STATE RANKINGS [When states share the same rank, the next lower rank is omitted. States may share the same value but have different ranks due to rounding] --------------------------------------- ---------------- ---------------- Persons below poverty level STATE ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- 1995 1990 Children \1,1995 ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- Percent Rank Percent Rank Percent Rank --------------------------------------- ---------------- ---------------- United States 13.8 X 13.5 X 19.0 X Alabama 20.1 3 19.2 5 22.6 11 Alaska 7.1 49 11.4 30 6.7 49 Arizona 16.1 12 13.7 19 24.2 6 Arkansas 14.9 15 19.6 4 21.7 13 California 16.7 8 13.9 18 23.4 9 Colorado 8.8 45 13.7 19 10.7 42 Connecticut 9.7 40 6.0 50 17.8 19 Delaware 10.3 35 6.9 48 16.6 24 District of Columbia 22.2 X 21.1 X 31.5 X Florida 16.2 11 14.4 15 22.1 12 Georgia 12.1 26 15.8 12 15.6 29 Hawaii 10.3 35 11.0 32 14.2 35 Idaho 14.5 17 14.9 14 16.7 23 Illinois 12.4 21 13.7 19 20.3 14 Indiana 9.6 41 13.0 26 14.5 32 Iowa 12.2 22 10.4 37 15.5 30 Kansas 10.8 33 10.3 38 10.7 42 Kentucky 14.7 16 17.3 7 19.3 17 Louisiana 19.7 5 23.6 2 24.4 5 Maine 11.2 29 13.1 25 14.3 34 Maryland 10.1 39 9.9 40 13.3 36 Massachusetts 11.0 32 10.7 36 16.8 22 Michigan 12.2 22 14.3 16 14.8 31 Minnesota 9.2 44 12.0 28 10.4 45 Mississippi 23.5 2 25.7 1 36.4 1 Missouri 9.4 43 13.4 23 9.8 46 Montana 15.3 14 16.3 9 19.0 18 Nebraska 9.6 41 10.3 38 11.9 39 Nevada 11.1 31 9.8 41 11.1 41 New Hampshire 5.3 50 6.3 49 4.3 50 New Jersey 7.8 48 9.2 43 9.5 47 New Mexico 25.3 1 20.9 3 34.9 2 New York 16.5 10 14.3 16 23.6 8 North Carolina 12.6 19 13.0 26 20.2 15 North Dakota 12.0 27 13.7 19 13.2 37 Ohio 11.5 28 11.5 29 17.1 21 Oklahoma 17.1 7 15.6 13 24.2 6 Oregon 11.2 29 9.2 43 16.2 28 Pennsylvania 12.2 22 11.0 32 16.5 26 Rhode Island 10.6 34 7.5 47 16.4 27 South Carolina 19.9 4 16.2 10 31.7 3 South Dakota 14.5 17 13.3 24 17.3 20 Tennessee 15.5 13 16.9 8 19.6 16 Texas 17.4 6 15.9 11 23.1 10 Utah 8.4 47 8.2 46 8.4 48 Vermont 10.3 35 10.9 35 13.0 38 Virginia 10.2 38 11.1 31 14.5 32 Washington 12.5 20 8.9 45 16.6 24 West Virginia 16.7 8 18.1 6 25.8 4 Wisconsin 8.5 46 9.3 42 11.2 40 Wyoming 12.2 22 11.0 32 10.6 44 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- X Not applicable. \1 Related children under 18 years. Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, State and Metropolitan Area Data Book 1997-98, table A-24.