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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 alone (12)
 
Families with related children
  under 18 years, total (13) 		5,677 2,893 51.0 2,166 574 26.5 514 279 54.2 2,996 2,041 68.1

Residence and Region (31)

United States:
 
  Inside metro statistical areas 		5,106 2,527 49.5 1,955 483 24.7 460 242 52.7 2,692 1,802 66.9
      Inside principal cities 2,834 1,575 55.6 913 256 28.0 256 138 53.9 1,664 1,181 71.0
      Outside principal cities 2,273 952 41.9 1,042 228 21.9 203 104 51.3 1,028 621 60.4
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 570 366 64.2 211 90 42.8 55 37 (B) 304 239 78.6

Residence and Region (31)
 
Northeast 		924 447 48.4 333 85 25.6 95 54 57.4 496 308 62.0
  Inside metro statistical areas 910 439 48.2 326 81 25.0 93 52 56.5 491 305 62.0
      Inside principal cities 573 309 53.8 177 58 32.6 55 29 (B) 342 222 64.9
      Outside principal cities 337 130 38.6 149 24 16.0 38 23 (B) 150 83 55.4
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 14 9 (B) 7 4 (B) 2 2 (B) 5 3 (B)
Midwest 1,059 643 60.7 332 107 32.2 104 67 64.6 623 469 75.3
  Inside metro statistical areas 1,023 622 60.8 314 100 31.9 101 64 63.7 608 457 75.3
      Inside principal cities 692 468 67.6 171 63 36.6 66 45 (B) 454 360 79.2
      Outside principal cities 331 154 46.6 143 38 26.3 35 19 (B) 153 98 63.7
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 36 22 (B) 18 7 (B) 3 3 (B) 16 12 (B)
South 3,147 1,556 49.4 1,258 324 25.8 251 125 49.7 1,638 1,107 67.6
  Inside metro statistical areas 2,636 1,223 46.4 1,079 246 22.8 202 94 46.6 1,354 883 65.2
      Inside principal cities 1,255 658 52.4 444 108 24.3 97 43 44.4 715 507 70.9
      Outside principal cities 1,381 566 41.0 635 138 21.7 105 51 48.6 640 376 58.8
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 511 333 65.1 179 78 43.9 49 30 (B) 284 224 78.9
West 547 247 45.2 243 57 23.6 65 33 (B) 238 157 65.7
  Inside metro statistical areas 538 244 45.3 236 56 23.7 64 31 (B) 238 157 65.7
      Inside principal cities 313 141 45.1 122 28 22.8 38 21 (B) 153 93 60.5
      Outside principal cities 225 103 45.7 114 28 24.6 25 11 (B) 85 64 74.9
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 9 3 (B) 7 1 (B) 2 2 (B) 0 0 (X)

Division (31)
 
New England 		133 64 48.4 68 17 (B) 16 12 (B) 49 35 (B)
Middle Atlantic 792 383 48.4 265 68 25.7 79 42 53.6 448 273 60.9
East North Central 852 516 60.5 252 73 29.2 85 55 64.7 516 388 75.1
West North Central 207 127 61.6 81 34 41.6 19 12 (B) 107 82 76.2
South Atlantic 1,848 858 46.4 744 180 24.2 145 72 49.5 959 606 63.2
East South Central 570 333 58.5 217 66 30.3 49 28 (B) 304 239 78.8
West South Central 729 365 50.0 297 78 26.4 57 25 (B) 375 262 69.7
Mountain 130 60 46.1 58 13 (B) 21 12 (B) 51 35 (B)
Pacific 417 187 44.9 185 45 24.2 45 21 (B) 188 122 64.8

Poverty Footnotes

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