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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 175% of poverty (5) Percentage below 175% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 175% of poverty (5) Percentage below 175% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 175% of poverty (5) Percentage below 175% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 175% of poverty (5) Percentage below 175% of poverty (6)

All races (12)
 
Families with related children
  under 18 years, total (13) 		38,820 12,624 32.5 26,119 5,303 20.3 2,829 1,271 44.9 9,872 6,050 61.3

Residence and Region (31)

United States:
 
  Inside metro statistical areas 		32,857 10,311 31.4 22,206 4,346 19.6 2,350 1,020 43.4 8,301 4,945 59.6
      Inside principal cities 12,335 4,941 40.1 7,362 1,862 25.3 965 452 46.9 4,008 2,626 65.5
      Outside principal cities 20,522 5,370 26.2 14,844 2,483 16.7 1,385 568 41.0 4,294 2,319 54.0
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 5,963 2,313 38.8 3,913 958 24.5 479 251 52.4 1,571 1,105 70.3

Residence and Region (31)
 
Northeast 		6,770 1,867 27.6 4,561 690 15.1 464 185 39.9 1,744 992 56.9
  Inside metro statistical areas 6,088 1,670 27.4 4,099 611 14.9 406 159 39.1 1,584 900 56.8
      Inside principal cities 1,852 816 44.1 971 271 28.0 132 57 43.2 748 487 65.1
      Outside principal cities 4,236 854 20.2 3,127 340 10.9 273 101 37.1 836 413 49.4
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 681 197 29.0 463 79 17.0 59 27 (B) 160 92 57.4
Midwest 8,403 2,635 31.4 5,614 957 17.0 682 325 47.6 2,107 1,353 64.2
  Inside metro statistical areas 6,555 1,996 30.5 4,351 687 15.8 537 256 47.7 1,666 1,053 63.2
      Inside principal cities 2,373 1,031 43.5 1,276 277 21.7 230 130 56.5 867 624 71.9
      Outside principal cities 4,182 965 23.1 3,075 410 13.3 307 126 41.0 800 429 53.7
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 1,849 639 34.6 1,263 270 21.4 145 69 47.5 441 301 68.2
South 14,567 5,167 35.5 9,586 2,170 22.6 981 460 46.9 4,000 2,538 63.4
  Inside metro statistical areas 11,962 4,015 33.6 7,950 1,709 21.5 782 341 43.7 3,230 1,964 60.8
      Inside principal cities 4,409 1,779 40.3 2,645 670 25.3 300 136 45.4 1,464 973 66.4
      Outside principal cities 7,553 2,236 29.6 5,305 1,039 19.6 482 205 42.6 1,766 992 56.1
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 2,605 1,153 44.2 1,636 461 28.2 199 118 59.3 770 574 74.5
West 9,080 2,954 32.5 6,358 1,487 23.4 701 301 42.9 2,021 1,166 57.7
  Inside metro statistical areas 8,252 2,630 31.9 5,806 1,338 23.0 626 264 42.2 1,820 1,027 56.4
      Inside principal cities 3,702 1,315 35.5 2,470 643 26.0 303 129 42.6 928 543 58.5
      Outside principal cities 4,551 1,315 28.9 3,336 695 20.8 322 135 41.9 892 485 54.3
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 828 324 39.2 551 149 27.0 76 37 48.7 201 139 69.2

Division (31)
 
New England 		1,797 421 23.4 1,271 156 12.3 128 47 36.4 399 218 54.8
Middle Atlantic 4,972 1,446 29.1 3,291 534 16.2 336 139 41.3 1,345 774 57.5
East North Central 5,839 1,889 32.4 3,824 670 17.5 500 240 48.0 1,515 980 64.7
West North Central 2,565 746 29.1 1,790 287 16.0 182 85 46.7 592 374 63.1
South Atlantic 7,393 2,371 32.1 4,875 954 19.6 487 237 48.7 2,030 1,180 58.1
East South Central 2,347 947 40.4 1,480 357 24.1 170 86 50.7 698 504 72.2
West South Central 4,827 1,849 38.3 3,231 859 26.6 324 136 42.1 1,272 854 67.1
Mountain 2,777 927 33.4 1,963 443 22.6 197 85 43.1 618 400 64.7
Pacific 6,303 2,027 32.2 4,395 1,044 23.8 504 216 42.8 1,403 767 54.6

Poverty Footnotes

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