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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)

White A.O.I.C.
 
People in families with related
  children under 18 years, total (9) 		122,472 23,598 19.3 94,717 12,046 12.7 6,864 1,997 29.1 20,892 9,555 45.7

Residence and Region (31)

United States:
 
  Inside metro statistical areas 		102,547 19,070 18.6 79,656 9,879 12.4 5,677 1,610 28.4 17,214 7,581 44.0
      Inside principal cities 34,034 8,562 25.2 24,575 4,289 17.5 2,183 716 32.8 7,276 3,556 48.9
      Outside principal cities 68,513 10,509 15.3 55,081 5,590 10.1 3,495 894 25.6 9,938 4,025 40.5
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 19,925 4,528 22.7 15,061 2,168 14.4 1,186 387 32.6 3,678 1,973 53.7

Residence and Region (31)
 
Northeast 		20,917 3,155 15.1 16,114 1,313 8.1 1,095 295 27.0 3,707 1,547 41.7
  Inside metro statistical areas 18,481 2,789 15.1 14,255 1,154 8.1 954 264 27.6 3,272 1,371 41.9
      Inside principal cities 4,195 1,170 27.9 2,697 438 16.2 266 96 36.0 1,233 636 51.6
      Outside principal cities 14,286 1,619 11.3 11,558 716 6.2 689 168 24.4 2,039 735 36.0
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 2,436 366 15.0 1,859 158 8.5 141 31 22.3 435 176 40.5
Midwest 27,413 4,494 16.4 21,399 1,947 9.1 1,648 511 31.0 4,365 2,036 46.6
  Inside metro statistical areas 20,539 3,069 14.9 16,160 1,328 8.2 1,252 374 29.9 3,127 1,367 43.7
      Inside principal cities 5,994 1,292 21.6 4,274 455 10.7 465 176 37.9 1,254 661 52.7
      Outside principal cities 14,545 1,777 12.2 11,886 873 7.3 786 198 25.2 1,873 706 37.7
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 6,873 1,424 20.7 5,239 618 11.8 397 137 34.4 1,238 669 54.1
South 43,004 9,070 21.1 33,453 4,874 14.6 2,213 665 30.0 7,338 3,531 48.1
  Inside metro statistical areas 35,193 7,027 20.0 27,568 3,823 13.9 1,739 481 27.7 5,886 2,723 46.3
      Inside principal cities 11,802 2,915 24.7 8,792 1,528 17.4 629 190 30.3 2,382 1,197 50.2
      Outside principal cities 23,390 4,112 17.6 18,776 2,295 12.2 1,110 291 26.2 3,504 1,526 43.6
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 7,811 2,043 26.2 5,885 1,050 17.8 474 184 38.8 1,452 808 55.7
West 31,138 6,880 22.1 23,751 3,913 16.5 1,907 526 27.6 5,481 2,440 44.5
  Inside metro statistical areas 28,334 6,185 21.8 21,673 3,573 16.5 1,733 491 28.3 4,928 2,121 43.0
      Inside principal cities 12,042 3,185 26.4 8,812 1,868 21.2 823 254 30.9 2,407 1,063 44.1
      Outside principal cities 16,292 3,000 18.4 12,861 1,705 13.3 910 237 26.1 2,521 1,058 42.0
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 2,804 695 24.8 2,078 340 16.4 174 35 20.2 552 320 57.9

Division (31)
 
New England 		5,760 755 13.1 4,488 291 6.5 312 71 22.7 961 393 40.9
Middle Atlantic 15,157 2,401 15.8 11,627 1,022 8.8 784 224 28.6 2,746 1,154 42.0
East North Central 18,618 3,036 16.3 14,425 1,251 8.7 1,217 387 31.8 2,976 1,398 47.0
West North Central 8,795 1,458 16.6 6,974 696 10.0 431 124 28.9 1,390 638 45.9
South Atlantic 20,561 3,503 17.0 16,379 1,916 11.7 1,009 315 31.2 3,173 1,272 40.1
East South Central 6,732 1,512 22.5 5,176 731 14.1 346 125 36.1 1,210 657 54.3
West South Central 15,711 4,055 25.8 11,897 2,227 18.7 857 225 26.2 2,956 1,603 54.2
Mountain 10,146 2,295 22.6 7,864 1,207 15.3 500 151 30.1 1,782 937 52.6
Pacific 20,992 4,585 21.8 15,887 2,706 17.0 1,407 375 26.7 3,699 1,503 40.6

Poverty Footnotes

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