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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)

Asian alone (12)
 
Families with related children
  under 18 years, total (13) 		1,847 471 25.5 1,531 317 20.7 76 17 23.1 241 136 56.6

Residence and Region (31)

United States:
 
  Inside metro statistical areas 		1,789 455 25.4 1,487 308 20.7 74 17 (B) 228 129 56.4
      Inside principal cities 843 250 29.6 672 169 25.2 42 12 (B) 129 69 53.7
      Outside principal cities 946 205 21.6 815 139 17.1 32 6 (B) 99 59 59.9
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 58 16 (B) 44 8 (B) 2 0 (B) 13 8 (B)

Residence and Region (31)
 
Northeast 		329 99 30.0 296 74 25.0 7 2 (B) 27 23 (B)
  Inside metro statistical areas 322 95 29.5 292 73 25.0 7 2 (B) 24 20 (B)
      Inside principal cities 139 59 42.5 119 44 37.0 4 2 (B) 15 13 (B)
      Outside principal cities 183 36 19.6 173 29 16.8 2 0 (B) 9 7 (B)
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 7 4 (B) 4 1 (B) 0 0 (X) 3 3 (B)
Midwest 247 71 28.9 219 54 24.7 4 4 (B) 24 14 (B)
  Inside metro statistical areas 236 69 29.3 208 52 24.8 4 4 (B) 24 14 (B)
      Inside principal cities 102 40 38.9 88 29 33.1 2 2 (B) 12 8 (B)
      Outside principal cities 134 29 21.9 120 23 18.7 2 2 (B) 12 5 (B)
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 11 2 (B) 11 2 (B) 0 0 (X) 0 0 (B)
South 466 109 23.3 390 79 20.4 20 3 (B) 56 27 (B)
  Inside metro statistical areas 439 104 23.7 370 77 20.9 19 3 (B) 49 24 (B)
      Inside principal cities 157 41 26.2 123 27 21.8 8 0 (B) 26 14 (B)
      Outside principal cities 282 63 22.3 247 51 20.5 12 3 (B) 23 10 (B)
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 28 5 (B) 20 2 (B) 1 0 (B) 6 3 (B)
West 805 192 23.8 626 109 17.5 45 9 (B) 134 73 54.4
  Inside metro statistical areas 792 186 23.5 617 106 17.2 44 9 (B) 131 71 54.1
      Inside principal cities 445 110 24.7 342 69 20.2 27 8 (B) 76 33 44.1
      Outside principal cities 347 76 22.0 275 37 13.6 17 2 (B) 55 37 (B)
  Outside metro statistical areas (35) 13 5 (B) 8 3 (B) 1 0 (B) 4 2 (B)

Division (31)
 
New England 		94 24 25.2 86 19 22.6 1 0 (B) 7 4 (B)
Middle Atlantic 235 75 31.9 210 55 26.0 6 2 (B) 20 19 (B)
East North Central 183 50 27.2 168 40 23.7 1 1 (B) 14 9 (B)
West North Central 64 22 (B) 51 14 (B) 3 3 (B) 10 5 (B)
South Atlantic 246 48 19.6 219 39 17.8 6 1 (B) 21 8 (B)
East South Central 28 15 (B) 19 5 (B) 1 1 (B) 8 8 (B)
West South Central 192 46 23.9 152 35 23.0 13 0 (B) 27 11 (B)
Mountain 85 24 28.1 69 17 (B) 3 1 (B) 14 6 (B)
Pacific 719 168 23.3 557 92 16.5 42 8 (B) 121 67 56.0

Poverty Footnotes

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