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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, not Hispanic
 
People in families with related
  children under 18 years, total (9) 		88,496 19,996 22.6 71,634 11,440 16.0 4,402 1,772 40.3 12,460 6,784 54.5

Residence and Region (31)

United States:
 
  Inside metro statistical areas 		71,284 14,342 20.1 58,379 8,261 14.2 3,436 1,303 37.9 9,470 4,778 50.5
      Inside principal cities 18,501 4,247 23.0 14,646 2,309 15.8 961 368 38.4 2,894 1,569 54.2
      Outside principal cities 52,784 10,095 19.1 43,732 5,951 13.6 2,475 935 37.8 6,576 3,209 48.8
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 17,212 5,654 32.9 13,256 3,179 24.0 966 469 48.5 2,990 2,006 67.1

Residence and Region (31)
 
Northeast 		16,968 3,118 18.4 14,010 1,719 12.3 758 263 34.7 2,200 1,136 51.6
  Inside metro statistical areas 14,652 2,490 17.0 12,223 1,384 11.3 624 198 31.8 1,805 908 50.3
      Inside principal cities 2,259 568 25.1 1,818 327 18.0 100 29 29.4 341 212 62.2
      Outside principal cities 12,393 1,922 15.5 10,405 1,057 10.2 524 169 32.3 1,464 696 47.5
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 2,316 628 27.1 1,787 335 18.8 134 65 48.1 395 228 57.7
Midwest 24,214 5,787 23.9 19,309 3,086 16.0 1,312 575 43.8 3,593 2,126 59.2
  Inside metro statistical areas 17,831 3,735 20.9 14,405 1,963 13.6 947 415 43.8 2,478 1,356 54.7
      Inside principal cities 4,616 1,208 26.2 3,481 536 15.4 289 149 51.6 846 523 61.8
      Outside principal cities 13,215 2,527 19.1 10,924 1,428 13.1 658 266 40.4 1,632 833 51.1
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 6,383 2,052 32.2 4,904 1,123 22.9 365 160 43.7 1,114 770 69.1
South 30,745 7,720 25.1 24,814 4,591 18.5 1,511 664 43.9 4,420 2,465 55.8
  Inside metro statistical areas 24,201 5,361 22.2 19,780 3,224 16.3 1,149 461 40.1 3,272 1,677 51.3
      Inside principal cities 6,388 1,390 21.8 5,100 789 15.5 311 117 37.6 978 484 49.5
      Outside principal cities 17,813 3,972 22.3 14,680 2,435 16.6 838 344 41.0 2,295 1,194 52.0
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 6,544 2,358 36.0 5,034 1,367 27.2 361 203 56.2 1,148 788 68.6
West 16,569 3,372 20.4 13,502 2,044 15.1 821 271 33.0 2,247 1,058 47.1
  Inside metro statistical areas 14,600 2,756 18.9 11,971 1,690 14.1 716 229 32.1 1,914 837 43.7
      Inside principal cities 5,237 1,081 20.6 4,248 658 15.5 261 73 28.0 729 350 48.1
      Outside principal cities 9,363 1,675 17.9 7,723 1,032 13.4 455 156 34.4 1,185 487 41.1
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 1,969 616 31.3 1,531 354 23.1 105 41 39.2 333 221 66.4

Division (31)
 
New England 		5,102 862 16.9 4,158 422 10.1 253 84 33.1 691 356 51.5
Middle Atlantic 11,866 2,256 19.0 9,851 1,297 13.2 506 179 35.4 1,509 779 51.7
East North Central 16,269 3,941 24.2 12,854 2,073 16.1 968 430 44.4 2,448 1,438 58.8
West North Central 7,945 1,846 23.2 6,456 1,013 15.7 344 145 42.0 1,145 688 60.1
South Atlantic 16,499 3,833 23.2 13,474 2,310 17.1 780 369 47.3 2,245 1,154 51.4
East South Central 6,248 2,092 33.5 4,826 1,202 24.9 319 144 45.1 1,103 747 67.7
West South Central 7,998 1,795 22.4 6,515 1,080 16.6 412 151 36.7 1,072 564 52.7
Mountain 6,624 1,472 22.2 5,526 915 16.6 210 51 24.5 888 505 56.9
Pacific 9,945 1,900 19.1 7,975 1,128 14.1 611 219 35.9 1,359 553 40.7

Poverty Footnotes

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