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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 alone
 
People in families with related
  children under 18 years, total (9) 		21,796 6,582 30.2 9,706 1,266 13.0 1,587 463 29.2 10,503 4,852 46.2

Residence and Region (31)

United States:
 
  Inside metro statistical areas 		19,619 5,769 29.4 8,779 1,094 12.5 1,405 415 29.5 9,435 4,260 45.1
      Inside principal cities 10,740 3,804 35.4 4,145 699 16.9 784 239 30.5 5,810 2,866 49.3
      Outside principal cities 8,880 1,964 22.1 4,634 396 8.5 621 176 28.3 3,625 1,393 38.4
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 2,177 813 37.4 927 172 18.6 182 48 26.6 1,068 593 55.5

Residence and Region (31)
 
Northeast 		3,711 1,001 27.0 1,560 156 10.0 295 103 35.0 1,856 742 40.0
  Inside metro statistical areas 3,644 969 26.6 1,526 141 9.2 282 96 34.1 1,837 732 39.9
      Inside principal cities 2,286 713 31.2 839 109 13.0 163 55 33.7 1,284 549 42.8
      Outside principal cities 1,359 256 18.9 687 32 4.7 119 41 34.7 553 183 33.2
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 67 31 (B) 35 15 (B) 13 7 (B) 19 10 (B)
Midwest 3,805 1,497 39.3 1,424 286 20.1 325 121 37.1 2,056 1,090 53.0
  Inside metro statistical areas 3,678 1,443 39.2 1,352 261 19.3 321 116 36.3 2,005 1,066 53.1
      Inside principal cities 2,546 1,150 45.2 770 200 26.0 231 82 35.4 1,546 868 56.2
      Outside principal cities 1,132 293 25.9 582 61 10.5 90 35 38.5 460 197 42.9
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 127 54 42.7 72 25 (B) 4 4 (B) 51 25 (B)
South 12,174 3,536 29.0 5,585 671 12.0 792 175 22.2 5,797 2,689 46.4
  Inside metro statistical areas 10,246 2,825 27.6 4,812 551 11.5 633 143 22.6 4,801 2,131 44.4
      Inside principal cities 4,767 1,608 33.7 1,987 293 14.7 295 61 20.7 2,484 1,254 50.5
      Outside principal cities 5,479 1,217 22.2 2,824 258 9.1 338 82 24.2 2,316 877 37.8
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 1,929 711 36.9 773 120 15.5 158 33 20.6 997 558 56.0
West 2,106 548 26.0 1,137 153 13.5 175 64 36.4 794 331 41.7
  Inside metro statistical areas 2,051 531 25.9 1,090 141 13.0 169 59 35.0 793 331 41.7
      Inside principal cities 1,141 333 29.2 550 97 17.6 95 41 43.3 496 195 39.3
      Outside principal cities 911 198 21.8 540 44 8.2 74 18 (B) 297 136 45.9
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 55 17 (B) 47 12 (B) 6 5 (B) 1 0 (B)

Division (31)
 
New England 		529 131 24.7 299 38 12.9 37 6 (B) 193 87 44.8
Middle Atlantic 3,182 870 27.3 1,261 117 9.3 258 97 37.7 1,663 655 39.4
East North Central 3,051 1,187 38.9 1,096 187 17.1 273 102 37.3 1,682 898 53.4
West North Central 754 310 41.2 328 99 30.2 52 19 (B) 374 193 51.5
South Atlantic 7,049 1,978 28.1 3,213 360 11.2 460 108 23.6 3,376 1,510 44.7
East South Central 2,114 722 34.2 933 118 12.6 152 45 29.9 1,029 559 54.3
West South Central 3,011 835 27.7 1,439 194 13.5 180 22 12.1 1,392 620 44.5
Mountain 501 121 24.2 271 23 8.3 51 32 (B) 179 67 37.5
Pacific 1,605 426 26.6 866 131 15.1 124 32 25.8 615 264 42.9

Poverty Footnotes

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