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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 150% of poverty (5) |
Percentage below 150% of poverty (6) |
All income levels |
Below 150% of poverty (5) |
Percentage below 150% of poverty (6) |
All income levels |
Below 150% of poverty (5) |
Percentage below 150% of poverty (6) |
All income levels |
Below 150% of poverty (5) |
Percentage below 150% of poverty (6) |
All races |
|---|
People in families with related
children under 18 years, total (9)
|
154,692
|
42,382
|
27.4
|
112,733
|
20,280
|
18.0
|
9,096
|
3,529
|
38.8
|
32,862
|
18,572
|
56.5
|
Residence and Region (31) |
|---|
United States: |
|---|
Inside metro statistical areas
|
131,523
|
34,916
|
26.5
|
96,077
|
16,759
|
17.4
|
7,614
|
2,857
|
37.5
|
27,831
|
15,300
|
55.0
|
|
Inside principal cities
|
49,059
|
17,143
|
34.9
|
32,104
|
7,465
|
23.3
|
3,229
|
1,361
|
42.2
|
13,726
|
8,316
|
60.6
|
|
Outside principal cities
|
82,464
|
17,773
|
21.6
|
63,973
|
9,294
|
14.5
|
4,386
|
1,495
|
34.1
|
14,105
|
6,984
|
49.5
|
|
Outside metro statistical areas (35)
|
23,168
|
7,466
|
32.2
|
16,656
|
3,521
|
21.1
|
1,482
|
673
|
45.4
|
5,031
|
3,272
|
65.0
|
Residence and Region (31) |
|---|
Northeast
|
26,513
|
5,966
|
22.5
|
19,272
|
2,505
|
13.0
|
1,446
|
528
|
36.5
|
5,795
|
2,933
|
50.6
|
|
Inside metro statistical areas
|
23,982
|
5,404
|
22.5
|
17,352
|
2,235
|
12.9
|
1,291
|
475
|
36.8
|
5,340
|
2,694
|
50.5
|
|
Inside principal cities
|
7,339
|
2,776
|
37.8
|
4,234
|
1,031
|
24.4
|
448
|
208
|
46.6
|
2,658
|
1,536
|
57.8
|
|
Outside principal cities
|
16,643
|
2,628
|
15.8
|
13,118
|
1,204
|
9.2
|
843
|
266
|
31.6
|
2,682
|
1,158
|
43.2
|
|
Outside metro statistical areas (35)
|
2,531
|
562
|
22.2
|
1,921
|
270
|
14.1
|
155
|
53
|
34.5
|
455
|
239
|
52.5
|
|
Midwest
|
32,595
|
8,360
|
25.6
|
23,934
|
3,510
|
14.7
|
2,056
|
878
|
42.7
|
6,605
|
3,972
|
60.1
|
|
Inside metro statistical areas
|
25,413
|
6,385
|
25.1
|
18,543
|
2,558
|
13.8
|
1,629
|
702
|
43.1
|
5,241
|
3,126
|
59.6
|
|
Inside principal cities
|
9,076
|
3,470
|
38.2
|
5,488
|
1,114
|
20.3
|
730
|
386
|
52.8
|
2,858
|
1,971
|
69.0
|
|
Outside principal cities
|
16,336
|
2,915
|
17.8
|
13,055
|
1,444
|
11.1
|
898
|
316
|
35.2
|
2,383
|
1,155
|
48.5
|
|
Outside metro statistical areas (35)
|
7,182
|
1,975
|
27.5
|
5,391
|
952
|
17.7
|
427
|
176
|
41.3
|
1,364
|
846
|
62.0
|
|
South
|
57,757
|
17,212
|
29.8
|
41,122
|
8,042
|
19.6
|
3,185
|
1,263
|
39.7
|
13,451
|
7,907
|
58.8
|
|
Inside metro statistical areas
|
47,625
|
13,439
|
28.2
|
34,177
|
6,335
|
18.5
|
2,523
|
916
|
36.3
|
10,925
|
6,187
|
56.6
|
|
Inside principal cities
|
17,276
|
5,914
|
34.2
|
11,329
|
2,507
|
22.1
|
988
|
361
|
36.5
|
4,959
|
3,046
|
61.4
|
|
Outside principal cities
|
30,349
|
7,525
|
24.8
|
22,848
|
3,829
|
16.8
|
1,536
|
556
|
36.2
|
5,966
|
3,141
|
52.6
|
|
Outside metro statistical areas (35)
|
10,132
|
3,773
|
37.2
|
6,945
|
1,706
|
24.6
|
661
|
347
|
52.4
|
2,526
|
1,720
|
68.1
|
|
West
|
37,827
|
10,845
|
28.7
|
28,405
|
6,223
|
21.9
|
2,411
|
861
|
35.7
|
7,011
|
3,761
|
53.6
|
|
Inside metro statistical areas
|
34,503
|
9,688
|
28.1
|
26,006
|
5,631
|
21.7
|
2,172
|
764
|
35.2
|
6,325
|
3,293
|
52.1
|
|
Inside principal cities
|
15,368
|
4,983
|
32.4
|
11,054
|
2,814
|
25.5
|
1,063
|
407
|
38.2
|
3,251
|
1,762
|
54.2
|
|
Outside principal cities
|
19,135
|
4,705
|
24.6
|
14,952
|
2,817
|
18.8
|
1,109
|
358
|
32.3
|
3,075
|
1,530
|
49.8
|
|
Outside metro statistical areas (35)
|
3,323
|
1,157
|
34.8
|
2,398
|
593
|
24.7
|
239
|
96
|
40.2
|
686
|
468
|
68.2
|
Division (31) |
|---|
New England
|
6,770
|
1,297
|
19.2
|
5,190
|
586
|
11.3
|
365
|
115
|
31.5
|
1,215
|
597
|
49.1
|
|
Middle Atlantic
|
19,743
|
4,669
|
23.6
|
14,082
|
1,919
|
13.6
|
1,081
|
413
|
38.2
|
4,580
|
2,336
|
51.0
|
|
East North Central
|
22,654
|
5,961
|
26.3
|
16,369
|
2,385
|
14.6
|
1,528
|
669
|
43.8
|
4,757
|
2,907
|
61.1
|
|
West North Central
|
9,941
|
2,398
|
24.1
|
7,565
|
1,125
|
14.9
|
528
|
209
|
39.5
|
1,848
|
1,065
|
57.6
|
|
South Atlantic
|
28,913
|
7,666
|
26.5
|
20,665
|
3,432
|
16.6
|
1,542
|
613
|
39.8
|
6,706
|
3,620
|
54.0
|
|
East South Central
|
8,983
|
3,036
|
33.8
|
6,221
|
1,303
|
20.9
|
515
|
236
|
45.9
|
2,247
|
1,497
|
66.6
|
|
West South Central
|
19,861
|
6,509
|
32.8
|
14,236
|
3,306
|
23.2
|
1,128
|
413
|
36.7
|
4,498
|
2,789
|
62.0
|
|
Mountain
|
11,498
|
3,459
|
30.1
|
8,695
|
1,840
|
21.2
|
655
|
260
|
39.7
|
2,149
|
1,359
|
63.3
|
|
Pacific
|
26,328
|
7,386
|
28.1
|
19,710
|
4,384
|
22.2
|
1,755
|
601
|
34.2
|
4,863
|
2,402
|
49.4
|
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