inside principal cities 5,715 881 15.4 4,162 288 6.9 451 118 26.2 1,102 475 43.1
      Outside principal cities 14,287 1,243 8.7 11,724 553 4.7 761 150 19.7 1,802 540 30.0
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 6,731 1,018 15.1 5,161 397 7.7 390 110 28.3 1,181 511 43.3
South 41,953 6,637 15.8 32,720 3,350 10.2 2,152 514 23.9 7,081 2,773 39.2
  Inside metro statistical areas 34,388 5,149 15.0 26,984 2,665 9.9 1,706 383 22.4 5,698 2,101 36.9
      Inside principal cities 11,508 2,104 18.3 8,588 1,032 12.0 611 135 22.1 2,309 938 40.6
      Outside principal cities 22,880 3,045 13.3 18,395 1,634 8.9 1,095 248 22.6 3,389 1,164 34.3
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 7,565 1,487 19.7 5,736 685 11.9 446 131 29.3 1,382 672 48.6
West 29,787 5,003 16.8 22,811 2,763 12.1 1,835 388 21.1 5,141 1,852 36.0
  Inside metro statistical areas 27,129 4,537 16.7 20,822 2,549 12.2 1,671 368 22.0 4,637 1,620 34.9
      Inside principal cities 11,500 2,417 21.0 8,458 1,422 16.8 791 178 22.5 2,250 817 36.3
      Outside principal cities 15,629 2,120 13.6 12,363 1,128 9.1 879 189 21.6 2,386 803 33.6
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 2,658 466 17.5 1,989 214 10.7 164 20 12.2 504 232 46.1

Division (31)
 
New England 		5,655 543 9.6 4,432 218 4.9 293 41 14.1 931 284 30.5
Middle Atlantic 14,855 1,789 12.0 11,484 717 6.2 749 162 21.6 2,621 909 34.7
East North Central 18,153 2,143 11.8 14,192 815 5.7 1,183 284 24.0 2,777 1,044 37.6
West North Central 8,580 1,000 11.7 6,854 423 6.2 418 95 22.7 1,307 482 36.9
South Atlantic 20,182 2,649 13.1 16,137 1,423 8.8 986 243 24.6 3,059 982 32.1
East South Central 6,635 1,091 16.4 5,109 446 8.7 341 99 29.1 1,184 546 46.1
West South Central 15,136 2,897 19.1 11,474 1,481 12.9 825 171 20.8 2,837 1,245 43.9
Mountain 9,842 1,710 17.4 7,664 887 11.6 492 130 26.4 1,685 693 41.1
Pacific 19,945 3,293 16.5 15,147 1,876 12.4 1,343 258 19.2 3,456 1,160 33.6

Poverty Footnotes

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