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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 alone, not Hispanic (12)
 
Families with related children
  under 18 years, total (13) 		23,142 5,710 24.7 17,143 2,649 15.5 1,491 577 38.7 4,508 2,483 55.1

Residence and Region (31)

United States:
 
  Inside metro statistical areas 		18,623 4,149 22.3 13,938 1,930 13.8 1,165 434 37.3 3,520 1,785 50.7
      Inside principal cities 4,963 1,305 26.3 3,483 537 15.4 350 152 43.5 1,130 616 54.5
      Outside principal cities 13,660 2,843 20.8 10,456 1,392 13.3 815 282 34.6 2,390 1,169 48.9
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 4,519 1,562 34.6 3,205 720 22.5 326 143 43.9 988 699 70.7

Residence and Region (31)
 
Northeast 		4,383 896 20.4 3,361 414 12.3 232 80 34.8 791 401 50.7
  Inside metro statistical areas 3,769 693 18.4 2,941 328 11.1 186 59 31.7 642 306 47.6
      Inside principal cities 665 179 26.9 475 75 15.7 38 14 (B) 152 90 59.3
      Outside principal cities 3,104 514 16.6 2,465 253 10.3 148 45 30.4 490 216 44.0
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 614 203 33.0 420 86 20.5 46 22 (B) 149 95 64.0
Midwest 6,347 1,620 25.5 4,647 727 15.6 452 176 39.0 1,247 716 57.4
  Inside metro statistical areas 4,703 1,068 22.7 3,477 477 13.7 335 120 36.0 891 471 52.8
      Inside principal cities 1,221 371 30.4 792 140 17.7 104 45 43.3 326 187 57.4
      Outside principal cities 3,482 696 20.0 2,685 337 12.5 231 76 32.7 566 284 50.2
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 1,644 552 33.6 1,170 250 21.4 118 56 47.6 356 245 68.9
South 7,957 2,199 27.6 5,818 1,010 17.4 514 225 43.7 1,625 964 59.3
  Inside metro statistical areas 6,254 1,565 25.0 4,619 717 15.5 401 177 44.1 1,234 671 54.4
      Inside principal cities 1,635 429 26.2 1,168 170 14.6 110 59 53.7 356 199 56.0
      Outside principal cities 4,620 1,136 24.6 3,451 547 15.8 291 118 40.4 878 472 53.8
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 1,703 634 37.3 1,198 293 24.5 113 48 42.6 391 293 74.9
West 4,455 996 22.4 3,317 499 15.0 293 95 32.6 845 402 47.6
  Inside metro statistical areas 3,897 823 21.1 2,901 408 14.1 244 78 32.1 752 337 44.7
      Inside principal cities 1,442 327 22.7 1,047 153 14.6 99 34 34.9 296 140 47.1
      Outside principal cities 2,455 496 20.2 1,854 256 13.8 145 44 30.1 456 197 43.2
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 558 173 31.0 416 90 21.7 49 17 (B) 93 65 70.5

Division (31)
 
New England 		1,419 242 17.0 1,103 109 9.9 71 26 (B) 245 108 43.8
Middle Atlantic 2,964 654 22.1 2,258 305 13.5 161 55 34.1 546 294 53.8
East North Central 4,268 1,152 27.0 3,106 530 17.1 316 124 39.2 846 498 58.9
West North Central 2,079 468 22.5 1,542 197 12.8 136 52 38.6 401 218 54.2
South Atlantic 4,149 1,041 25.1 3,076 480 15.6 271 131 48.1 802 430 53.6
East South Central 1,664 561 33.7 1,180 257 21.8 102 33 32.1 383 271 71.0
West South Central 2,144 597 27.8 1,562 272 17.4 141 62 43.8 440 263 59.7
Mountain 1,701 412 24.2 1,271 211 16.6 100 31 31.1 329 170 51.5
Pacific 2,754 584 21.2 2,046 288 14.1 192 64 33.3 516 232 45.1

Poverty Footnotes

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