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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 200% of poverty (5) Percentage below 200% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 200% of poverty (5) Percentage below 200% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 200% of poverty (5) Percentage below 200% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 200% of poverty (5) Percentage below 200% of poverty (6)

All races
 
People in families with related
  children under 18 years, total (9) 		154,692 57,745 37.3 112,733 30,749 27.3 9,096 4,550 50.0 32,862 22,446 68.3

Residence and Region (31)

United States:
 
  Inside metro statistical areas 		131,523 47,612 36.2 96,077 25,346 26.4 7,614 3,688 48.4 27,831 18,578 66.8
      Inside principal cities 49,059 22,539 45.9 32,104 10,839 33.8 3,229 1,717 53.2 13,726 9,983 72.7
      Outside principal cities 82,464 25,072 30.4 63,973 14,507 22.7 4,386 1,970 44.9 14,105 8,595 60.9
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 23,168 10,134 43.7 16,656 5,403 32.4 1,482 863 58.2 5,031 3,868 76.9

Residence and Region (31)
 
Northeast 		26,513 8,372 31.6 19,272 3,972 20.6 1,446 650 44.9 5,795 3,750 64.7
  Inside metro statistical areas 23,982 7,585 31.6 17,352 3,556 20.5 1,291 571 44.2 5,340 3,458 64.8
      Inside principal cities 7,339 3,722 50.7 4,234 1,557 36.8 448 225 50.3 2,658 1,939 73.0
      Outside principal cities 16,643 3,863 23.2 13,118 1,999 15.2 843 346 41.0 2,682 1,519 56.6
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 2,531 787 31.1 1,921 416 21.7 155 79 50.8 455 292 64.2
Midwest 32,595 11,366 34.9 23,934 5,590 23.4 2,056 1,081 52.6 6,605 4,695 71.1
  Inside metro statistical areas 25,413 8,620 33.9 18,543 4,071 22.0 1,629 869 53.4 5,241 3,680 70.2
      Inside principal cities 9,076 4,347 47.9 5,488 1,651 30.1 730 459 62.8 2,858 2,238 78.3
      Outside principal cities 16,336 4,272 26.2 13,055 2,420 18.5 898 411 45.7 2,383 1,442 60.5
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 7,182 2,746 38.2 5,391 1,520 28.2 427 211 49.5 1,364 1,015 74.4
South 57,757 23,419 40.5 41,122 12,264 29.8 3,185 1,692 53.1 13,451 9,463 70.4
  Inside metro statistical areas 47,625 18,351 38.5 34,177 9,659 28.3 2,523 1,270 50.3 10,925 7,422 67.9
      Inside principal cities 17,276 7,962 46.1 11,329 3,825 33.8 988 502 50.8 4,959 3,635 73.3
      Outside principal cities 30,349 10,389 34.2 22,848 5,834 25.5 1,536 768 50.0 5,966 3,787 63.5
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 10,132 5,068 50.0 6,945 2,605 37.5 661 422 63.9 2,526 2,041 80.8
West 37,827 14,589 38.6 28,405 8,923 31.4 2,411 1,127 46.8 7,011 4,538 64.7
  Inside metro statistical areas 34,503 13,055 37.8 26,006 8,060 31.0 2,172 977 45.0 6,325 4,018 63.5
      Inside principal cities 15,368 6,508 42.3 11,054 3,806 34.4 1,063 531 50.0 3,251 2,170 66.8
      Outside principal cities 19,135 6,548 34.2 14,952 4,254 28.5 1,109 446 40.2 3,075 1,848 60.1
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 3,323 1,533 46.1 2,398 863 36.0 239 150 62.9 686 520 75.8

Division (31)
 
New England 		6,770 1,769 26.1 5,190 854 16.5 365 167 45.8 1,215 748 61.6
Middle Atlantic 19,743 6,602 33.4 14,082 3,117 22.1 1,081 483 44.6 4,580 3,002 65.6
East North Central 22,654 8,064 35.6 16,369 3,868 23.6 1,528 797 52.2 4,757 3,399 71.4
West North Central 9,941 3,302 33.2 7,565 1,723 22.8 528 284 53.8 1,848 1,296 70.1
South Atlantic 28,913 10,613 36.7 20,665 5,362 25.9 1,542 813 52.7 6,706 4,438 66.2
East South Central 8,983 4,074 45.3 6,221 2,007 32.3 515 299 58.2 2,247 1,767 78.6
West South Central 19,861 8,732 44.0 14,236 4,894 34.4 1,128 580 51.5 4,498 3,257 72.4
Mountain 11,498 4,455 38.7 8,695 2,558 29.4 655 361 55.1 2,149 1,535 71.5
Pacific 26,328 10,134 38.5 19,710 6,365 32.3 1,755 766 43.7 4,863 3,003 61.8

Poverty Footnotes

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