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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 125% of poverty (5) Percentage below 125% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 125% of poverty (5) Percentage below 125% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 125% of poverty (5) Percentage below 125% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 125% of poverty (5) Percentage below 125% of poverty (6)

Black A.O.I.C. (12)
 
Families with related children
  under 18 years, total (13) 		5,877 2,223 37.8 2,264 359 15.9 535 204 38.1 3,079 1,660 53.9

Residence and Region (31)

United States:
 
  Inside metro statistical areas 		5,288 1,939 36.7 2,044 302 14.8 475 171 36.1 2,769 1,466 52.9
      Inside principal cities 2,916 1,239 42.5 951 168 17.7 263 102 38.6 1,701 969 56.9
      Outside principal cities 2,372 701 29.6 1,092 134 12.3 212 70 32.9 1,068 497 46.6
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 590 283 48.0 220 57 25.9 60 32 (B) 310 194 62.6

Residence and Region (31)
 
Northeast 		971 345 35.5 354 45 12.8 100 42 42.5 517 257 49.7
  Inside metro statistical areas 955 335 35.1 346 42 12.1 98 41 41.4 511 253 49.5
      Inside principal cities 589 237 40.1 184 30 16.1 56 21 (B) 349 186 53.1
      Outside principal cities 366 99 27.0 163 12 7.5 42 19 (B) 162 67 41.6
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 15 10 (B) 8 4 (B) 2 2 (B) 6 4 (B)
Midwest 1,092 518 47.5 344 75 21.9 108 50 46.5 640 393 61.4
  Inside metro statistical areas 1,050 498 47.4 322 67 20.7 105 48 45.2 623 383 61.5
      Inside principal cities 714 391 54.7 177 46 26.0 69 37 (B) 468 307 65.7
      Outside principal cities 336 107 31.8 145 21 14.3 36 10 (B) 155 76 49.0
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 41 21 (B) 22 9 (B) 3 3 (B) 17 9 (B)
South 3,216 1,163 36.2 1,293 195 15.1 258 84 32.7 1,666 884 53.1
  Inside metro statistical areas 2,697 915 33.9 1,112 152 13.7 204 58 28.6 1,380 705 51.1
      Inside principal cities 1,273 497 39.0 453 70 15.5 98 26 26.6 723 401 55.4
      Outside principal cities 1,423 419 29.4 659 82 12.4 107 32 30.5 658 305 46.3
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 520 248 47.7 181 43 23.8 53 26 (B) 286 179 62.7
West 599 197 32.8 273 43 15.9 69 27 (B) 257 126 49.3
  Inside metro statistical areas 585 191 32.7 263 42 15.8 67 25 (B) 255 125 49.0
      Inside principal cities 339 115 33.8 138 22 15.9 40 17 (B) 161 75 46.7
      Outside principal cities 246 77 31.1 125 20 15.6 27 7 (B) 94 50 52.8
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 13 5 (B) 10 2 (B) 2 2 (B) 1 1 (B)

Division (31)
 
New England 		148 53 35.9 75 14 19.1 18 9 (B) 55 30 (B)
Middle Atlantic 823 292 35.5 279 31 11.1 82 34 40.9 462 227 49.1
East North Central 877 418 47.7 260 48 18.5 88 43 48.8 529 327 61.8
West North Central 215 100 46.7 84 27 32.5 20 7 (B) 111 66 59.2
South Atlantic 1,880 637 33.9 758 104 13.7 146 50 34.0 976 483 49.5
East South Central 579 249 42.9 222 43 19.2 49 17 (B) 309 189 61.3
West South Central 757 277 36.6 313 48 15.4 62 17 (B) 381 212 55.5
Mountain 136 45 33.2 63 8 (B) 21 11 (B) 53 26 (B)
Pacific 462 151 32.7 210 35 16.9 48 15 (B) 204 100 49.3

Poverty Footnotes

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