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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) |
People Under 18
|
|---|
SAMPLE PERSON COUNT |
|---|
|
United States
|
60,380
|
10,444
|
(N/A)
|
17.3
|
(N/A)
|
13,926
|
(N/A)
|
23.1
|
(N/A)
|
|
Alabama
|
545
|
122
|
(N/A)
|
22.4
|
(N/A)
|
153
|
(N/A)
|
28.1
|
(N/A)
|
|
Alaska
|
751
|
64
|
(N/A)
|
8.5
|
(N/A)
|
91
|
(N/A)
|
12.1
|
(N/A)
|
|
Arizona
|
819
|
209
|
(N/A)
|
25.5
|
(N/A)
|
263
|
(N/A)
|
32.1
|
(N/A)
|
|
Arkansas
|
643
|
122
|
(N/A)
|
19.0
|
(N/A)
|
166
|
(N/A)
|
25.8
|
(N/A)
|
|
California
|
5,741
|
1,154
|
(N/A)
|
20.1
|
(N/A)
|
1,526
|
(N/A)
|
26.6
|
(N/A)
|
|
Colorado
|
1,313
|
189
|
(N/A)
|
14.4
|
(N/A)
|
269
|
(N/A)
|
20.5
|
(N/A)
|
|
Connecticut
|
1,302
|
132
|
(N/A)
|
10.1
|
(N/A)
|
199
|
(N/A)
|
15.3
|
(N/A)
|
|
Delaware
|
864
|
119
|
(N/A)
|
13.8
|
(N/A)
|
193
|
(N/A)
|
22.3
|
(N/A)
|
|
District of Columbia
|
523
|
141
|
(N/A)
|
27.0
|
(N/A)
|
183
|
(N/A)
|
35.0
|
(N/A)
|
|
Florida
|
1,994
|
331
|
(N/A)
|
16.6
|
(N/A)
|
477
|
(N/A)
|
23.9
|
(N/A)
|
|
Georgia
|
1,414
|
297
|
(N/A)
|
21.0
|
(N/A)
|
368
|
(N/A)
|
26.0
|
(N/A)
|
|
Hawaii
|
931
|
133
|
(N/A)
|
14.3
|
(N/A)
|
183
|
(N/A)
|
19.7
|
(N/A)
|
|
Idaho
|
871
|
151
|
(N/A)
|
17.3
|
(N/A)
|
219
|
(N/A)
|
25.1
|
(N/A)
|
|
Illinois
|
2,001
|
362
|
(N/A)
|
18.1
|
(N/A)
|
462
|
(N/A)
|
23.1
|
(N/A)
|
|
Indiana
|
1,048
|
236
|
(N/A)
|
22.5
|
(N/A)
|
291
|
(N/A)
|
27.8
|
(N/A)
|
|
Iowa
|
1,180
|
161
|
(N/A)
|
13.6
|
(N/A)
|
220
|
(N/A)
|
18.6
|
(N/A)
|
|
Kansas
|
978
|
166
|
(N/A)
|
17.0
|
(N/A)
|
246
|
(N/A)
|
25.2
|
(N/A)
|
|
Kentucky
|
771
|
180
|
(N/A)
|
23.3
|
(N/A)
|
218
|
(N/A)
|
28.3
|
(N/A)
|
|
Louisiana
|
620
|
150
|
(N/A)
|
24.2
|
(N/A)
|
198
|
(N/A)
|
31.9
|
(N/A)
|
|
Maine
|
958
|
158
|
(N/A)
|
16.5
|
(N/A)
|
199
|
(N/A)
|
20.8
|
(N/A)
|
|
Maryland
|
1,325
|
119
|
(N/A)
|
9.0
|
(N/A)
|
193
|
(N/A)
|
14.6
|
(N/A)
|
|
Massachusetts
|
923
|
159
|
(N/A)
|
17.2
|
(N/A)
|
183
|
(N/A)
|
19.8
|
(N/A)
|
|
Michigan
|
1,432
|
269
|
(N/A)
|
18.8
|
(N/A)
|
345
|
(N/A)
|
24.1
|
(N/A)
|
|
Minnesota
|
1,404
|
198
|
(N/A)
|
14.1
|
(N/A)
|
263
|
(N/A)
|
18.7
|
(N/A)
|
|
Mississippi
|
510
|
128
|
(N/A)
|
25.1
|
(N/A)
|
190
|
(N/A)
|
37.3
|
(N/A)
|
|
Missouri
|
982
|
177
|
(N/A)
|
18.0
|
(N/A)
|
226
|
(N/A)
|
23.0
|
(N/A)
|
|
Montana
|
487
|
92
|
(N/A)
|
18.9
|
(N/A)
|
127
|
(N/A)
|
26.1
|
(N/A)
|
|
Nebraska
|
936
|
138
|
(N/A)
|
14.7
|
(N/A)
|
194
|
(N/A)
|
20.7
|
(N/A)
|
|
Nevada
|
877
|
140
|
(N/A)
|
16.0
|
(N/A)
|
189
|
(N/A)
|
21.6
|
(N/A)
|
|
New Hampshire
|
1,181
|
94
|
(N/A)
|
8.0
|
(N/A)
|
131
|
(N/A)
|
11.1
|
(N/A)
|
|
New Jersey
|
1,365
|
181
|
(N/A)
|
13.3
|
(N/A)
|
236
|
(N/A)
|
17.3
|
(N/A)
|
|
New Mexico
|
633
|
159
|
(N/A)
|
25.1
|
(N/A)
|
202
|
(N/A)
|
31.9
|
(N/A)
|
|
New York
|
2,514
|
508
|
(N/A)
|
20.2
|
(N/A)
|
644
|
(N/A)
|
25.6
|
(N/A)
|
|
North Carolina
|
1,170
|
217
|
(N/A)
|
18.5
|
(N/A)
|
304
|
(N/A)
|
26.0
|
(N/A)
|
|
North Dakota
|
698
|
119
|
(N/A)
|
17.0
|
(N/A)
|
151
|
(N/A)
|
21.6
|
(N/A)
|
|
Ohio
|
1,571
|
305
|
(N/A)
|
19.4
|
(N/A)
|
382
|
(N/A)
|
24.3
|
(N/A)
|
|
Oklahoma
|
736
|
164
|
(N/A)
|
22.3
|
(N/A)
|
218
|
(N/A)
|
29.6
|
(N/A)
|
|
Oregon
|
877
|
124
|
(N/A)
|
14.1
|
(N/A)
|
204
|
(N/A)
|
23.3
|
(N/A)
|
|
Pennsylvania
|
1,705
|
249
|
(N/A)
|
14.6
|
(N/A)
|
322
|
(N/A)
|
18.9
|
(N/A)
|
|
Rhode Island
|
963
|
186
|
(N/A)
|
19.3
|
(N/A)
|
224
|
(N/A)
|
23.3
|
(N/A)
|
|
South Carolina
|
744
|
132
|
(N/A)
|
17.7
|
(N/A)
|
168
|
(N/A)
|
22.6
|
(N/A)
|
|
South Dakota
|
939
|
178
|
(N/A)
|
19.0
|
(N/A)
|
212
|
(N/A)
|
22.6
|
(N/A)
|
|
Tennessee
|
724
|
142
|
(N/A)
|
19.6
|
(N/A)
|
190
|
(N/A)
|
26.2
|
(N/A)
|
|
Texas
|
3,848
|
870
|
(N/A)
|
22.6
|
(N/A)
|
1,196
|
(N/A)
|
31.1
|
(N/A)
|
|
Utah
|
1,003
|
87
|
(N/A)
|
8.7
|
(N/A)
|
123
|
(N/A)
|
12.3
|
(N/A)
|
|
Vermont
|
738
|
67
|
(N/A)
|
9.1
|
(N/A)
|
105
|
(N/A)
|
14.2
|
(N/A)
|
|
Virginia
|
1,250
|
171
|
(N/A)
|
13.7
|
(N/A)
|
235
|
(N/A)
|
18.8
|
(N/A)
|
|
Washington
|
1,049
|
130
|
(N/A)
|
12.4
|
(N/A)
|
161
|
(N/A)
|
15.3
|
(N/A)
|
|
West Virginia
|
569
|
122
|
(N/A)
|
21.4
|
(N/A)
|
170
|
(N/A)
|
29.9
|
(N/A)
|
|
Wisconsin
|
1,178
|
149
|
(N/A)
|
12.6
|
(N/A)
|
202
|
(N/A)
|
17.1
|
(N/A)
|
|
Wyoming
|
782
|
93
|
(N/A)
|
11.9
|
(N/A)
|
112
|
(N/A)
|
14.3
|
(N/A)
|
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