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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)

Black A.O.I.C.
 
People in families with related
  children under 18 years, total (9) 		23,514 7,102 30.2 10,603 1,437 13.6 1,717 496 28.9 11,194 5,169 46.2

Residence and Region (31)

United States:
 
  Inside metro statistical areas 		21,126 6,183 29.3 9,575 1,233 12.9 1,513 434 28.7 10,037 4,516 45.0
      Inside principal cities 11,378 4,041 35.5 4,419 765 17.3 839 255 30.4 6,120 3,021 49.4
      Outside principal cities 9,748 2,142 22.0 5,156 468 9.1 675 179 26.5 3,918 1,496 38.2
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 2,388 919 38.5 1,028 204 19.8 203 62 30.6 1,157 653 56.4

Residence and Region (31)
 
Northeast 		4,024 1,122 27.9 1,705 200 11.7 333 110 33.0 1,986 812 40.9
  Inside metro statistical areas 3,942 1,085 27.5 1,667 185 11.1 319 103 32.3 1,956 797 40.7
      Inside principal cities 2,385 776 32.5 865 125 14.4 177 62 34.9 1,343 589 43.9
      Outside principal cities 1,557 309 19.9 802 61 7.6 142 41 29.1 613 208 33.8
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 82 37 45.6 38 15 (B) 13 7 (B) 30 15 (B)
Midwest 4,205 1,626 38.7 1,601 319 19.9 350 125 35.6 2,254 1,183 52.5
  Inside metro statistical areas 4,007 1,544 38.5 1,481 279 18.8 342 119 34.8 2,184 1,146 52.5
      Inside principal cities 2,736 1,229 44.9 829 217 26.1 241 82 33.9 1,666 931 55.9
      Outside principal cities 1,271 314 24.7 652 62 9.6 101 37 36.8 518 215 41.5
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 198 83 41.9 119 40 33.5 8 6 (B) 70 37 (B)
South 12,751 3,679 28.9 5,912 718 12.1 834 188 22.6 6,005 2,773 46.2
  Inside metro statistical areas 10,724 2,914 27.2 5,097 581 11.4 659 143 21.7 4,967 2,190 44.1
      Inside principal cities 4,910 1,642 33.5 2,062 306 14.8 310 61 19.7 2,538 1,275 50.3
      Outside principal cities 5,814 1,272 21.9 3,035 275 9.1 349 82 23.4 2,430 915 37.6
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 2,027 765 37.8 815 137 16.8 174 45 25.9 1,038 583 56.2
West 2,534 674 26.6 1,385 200 14.4 200 73 36.7 949 401 42.3
  Inside metro statistical areas 2,452 640 26.1 1,329 188 14.1 193 69 35.7 930 384 41.3
      Inside principal cities 1,346 394 29.2 662 118 17.8 110 51 45.8 574 225 39.3
      Outside principal cities 1,105 247 22.3 667 70 10.4 82 18 22.2 356 159 44.5
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 82 34 41.1 56 12 (B) 7 5 (B) 19 17 (B)

Division (31)
 
New England 		609 167 27.4 340 58 17.1 51 11 (B) 219 98 44.9
Middle Atlantic 3,415 955 28.0 1,366 142 10.4 282 99 35.1 1,767 714 40.4
East North Central 3,340 1,274 38.1 1,222 211 17.3 290 106 36.5 1,827 957 52.4
West North Central 865 352 40.7 378 108 28.5 60 19 (B) 427 226 53.0
South Atlantic 7,369 2,046 27.8 3,385 383 11.3 488 116 23.7 3,496 1,548 44.3
East South Central 2,172 742 34.2 966 122 12.6 155 45 29.2 1,051 575 54.7
West South Central 3,209 891 27.8 1,560 213 13.6 191 27 14.3 1,458 651 44.7
Mountain 602 165 27.5 326 42 12.7 57 37 (B) 219 87 39.8
Pacific 1,932 509 26.3 1,059 158 15.0 143 37 25.5 729 314 43.0

Poverty Footnotes

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