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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)

Black A.O.I.C.
 
People in families with related
  children under 18 years, total (9) 		23,514 10,532 44.8 10,603 2,591 24.4 1,717 823 48.0 11,194 7,117 63.6

Residence and Region (31)

United States:
 
  Inside metro statistical areas 		21,126 9,206 43.6 9,575 2,206 23.0 1,513 709 46.9 10,037 6,290 62.7
      Inside principal cities 11,378 5,649 49.6 4,419 1,176 26.6 839 433 51.6 6,120 4,039 66.0
      Outside principal cities 9,748 3,558 36.5 5,156 1,030 20.0 675 276 40.9 3,918 2,251 57.5
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 2,388 1,325 55.5 1,028 385 37.4 203 114 56.0 1,157 827 71.5

Residence and Region (31)
 
Northeast 		4,024 1,644 40.9 1,705 349 20.5 333 190 57.2 1,986 1,105 55.6
  Inside metro statistical areas 3,942 1,607 40.8 1,667 334 20.0 319 183 57.4 1,956 1,089 55.7
      Inside principal cities 2,385 1,128 47.3 865 224 25.8 177 105 59.0 1,343 800 59.6
      Outside principal cities 1,557 478 30.7 802 110 13.8 142 79 55.4 613 289 47.1
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 82 37 45.8 38 15 (B) 13 7 (B) 30 16 (B)
Midwest 4,205 2,306 54.8 1,601 494 30.9 350 213 60.7 2,254 1,599 70.9
  Inside metro statistical areas 4,007 2,199 54.9 1,481 440 29.7 342 207 60.5 2,184 1,552 71.1
      Inside principal cities 2,736 1,712 62.6 829 310 37.3 241 154 64.0 1,666 1,248 74.9
      Outside principal cities 1,271 486 38.3 652 131 20.0 101 53 52.1 518 303 58.6
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 198 107 54.2 119 54 45.3 8 6 (B) 70 48 (B)
South 12,751 5,610 44.0 5,912 1,411 23.9 834 339 40.7 6,005 3,859 64.3
  Inside metro statistical areas 10,724 4,468 41.7 5,097 1,112 21.8 659 244 37.0 4,967 3,113 62.7
      Inside principal cities 4,910 2,263 46.1 2,062 474 23.0 310 117 37.8 2,538 1,672 65.9
      Outside principal cities 5,814 2,205 37.9 3,035 638 21.0 349 127 36.2 2,430 1,441 59.3
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 2,027 1,142 56.3 815 299 36.7 174 96 54.9 1,038 747 72.0
West 2,534 972 38.3 1,385 337 24.3 200 81 40.5 949 554 58.4
  Inside metro statistical areas 2,452 933 38.0 1,329 320 24.1 193 75 39.1 930 537 57.7
      Inside principal cities 1,346 545 40.5 662 169 25.5 110 57 51.7 574 319 55.6
      Outside principal cities 1,105 388 35.1 667 151 22.7 82 18 22.2 356 218 61.2
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 82 39 47.5 56 17 (B) 7 6 (B) 19 17 (B)

Division (31)
 
New England 		609 246 40.3 340 82 24.2 51 34 (B) 219 129 59.1
Middle Atlantic 3,415 1,398 41.0 1,366 267 19.5 282 156 55.3 1,767 976 55.2
East North Central 3,340 1,831 54.8 1,222 350 28.6 290 182 62.9 1,827 1,299 71.1
West North Central 865 475 54.9 378 144 38.1 60 30 (B) 427 300 70.4
South Atlantic 7,369 3,067 41.6 3,385 750 22.2 488 191 39.1 3,496 2,127 60.8
East South Central 2,172 1,178 54.2 966 318 33.0 155 73 47.0 1,051 787 74.9
West South Central 3,209 1,364 42.5 1,560 343 22.0 191 76 39.8 1,458 946 64.9
Mountain 602 267 44.4 326 90 27.5 57 37 (B) 219 141 64.2
Pacific 1,932 704 36.5 1,059 247 23.3 143 44 30.9 729 413 56.6

Poverty Footnotes

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