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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)

White alone
 
People in families with related
  children under 18 years, total (9) 		118,982 28,654 24.1 92,493 15,698 17.0 6,630 2,405 36.3 19,859 10,551 53.1

Residence and Region (31)

United States:
 
  Inside metro statistical areas 		99,621 23,176 23.3 77,761 12,873 16.6 5,491 1,932 35.2 16,369 8,371 51.1
      Inside principal cities 32,812 10,192 31.1 23,875 5,474 22.9 2,104 823 39.1 6,833 3,895 57.0
      Outside principal cities 66,810 12,984 19.4 53,886 7,399 13.7 3,388 1,109 32.7 9,536 4,476 46.9
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 19,361 5,478 28.3 14,733 2,826 19.2 1,138 473 41.6 3,490 2,179 62.4

Residence and Region (31)
 
Northeast 		20,510 3,775 18.4 15,916 1,738 10.9 1,042 326 31.3 3,553 1,711 48.2
  Inside metro statistical areas 18,103 3,275 18.1 14,069 1,504 10.7 904 281 31.1 3,130 1,490 47.6
      Inside principal cities 4,089 1,297 31.7 2,666 532 19.9 251 99 39.6 1,172 666 56.8
      Outside principal cities 14,014 1,979 14.1 11,403 973 8.5 653 182 27.9 1,958 824 42.1
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 2,407 499 20.7 1,846 233 12.6 138 45 32.3 423 221 52.3
Midwest 26,733 5,505 20.6 21,047 2,706 12.9 1,601 613 38.3 4,085 2,185 53.5
  Inside metro statistical areas 20,002 3,791 19.0 15,886 1,859 11.7 1,211 461 38.1 2,904 1,470 50.6
      Inside principal cities 5,715 1,541 27.0 4,162 675 16.2 451 207 45.8 1,102 660 59.9
      Outside principal cities 14,287 2,249 15.7 11,724 1,184 10.1 761 255 33.5 1,802 810 45.0
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 6,731 1,714 25.5 5,161 847 16.4 390 152 39.0 1,181 715 60.5
South 41,953 10,876 25.9 32,720 6,170 18.9 2,152 826 38.4 7,081 3,880 54.8
  Inside metro statistical areas 34,388 8,463 24.6 26,984 4,886 18.1 1,706 597 35.0 5,698 2,979 52.3
      Inside principal cities 11,508 3,508 30.5 8,588 1,952 22.7 611 222 36.4 2,309 1,334 57.8
      Outside principal cities 22,880 4,955 21.7 18,395 2,935 16.0 1,095 375 34.2 3,389 1,646 48.6
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 7,565 2,413 31.9 5,736 1,283 22.4 446 229 51.3 1,382 901 65.2
West 29,787 8,499 28.5 22,811 5,084 22.3 1,835 640 34.9 5,141 2,774 54.0
  Inside metro statistical areas 27,129 7,646 28.2 20,822 4,623 22.2 1,671 592 35.4 4,637 2,432 52.4
      Inside principal cities 11,500 3,846 33.4 8,458 2,316 27.4 791 295 37.3 2,250 1,236 54.9
      Outside principal cities 15,629 3,800 24.3 12,363 2,307 18.7 879 297 33.8 2,386 1,196 50.1
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 2,658 852 32.1 1,989 462 23.2 164 48 29.3 504 343 67.9

Division (31)
 
New England 		5,655 926 16.4 4,432 405 9.1 293 75 25.5 931 447 48.0
Middle Atlantic 14,855 2,848 19.2 11,484 1,333 11.6 749 251 33.5 2,621 1,264 48.2
East North Central 18,153 3,779 20.8 14,192 1,823 12.8 1,183 461 39.0 2,777 1,495 53.8
West North Central 8,580 1,725 20.1 6,854 883 12.9 418 152 36.4 1,307 690 52.8
South Atlantic 20,182 4,301 21.3 16,137 2,489 15.4 986 384 39.0 3,059 1,427 46.6
East South Central 6,635 1,789 27.0 5,109 944 18.5 341 147 42.9 1,184 698 59.0
West South Central 15,136 4,786 31.6 11,474 2,736 23.8 825 295 35.8 2,837 1,755 61.8
Mountain 9,842 2,760 28.0 7,664 1,553 20.3 492 168 34.1 1,685 1,039 61.7
Pacific 19,945 5,739 28.8 15,147 3,532 23.3 1,343 472 35.1 3,456 1,735 50.2

Poverty Footnotes

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