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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)

Black A.O.I.C.
 
People in families with related
  children under 18 years, total (9) 		23,514 12,476 53.1 10,603 3,424 32.3 1,717 965 56.2 11,194 8,087 72.2

Residence and Region (31)

United States:
 
  Inside metro statistical areas 		21,126 10,885 51.5 9,575 2,936 30.7 1,513 833 55.0 10,037 7,116 70.9
      Inside principal cities 11,378 6,563 57.7 4,419 1,538 34.8 839 497 59.2 6,120 4,529 74.0
      Outside principal cities 9,748 4,321 44.3 5,156 1,398 27.1 675 336 49.8 3,918 2,587 66.0
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 2,388 1,591 66.6 1,028 488 47.5 203 132 65.1 1,157 971 83.9

Residence and Region (31)
 
Northeast 		4,024 2,004 49.8 1,705 515 30.2 333 196 58.8 1,986 1,294 65.1
  Inside metro statistical areas 3,942 1,967 49.9 1,667 500 30.0 319 189 59.1 1,956 1,278 65.3
      Inside principal cities 2,385 1,363 57.2 865 337 38.9 177 107 60.5 1,343 919 68.5
      Outside principal cities 1,557 603 38.7 802 163 20.3 142 81 57.5 613 359 58.5
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 82 38 46.0 38 15 (B) 13 7 (B) 30 16 (B)
Midwest 4,205 2,636 62.7 1,601 608 38.0 350 238 68.0 2,254 1,790 79.4
  Inside metro statistical areas 4,007 2,506 62.5 1,481 553 37.3 342 230 67.2 2,184 1,723 78.9
      Inside principal cities 2,736 1,883 68.8 829 354 42.7 241 169 70.1 1,666 1,360 81.6
      Outside principal cities 1,271 623 49.0 652 198 30.4 101 61 60.3 518 363 70.2
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 198 130 66.0 119 56 46.8 8 8 (B) 70 67 (B)
South 12,751 6,679 52.4 5,912 1,881 31.8 834 434 52.0 6,005 4,364 72.7
  Inside metro statistical areas 10,724 5,295 49.4 5,097 1,481 29.1 659 322 48.8 4,967 3,493 70.3
      Inside principal cities 4,910 2,703 55.1 2,062 662 32.1 310 156 50.4 2,538 1,885 74.3
      Outside principal cities 5,814 2,592 44.6 3,035 819 27.0 349 166 47.5 2,430 1,607 66.1
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 2,027 1,384 68.3 815 400 49.1 174 112 64.1 1,038 872 84.0
West 2,534 1,156 45.6 1,385 420 30.3 200 97 48.6 949 639 67.4
  Inside metro statistical areas 2,452 1,117 45.6 1,329 403 30.3 193 92 47.6 930 623 66.9
      Inside principal cities 1,346 613 45.6 662 185 27.9 110 64 58.1 574 365 63.6
      Outside principal cities 1,105 503 45.5 667 218 32.7 82 28 33.4 356 258 72.3
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 82 39 47.9 56 17 (B) 7 6 (B) 19 17 (B)

Division (31)
 
New England 		609 295 48.5 340 106 31.3 51 40 (B) 219 150 68.4
Middle Atlantic 3,415 1,709 50.0 1,366 409 29.9 282 156 55.3 1,767 1,144 64.7
East North Central 3,340 2,081 62.3 1,222 431 35.2 290 198 68.3 1,827 1,453 79.5
West North Central 865 555 64.1 378 178 47.0 60 40 (B) 427 337 78.9
South Atlantic 7,369 3,625 49.2 3,385 966 28.5 488 240 49.2 3,496 2,419 69.2
East South Central 2,172 1,371 63.1 966 391 40.5 155 99 63.5 1,051 881 83.8
West South Central 3,209 1,683 52.5 1,560 524 33.6 191 95 49.9 1,458 1,064 73.0
Mountain 602 305 50.6 326 104 32.0 57 40 (B) 219 161 73.2
Pacific 1,932 851 44.1 1,059 315 29.8 143 57 40.1 729 479 65.7

Poverty Footnotes

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