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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 alone
 
People in families with related
  children under 18 years, total (9) 		118,982 22,586 19.0 92,493 11,644 12.6 6,630 1,934 29.2 19,859 9,008 45.4

Residence and Region (31)

United States:
 
  Inside metro statistical areas 		99,621 18,281 18.4 77,761 9,561 12.3 5,491 1,564 28.5 16,369 7,155 43.7
      Inside principal cities 32,812 8,173 24.9 23,875 4,172 17.5 2,104 682 32.4 6,833 3,319 48.6
      Outside principal cities 66,810 10,108 15.1 53,886 5,390 10.0 3,388 882 26.0 9,536 3,836 40.2
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 19,361 4,305 22.2 14,733 2,083 14.1 1,138 370 32.5 3,490 1,853 53.1

Residence and Region (31)
 
Northeast 		20,510 3,020 14.7 15,916 1,284 8.1 1,042 277 26.6 3,553 1,458 41.1
  Inside metro statistical areas 18,103 2,665 14.7 14,069 1,128 8.0 904 248 27.4 3,130 1,290 41.2
      Inside principal cities 4,089 1,113 27.2 2,666 436 16.3 251 83 33.2 1,172 594 50.7
      Outside principal cities 14,014 1,551 11.1 11,403 692 6.1 653 164 25.2 1,958 695 35.5
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 2,407 355 14.8 1,846 157 8.5 138 30 21.6 423 169 39.9
Midwest 26,733 4,252 15.9 21,047 1,883 8.9 1,601 502 31.3 4,085 1,867 45.7
  Inside metro statistical areas 20,002 2,894 14.5 15,886 1,291 8.1 1,211 367 30.3 2,904 1,236 42.6
      Inside principal cities 5,715 1,164 20.4 4,162 426 10.2 451 171 38.0 1,102 567 51.4
      Outside principal cities 14,287 1,730 12.1 11,724 865 7.4 761 196 25.7 1,802 669 37.1
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 6,731 1,358 20.2 5,161 592 11.5 390 135 34.7 1,181 630 53.4
South 41,953 8,775 20.9 32,720 4,711 14.4 2,152 651 30.2 7,081 3,413 48.2
  Inside metro statistical areas 34,388 6,825 19.8 26,984 3,707 13.7 1,706 478 28.0 5,698 2,641 46.3
      Inside principal cities 11,508 2,858 24.8 8,588 1,494 17.4 611 187 30.6 2,309 1,176 50.9
      Outside principal cities 22,880 3,968 17.3 18,395 2,213 12.0 1,095 291 26.5 3,389 1,464 43.2
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 7,565 1,949 25.8 5,736 1,004 17.5 446 173 38.8 1,382 772 55.8
West 29,787 6,540 22.0 22,811 3,765 16.5 1,835 504 27.5 5,141 2,271 44.2
  Inside metro statistical areas 27,129 5,897 21.7 20,822 3,436 16.5 1,671 472 28.3 4,637 1,988 42.9
      Inside principal cities 11,500 3,038 26.4 8,458 1,816 21.5 791 240 30.4 2,250 982 43.6
      Outside principal cities 15,629 2,859 18.3 12,363 1,620 13.1 879 232 26.4 2,386 1,007 42.2
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 2,658 643 24.2 1,989 329 16.6 164 32 19.3 504 282 55.9

Division (31)
 
New England 		5,655 723 12.8 4,432 283 6.4 293 62 21.1 931 378 40.6
Middle Atlantic 14,855 2,297 15.5 11,484 1,001 8.7 749 215 28.8 2,621 1,080 41.2
East North Central 18,153 2,876 15.8 14,192 1,212 8.5 1,183 383 32.3 2,777 1,281 46.1
West North Central 8,580 1,376 16.0 6,854 671 9.8 418 119 28.5 1,307 586 44.8
South Atlantic 20,182 3,402 16.9 16,137 1,877 11.6 986 308 31.2 3,059 1,217 39.8
East South Central 6,635 1,468 22.1 5,109 709 13.9 341 122 35.6 1,184 638 53.9
West South Central 15,136 3,905 25.8 11,474 2,125 18.5 825 221 26.8 2,837 1,558 54.9
Mountain 9,842 2,176 22.1 7,664 1,171 15.3 492 146 29.6 1,685 860 51.0
Pacific 19,945 4,363 21.9 15,147 2,594 17.1 1,343 358 26.7 3,456 1,411 40.8

Poverty Footnotes

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