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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 185% of poverty (5) Percentage below 185% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 185% of poverty (5) Percentage below 185% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 185% of poverty (5) Percentage below 185% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 185% of poverty (5) Percentage below 185% of poverty (6)

All races (12)
 
Families with related children
  under 18 years, total (13) 		38,820 13,331 34.3 26,119 5,740 22.0 2,829 1,328 46.9 9,872 6,263 63.4

Residence and Region (31)

United States:
 
  Inside metro statistical areas 		32,857 10,899 33.2 22,206 4,710 21.2 2,350 1,064 45.3 8,301 5,124 61.7
      Inside principal cities 12,335 5,181 42.0 7,362 2,010 27.3 965 468 48.4 4,008 2,704 67.5
      Outside principal cities 20,522 5,718 27.9 14,844 2,701 18.2 1,385 596 43.1 4,294 2,421 56.4
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 5,963 2,432 40.8 3,913 1,029 26.3 479 264 55.1 1,571 1,139 72.5

Residence and Region (31)
 
Northeast 		6,770 1,975 29.2 4,561 747 16.4 464 191 41.1 1,744 1,036 59.4
  Inside metro statistical areas 6,088 1,771 29.1 4,099 663 16.2 406 164 40.4 1,584 943 59.5
      Inside principal cities 1,852 856 46.2 971 287 29.6 132 58 43.8 748 511 68.3
      Outside principal cities 4,236 914 21.6 3,127 376 12.0 273 106 38.8 836 432 51.7
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 681 204 29.9 463 84 18.1 59 27 (B) 160 93 58.3
Midwest 8,403 2,775 33.0 5,614 1,032 18.4 682 339 49.7 2,107 1,405 66.7
  Inside metro statistical areas 6,555 2,103 32.1 4,351 743 17.1 537 268 49.9 1,666 1,091 65.5
      Inside principal cities 2,373 1,073 45.2 1,276 301 23.6 230 132 57.6 867 639 73.7
      Outside principal cities 4,182 1,030 24.6 3,075 442 14.4 307 136 44.2 800 453 56.6
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 1,849 672 36.4 1,263 288 22.8 145 71 48.7 441 313 71.1
South 14,567 5,462 37.5 9,586 2,355 24.6 981 485 49.4 4,000 2,623 65.6
  Inside metro statistical areas 11,962 4,251 35.5 7,950 1,857 23.4 782 361 46.2 3,230 2,033 62.9
      Inside principal cities 4,409 1,872 42.5 2,645 732 27.7 300 145 48.5 1,464 995 67.9
      Outside principal cities 7,553 2,379 31.5 5,305 1,125 21.2 482 216 44.8 1,766 1,038 58.8
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 2,605 1,211 46.5 1,636 498 30.4 199 124 62.0 770 590 76.7
West 9,080 3,118 34.3 6,358 1,606 25.3 701 313 44.6 2,021 1,199 59.3
  Inside metro statistical areas 8,252 2,774 33.6 5,806 1,447 24.9 626 271 43.2 1,820 1,057 58.1
      Inside principal cities 3,702 1,379 37.3 2,470 689 27.9 303 132 43.5 928 558 60.2
      Outside principal cities 4,551 1,394 30.6 3,336 757 22.7 322 138 43.0 892 498 55.8
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 828 345 41.6 551 160 29.0 76 43 56.2 201 142 70.9

Division (31)
 
New England 		1,797 448 24.9 1,271 166 13.1 128 52 40.8 399 230 57.6
Middle Atlantic 4,972 1,527 30.7 3,291 581 17.7 336 139 41.3 1,345 807 60.0
East North Central 5,839 1,985 34.0 3,824 720 18.8 500 249 49.7 1,515 1,017 67.1
West North Central 2,565 790 30.8 1,790 311 17.4 182 90 49.5 592 388 65.6
South Atlantic 7,393 2,493 33.7 4,875 1,019 20.9 487 247 50.7 2,030 1,227 60.4
East South Central 2,347 1,001 42.6 1,480 394 26.6 170 86 50.7 698 521 74.6
West South Central 4,827 1,969 40.8 3,231 942 29.2 324 152 46.8 1,272 875 68.8
Mountain 2,777 974 35.1 1,963 474 24.1 197 91 46.3 618 409 66.1
Pacific 6,303 2,145 34.0 4,395 1,133 25.8 504 222 44.0 1,403 790 56.3

Poverty Footnotes

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