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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 alone (12) |
|---|
Families with related children
under 18 years, total (13)
|
5,677
|
3,023
|
53.2
|
2,166
|
628
|
29.0
|
514
|
286
|
55.6
|
2,996
|
2,109
|
70.4
|
Residence and Region (31) |
|---|
United States: |
|---|
Inside metro statistical areas
|
5,106
|
2,636
|
51.6
|
1,955
|
531
|
27.2
|
460
|
247
|
53.8
|
2,692
|
1,858
|
69.0
|
|
Inside principal cities
|
2,834
|
1,629
|
57.5
|
913
|
282
|
30.9
|
256
|
140
|
54.7
|
1,664
|
1,207
|
72.5
|
|
Outside principal cities
|
2,273
|
1,007
|
44.3
|
1,042
|
249
|
23.9
|
203
|
107
|
52.7
|
1,028
|
651
|
63.4
|
|
Outside metro statistical areas (35)
|
570
|
386
|
67.7
|
211
|
97
|
45.8
|
55
|
39
|
(B)
|
304
|
251
|
82.4
|
Residence and Region (31) |
|---|
Northeast
|
924
|
470
|
50.9
|
333
|
93
|
27.8
|
95
|
54
|
57.4
|
496
|
324
|
65.2
|
|
Inside metro statistical areas
|
910
|
462
|
50.7
|
326
|
89
|
27.3
|
93
|
52
|
56.5
|
491
|
320
|
65.2
|
|
Inside principal cities
|
573
|
326
|
56.8
|
177
|
62
|
35.4
|
55
|
29
|
(B)
|
342
|
234
|
68.4
|
|
Outside principal cities
|
337
|
136
|
40.4
|
149
|
26
|
17.6
|
38
|
23
|
(B)
|
150
|
86
|
57.8
|
|
Outside metro statistical areas (35)
|
14
|
9
|
(B)
|
7
|
4
|
(B)
|
2
|
2
|
(B)
|
5
|
3
|
(B)
|
|
Midwest
|
1,059
|
661
|
62.5
|
332
|
112
|
33.7
|
104
|
67
|
64.6
|
623
|
483
|
77.4
|
|
Inside metro statistical areas
|
1,023
|
636
|
62.2
|
314
|
105
|
33.5
|
101
|
64
|
63.7
|
608
|
467
|
76.8
|
|
Inside principal cities
|
692
|
477
|
68.9
|
171
|
68
|
39.5
|
66
|
45
|
(B)
|
454
|
364
|
80.1
|
|
Outside principal cities
|
331
|
159
|
48.2
|
143
|
38
|
26.3
|
35
|
19
|
(B)
|
153
|
103
|
67.1
|
|
Outside metro statistical areas (35)
|
36
|
25
|
(B)
|
18
|
7
|
(B)
|
3
|
3
|
(B)
|
16
|
16
|
(B)
|
|
South
|
3,147
|
1,633
|
51.9
|
1,258
|
358
|
28.5
|
251
|
131
|
52.4
|
1,638
|
1,144
|
69.8
|
|
Inside metro statistical areas
|
2,636
|
1,284
|
48.7
|
1,079
|
273
|
25.3
|
202
|
99
|
49.0
|
1,354
|
912
|
67.3
|
|
Inside principal cities
|
1,255
|
683
|
54.4
|
444
|
123
|
27.7
|
97
|
45
|
46.3
|
715
|
516
|
72.2
|
|
Outside principal cities
|
1,381
|
600
|
43.5
|
635
|
150
|
23.6
|
105
|
54
|
51.4
|
640
|
396
|
61.9
|
|
Outside metro statistical areas (35)
|
511
|
349
|
68.3
|
179
|
85
|
47.5
|
49
|
32
|
(B)
|
284
|
232
|
81.7
|
|
West
|
547
|
258
|
47.2
|
243
|
65
|
26.9
|
65
|
33
|
(B)
|
238
|
159
|
66.8
|
|
Inside metro statistical areas
|
538
|
255
|
47.3
|
236
|
64
|
27.0
|
64
|
32
|
(B)
|
238
|
159
|
66.8
|
|
Inside principal cities
|
313
|
143
|
45.8
|
122
|
29
|
23.7
|
38
|
21
|
(B)
|
153
|
94
|
61.0
|
|
Outside principal cities
|
225
|
111
|
49.6
|
114
|
35
|
30.6
|
25
|
11
|
(B)
|
85
|
66
|
77.2
|
|
Outside metro statistical areas (35)
|
9
|
3
|
(B)
|
7
|
1
|
(B)
|
2
|
2
|
(B)
|
0
|
0
|
(X)
|
Division (31) |
|---|
New England
|
133
|
66
|
50.0
|
68
|
19
|
(B)
|
16
|
12
|
(B)
|
49
|
35
|
(B)
|
|
Middle Atlantic
|
792
|
404
|
51.0
|
265
|
73
|
27.7
|
79
|
42
|
53.6
|
448
|
288
|
64.4
|
|
East North Central
|
852
|
532
|
62.4
|
252
|
78
|
31.2
|
85
|
55
|
64.7
|
516
|
399
|
77.3
|
|
West North Central
|
207
|
129
|
62.7
|
81
|
34
|
41.6
|
19
|
12
|
(B)
|
107
|
84
|
78.2
|
|
South Atlantic
|
1,848
|
904
|
48.9
|
744
|
195
|
26.2
|
145
|
77
|
52.8
|
959
|
633
|
66.0
|
|
East South Central
|
570
|
347
|
60.9
|
217
|
74
|
34.1
|
49
|
28
|
(B)
|
304
|
245
|
80.7
|
|
West South Central
|
729
|
382
|
52.4
|
297
|
89
|
30.0
|
57
|
26
|
(B)
|
375
|
266
|
70.9
|
|
Mountain
|
130
|
62
|
47.6
|
58
|
14
|
(B)
|
21
|
12
|
(B)
|
51
|
36
|
(B)
|
|
Pacific
|
417
|
196
|
47.0
|
185
|
51
|
27.9
|
45
|
21
|
(B)
|
188
|
123
|
65.8
|
Poverty Footnotes
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