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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, not Hispanic
 
People in families with related
  children under 18 years, total (9) 		88,496 14,828 16.8 71,634 7,686 10.7 4,402 1,401 31.8 12,460 5,741 46.1

Residence and Region (31)

United States:
 
  Inside metro statistical areas 		71,284 10,435 14.6 58,379 5,442 9.3 3,436 1,023 29.8 9,470 3,971 41.9
      Inside principal cities 18,501 3,214 17.4 14,646 1,572 10.7 961 296 30.8 2,894 1,347 46.5
      Outside principal cities 52,784 7,221 13.7 43,732 3,870 8.8 2,475 727 29.4 6,576 2,624 39.9
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 17,212 4,392 25.5 13,256 2,244 16.9 966 378 39.1 2,990 1,770 59.2

Residence and Region (31)
 
Northeast 		16,968 2,312 13.6 14,010 1,190 8.5 758 197 26.0 2,200 925 42.1
  Inside metro statistical areas 14,652 1,843 12.6 12,223 966 7.9 624 152 24.4 1,805 724 40.1
      Inside principal cities 2,259 457 20.2 1,818 238 13.1 100 27 26.6 341 192 56.5
      Outside principal cities 12,393 1,385 11.2 10,405 728 7.0 524 126 24.0 1,464 532 36.3
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 2,316 470 20.3 1,787 224 12.5 134 45 33.2 395 201 51.0
Midwest 24,214 4,353 18.0 19,309 2,057 10.7 1,312 461 35.1 3,593 1,835 51.1
  Inside metro statistical areas 17,831 2,772 15.5 14,405 1,283 8.9 947 332 35.0 2,478 1,158 46.7
      Inside principal cities 4,616 964 20.9 3,481 373 10.7 289 122 42.3 846 469 55.4
      Outside principal cities 13,215 1,808 13.7 10,924 910 8.3 658 210 31.9 1,632 689 42.2
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 6,383 1,580 24.8 4,904 774 15.8 365 129 35.4 1,114 677 60.8
South 30,745 5,655 18.4 24,814 3,059 12.3 1,511 525 34.8 4,420 2,071 46.9
  Inside metro statistical areas 24,201 3,796 15.7 19,780 2,063 10.4 1,149 356 30.9 3,272 1,378 42.1
      Inside principal cities 6,388 975 15.3 5,100 487 9.5 311 88 28.2 978 400 40.9
      Outside principal cities 17,813 2,821 15.8 14,680 1,576 10.7 838 268 31.9 2,295 977 42.6
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 6,544 1,859 28.4 5,034 996 19.8 361 170 46.9 1,148 694 60.4
West 16,569 2,508 15.1 13,502 1,381 10.2 821 218 26.5 2,247 909 40.5
  Inside metro statistical areas 14,600 2,024 13.9 11,971 1,130 9.4 716 183 25.6 1,914 711 37.2
      Inside principal cities 5,237 818 15.6 4,248 473 11.1 261 59 22.7 729 285 39.2
      Outside principal cities 9,363 1,206 12.9 7,723 657 8.5 455 124 27.2 1,185 426 35.9
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 1,969 483 24.6 1,531 251 16.4 105 35 32.8 333 198 59.6

Division (31)
 
New England 		5,102 675 13.2 4,158 325 7.8 253 61 24.1 691 289 41.8
Middle Atlantic 11,866 1,637 13.8 9,851 865 8.8 506 136 26.9 1,509 636 42.2
East North Central 16,269 2,962 18.2 12,854 1,335 10.4 968 360 37.1 2,448 1,268 51.8
West North Central 7,945 1,391 17.5 6,456 722 11.2 344 102 29.5 1,145 567 49.5
South Atlantic 16,499 2,794 16.9 13,474 1,547 11.5 780 281 36.0 2,245 966 43.0
East South Central 6,248 1,607 25.7 4,826 846 17.5 319 131 41.2 1,103 629 57.0
West South Central 7,998 1,254 15.7 6,515 665 10.2 412 113 27.4 1,072 476 44.5
Mountain 6,624 1,155 17.4 5,526 653 11.8 210 44 21.0 888 459 51.6
Pacific 9,945 1,352 13.6 7,975 728 9.1 611 173 28.4 1,359 451 33.2

Poverty Footnotes

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