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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 125% of poverty (5) Percentage below 125% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 125% of poverty (5) Percentage below 125% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 125% of poverty (5) Percentage below 125% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 125% of poverty (5) Percentage below 125% of poverty (6)

All races
 
People in families with related
  children under 18 years, total (9) 		154,692 33,932 21.9 112,733 15,084 13.4 9,096 2,831 31.1 32,862 16,016 48.7

Residence and Region (31)

United States:
 
  Inside metro statistical areas 		131,523 27,983 21.3 96,077 12,509 13.0 7,614 2,284 30.0 27,831 13,191 47.4
      Inside principal cities 49,059 14,030 28.6 32,104 5,701 17.8 3,229 1,124 34.8 13,726 7,204 52.5
      Outside principal cities 82,464 13,954 16.9 63,973 6,808 10.6 4,386 1,160 26.4 14,105 5,987 42.4
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 23,168 5,948 25.7 16,656 2,575 15.5 1,482 547 36.9 5,031 2,826 56.2

Residence and Region (31)
 
Northeast 		26,513 4,843 18.3 19,272 1,886 9.8 1,446 436 30.2 5,795 2,520 43.5
  Inside metro statistical areas 23,982 4,427 18.5 17,352 1,696 9.8 1,291 397 30.8 5,340 2,334 43.7
      Inside principal cities 7,339 2,324 31.7 4,234 808 19.1 448 162 36.1 2,658 1,355 51.0
      Outside principal cities 16,643 2,103 12.6 13,118 888 6.8 843 236 28.0 2,682 979 36.5
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 2,531 415 16.4 1,921 190 9.9 155 39 24.9 455 186 40.9
Midwest 32,595 6,673 20.5 23,934 2,506 10.5 2,056 723 35.2 6,605 3,444 52.1
  Inside metro statistical areas 25,413 5,083 20.0 18,543 1,820 9.8 1,629 565 34.7 5,241 2,698 51.5
      Inside principal cities 9,076 2,822 31.1 5,488 765 13.9 730 330 45.2 2,858 1,726 60.4
      Outside principal cities 16,336 2,261 13.8 13,055 1,054 8.1 898 236 26.2 2,383 971 40.8
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 7,182 1,591 22.1 5,391 687 12.7 427 158 37.0 1,364 746 54.7
South 57,757 14,029 24.3 41,122 6,095 14.8 3,185 969 30.4 13,451 6,965 51.8
  Inside metro statistical areas 47,625 10,985 23.1 34,177 4,826 14.1 2,523 695 27.5 10,925 5,465 50.0
      Inside principal cities 17,276 4,966 28.7 11,329 1,964 17.3 988 293 29.7 4,959 2,708 54.6
      Outside principal cities 30,349 6,020 19.8 22,848 2,862 12.5 1,536 402 26.2 5,966 2,756 46.2
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 10,132 3,043 30.0 6,945 1,269 18.3 661 274 41.4 2,526 1,501 59.4
West 37,827 8,387 22.2 28,405 4,597 16.2 2,411 703 29.2 7,011 3,087 44.0
  Inside metro statistical areas 34,503 7,488 21.7 26,006 4,167 16.0 2,172 627 28.9 6,325 2,695 42.6
      Inside principal cities 15,368 3,919 25.5 11,054 2,164 19.6 1,063 340 32.0 3,251 1,415 43.5
      Outside principal cities 19,135 3,570 18.7 14,952 2,003 13.4 1,109 286 25.8 3,075 1,280 41.6
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 3,323 899 27.1 2,398 430 17.9 239 77 32.1 686 393 57.2

Division (31)
 
New England 		6,770 1,026 15.2 5,190 423 8.1 365 92 25.3 1,215 511 42.1
Middle Atlantic 19,743 3,816 19.3 14,082 1,464 10.4 1,081 344 31.8 4,580 2,009 43.9
East North Central 22,654 4,726 20.9 16,369 1,636 10.0 1,528 560 36.7 4,757 2,529 53.2
West North Central 9,941 1,948 19.6 7,565 870 11.5 528 163 30.9 1,848 915 49.5
South Atlantic 28,913 6,163 21.3 20,665 2,531 12.2 1,542 476 30.8 6,706 3,156 47.1
East South Central 8,983 2,529 28.2 6,221 992 15.9 515 192 37.4 2,247 1,345 59.8
West South Central 19,861 5,337 26.9 14,236 2,572 18.1 1,128 300 26.6 4,498 2,464 54.8
Mountain 11,498 2,734 23.8 8,695 1,378 15.8 655 231 35.3 2,149 1,125 52.4
Pacific 26,328 5,654 21.5 19,710 3,219 16.3 1,755 472 26.9 4,863 1,962 40.3

Poverty Footnotes

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