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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 alone
 
People in families with related
  children under 18 years, total (9) 		118,982 37,027 31.1 92,493 21,765 23.5 6,630 2,991 45.1 19,859 12,271 61.8

Residence and Region (31)

United States:
 
  Inside metro statistical areas 		99,621 30,010 30.1 77,761 17,791 22.9 5,491 2,399 43.7 16,369 9,820 60.0
      Inside principal cities 32,812 12,883 39.3 23,875 7,326 30.7 2,104 1,016 48.3 6,833 4,541 66.5
      Outside principal cities 66,810 17,127 25.6 53,886 10,465 19.4 3,388 1,383 40.8 9,536 5,279 55.4
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 19,361 7,017 36.2 14,733 3,974 27.0 1,138 592 52.0 3,490 2,451 70.2

Residence and Region (31)
 
Northeast 		20,510 4,911 23.9 15,916 2,439 15.3 1,042 395 38.0 3,553 2,077 58.5
  Inside metro statistical areas 18,103 4,245 23.4 14,069 2,089 14.8 904 331 36.6 3,130 1,825 58.3
      Inside principal cities 4,089 1,639 40.1 2,666 717 26.9 251 105 41.8 1,172 818 69.8
      Outside principal cities 14,014 2,605 18.6 11,403 1,372 12.0 653 226 34.6 1,958 1,007 51.4
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 2,407 667 27.7 1,846 350 18.9 138 65 46.8 423 253 59.8
Midwest 26,733 7,234 27.1 21,047 3,961 18.8 1,601 754 47.1 4,085 2,520 61.7
  Inside metro statistical areas 20,002 4,979 24.9 15,886 2,711 17.1 1,211 572 47.2 2,904 1,696 58.4
      Inside principal cities 5,715 1,922 33.6 4,162 933 22.4 451 254 56.3 1,102 735 66.7
      Outside principal cities 14,287 3,057 21.4 11,724 1,778 15.2 761 318 41.8 1,802 961 53.3
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 6,731 2,256 33.5 5,161 1,250 24.2 390 182 46.7 1,181 824 69.8
South 41,953 14,248 34.0 32,720 8,667 26.5 2,152 1,040 48.3 7,081 4,542 64.1
  Inside metro statistical areas 34,388 11,211 32.6 26,984 6,899 25.6 1,706 778 45.6 5,698 3,534 62.0
      Inside principal cities 11,508 4,585 39.8 8,588 2,720 31.7 611 302 49.4 2,309 1,563 67.7
      Outside principal cities 22,880 6,626 29.0 18,395 4,179 22.7 1,095 476 43.5 3,389 1,971 58.1
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 7,565 3,038 40.2 5,736 1,768 30.8 446 262 58.8 1,382 1,008 72.9
West 29,787 10,633 35.7 22,811 6,699 29.4 1,835 801 43.7 5,141 3,132 60.9
  Inside metro statistical areas 27,129 9,576 35.3 20,822 6,092 29.3 1,671 719 43.0 4,637 2,765 59.6
      Inside principal cities 11,500 4,737 41.2 8,458 2,956 34.9 791 356 45.0 2,250 1,426 63.3
      Outside principal cities 15,629 4,838 31.0 12,363 3,136 25.4 879 363 41.3 2,386 1,340 56.1
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 2,658 1,057 39.8 1,989 607 30.5 164 83 50.5 504 367 72.8

Division (31)
 
New England 		5,655 1,161 20.5 4,432 535 12.1 293 101 34.5 931 525 56.4
Middle Atlantic 14,855 3,750 25.2 11,484 1,904 16.6 749 294 39.3 2,621 1,552 59.2
East North Central 18,153 4,971 27.4 14,192 2,723 19.2 1,183 548 46.3 2,777 1,699 61.2
West North Central 8,580 2,264 26.4 6,854 1,237 18.1 418 205 49.1 1,307 821 62.8
South Atlantic 20,182 5,750 28.5 16,137 3,556 22.0 986 481 48.8 3,059 1,713 56.0
East South Central 6,635 2,357 35.5 5,109 1,372 26.9 341 159 46.6 1,184 826 69.7
West South Central 15,136 6,142 40.6 11,474 3,738 32.6 825 400 48.5 2,837 2,003 70.6
Mountain 9,842 3,341 33.9 7,664 2,001 26.1 492 220 44.7 1,685 1,120 66.4
Pacific 19,945 7,292 36.6 15,147 4,698 31.0 1,343 581 43.3 3,456 2,013 58.2

Poverty Footnotes

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