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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 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)

Black alone
 
People in families with related
  children under 18 years, total (9) 		21,796 11,057 50.7 9,706 2,824 29.1 1,587 882 55.6 10,503 7,351 70.0

Residence and Region (31)

United States:
 
  Inside metro statistical areas 		19,619 9,673 49.3 8,779 2,409 27.4 1,405 772 54.9 9,435 6,492 68.8
      Inside principal cities 10,740 5,965 55.5 4,145 1,302 31.4 784 459 58.5 5,810 4,203 72.4
      Outside principal cities 8,880 3,708 41.8 4,634 1,107 23.9 621 313 50.4 3,625 2,289 63.1
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 2,177 1,384 63.6 927 415 44.8 182 111 60.9 1,068 859 80.4

Residence and Region (31)
 
Northeast 		3,711 1,721 46.4 1,560 408 26.2 295 176 59.7 1,856 1,137 61.3
  Inside metro statistical areas 3,644 1,689 46.4 1,526 393 25.8 282 169 60.0 1,837 1,127 61.4
      Inside principal cities 2,286 1,207 52.8 839 289 34.5 163 95 58.2 1,284 822 64.0
      Outside principal cities 1,359 483 35.5 687 104 15.1 119 74 62.4 553 305 55.2
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 67 32 (B) 35 15 (B) 13 7 (B) 19 10 (B)
Midwest 3,805 2,343 61.6 1,424 523 36.7 325 223 68.6 2,056 1,597 77.7
  Inside metro statistical areas 3,678 2,260 61.4 1,352 487 36.0 321 219 68.2 2,005 1,555 77.5
      Inside principal cities 2,546 1,715 67.4 770 305 39.6 231 164 70.9 1,546 1,247 80.7
      Outside principal cities 1,132 545 48.1 582 182 31.2 90 55 61.3 460 308 67.0
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 127 83 65.1 72 36 (B) 4 4 (B) 51 42 (B)
South 12,174 6,083 50.0 5,585 1,594 28.5 792 399 50.4 5,797 4,090 70.6
  Inside metro statistical areas 10,246 4,834 47.2 4,812 1,247 25.9 633 304 48.0 4,801 3,283 68.4
      Inside principal cities 4,767 2,520 52.9 1,987 560 28.2 295 146 49.5 2,484 1,814 73.0
      Outside principal cities 5,479 2,315 42.2 2,824 688 24.3 338 157 46.6 2,316 1,470 63.4
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 1,929 1,249 64.8 773 347 44.9 158 95 59.9 997 807 81.0
West 2,106 910 43.2 1,137 298 26.2 175 85 48.4 794 527 66.4
  Inside metro statistical areas 2,051 889 43.4 1,090 282 25.9 169 80 47.4 793 527 66.5
      Inside principal cities 1,141 523 45.9 550 149 27.0 95 54 56.7 496 321 64.7
      Outside principal cities 911 366 40.2 540 133 24.7 74 26 (B) 297 206 69.5
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 55 21 (B) 47 16 (B) 6 5 (B) 1 0 (B)

Division (31)
 
New England 		529 237 44.8 299 75 25.2 37 27 (B) 193 134 69.4
Middle Atlantic 3,182 1,484 46.6 1,261 333 26.4 258 149 57.6 1,663 1,003 60.3
East North Central 3,051 1,848 60.6 1,096 357 32.6 273 188 68.9 1,682 1,303 77.5
West North Central 754 495 65.6 328 166 50.7 52 35 (B) 374 294 78.5
South Atlantic 7,049 3,319 47.1 3,213 838 26.1 460 219 47.6 3,376 2,262 67.0
East South Central 2,114 1,277 60.4 933 342 36.6 152 95 62.6 1,029 840 81.7
West South Central 3,011 1,487 49.4 1,439 414 28.8 180 85 47.1 1,392 988 71.0
Mountain 501 236 47.1 271 74 27.2 51 35 (B) 179 128 71.3
Pacific 1,605 674 42.0 866 224 25.9 124 50 40.2 615 400 65.0

Poverty Footnotes

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