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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 alone (12)
 
Families with related children
  under 18 years, total (13) 		5,677 2,150 37.9 2,166 339 15.7 514 196 38.1 2,996 1,614 53.9

Residence and Region (31)

United States:
 
  Inside metro statistical areas 		5,106 1,878 36.8 1,955 285 14.6 460 169 36.7 2,692 1,425 52.9
      Inside principal cities 2,834 1,201 42.4 913 157 17.2 256 99 38.8 1,664 945 56.8
      Outside principal cities 2,273 677 29.8 1,042 128 12.3 203 69 34.1 1,028 480 46.6
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 570 272 47.6 211 54 25.8 55 27 (B) 304 190 62.3

Residence and Region (31)
 
Northeast 		924 327 35.4 333 41 12.2 95 41 43.2 496 246 49.6
  Inside metro statistical areas 910 319 35.1 326 37 11.3 93 39 42.1 491 243 49.4
      Inside principal cities 573 227 39.7 177 26 14.9 55 20 (B) 342 181 53.0
      Outside principal cities 337 91 27.2 149 11 7.1 38 19 (B) 150 62 41.2
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 14 8 (B) 7 4 (B) 2 2 (B) 5 3 (B)
Midwest 1,059 503 47.5 332 70 21.2 104 49 47.7 623 383 61.4
  Inside metro statistical areas 1,023 484 47.3 314 64 20.3 101 47 46.4 608 373 61.5
      Inside principal cities 692 377 54.5 171 43 25.1 66 36 (B) 454 298 65.5
      Outside principal cities 331 107 32.4 143 21 14.5 35 10 (B) 153 76 49.4
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 36 18 (B) 18 6 (B) 3 3 (B) 16 9 (B)
South 3,147 1,136 36.1 1,258 190 15.1 251 80 31.8 1,638 866 52.9
  Inside metro statistical areas 2,636 894 33.9 1,079 147 13.6 202 58 28.9 1,354 689 50.9
      Inside principal cities 1,255 488 38.8 444 67 15.2 97 26 26.8 715 394 55.2
      Outside principal cities 1,381 407 29.5 635 80 12.6 105 32 30.8 640 294 46.0
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 511 241 47.3 179 43 24.1 49 21 (B) 284 177 62.5
West 547 184 33.7 243 38 15.8 65 26 (B) 238 119 50.1
  Inside metro statistical areas 538 181 33.6 236 37 15.7 64 24 (B) 238 119 50.1
      Inside principal cities 313 109 34.9 122 20 16.7 38 17 (B) 153 72 46.8
      Outside principal cities 225 72 31.9 114 17 14.6 25 7 (B) 85 48 56.1
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 9 3 (B) 7 1 (B) 2 2 (B) 0 0 (X)

Division (31)
 
New England 		133 44 33.3 68 10 (B) 16 9 (B) 49 26 (B)
Middle Atlantic 792 283 35.8 265 31 11.7 79 32 40.9 448 220 49.2
East North Central 852 407 47.7 252 45 17.8 85 43 50.7 516 319 61.8
West North Central 207 96 46.5 81 26 31.7 19 6 (B) 107 64 59.6
South Atlantic 1,848 626 33.9 744 101 13.6 145 50 34.3 959 475 49.6
East South Central 570 245 42.9 217 43 19.6 49 17 (B) 304 185 60.9
West South Central 729 265 36.4 297 47 15.7 57 13 (B) 375 206 54.8
Mountain 130 44 33.6 58 8 (B) 21 11 (B) 51 25 (B)
Pacific 417 141 33.7 185 31 16.7 45 15 (B) 188 95 50.5

Poverty Footnotes

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