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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)

Black alone (12)
 
Families with related children
  under 18 years, total (13) 		5,677 3,220 56.7 2,166 705 32.5 514 303 58.9 2,996 2,212 73.8

Residence and Region (31)

United States:
 
  Inside metro statistical areas 		5,106 2,815 55.1 1,955 598 30.6 460 264 57.5 2,692 1,952 72.5
      Inside principal cities 2,834 1,735 61.2 913 320 35.1 256 150 58.4 1,664 1,265 76.0
      Outside principal cities 2,273 1,080 47.5 1,042 278 26.7 203 115 56.4 1,028 687 66.9
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 570 405 71.0 211 107 50.5 55 39 (B) 304 260 85.4

Residence and Region (31)
 
Northeast 		924 517 55.9 333 105 31.5 95 58 61.7 496 353 71.2
  Inside metro statistical areas 910 508 55.8 326 101 31.0 93 56 60.9 491 350 71.3
      Inside principal cities 573 356 62.1 177 72 40.5 55 29 (B) 342 255 74.7
      Outside principal cities 337 152 45.1 149 30 19.9 38 27 (B) 150 95 63.5
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 14 9 (B) 7 4 (B) 2 2 (B) 5 3 (B)
Midwest 1,059 691 65.2 332 126 38.0 104 67 64.6 623 498 79.8
  Inside metro statistical areas 1,023 665 65.0 314 119 37.8 101 64 63.7 608 482 79.3
      Inside principal cities 692 493 71.2 171 76 44.5 66 45 (B) 454 371 81.8
      Outside principal cities 331 172 52.0 143 43 29.8 35 19 (B) 153 111 72.1
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 36 26 (B) 18 7 (B) 3 3 (B) 16 16 (B)
South 3,147 1,732 55.0 1,258 399 31.8 251 139 55.4 1,638 1,194 72.9
  Inside metro statistical areas 2,636 1,365 51.8 1,079 305 28.3 202 107 52.7 1,354 953 70.4
      Inside principal cities 1,255 731 58.2 444 142 32.1 97 49 50.5 715 539 75.5
      Outside principal cities 1,381 634 45.9 635 163 25.6 105 58 54.7 640 413 64.6
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 511 367 71.9 179 94 52.7 49 32 (B) 284 241 84.9
West 547 281 51.4 243 75 30.8 65 39 (B) 238 167 70.2
  Inside metro statistical areas 538 278 51.6 236 73 31.1 64 37 (B) 238 167 70.2
      Inside principal cities 313 156 49.7 122 30 24.9 38 26 (B) 153 99 64.5
      Outside principal cities 225 122 54.4 114 43 37.6 25 11 (B) 85 69 80.5
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 9 3 (B) 7 1 (B) 2 2 (B) 0 0 (X)

Division (31)
 
New England 		133 71 53.3 68 23 (B) 16 13 (B) 49 35 (B)
Middle Atlantic 792 446 56.3 265 82 31.0 79 46 58.0 448 318 71.1
East North Central 852 553 64.9 252 89 35.2 85 55 64.7 516 410 79.4
West North Central 207 137 66.4 81 38 46.6 19 12 (B) 107 88 81.8
South Atlantic 1,848 967 52.3 744 217 29.2 145 80 55.2 959 669 69.8
East South Central 570 363 63.7 217 81 37.5 49 30 (B) 304 251 82.8
West South Central 729 402 55.2 297 101 33.9 57 29 (B) 375 273 72.8
Mountain 130 65 50.4 58 15 (B) 21 14 (B) 51 37 (B)
Pacific 417 216 51.7 185 60 32.4 45 25 (B) 188 131 69.6

Poverty Footnotes

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