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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 185% of poverty (5) Percentage below 185% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 185% of poverty (5) Percentage below 185% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 185% of poverty (5) Percentage below 185% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 185% of poverty (5) Percentage below 185% of poverty (6)

White A.O.I.C.
 
People in families with related
  children under 18 years, total (9) 		122,472 38,491 31.4 94,717 22,392 23.6 6,864 3,099 45.1 20,892 13,000 62.2

Residence and Region (31)

United States:
 
  Inside metro statistical areas 		102,547 31,150 30.4 79,656 18,272 22.9 5,677 2,484 43.8 17,214 10,393 60.4
      Inside principal cities 34,034 13,414 39.4 24,575 7,510 30.6 2,183 1,058 48.5 7,276 4,846 66.6
      Outside principal cities 68,513 17,736 25.9 55,081 10,762 19.5 3,495 1,426 40.8 9,938 5,547 55.8
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 19,925 7,341 36.8 15,061 4,120 27.4 1,186 615 51.8 3,678 2,607 70.9

Residence and Region (31)
 
Northeast 		20,917 5,115 24.5 16,114 2,489 15.4 1,095 426 38.9 3,707 2,200 59.3
  Inside metro statistical areas 18,481 4,437 24.0 14,255 2,138 15.0 954 359 37.7 3,272 1,940 59.3
      Inside principal cities 4,195 1,712 40.8 2,697 726 26.9 266 117 44.1 1,233 868 70.4
      Outside principal cities 14,286 2,725 19.1 11,558 1,411 12.2 689 242 35.2 2,039 1,072 52.5
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 2,436 678 27.8 1,859 352 18.9 141 66 47.0 435 260 59.8
Midwest 27,413 7,584 27.7 21,399 4,072 19.0 1,648 775 47.0 4,365 2,737 62.7
  Inside metro statistical areas 20,539 5,249 25.6 16,160 2,790 17.3 1,252 589 47.1 3,127 1,871 59.8
      Inside principal cities 5,994 2,089 34.9 4,274 971 22.7 465 259 55.7 1,254 859 68.5
      Outside principal cities 14,545 3,160 21.7 11,886 1,818 15.3 786 330 41.9 1,873 1,012 54.0
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 6,873 2,335 34.0 5,239 1,282 24.5 397 186 46.9 1,238 867 70.0
South 43,004 14,710 34.2 33,453 8,925 26.7 2,213 1,069 48.3 7,338 4,716 64.3
  Inside metro statistical areas 35,193 11,512 32.7 27,568 7,077 25.7 1,739 793 45.6 5,886 3,642 61.9
      Inside principal cities 11,802 4,686 39.7 8,792 2,784 31.7 629 308 49.0 2,382 1,594 66.9
      Outside principal cities 23,390 6,826 29.2 18,776 4,292 22.9 1,110 485 43.7 3,504 2,049 58.5
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 7,811 3,198 40.9 5,885 1,848 31.4 474 276 58.2 1,452 1,074 74.0
West 31,138 11,082 35.6 23,751 6,906 29.1 1,907 829 43.5 5,481 3,347 61.1
  Inside metro statistical areas 28,334 9,951 35.1 21,673 6,268 28.9 1,733 742 42.8 4,928 2,941 59.7
      Inside principal cities 12,042 4,927 40.9 8,812 3,028 34.4 823 373 45.3 2,407 1,526 63.4
      Outside principal cities 16,292 5,025 30.8 12,861 3,240 25.2 910 369 40.6 2,521 1,415 56.1
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 2,804 1,130 40.3 2,078 638 30.7 174 86 49.6 552 406 73.5

Division (31)
 
New England 		5,760 1,207 21.0 4,488 546 12.2 312 116 37.2 961 545 56.7
Middle Atlantic 15,157 3,908 25.8 11,627 1,943 16.7 784 310 39.5 2,746 1,655 60.3
East North Central 18,618 5,219 28.0 14,425 2,804 19.4 1,217 563 46.3 2,976 1,852 62.3
West North Central 8,795 2,365 26.9 6,974 1,268 18.2 431 212 49.2 1,390 885 63.7
South Atlantic 20,561 5,896 28.7 16,379 3,621 22.1 1,009 492 48.8 3,173 1,783 56.2
East South Central 6,732 2,420 35.9 5,176 1,408 27.2 346 164 47.3 1,210 848 70.1
West South Central 15,711 6,394 40.7 11,897 3,896 32.7 857 413 48.2 2,956 2,085 70.5
Mountain 10,146 3,482 34.3 7,864 2,054 26.1 500 225 45.0 1,782 1,203 67.5
Pacific 20,992 7,600 36.2 15,887 4,852 30.5 1,407 604 42.9 3,699 2,144 58.0

Poverty Footnotes

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