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POV45: Region, Division and Type of Residence -- Poverty Status for Families With Related Children Under 18 by Family Structure: 2010

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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2011 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)

White A.O.I.C. (12)
 
Families with related children
  under 18 years, total (13) 		30,326 9,688 31.9 21,606 4,705 21.8 2,168 949 43.8 6,552 4,035 61.6

Residence and Region (31)

United States:
 
  Inside metro statistical areas 		25,217 7,747 30.7 18,057 3,803 21.1 1,786 773 43.3 5,374 3,172 59.0
      Inside principal cities 8,287 3,290 39.7 5,410 1,504 27.8 697 363 52.1 2,180 1,423 65.3
      Outside principal cities 16,930 4,457 26.3 12,647 2,299 18.2 1,089 409 37.6 3,194 1,749 54.8
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 5,108 1,941 38.0 3,549 902 25.4 382 176 46.1 1,177 863 73.3

Residence and Region (31)
 
Northeast 		5,253 1,373 26.1 3,771 567 15.1 336 129 38.5 1,146 676 59.0
  Inside metro statistical areas 4,615 1,161 25.1 3,343 481 14.4 283 105 37.3 989 574 58.0
      Inside principal cities 1,111 464 41.8 645 151 23.5 96 50 52.1 370 263 71.1
      Outside principal cities 3,504 696 19.9 2,698 330 12.2 187 55 29.6 620 311 50.2
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 637 213 33.4 428 87 20.2 53 24 (B) 157 102 65.4
Midwest 6,998 2,005 28.6 5,055 931 18.4 521 221 42.3 1,421 853 60.0
  Inside metro statistical areas 5,267 1,397 26.5 3,823 646 16.9 396 158 39.8 1,047 593 56.6
      Inside principal cities 1,513 566 37.4 948 232 24.4 144 69 48.0 420 265 63.0
      Outside principal cities 3,754 831 22.1 2,875 414 14.4 252 89 35.2 627 328 52.3
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 1,731 608 35.1 1,232 285 23.1 125 63 50.1 374 260 69.6
South 10,654 3,709 34.8 7,529 1,798 23.9 737 354 48.0 2,388 1,558 65.2
  Inside metro statistical areas 8,661 2,884 33.3 6,177 1,428 23.1 599 289 48.2 1,885 1,167 61.9
      Inside principal cities 2,795 1,133 40.5 1,884 543 28.8 208 123 58.9 704 468 66.4
      Outside principal cities 5,865 1,751 29.9 4,293 885 20.6 391 166 42.5 1,181 700 59.2
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 1,993 825 41.4 1,352 370 27.3 138 65 46.9 503 390 77.6
West 7,421 2,601 35.0 5,251 1,408 26.8 574 245 42.7 1,597 947 59.3
  Inside metro statistical areas 6,675 2,305 34.5 4,714 1,247 26.5 508 221 43.4 1,453 838 57.7
      Inside principal cities 2,868 1,128 39.3 1,933 578 29.9 248 122 48.9 687 428 62.3
      Outside principal cities 3,807 1,178 30.9 2,781 669 24.1 260 99 38.1 766 410 53.5
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 746 295 39.6 537 161 30.0 65 24 (B) 144 110 76.4

Division (31)
 
New England 		1,586 345 21.8 1,166 138 11.8 96 38 40.0 325 169 52.0
Middle Atlantic 3,666 1,028 28.0 2,605 429 16.5 240 91 38.0 821 507 61.8
East North Central 4,738 1,423 30.0 3,411 680 19.9 365 153 42.0 962 590 61.3
West North Central 2,259 582 25.7 1,644 251 15.3 156 67 43.0 459 263 57.4
South Atlantic 5,043 1,495 29.6 3,667 734 20.0 333 160 48.1 1,043 601 57.6
East South Central 1,748 616 35.3 1,231 286 23.2 114 42 36.5 404 289 71.6
West South Central 3,863 1,598 41.4 2,632 778 29.6 290 152 52.4 941 668 71.0
Mountain 2,473 860 34.8 1,740 427 24.6 178 76 42.6 555 357 64.3
Pacific 4,948 1,741 35.2 3,511 981 27.9 395 169 42.7 1,042 591 56.7

Poverty Footnotes

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Source: U.S. Census Bureau | Social, Economic, and Housing Statistics Division: Poverty |  Last Revised: January 14, 2013