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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)

Black alone
 
People in families with related
  children under 18 years, total (9) 		21,796 12,343 56.6 9,706 3,464 35.7 1,587 944 59.5 10,503 7,935 75.5

Residence and Region (31)

United States:
 
  Inside metro statistical areas 		19,619 10,822 55.2 8,779 2,978 33.9 1,405 829 59.0 9,435 7,015 74.3
      Inside principal cities 10,740 6,590 61.4 4,145 1,597 38.5 784 489 62.3 5,810 4,504 77.5
      Outside principal cities 8,880 4,232 47.7 4,634 1,381 29.8 621 340 54.7 3,625 2,511 69.3
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 2,177 1,521 69.9 927 486 52.4 182 115 63.2 1,068 920 86.1

Residence and Region (31)
 
Northeast 		3,711 1,981 53.4 1,560 504 32.3 295 187 63.4 1,856 1,290 69.5
  Inside metro statistical areas 3,644 1,949 53.5 1,526 489 32.0 282 180 63.9 1,837 1,281 69.7
      Inside principal cities 2,286 1,393 60.9 839 360 42.9 163 95 58.2 1,284 938 73.1
      Outside principal cities 1,359 557 41.0 687 129 18.8 119 85 71.6 553 342 62.0
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 67 32 (B) 35 15 (B) 13 7 (B) 19 10 (B)
Midwest 3,805 2,519 66.2 1,424 611 42.9 325 223 68.6 2,056 1,685 82.0
  Inside metro statistical areas 3,678 2,426 66.0 1,352 573 42.3 321 219 68.2 2,005 1,635 81.5
      Inside principal cities 2,546 1,819 71.5 770 367 47.7 231 164 70.9 1,546 1,288 83.4
      Outside principal cities 1,132 607 53.6 582 205 35.3 90 55 61.3 460 346 75.3
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 127 93 73.8 72 38 (B) 4 4 (B) 51 51 (B)
South 12,174 6,781 55.7 5,585 1,962 35.1 792 435 54.9 5,797 4,384 75.6
  Inside metro statistical areas 10,246 5,407 52.8 4,812 1,547 32.1 633 335 52.9 4,801 3,525 73.4
      Inside principal cities 4,767 2,807 58.9 1,987 709 35.7 295 162 54.9 2,484 1,936 77.9
      Outside principal cities 5,479 2,601 47.5 2,824 838 29.7 338 173 51.2 2,316 1,589 68.6
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 1,929 1,374 71.2 773 416 53.7 158 99 62.6 997 859 86.2
West 2,106 1,061 50.4 1,137 387 34.0 175 99 56.5 794 575 72.4
  Inside metro statistical areas 2,051 1,039 50.7 1,090 370 34.0 169 94 55.9 793 575 72.5
      Inside principal cities 1,141 571 50.1 550 162 29.4 95 68 71.7 496 341 68.8
      Outside principal cities 911 468 51.4 540 208 38.6 74 26 (B) 297 233 78.6
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 55 21 (B) 47 17 (B) 6 5 (B) 1 0 (B)

Division (31)
 
New England 		529 262 49.6 299 98 32.8 37 29 (B) 193 135 70.1
Middle Atlantic 3,182 1,719 54.0 1,261 406 32.2 258 158 61.2 1,663 1,155 69.5
East North Central 3,051 1,990 65.2 1,096 423 38.6 273 188 68.9 1,682 1,379 82.0
West North Central 754 529 70.2 328 188 57.3 52 35 (B) 374 307 82.0
South Atlantic 7,049 3,723 52.8 3,213 1,029 32.0 460 239 51.9 3,376 2,455 72.7
East South Central 2,114 1,383 65.4 933 393 42.1 152 102 66.9 1,029 889 86.3
West South Central 3,011 1,675 55.6 1,439 540 37.6 180 94 52.3 1,392 1,040 74.7
Mountain 501 253 50.5 271 84 31.1 51 38 (B) 179 131 73.3
Pacific 1,605 807 50.3 866 303 34.9 124 61 49.5 615 443 72.1

Poverty Footnotes

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