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POV46: Poverty Status by State: 2008
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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2009 Annual Social and Economic Supplement.
(Use caution when interpreting state-level estimates, because they have high variability. Please observe the size of the standard errors when interpreting the data -- the larger the standard error, the less reliable the estimate.)
| |
|
Below 100% of poverty (5) |
Below 125% of poverty (5) |
| All income levels |
Number |
Standard error (19) |
Percent |
Standard error (19) |
Number |
Standard error (19) |
Percent |
Standard error (19) |
Related Children 5 to 17
Years of Age (14)
|
|---|
SAMPLE PERSON COUNT |
|---|
|
United States
|
57,816
|
9,651
|
(N/A)
|
16.7
|
(N/A)
|
12,920
|
(N/A)
|
22.3
|
(N/A)
|
|
Alabama
|
512
|
111
|
(N/A)
|
21.7
|
(N/A)
|
137
|
(N/A)
|
26.8
|
(N/A)
|
|
Alaska
|
730
|
58
|
(N/A)
|
7.9
|
(N/A)
|
85
|
(N/A)
|
11.6
|
(N/A)
|
|
Arizona
|
779
|
195
|
(N/A)
|
25.0
|
(N/A)
|
246
|
(N/A)
|
31.6
|
(N/A)
|
|
Arkansas
|
612
|
103
|
(N/A)
|
16.8
|
(N/A)
|
143
|
(N/A)
|
23.4
|
(N/A)
|
|
California
|
5,442
|
1,062
|
(N/A)
|
19.5
|
(N/A)
|
1,407
|
(N/A)
|
25.9
|
(N/A)
|
|
Colorado
|
1,273
|
179
|
(N/A)
|
14.1
|
(N/A)
|
258
|
(N/A)
|
20.3
|
(N/A)
|
|
Connecticut
|
1,260
|
127
|
(N/A)
|
10.1
|
(N/A)
|
191
|
(N/A)
|
15.2
|
(N/A)
|
|
Delaware
|
823
|
110
|
(N/A)
|
13.4
|
(N/A)
|
179
|
(N/A)
|
21.7
|
(N/A)
|
|
District of Columbia
|
493
|
134
|
(N/A)
|
27.2
|
(N/A)
|
172
|
(N/A)
|
34.9
|
(N/A)
|
|
Florida
|
1,907
|
298
|
(N/A)
|
15.6
|
(N/A)
|
439
|
(N/A)
|
23.0
|
(N/A)
|
|
Georgia
|
1,352
|
274
|
(N/A)
|
20.3
|
(N/A)
|
339
|
(N/A)
|
25.1
|
(N/A)
|
|
Hawaii
|
844
|
124
|
(N/A)
|
14.7
|
(N/A)
|
172
|
(N/A)
|
20.4
|
(N/A)
|
|
Idaho
|
843
|
137
|
(N/A)
|
16.3
|
(N/A)
|
205
|
(N/A)
|
24.3
|
(N/A)
|
|
Illinois
|
1,933
|
346
|
(N/A)
|
17.9
|
(N/A)
|
441
|
(N/A)
|
22.8
|
(N/A)
|
|
Indiana
|
1,014
|
228
|
(N/A)
|
22.5
|
(N/A)
|
280
|
(N/A)
|
27.6
|
(N/A)
|
|
Iowa
|
1,143
|
149
|
(N/A)
|
13.0
|
(N/A)
|
207
|
(N/A)
|
18.1
|
(N/A)
|
|
Kansas
|
935
|
151
|
(N/A)
|
16.1
|
(N/A)
|
228
|
(N/A)
|
24.4
|
(N/A)
|
|
Kentucky
|
728
|
166
|
(N/A)
|
22.8
|
(N/A)
|
198
|
(N/A)
|
27.2
|
(N/A)
|
|
Louisiana
|
596
|
140
|
(N/A)
|
23.5
|
(N/A)
|
184
|
(N/A)
|
30.9
|
(N/A)
|
|
Maine
|
921
|
143
|
(N/A)
|
15.5
|
(N/A)
|
182
|
(N/A)
|
19.8
|
(N/A)
|
|
Maryland
|
1,256
|
110
|
(N/A)
|
8.8
|
(N/A)
|
180
|
(N/A)
|
14.3
|
(N/A)
|
|
Massachusetts
|
904
|
155
|
(N/A)
|
17.1
|
(N/A)
|
179
|
(N/A)
|
19.8
|
(N/A)
|
|
Michigan
|
1,379
|
253
|
(N/A)
|
18.3
|
(N/A)
|
320
|
(N/A)
|
23.2
|
(N/A)
|
|
Minnesota
|
1,354
|
184
|
(N/A)
|
13.6
|
(N/A)
|
245
|
(N/A)
|
18.1
|
(N/A)
|
|
Mississippi
|
464
|
113
|
(N/A)
|
24.4
|
(N/A)
|
170
|
(N/A)
|
36.6
|
(N/A)
|
|
Missouri
|
940
|
163
|
(N/A)
|
17.3
|
(N/A)
|
210
|
(N/A)
|
22.3
|
(N/A)
|
|
Montana
|
468
|
76
|
(N/A)
|
16.2
|
(N/A)
|
110
|
(N/A)
|
23.5
|
(N/A)
|
|
Nebraska
|
889
|
118
|
(N/A)
|
13.3
|
(N/A)
|
171
|
(N/A)
|
19.2
|
(N/A)
|
|
Nevada
|
832
|
127
|
(N/A)
|
15.3
|
(N/A)
|
170
|
(N/A)
|
20.4
|
(N/A)
|
|
New Hampshire
|
1,146
|
84
|
(N/A)
|
7.3
|
(N/A)
|
121
|
(N/A)
|
10.6
|
(N/A)
|
|
New Jersey
|
1,322
|
172
|
(N/A)
|
13.0
|
(N/A)
|
226
|
(N/A)
|
17.1
|
(N/A)
|
|
New Mexico
|
604
|
152
|
(N/A)
|
25.2
|
(N/A)
|
188
|
(N/A)
|
31.1
|
(N/A)
|
|
New York
|
2,417
|
477
|
(N/A)
|
19.7
|
(N/A)
|
603
|
(N/A)
|
24.9
|
(N/A)
|
|
North Carolina
|
1,126
|
196
|
(N/A)
|
17.4
|
(N/A)
|
277
|
(N/A)
|
24.6
|
(N/A)
|
|
North Dakota
|
678
|
111
|
(N/A)
|
16.4
|
(N/A)
|
142
|
(N/A)
|
20.9
|
(N/A)
|
|
Ohio
|
1,496
|
265
|
(N/A)
|
17.7
|
(N/A)
|
338
|
(N/A)
|
22.6
|
(N/A)
|
|
Oklahoma
|
714
|
157
|
(N/A)
|
22.0
|
(N/A)
|
210
|
(N/A)
|
29.4
|
(N/A)
|
|
Oregon
|
842
|
116
|
(N/A)
|
13.8
|
(N/A)
|
192
|
(N/A)
|
22.8
|
(N/A)
|
|
Pennsylvania
|
1,626
|
232
|
(N/A)
|
14.3
|
(N/A)
|
298
|
(N/A)
|
18.3
|
(N/A)
|
|
Rhode Island
|
926
|
176
|
(N/A)
|
19.0
|
(N/A)
|
212
|
(N/A)
|
22.9
|
(N/A)
|
|
South Carolina
|
720
|
121
|
(N/A)
|
16.8
|
(N/A)
|
156
|
(N/A)
|
21.7
|
(N/A)
|
|
South Dakota
|
906
|
160
|
(N/A)
|
17.7
|
(N/A)
|
190
|
(N/A)
|
21.0
|
(N/A)
|
|
Tennessee
|
684
|
132
|
(N/A)
|
19.3
|
(N/A)
|
172
|
(N/A)
|
25.1
|
(N/A)
|
|
Texas
|
3,659
|
813
|
(N/A)
|
22.2
|
(N/A)
|
1,117
|
(N/A)
|
30.5
|
(N/A)
|
|
Utah
|
966
|
82
|
(N/A)
|
8.5
|
(N/A)
|
114
|
(N/A)
|
11.8
|
(N/A)
|
|
Vermont
|
718
|
62
|
(N/A)
|
8.6
|
(N/A)
|
100
|
(N/A)
|
13.9
|
(N/A)
|
|
Virginia
|
1,200
|
156
|
(N/A)
|
13.0
|
(N/A)
|
216
|
(N/A)
|
18.0
|
(N/A)
|
|
Washington
|
1,009
|
121
|
(N/A)
|
12.0
|
(N/A)
|
152
|
(N/A)
|
15.1
|
(N/A)
|
|
West Virginia
|
550
|
111
|
(N/A)
|
20.2
|
(N/A)
|
156
|
(N/A)
|
28.4
|
(N/A)
|
|
Wisconsin
|
1,137
|
139
|
(N/A)
|
12.2
|
(N/A)
|
191
|
(N/A)
|
16.8
|
(N/A)
|
|
Wyoming
|
744
|
82
|
(N/A)
|
11.0
|
(N/A)
|
101
|
(N/A)
|
13.6
|
(N/A)
|
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