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Percent of People Below Poverty Level in the Past 12 Months (for whom poverty status is determined)
Population for whom poverty status is determined (State level)
Rank State Percent Lower Bound Upper Bound
 
United States
12.2
12.0
12.4
1 Louisiana 20.0 19.0 21.0
2 West Virginia 18.6 17.3 19.9
3 Mississippi 18.2 17.2 19.2
4 New Mexico 18.0 16.4 19.7
5 District of Columbia 17.5 16.0 19.0
6 Arkansas 17.0 15.8 18.2
7 Kentucky 16.4 15.2 17.6
8 Alabama 15.6 14.6 16.6
8 Arizona 15.6 14.6 16.6
10 Texas 15.1 14.6 15.6
11 South Carolina 14.4 13.6 15.2
12 Oklahoma 13.8 13.0 14.6
13 California 13.7 13.2 14.2
14 Tennessee 13.5 12.7 14.3
15 Montana 13.4 12.1 14.7
16 Oregon 13.2 11.7 14.7
17 New York 13.1 12.6 13.6
17 North Carolina 13.1 12.4 13.8
19 Florida 12.8 12.3 13.3
20 Georgia 12.6 11.8 13.4
21 North Dakota 11.6 10.0 13.3
21 Washington 11.6 10.4 12.8
23 South Dakota 11.5 10.7 12.3
24 Idaho 11.4 10.1 12.7
24 Wyoming 11.4 9.8 13.1
26 Missouri 11.2 10.5 11.9
27 Illinois 11.1 10.4 11.8
27 Ohio 11.1 10.3 11.9
29 Rhode Island 10.7 9.5 11.9
29 Vermont 10.7 9.5 11.9
31 Pennsylvania 10.5 9.8 11.2
32 Indiana 10.1 9.1 11.1
32 Maine 10.1 8.9 11.3
32 Michigan 10.1 9.6 10.6
35 Iowa 10.0 9.3 10.7
36 Nevada 9.9 8.7 11.1
37 Massachusetts 9.6 8.9 10.3
37 Nebraska 9.6 8.9 10.3
39 Kansas 9.5 8.7 10.3
40 Delaware 9.3 8.3 10.3
40 Maryland 9.3 8.5 10.1
42 Virginia 9.2 8.4 10.0
43 Alaska 9.1 8.3 9.9
44 Wisconsin 8.9 7.7 10.1
45 Hawaii 8.8 8.0 9.6
45 Utah 8.8 7.6 10.0
47 Colorado 8.7 7.9 9.5
48 New Jersey 7.9 7.4 8.4
49 Connecticut 7.7 6.9 8.5
50 Minnesota 6.9 6.2 7.6
51 New Hampshire 5.3 4.5 6.1

  
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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2000 Supplementary Survey

Notes

The table above shows the margin of error, represented by the lower and upper bounds of the 90-percent confidence interval. The confidence interval gives a range of values likely to include the population true value.  The smaller the confidence interval the more precise the estimate of the characteristic of interest.

An "N" entry in the estimate, lower bound, and upper bound columns indicates that data for this geographic area cannot be displayed because the number of sample cases is too small.

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