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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 200% of poverty (5) Percentage below 200% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 200% of poverty (5) Percentage below 200% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 200% of poverty (5) Percentage below 200% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 200% of poverty (5) Percentage below 200% of poverty (6)

All races (12)
 
Families with related children
  under 18 years, total (13) 		38,820 14,367 37.0 26,119 6,391 24.5 2,829 1,406 49.7 9,872 6,570 66.5

Residence and Region (31)

United States:
 
  Inside metro statistical areas 		32,857 11,748 35.8 22,206 5,239 23.6 2,350 1,130 48.1 8,301 5,380 64.8
      Inside principal cities 12,335 5,550 45.0 7,362 2,217 30.1 965 493 51.1 4,008 2,840 70.9
      Outside principal cities 20,522 6,198 30.2 14,844 3,021 20.4 1,385 637 46.0 4,294 2,539 59.1
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 5,963 2,618 43.9 3,913 1,153 29.5 479 276 57.6 1,571 1,190 75.7

Residence and Region (31)
 
Northeast 		6,770 2,172 32.1 4,561 865 19.0 464 205 44.2 1,744 1,101 63.2
  Inside metro statistical areas 6,088 1,950 32.0 4,099 773 18.9 406 176 43.4 1,584 1,000 63.2
      Inside principal cities 1,852 938 50.6 971 334 34.4 132 60 45.1 748 544 72.7
      Outside principal cities 4,236 1,012 23.9 3,127 439 14.1 273 116 42.6 836 456 54.6
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 681 222 32.6 463 92 19.9 59 29 (B) 160 101 63.3
Midwest 8,403 2,984 35.5 5,614 1,168 20.8 682 349 51.2 2,107 1,468 69.6
  Inside metro statistical areas 6,555 2,265 34.5 4,351 846 19.4 537 277 51.7 1,666 1,141 68.5
      Inside principal cities 2,373 1,138 48.0 1,276 341 26.8 230 135 58.6 867 662 76.4
      Outside principal cities 4,182 1,126 26.9 3,075 504 16.4 307 143 46.5 800 479 59.9
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 1,849 720 38.9 1,263 322 25.5 145 71 49.3 441 326 74.0
South 14,567 5,851 40.2 9,586 2,594 27.1 981 521 53.1 4,000 2,736 68.4
  Inside metro statistical areas 11,962 4,545 38.0 7,950 2,033 25.6 782 390 49.9 3,230 2,121 65.7
      Inside principal cities 4,409 1,996 45.3 2,645 800 30.2 300 154 51.4 1,464 1,043 71.2
      Outside principal cities 7,553 2,548 33.7 5,305 1,233 23.2 482 236 49.0 1,766 1,079 61.1
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 2,605 1,306 50.1 1,636 561 34.3 199 130 65.4 770 615 79.9
West 9,080 3,359 37.0 6,358 1,764 27.7 701 331 47.2 2,021 1,264 62.6
  Inside metro statistical areas 8,252 2,989 36.2 5,806 1,586 27.3 626 286 45.8 1,820 1,117 61.3
      Inside principal cities 3,702 1,478 39.9 2,470 742 30.0 303 145 47.7 928 591 63.7
      Outside principal cities 4,551 1,511 33.2 3,336 844 25.3 322 142 43.9 892 525 58.8
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 828 370 44.7 551 177 32.2 76 45 59.2 201 148 73.6

Division (31)
 
New England 		1,797 487 27.1 1,271 190 15.0 128 59 45.8 399 238 59.8
Middle Atlantic 4,972 1,685 33.9 3,291 675 20.5 336 147 43.6 1,345 863 64.2
East North Central 5,839 2,133 36.5 3,824 813 21.3 500 256 51.2 1,515 1,064 70.2
West North Central 2,565 851 33.2 1,790 354 19.8 182 93 51.0 592 404 68.1
South Atlantic 7,393 2,714 36.7 4,875 1,151 23.6 487 261 53.7 2,030 1,302 64.1
East South Central 2,347 1,063 45.3 1,480 435 29.4 170 95 56.1 698 533 76.3
West South Central 4,827 2,074 43.0 3,231 1,008 31.2 324 164 50.6 1,272 902 70.9
Mountain 2,777 1,046 37.7 1,963 523 26.6 197 100 50.7 618 423 68.5
Pacific 6,303 2,313 36.7 4,395 1,241 28.2 504 231 45.8 1,403 841 59.9

Poverty Footnotes

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