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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 130% of poverty (5) Percentage below 130% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 130% of poverty (5) Percentage below 130% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 130% of poverty (5) Percentage below 130% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 130% of poverty (5) Percentage below 130% of poverty (6)

White alone
 
People in families with related
  children under 18 years, total (9) 		118,982 23,586 19.8 92,493 12,287 13.3 6,630 2,029 30.6 19,859 9,269 46.7

Residence and Region (31)

United States:
 
  Inside metro statistical areas 		99,621 19,076 19.1 77,761 10,057 12.9 5,491 1,649 30.0 16,369 7,370 45.0
      Inside principal cities 32,812 8,579 26.1 23,875 4,406 18.5 2,104 724 34.4 6,833 3,449 50.5
      Outside principal cities 66,810 10,497 15.7 53,886 5,652 10.5 3,388 924 27.3 9,536 3,921 41.1
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 19,361 4,509 23.3 14,733 2,230 15.1 1,138 380 33.4 3,490 1,899 54.4

Residence and Region (31)
 
Northeast 		20,510 3,115 15.2 15,916 1,339 8.4 1,042 290 27.9 3,553 1,486 41.8
  Inside metro statistical areas 18,103 2,743 15.2 14,069 1,169 8.3 904 260 28.8 3,130 1,313 42.0
      Inside principal cities 4,089 1,150 28.1 2,666 451 16.9 251 96 38.3 1,172 603 51.5
      Outside principal cities 14,014 1,593 11.4 11,403 718 6.3 653 164 25.2 1,958 710 36.3
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 2,407 372 15.5 1,846 170 9.2 138 30 21.6 423 172 40.8
Midwest 26,733 4,474 16.7 21,047 2,024 9.6 1,601 532 33.2 4,085 1,918 47.0
  Inside metro statistical areas 20,002 3,033 15.2 15,886 1,363 8.6 1,211 394 32.6 2,904 1,275 43.9
      Inside principal cities 5,715 1,231 21.5 4,162 459 11.0 451 179 39.8 1,102 592 53.8
      Outside principal cities 14,287 1,802 12.6 11,724 904 7.7 761 215 28.3 1,802 683 37.9
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 6,731 1,441 21.4 5,161 661 12.8 390 138 35.4 1,181 643 54.4
South 41,953 9,144 21.8 32,720 4,956 15.1 2,152 673 31.3 7,081 3,515 49.6
  Inside metro statistical areas 34,388 7,123 20.7 26,984 3,905 14.5 1,706 495 29.0 5,698 2,724 47.8
      Inside principal cities 11,508 3,023 26.3 8,588 1,606 18.7 611 191 31.3 2,309 1,226 53.1
      Outside principal cities 22,880 4,099 17.9 18,395 2,298 12.5 1,095 304 27.7 3,389 1,497 44.2
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 7,565 2,021 26.7 5,736 1,052 18.3 446 178 39.9 1,382 791 57.2
West 29,787 6,853 23.0 22,811 3,968 17.4 1,835 534 29.1 5,141 2,351 45.7
  Inside metro statistical areas 27,129 6,178 22.8 20,822 3,621 17.4 1,671 499 29.9 4,637 2,058 44.4
      Inside principal cities 11,500 3,175 27.6 8,458 1,890 22.3 791 258 32.6 2,250 1,028 45.7
      Outside principal cities 15,629 3,002 19.2 12,363 1,731 14.0 879 241 27.4 2,386 1,031 43.2
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 2,658 675 25.4 1,989 347 17.5 164 35 21.2 504 293 58.0

Division (31)
 
New England 		5,655 746 13.2 4,432 298 6.7 293 62 21.1 931 386 41.5
Middle Atlantic 14,855 2,369 15.9 11,484 1,041 9.1 749 228 30.5 2,621 1,100 41.9
East North Central 18,153 3,008 16.6 14,192 1,291 9.1 1,183 401 33.9 2,777 1,316 47.4
West North Central 8,580 1,466 17.1 6,854 733 10.7 418 131 31.3 1,307 602 46.1
South Atlantic 20,182 3,574 17.7 16,137 1,971 12.2 986 325 33.0 3,059 1,279 41.8
East South Central 6,635 1,507 22.7 5,109 733 14.3 341 127 37.1 1,184 648 54.7
West South Central 15,136 4,062 26.8 11,474 2,253 19.6 825 221 26.8 2,837 1,588 56.0
Mountain 9,842 2,250 22.9 7,664 1,204 15.7 492 151 30.7 1,685 896 53.1
Pacific 19,945 4,602 23.1 15,147 2,764 18.2 1,343 383 28.5 3,456 1,455 42.1

Poverty Footnotes

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