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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)

Black A.O.I.C. (12)
 
Families with related children
  under 18 years, total (13) 		5,877 2,996 51.0 2,264 606 26.8 535 290 54.2 3,079 2,100 68.2

Residence and Region (31)

United States:
 
  Inside metro statistical areas 		5,288 2,617 49.5 2,044 512 25.0 475 248 52.3 2,769 1,857 67.0
      Inside principal cities 2,916 1,618 55.5 951 270 28.4 263 140 53.4 1,701 1,207 70.9
      Outside principal cities 2,372 999 42.1 1,092 241 22.1 212 108 50.9 1,068 650 60.8
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 590 379 64.3 220 94 42.8 60 42 (B) 310 243 78.6

Residence and Region (31)
 
Northeast 		971 473 48.7 354 92 26.0 100 57 57.5 517 324 62.6
  Inside metro statistical areas 955 463 48.5 346 88 25.5 98 56 56.7 511 320 62.5
      Inside principal cities 589 321 54.5 184 63 34.2 56 31 (B) 349 228 65.2
      Outside principal cities 366 142 38.8 163 25 15.6 42 25 (B) 162 92 56.7
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 15 10 (B) 8 4 (B) 2 2 (B) 6 4 (B)
Midwest 1,092 663 60.8 344 113 33.0 108 69 64.3 640 481 75.1
  Inside metro statistical areas 1,050 640 60.9 322 105 32.4 105 67 63.4 623 468 75.2
      Inside principal cities 714 481 67.4 177 66 37.1 69 46 (B) 468 369 78.9
      Outside principal cities 336 159 47.2 145 39 26.7 36 21 (B) 155 99 64.0
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 41 24 (B) 22 9 (B) 3 3 (B) 17 12 (B)
South 3,216 1,594 49.6 1,293 338 26.1 258 129 50.2 1,666 1,127 67.6
  Inside metro statistical areas 2,697 1,254 46.5 1,112 259 23.2 204 94 46.1 1,380 901 65.3
      Inside principal cities 1,273 668 52.5 453 112 24.8 98 43 44.0 723 513 71.0
      Outside principal cities 1,423 585 41.1 659 146 22.2 107 51 48.0 658 388 59.0
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 520 340 65.4 181 79 43.9 53 35 (B) 286 226 79.0
West 599 265 44.3 273 63 22.9 69 34 (B) 257 169 65.9
  Inside metro statistical areas 585 260 44.4 263 61 23.0 67 32 (B) 255 168 65.7
      Inside principal cities 339 147 43.3 138 30 21.5 40 21 (B) 161 97 59.9
      Outside principal cities 246 113 45.9 125 31 24.7 27 11 (B) 94 71 75.6
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 13 6 (B) 10 2 (B) 2 2 (B) 1 1 (B)

Division (31)
 
New England 		148 75 50.7 75 22 29.0 18 14 (B) 55 39 (B)
Middle Atlantic 823 398 48.4 279 70 25.1 82 44 53.2 462 284 61.6
East North Central 877 532 60.7 260 78 30.0 88 57 64.2 529 397 75.1
West North Central 215 131 61.2 84 35 42.0 20 13 (B) 111 83 75.2
South Atlantic 1,880 874 46.5 758 186 24.6 146 72 49.1 976 616 63.1
East South Central 579 341 58.8 222 69 31.2 49 28 (B) 309 244 78.9
West South Central 757 379 50.1 313 83 26.4 62 29 (B) 381 267 70.2
Mountain 136 62 45.3 63 13 (B) 21 12 (B) 53 36 (B)
Pacific 462 204 44.0 210 49 23.5 48 22 (B) 204 133 65.1

Poverty Footnotes

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