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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)

White alone, not Hispanic
 
People in families with related
  children under 18 years, total (9) 		88,496 22,256 25.1 71,634 13,193 18.4 4,402 1,890 42.9 12,460 7,172 57.6

Residence and Region (31)

United States:
 
  Inside metro statistical areas 		71,284 16,078 22.6 58,379 9,618 16.5 3,436 1,391 40.5 9,470 5,069 53.5
      Inside principal cities 18,501 4,767 25.8 14,646 2,710 18.5 961 388 40.4 2,894 1,669 57.7
      Outside principal cities 52,784 11,310 21.4 43,732 6,908 15.8 2,475 1,002 40.5 6,576 3,400 51.7
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 17,212 6,178 35.9 13,256 3,575 27.0 966 500 51.7 2,990 2,104 70.3

Residence and Region (31)
 
Northeast 		16,968 3,539 20.9 14,010 2,070 14.8 758 283 37.4 2,200 1,186 53.9
  Inside metro statistical areas 14,652 2,862 19.5 12,223 1,706 14.0 624 214 34.2 1,805 943 52.2
      Inside principal cities 2,259 641 28.4 1,818 399 21.9 100 29 29.4 341 213 62.6
      Outside principal cities 12,393 2,221 17.9 10,405 1,307 12.6 524 184 35.1 1,464 729 49.8
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 2,316 677 29.2 1,787 364 20.4 134 70 52.0 395 243 61.6
Midwest 24,214 6,387 26.4 19,309 3,556 18.4 1,312 606 46.1 3,593 2,226 62.0
  Inside metro statistical areas 17,831 4,178 23.4 14,405 2,307 16.0 947 445 46.9 2,478 1,427 57.6
      Inside principal cities 4,616 1,375 29.8 3,481 669 19.2 289 155 53.8 846 551 65.0
      Outside principal cities 13,215 2,804 21.2 10,924 1,638 15.0 658 289 43.9 1,632 876 53.7
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 6,383 2,209 34.6 4,904 1,248 25.5 365 161 44.1 1,114 799 71.7
South 30,745 8,504 27.7 24,814 5,203 21.0 1,511 715 47.4 4,420 2,586 58.5
  Inside metro statistical areas 24,201 5,891 24.3 19,780 3,646 18.4 1,149 489 42.5 3,272 1,756 53.7
      Inside principal cities 6,388 1,530 23.9 5,100 891 17.5 311 124 39.8 978 515 52.6
      Outside principal cities 17,813 4,361 24.5 14,680 2,754 18.8 838 365 43.6 2,295 1,241 54.1
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 6,544 2,614 39.9 5,034 1,557 30.9 361 226 62.6 1,148 830 72.3
West 16,569 3,826 23.1 13,502 2,365 17.5 821 286 34.9 2,247 1,175 52.3
  Inside metro statistical areas 14,600 3,147 21.6 11,971 1,959 16.4 716 244 34.0 1,914 944 49.3
      Inside principal cities 5,237 1,221 23.3 4,248 751 17.7 261 80 30.7 729 390 53.5
      Outside principal cities 9,363 1,925 20.6 7,723 1,208 15.6 455 163 35.9 1,185 554 46.7
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 1,969 679 34.5 1,531 405 26.5 105 43 40.6 333 231 69.4

Division (31)
 
New England 		5,102 960 18.8 4,158 490 11.8 253 94 37.1 691 377 54.5
Middle Atlantic 11,866 2,578 21.7 9,851 1,580 16.0 506 190 37.5 1,509 809 53.6
East North Central 16,269 4,346 26.7 12,854 2,388 18.6 968 454 46.9 2,448 1,505 61.5
West North Central 7,945 2,041 25.7 6,456 1,168 18.1 344 151 43.9 1,145 721 63.0
South Atlantic 16,499 4,321 26.2 13,474 2,705 20.1 780 383 49.2 2,245 1,233 54.9
East South Central 6,248 2,266 36.3 4,826 1,338 27.7 319 161 50.5 1,103 767 69.5
West South Central 7,998 1,917 24.0 6,515 1,160 17.8 412 171 41.4 1,072 587 54.8
Mountain 6,624 1,658 25.0 5,526 1,071 19.4 210 62 29.4 888 525 59.2
Pacific 9,945 2,168 21.8 7,975 1,294 16.2 611 224 36.7 1,359 649 47.8

Poverty Footnotes

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