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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) |
Black A.O.I.C. (12) |
|---|
Families with related children
under 18 years, total (13)
|
5,877
|
3,127
|
53.2
|
2,264
|
660
|
29.2
|
535
|
297
|
55.5
|
3,079
|
2,170
|
70.5
|
Residence and Region (31) |
|---|
United States: |
|---|
Inside metro statistical areas
|
5,288
|
2,727
|
51.6
|
2,044
|
559
|
27.4
|
475
|
253
|
53.3
|
2,769
|
1,915
|
69.1
|
|
Inside principal cities
|
2,916
|
1,674
|
57.4
|
951
|
297
|
31.2
|
263
|
143
|
54.1
|
1,701
|
1,234
|
72.6
|
|
Outside principal cities
|
2,372
|
1,054
|
44.4
|
1,092
|
263
|
24.0
|
212
|
111
|
52.4
|
1,068
|
680
|
63.7
|
|
Outside metro statistical areas (35)
|
590
|
399
|
67.7
|
220
|
101
|
45.7
|
60
|
43
|
(B)
|
310
|
255
|
82.3
|
Residence and Region (31) |
|---|
Northeast
|
971
|
496
|
51.1
|
354
|
99
|
28.1
|
100
|
57
|
57.5
|
517
|
339
|
65.7
|
|
Inside metro statistical areas
|
955
|
486
|
50.9
|
346
|
96
|
27.6
|
98
|
56
|
56.7
|
511
|
335
|
65.6
|
|
Inside principal cities
|
589
|
338
|
57.4
|
184
|
68
|
36.8
|
56
|
31
|
(B)
|
349
|
240
|
68.7
|
|
Outside principal cities
|
366
|
148
|
40.4
|
163
|
28
|
17.1
|
42
|
25
|
(B)
|
162
|
95
|
58.8
|
|
Outside metro statistical areas (35)
|
15
|
10
|
(B)
|
8
|
4
|
(B)
|
2
|
2
|
(B)
|
6
|
4
|
(B)
|
|
Midwest
|
1,092
|
683
|
62.6
|
344
|
118
|
34.4
|
108
|
69
|
64.3
|
640
|
495
|
77.4
|
|
Inside metro statistical areas
|
1,050
|
656
|
62.4
|
322
|
110
|
34.0
|
105
|
67
|
63.4
|
623
|
480
|
77.0
|
|
Inside principal cities
|
714
|
492
|
68.9
|
177
|
71
|
39.9
|
69
|
46
|
(B)
|
468
|
375
|
80.2
|
|
Outside principal cities
|
336
|
164
|
48.8
|
145
|
39
|
26.7
|
36
|
21
|
(B)
|
155
|
104
|
67.5
|
|
Outside metro statistical areas (35)
|
41
|
27
|
(B)
|
22
|
9
|
(B)
|
3
|
3
|
(B)
|
17
|
16
|
(B)
|
|
South
|
3,216
|
1,671
|
52.0
|
1,293
|
372
|
28.8
|
258
|
136
|
52.8
|
1,666
|
1,163
|
69.8
|
|
Inside metro statistical areas
|
2,697
|
1,315
|
48.8
|
1,112
|
286
|
25.7
|
204
|
99
|
48.5
|
1,380
|
930
|
67.4
|
|
Inside principal cities
|
1,273
|
694
|
54.5
|
453
|
128
|
28.2
|
98
|
45
|
45.9
|
723
|
522
|
72.2
|
|
Outside principal cities
|
1,423
|
620
|
43.6
|
659
|
158
|
24.0
|
107
|
54
|
50.8
|
658
|
408
|
62.1
|
|
Outside metro statistical areas (35)
|
520
|
357
|
68.6
|
181
|
86
|
47.5
|
53
|
37
|
(B)
|
286
|
234
|
81.9
|
|
West
|
599
|
276
|
46.1
|
273
|
71
|
25.9
|
69
|
34
|
(B)
|
257
|
172
|
66.9
|
|
Inside metro statistical areas
|
585
|
271
|
46.3
|
263
|
68
|
26.1
|
67
|
32
|
(B)
|
255
|
170
|
66.7
|
|
Inside principal cities
|
339
|
149
|
43.9
|
138
|
31
|
22.3
|
40
|
21
|
(B)
|
161
|
97
|
60.4
|
|
Outside principal cities
|
246
|
122
|
49.4
|
125
|
38
|
30.2
|
27
|
11
|
(B)
|
94
|
73
|
77.6
|
|
Outside metro statistical areas (35)
|
13
|
6
|
(B)
|
10
|
2
|
(B)
|
2
|
2
|
(B)
|
1
|
1
|
(B)
|
Division (31) |
|---|
New England
|
148
|
77
|
52.1
|
75
|
24
|
31.9
|
18
|
14
|
(B)
|
55
|
39
|
(B)
|
|
Middle Atlantic
|
823
|
419
|
50.9
|
279
|
75
|
27.0
|
82
|
44
|
53.2
|
462
|
300
|
64.9
|
|
East North Central
|
877
|
550
|
62.7
|
260
|
83
|
31.9
|
88
|
57
|
64.2
|
529
|
410
|
77.5
|
|
West North Central
|
215
|
134
|
62.3
|
84
|
35
|
42.0
|
20
|
13
|
(B)
|
111
|
86
|
77.2
|
|
South Atlantic
|
1,880
|
920
|
48.9
|
758
|
201
|
26.5
|
146
|
77
|
52.4
|
976
|
642
|
65.8
|
|
East South Central
|
579
|
355
|
61.2
|
222
|
77
|
34.8
|
49
|
28
|
(B)
|
309
|
249
|
80.7
|
|
West South Central
|
757
|
396
|
52.4
|
313
|
93
|
29.8
|
62
|
31
|
(B)
|
381
|
272
|
71.3
|
|
Mountain
|
136
|
64
|
46.7
|
63
|
14
|
(B)
|
21
|
12
|
(B)
|
53
|
37
|
(B)
|
|
Pacific
|
462
|
213
|
46.0
|
210
|
56
|
26.8
|
48
|
22
|
(B)
|
204
|
135
|
66.0
|
Poverty Footnotes
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