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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 alone
 
People in families with related
  children under 18 years, total (9) 		21,796 8,569 39.3 9,706 1,839 18.9 1,587 650 41.0 10,503 6,080 57.9

Residence and Region (31)

United States:
 
  Inside metro statistical areas 		19,619 7,529 38.4 8,779 1,596 18.2 1,405 560 39.8 9,435 5,374 57.0
      Inside principal cities 10,740 4,764 44.4 4,145 900 21.7 784 342 43.6 5,810 3,522 60.6
      Outside principal cities 8,880 2,765 31.1 4,634 695 15.0 621 217 35.0 3,625 1,852 51.1
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 2,177 1,040 47.8 927 243 26.2 182 90 49.6 1,068 707 66.2

Residence and Region (31)
 
Northeast 		3,711 1,286 34.7 1,560 225 14.4 295 140 47.4 1,856 921 49.6
  Inside metro statistical areas 3,644 1,254 34.4 1,526 210 13.8 282 133 47.1 1,837 912 49.6
      Inside principal cities 2,286 898 39.3 839 144 17.2 163 68 41.7 1,284 686 53.4
      Outside principal cities 1,359 356 26.2 687 65 9.5 119 65 54.5 553 226 40.9
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 67 31 (B) 35 15 (B) 13 7 (B) 19 10 (B)
Midwest 3,805 1,914 50.3 1,424 390 27.4 325 172 53.0 2,056 1,352 65.8
  Inside metro statistical areas 3,678 1,844 50.1 1,352 354 26.2 321 168 52.4 2,005 1,322 65.9
      Inside principal cities 2,546 1,466 57.6 770 251 32.7 231 133 57.8 1,546 1,082 70.0
      Outside principal cities 1,132 377 33.3 582 103 17.6 90 35 38.5 460 240 52.2
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 127 71 55.7 72 36 (B) 4 4 (B) 51 31 (B)
South 12,174 4,696 38.6 5,585 1,014 18.2 792 274 34.6 5,797 3,408 58.8
  Inside metro statistical areas 10,246 3,775 36.8 4,812 834 17.3 633 200 31.5 4,801 2,742 57.1
      Inside principal cities 4,767 1,998 41.9 1,987 385 19.4 295 100 33.8 2,484 1,512 60.9
      Outside principal cities 5,479 1,777 32.4 2,824 448 15.9 338 100 29.6 2,316 1,229 53.1
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 1,929 921 47.8 773 181 23.3 158 74 47.0 997 666 66.9
West 2,106 673 31.9 1,137 210 18.5 175 64 36.4 794 399 50.2
  Inside metro statistical areas 2,051 656 32.0 1,090 198 18.2 169 59 35.0 793 399 50.3
      Inside principal cities 1,141 402 35.3 550 119 21.7 95 41 43.3 496 242 48.8
      Outside principal cities 911 254 27.9 540 79 14.6 74 18 (B) 297 157 52.9
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 55 17 (B) 47 12 (B) 6 5 (B) 1 0 (B)

Division (31)
 
New England 		529 172 32.6 299 51 17.1 37 18 (B) 193 103 53.3
Middle Atlantic 3,182 1,114 35.0 1,261 174 13.8 258 122 47.1 1,663 818 49.2
East North Central 3,051 1,544 50.6 1,096 269 24.6 273 153 56.0 1,682 1,121 66.7
West North Central 754 370 49.2 328 120 36.7 52 19 (B) 374 231 61.7
South Atlantic 7,049 2,552 36.2 3,213 510 15.9 460 162 35.3 3,376 1,879 55.7
East South Central 2,114 1,000 47.3 933 239 25.6 152 61 40.2 1,029 700 68.0
West South Central 3,011 1,144 38.0 1,439 265 18.4 180 51 28.2 1,392 829 59.5
Mountain 501 174 34.6 271 51 18.7 51 32 (B) 179 91 50.9
Pacific 1,605 499 31.1 866 160 18.4 124 32 25.8 615 308 50.1

Poverty Footnotes

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