U.S. Department of Commerce
Current Population Survey (CPS)
A joint effort between the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the Census Bureau

Annual Social and Economic (ASEC) Supplement


There is also additional background information for this table group.

Contents for Table

POV43: Region, Division and Type of Residence -- Poverty Status for People in Families With Related Children Under 18 by Family Structure: 2009

For information on confidentiality protection, sampling error, nonsampling error, and definitions, see www.census.gov/apsd/techdoc/cps/cpsmar10.pdf [PDF].

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)

Asian alone
 
People in families with related
  children under 18 years, total (9) 		8,008 2,129 26.6 6,792 1,608 23.7 386 144 37.2 831 377 45.4

Residence and Region (31)

United States:
 
  Inside metro statistical areas 		7,779 2,012 25.9 6,612 1,535 23.2 361 119 32.9 806 359 44.6
      Inside principal cities 3,624 1,054 29.1 3,008 762 25.3 171 65 37.8 445 227 50.9
      Outside principal cities 4,155 959 23.1 3,604 772 21.4 190 54 28.5 361 132 36.7
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 230 117 50.8 180 74 41.1 25 25 (B) 25 18 (B)

Residence and Region (31)
 
Northeast 		1,734 571 32.9 1,476 454 30.8 45 7 (B) 212 109 51.4
  Inside metro statistical areas 1,722 564 32.8 1,464 448 30.6 45 7 (B) 212 109 51.4
      Inside principal cities 797 357 44.8 656 280 42.7 11 5 (B) 131 72 55.3
      Outside principal cities 925 208 22.4 809 168 20.7 35 3 (B) 82 37 45.2
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 12 6 (B) 12 6 (B) 0 0 (X) 0 0 (X)
Midwest 1,088 342 31.4 977 276 28.2 31 15 (B) 80 51 63.8
  Inside metro statistical areas 1,055 325 30.8 944 259 27.4 31 15 (B) 80 51 63.8
      Inside principal cities 466 182 39.0 413 144 34.9 17 15 (B) 37 23 (B)
      Outside principal cities 589 143 24.3 531 114 21.5 14 0 (B) 43 28 (B)
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 33 17 (B) 33 17 (B) 0 0 (X) 0 0 (B)
South 1,932 495 25.6 1,639 358 21.8 144 78 54.2 149 59 39.7
  Inside metro statistical areas 1,819 423 23.2 1,549 308 19.9 122 56 45.8 149 59 39.7
      Inside principal cities 624 138 22.2 503 90 18.0 56 20 (B) 66 27 (B)
      Outside principal cities 1,195 284 23.8 1,046 217 20.8 66 35 (B) 83 32 38.0
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 113 72 63.8 90 50 54.9 22 22 (B) 0 0 (X)
West 3,254 722 22.2 2,699 521 19.3 166 43 26.0 389 157 40.4
  Inside metro statistical areas 3,182 700 22.0 2,655 520 19.6 163 40 24.7 364 140 38.3
      Inside principal cities 1,736 377 21.7 1,437 248 17.3 87 24 27.9 212 104 49.2
      Outside principal cities 1,447 324 22.4 1,218 273 22.4 76 16 21.0 153 35 23.3
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 72 21 (B) 44 1 (B) 3 3 (B) 25 18 (B)

Division (31)
 
New England 		419 140 33.4 364 106 29.2 6 3 (B) 49 31 (B)
Middle Atlantic 1,315 431 32.8 1,112 348 31.3 39 5 (B) 163 78 48.0
East North Central 887 288 32.5 793 229 28.9 24 12 (B) 70 47 (B)
West North Central 201 54 26.7 184 47 25.4 6 3 (B) 11 4 (B)
South Atlantic 998 237 23.8 866 166 19.2 57 33 (B) 76 38 49.6
East South Central 96 42 43.2 82 27 33.1 12 12 (B) 2 2 (B)
West South Central 838 216 25.8 692 164 23.8 75 32 43.2 71 19 (B)
Mountain 336 84 25.0 277 52 18.6 22 10 (B) 37 22 (B)
Pacific 2,918 638 21.8 2,422 469 19.4 144 33 22.7 352 135 38.5

Poverty Footnotes

[PDF] or PDF denotes a file in Adobe’s Portable Document Format. To view the file, you will need the Adobe® Reader® Off Site available free from Adobe.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
Contact: Demographic Call Center Staff at 301-763-2422 or 1-866-758-1060 (toll free)
[an error occurred while processing this directive]