U.S. Department of Commerce
Current Population Survey (CPS)
A joint effort between the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the Census Bureau

Annual Social and Economic (ASEC) Supplement


There is also additional background information for this table group.

Contents for Table

POV43: Region, Division and Type of Residence -- Poverty Status for People in Families With Related Children Under 18 by Family Structure: 2009

For information on confidentiality protection, sampling error, nonsampling error, and definitions, see www.census.gov/apsd/techdoc/cps/cpsmar10.pdf [PDF].

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 175% of poverty (5) Percentage below 175% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 175% of poverty (5) Percentage below 175% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 175% of poverty (5) Percentage below 175% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 175% of poverty (5) Percentage below 175% of poverty (6)

All races
 
People in families with related
  children under 18 years, total (9) 		154,692 50,456 32.6 112,733 25,615 22.7 9,096 4,129 45.4 32,862 20,712 63.0

Residence and Region (31)

United States:
 
  Inside metro statistical areas 		131,523 41,548 31.6 96,077 21,097 22.0 7,614 3,349 44.0 27,831 17,103 61.5
      Inside principal cities 49,059 19,961 40.7 32,104 9,124 28.4 3,229 1,594 49.4 13,726 9,243 67.3
      Outside principal cities 82,464 21,587 26.2 63,973 11,973 18.7 4,386 1,754 40.0 14,105 7,859 55.7
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 23,168 8,908 38.5 16,656 4,518 27.1 1,482 781 52.7 5,031 3,610 71.8

Residence and Region (31)
 
Northeast 		26,513 7,135 26.9 19,272 3,171 16.5 1,446 599 41.4 5,795 3,365 58.1
  Inside metro statistical areas 23,982 6,428 26.8 17,352 2,804 16.2 1,291 526 40.8 5,340 3,098 58.0
      Inside principal cities 7,339 3,222 43.9 4,234 1,270 30.0 448 215 48.0 2,658 1,737 65.4
      Outside principal cities 16,643 3,206 19.3 13,118 1,534 11.7 843 311 36.9 2,682 1,360 50.7
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 2,531 706 27.9 1,921 366 19.1 155 73 46.8 455 267 58.8
Midwest 32,595 9,943 30.5 23,934 4,600 19.2 2,056 1,000 48.7 6,605 4,343 65.8
  Inside metro statistical areas 25,413 7,532 29.6 18,543 3,324 17.9 1,629 800 49.1 5,241 3,407 65.0
      Inside principal cities 9,076 3,900 43.0 5,488 1,347 24.6 730 444 60.8 2,858 2,109 73.8
      Outside principal cities 16,336 3,631 22.2 13,055 1,977 15.1 898 357 39.7 2,383 1,298 54.4
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 7,182 2,412 33.6 5,391 1,275 23.7 427 200 46.8 1,364 937 68.7
South 57,757 20,627 35.7 41,122 10,289 25.0 3,185 1,501 47.1 13,451 8,837 65.7
  Inside metro statistical areas 47,625 16,178 34.0 34,177 8,140 23.8 2,523 1,114 44.2 10,925 6,923 63.4
      Inside principal cities 17,276 7,082 41.0 11,329 3,212 28.4 988 454 45.9 4,959 3,416 68.9
      Outside principal cities 30,349 9,096 30.0 22,848 4,928 21.6 1,536 661 43.0 5,966 3,508 58.8
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 10,132 4,449 43.9 6,945 2,149 30.9 661 386 58.4 2,526 1,914 75.8
West 37,827 12,751 33.7 28,405 7,556 26.6 2,411 1,029 42.7 7,011 4,166 59.4
  Inside metro statistical areas 34,503 11,410 33.1 26,006 6,828 26.3 2,172 907 41.8 6,325 3,675 58.1
      Inside principal cities 15,368 5,757 37.5 11,054 3,294 29.8 1,063 482 45.3 3,251 1,981 60.9
      Outside principal cities 19,135 5,653 29.5 14,952 3,534 23.6 1,109 426 38.4 3,075 1,694 55.1
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 3,323 1,341 40.4 2,398 728 30.4 239 122 50.9 686 491 71.6

Division (31)
 
New England 		6,770 1,525 22.5 5,190 704 13.6 365 136 37.3 1,215 685 56.3
Middle Atlantic 19,743 5,610 28.4 14,082 2,467 17.5 1,081 463 42.8 4,580 2,680 58.5
East North Central 22,654 7,076 31.2 16,369 3,190 19.5 1,528 747 48.9 4,757 3,139 66.0
West North Central 9,941 2,867 28.8 7,565 1,409 18.6 528 253 48.0 1,848 1,205 65.2
South Atlantic 28,913 9,256 32.0 20,665 4,440 21.5 1,542 741 48.1 6,706 4,076 60.8
East South Central 8,983 3,597 40.0 6,221 1,656 26.6 515 276 53.5 2,247 1,666 74.1
West South Central 19,861 7,773 39.1 14,236 4,193 29.5 1,128 484 42.9 4,498 3,096 68.8
Mountain 11,498 3,932 34.2 8,695 2,172 25.0 655 312 47.6 2,149 1,448 67.4
Pacific 26,328 8,819 33.5 19,710 5,384 27.3 1,755 717 40.9 4,863 2,718 55.9

Poverty Footnotes

[PDF] or PDF denotes a file in Adobe’s Portable Document Format. To view the file, you will need the Adobe® Reader® Off Site available free from Adobe.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
Contact: Demographic Call Center Staff at 301-763-2422 or 1-866-758-1060 (toll free)
[an error occurred while processing this directive]