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POV45: Region, Division and Type of Residence -- Poverty Status for 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)

  Families (total) (10) Married-couple families (11) Families with a male householder, no wife present Families with a female householder, no husband present
All income levels Below 100% of poverty (5) Percentage below 100% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 100% of poverty (5) Percentage below 100% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 100% of poverty (5) Percentage below 100% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 100% of poverty (5) Percentage below 100% of poverty (6)

Black alone (12)
 
Families with related children
  under 18 years, total (13) 		5,677 1,726 30.4 2,166 244 11.2 514 158 30.7 2,996 1,324 44.2

Residence and Region (31)

United States:
 
  Inside metro statistical areas 		5,106 1,506 29.5 1,955 205 10.5 460 139 30.3 2,692 1,162 43.2
      Inside principal cities 2,834 989 34.9 913 120 13.1 256 81 31.8 1,664 788 47.3
      Outside principal cities 2,273 517 22.7 1,042 85 8.1 203 58 28.5 1,028 374 36.4
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 570 220 38.6 211 39 18.5 55 19 (B) 304 162 53.2

Residence and Region (31)
 
Northeast 		924 261 28.2 333 26 7.8 95 32 34.4 496 202 40.7
  Inside metro statistical areas 910 252 27.7 326 22 6.9 93 31 33.1 491 199 40.5
      Inside principal cities 573 187 32.6 177 18 10.1 55 18 (B) 342 152 44.3
      Outside principal cities 337 65 19.3 149 5 3.0 38 13 (B) 150 48 31.8
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 14 8 (B) 7 4 (B) 2 2 (B) 5 3 (B)
Midwest 1,059 409 38.6 332 55 16.5 104 39 38.1 623 315 50.5
  Inside metro statistical areas 1,023 395 38.6 314 50 15.8 101 37 36.5 608 308 50.7
      Inside principal cities 692 309 44.7 171 37 21.8 66 26 (B) 454 246 54.1
      Outside principal cities 331 85 25.8 143 12 8.6 35 10 (B) 153 63 40.9
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 36 14 (B) 18 5 (B) 3 3 (B) 16 6 (B)
South 3,147 898 28.5 1,258 135 10.7 251 60 23.9 1,638 703 42.9
  Inside metro statistical areas 2,636 704 26.7 1,079 106 9.9 202 47 23.5 1,354 551 40.7
      Inside principal cities 1,255 398 31.7 444 48 10.8 97 20 20.7 715 329 46.1
      Outside principal cities 1,381 307 22.2 635 58 9.2 105 27 26.0 640 221 34.6
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 511 194 37.9 179 29 16.1 49 13 (B) 284 153 53.8
West 547 158 28.9 243 28 11.4 65 26 (B) 238 104 43.6
  Inside metro statistical areas 538 155 28.8 236 26 11.1 64 24 (B) 238 104 43.6
      Inside principal cities 313 95 30.4 122 17 13.7 38 17 (B) 153 61 39.9
      Outside principal cities 225 60 26.6 114 10 8.4 25 7 (B) 85 43 50.4
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 9 3 (B) 7 1 (B) 2 2 (B) 0 0 (X)

Division (31)
 
New England 		133 31 23.6 68 6 (B) 16 4 (B) 49 21 (B)
Middle Atlantic 792 229 29.0 265 20 7.4 79 29 36.5 448 181 40.4
East North Central 852 330 38.7 252 35 13.7 85 34 39.7 516 262 50.7
West North Central 207 79 38.4 81 20 25.2 19 6 (B) 107 53 49.5
South Atlantic 1,848 500 27.1 744 74 10.0 145 38 26.4 959 387 40.4
East South Central 570 193 33.8 217 24 10.9 49 15 (B) 304 154 50.8
West South Central 729 206 28.2 297 37 12.5 57 7 (B) 375 162 43.0
Mountain 130 34 26.5 58 4 (B) 21 11 (B) 51 19 (B)
Pacific 417 124 29.6 185 24 12.9 45 15 (B) 188 85 45.2

Poverty Footnotes

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