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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)

Black A.O.I.C.
 
People in families with related
  children under 18 years, total (9) 		23,514 9,249 39.3 10,603 2,076 19.6 1,717 697 40.6 11,194 6,476 57.9

Residence and Region (31)

United States:
 
  Inside metro statistical areas 		21,126 8,092 38.3 9,575 1,796 18.8 1,513 592 39.1 10,037 5,704 56.8
      Inside principal cities 11,378 5,052 44.4 4,419 980 22.2 839 370 44.1 6,120 3,702 60.5
      Outside principal cities 9,748 3,040 31.2 5,156 816 15.8 675 222 32.9 3,918 2,002 51.1
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 2,388 1,157 48.5 1,028 280 27.2 203 105 51.8 1,157 772 66.7

Residence and Region (31)
 
Northeast 		4,024 1,425 35.4 1,705 276 16.2 333 153 46.1 1,986 996 50.1
  Inside metro statistical areas 3,942 1,388 35.2 1,667 261 15.7 319 147 45.9 1,956 980 50.1
      Inside principal cities 2,385 967 40.5 865 160 18.5 177 80 45.3 1,343 726 54.1
      Outside principal cities 1,557 421 27.0 802 101 12.6 142 66 46.7 613 254 41.4
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 82 37 45.6 38 15 (B) 13 7 (B) 30 15 (B)
Midwest 4,205 2,082 49.5 1,601 429 26.8 350 179 51.1 2,254 1,474 65.4
  Inside metro statistical areas 4,007 1,977 49.3 1,481 375 25.3 342 173 50.7 2,184 1,429 65.4
      Inside principal cities 2,736 1,564 57.2 829 271 32.7 241 136 56.5 1,666 1,157 69.5
      Outside principal cities 1,271 413 32.5 652 104 16.0 101 37 36.8 518 272 52.5
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 198 104 52.8 119 54 45.1 8 6 (B) 70 45 (B)
South 12,751 4,904 38.5 5,912 1,091 18.5 834 290 34.8 6,005 3,522 58.7
  Inside metro statistical areas 10,724 3,923 36.6 5,097 892 17.5 659 203 30.8 4,967 2,827 56.9
      Inside principal cities 4,910 2,049 41.7 2,062 408 19.8 310 103 33.3 2,538 1,538 60.6
      Outside principal cities 5,814 1,874 32.2 3,035 484 15.9 349 100 28.6 2,430 1,290 53.1
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 2,027 981 48.4 815 199 24.4 174 87 49.9 1,038 695 66.9
West 2,534 839 33.1 1,385 280 20.2 200 74 37.2 949 485 51.1
  Inside metro statistical areas 2,452 804 32.8 1,329 268 20.1 193 69 35.7 930 468 50.3
      Inside principal cities 1,346 472 35.1 662 140 21.2 110 51 45.8 574 281 49.0
      Outside principal cities 1,105 332 30.0 667 127 19.1 82 18 22.2 356 187 52.4
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 82 35 42.4 56 12 (B) 7 6 (B) 19 17 (B)

Division (31)
 
New England 		609 211 34.6 340 71 20.9 51 24 (B) 219 116 52.8
Middle Atlantic 3,415 1,214 35.6 1,366 205 15.0 282 129 45.7 1,767 880 49.8
East North Central 3,340 1,665 49.9 1,222 299 24.5 290 157 54.1 1,827 1,209 66.1
West North Central 865 416 48.1 378 129 34.2 60 22 (B) 427 265 62.1
South Atlantic 7,369 2,644 35.9 3,385 535 15.8 488 170 34.7 3,496 1,940 55.5
East South Central 2,172 1,033 47.6 966 254 26.3 155 64 41.5 1,051 715 68.1
West South Central 3,209 1,226 38.2 1,560 303 19.4 191 56 29.6 1,458 867 59.4
Mountain 602 228 37.9 326 70 21.6 57 37 (B) 219 121 55.2
Pacific 1,932 611 31.6 1,059 209 19.8 143 38 26.3 729 364 49.9

Poverty Footnotes

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