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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 Under
18 Years of Age (9)
|
|---|
SAMPLE PERSON COUNT |
|---|
|
United States
|
59,499
|
10,004
|
(N/A)
|
16.8
|
(N/A)
|
13,413
|
(N/A)
|
22.5
|
(N/A)
|
|
Alabama
|
536
|
116
|
(N/A)
|
21.6
|
(N/A)
|
145
|
(N/A)
|
27.1
|
(N/A)
|
|
Alaska
|
740
|
59
|
(N/A)
|
8.0
|
(N/A)
|
86
|
(N/A)
|
11.6
|
(N/A)
|
|
Arizona
|
809
|
203
|
(N/A)
|
25.1
|
(N/A)
|
257
|
(N/A)
|
31.8
|
(N/A)
|
|
Arkansas
|
629
|
111
|
(N/A)
|
17.6
|
(N/A)
|
153
|
(N/A)
|
24.3
|
(N/A)
|
|
California
|
5,649
|
1,108
|
(N/A)
|
19.6
|
(N/A)
|
1,472
|
(N/A)
|
26.1
|
(N/A)
|
|
Colorado
|
1,296
|
181
|
(N/A)
|
14.0
|
(N/A)
|
261
|
(N/A)
|
20.1
|
(N/A)
|
|
Connecticut
|
1,290
|
129
|
(N/A)
|
10.0
|
(N/A)
|
194
|
(N/A)
|
15.0
|
(N/A)
|
|
Delaware
|
848
|
113
|
(N/A)
|
13.3
|
(N/A)
|
184
|
(N/A)
|
21.7
|
(N/A)
|
|
District of Columbia
|
519
|
141
|
(N/A)
|
27.2
|
(N/A)
|
183
|
(N/A)
|
35.3
|
(N/A)
|
|
Florida
|
1,960
|
309
|
(N/A)
|
15.8
|
(N/A)
|
453
|
(N/A)
|
23.1
|
(N/A)
|
|
Georgia
|
1,397
|
287
|
(N/A)
|
20.5
|
(N/A)
|
353
|
(N/A)
|
25.3
|
(N/A)
|
|
Hawaii
|
916
|
127
|
(N/A)
|
13.9
|
(N/A)
|
176
|
(N/A)
|
19.2
|
(N/A)
|
|
Idaho
|
854
|
139
|
(N/A)
|
16.3
|
(N/A)
|
207
|
(N/A)
|
24.2
|
(N/A)
|
|
Illinois
|
1,982
|
355
|
(N/A)
|
17.9
|
(N/A)
|
453
|
(N/A)
|
22.9
|
(N/A)
|
|
Indiana
|
1,040
|
231
|
(N/A)
|
22.2
|
(N/A)
|
286
|
(N/A)
|
27.5
|
(N/A)
|
|
Iowa
|
1,162
|
154
|
(N/A)
|
13.3
|
(N/A)
|
212
|
(N/A)
|
18.2
|
(N/A)
|
|
Kansas
|
956
|
156
|
(N/A)
|
16.3
|
(N/A)
|
235
|
(N/A)
|
24.6
|
(N/A)
|
|
Kentucky
|
758
|
174
|
(N/A)
|
23.0
|
(N/A)
|
210
|
(N/A)
|
27.7
|
(N/A)
|
|
Louisiana
|
615
|
146
|
(N/A)
|
23.7
|
(N/A)
|
194
|
(N/A)
|
31.5
|
(N/A)
|
|
Maine
|
932
|
143
|
(N/A)
|
15.3
|
(N/A)
|
184
|
(N/A)
|
19.7
|
(N/A)
|
|
Maryland
|
1,312
|
114
|
(N/A)
|
8.7
|
(N/A)
|
188
|
(N/A)
|
14.3
|
(N/A)
|
|
Massachusetts
|
920
|
157
|
(N/A)
|
17.1
|
(N/A)
|
181
|
(N/A)
|
19.7
|
(N/A)
|
|
Michigan
|
1,409
|
257
|
(N/A)
|
18.2
|
(N/A)
|
327
|
(N/A)
|
23.2
|
(N/A)
|
|
Minnesota
|
1,383
|
187
|
(N/A)
|
13.5
|
(N/A)
|
248
|
(N/A)
|
17.9
|
(N/A)
|
|
Mississippi
|
504
|
125
|
(N/A)
|
24.8
|
(N/A)
|
187
|
(N/A)
|
37.1
|
(N/A)
|
|
Missouri
|
958
|
166
|
(N/A)
|
17.3
|
(N/A)
|
215
|
(N/A)
|
22.4
|
(N/A)
|
|
Montana
|
473
|
81
|
(N/A)
|
17.1
|
(N/A)
|
115
|
(N/A)
|
24.3
|
(N/A)
|
|
Nebraska
|
922
|
128
|
(N/A)
|
13.9
|
(N/A)
|
182
|
(N/A)
|
19.7
|
(N/A)
|
|
Nevada
|
857
|
133
|
(N/A)
|
15.5
|
(N/A)
|
180
|
(N/A)
|
21.0
|
(N/A)
|
|
New Hampshire
|
1,165
|
88
|
(N/A)
|
7.6
|
(N/A)
|
125
|
(N/A)
|
10.7
|
(N/A)
|
|
New Jersey
|
1,345
|
174
|
(N/A)
|
12.9
|
(N/A)
|
229
|
(N/A)
|
17.0
|
(N/A)
|
|
New Mexico
|
627
|
157
|
(N/A)
|
25.0
|
(N/A)
|
197
|
(N/A)
|
31.4
|
(N/A)
|
|
New York
|
2,479
|
486
|
(N/A)
|
19.6
|
(N/A)
|
619
|
(N/A)
|
25.0
|
(N/A)
|
|
North Carolina
|
1,152
|
205
|
(N/A)
|
17.8
|
(N/A)
|
289
|
(N/A)
|
25.1
|
(N/A)
|
|
North Dakota
|
686
|
112
|
(N/A)
|
16.3
|
(N/A)
|
144
|
(N/A)
|
21.0
|
(N/A)
|
|
Ohio
|
1,548
|
287
|
(N/A)
|
18.5
|
(N/A)
|
363
|
(N/A)
|
23.4
|
(N/A)
|
|
Oklahoma
|
724
|
157
|
(N/A)
|
21.7
|
(N/A)
|
211
|
(N/A)
|
29.1
|
(N/A)
|
|
Oregon
|
860
|
117
|
(N/A)
|
13.6
|
(N/A)
|
193
|
(N/A)
|
22.4
|
(N/A)
|
|
Pennsylvania
|
1,680
|
240
|
(N/A)
|
14.3
|
(N/A)
|
311
|
(N/A)
|
18.5
|
(N/A)
|
|
Rhode Island
|
944
|
179
|
(N/A)
|
19.0
|
(N/A)
|
217
|
(N/A)
|
23.0
|
(N/A)
|
|
South Carolina
|
733
|
124
|
(N/A)
|
16.9
|
(N/A)
|
160
|
(N/A)
|
21.8
|
(N/A)
|
|
South Dakota
|
923
|
170
|
(N/A)
|
18.4
|
(N/A)
|
201
|
(N/A)
|
21.8
|
(N/A)
|
|
Tennessee
|
711
|
137
|
(N/A)
|
19.3
|
(N/A)
|
183
|
(N/A)
|
25.7
|
(N/A)
|
|
Texas
|
3,805
|
856
|
(N/A)
|
22.5
|
(N/A)
|
1,179
|
(N/A)
|
31.0
|
(N/A)
|
|
Utah
|
994
|
85
|
(N/A)
|
8.6
|
(N/A)
|
118
|
(N/A)
|
11.9
|
(N/A)
|
|
Vermont
|
728
|
63
|
(N/A)
|
8.7
|
(N/A)
|
101
|
(N/A)
|
13.9
|
(N/A)
|
|
Virginia
|
1,240
|
168
|
(N/A)
|
13.5
|
(N/A)
|
232
|
(N/A)
|
18.7
|
(N/A)
|
|
Washington
|
1,037
|
124
|
(N/A)
|
12.0
|
(N/A)
|
155
|
(N/A)
|
14.9
|
(N/A)
|
|
West Virginia
|
565
|
118
|
(N/A)
|
20.9
|
(N/A)
|
166
|
(N/A)
|
29.4
|
(N/A)
|
|
Wisconsin
|
1,159
|
142
|
(N/A)
|
12.3
|
(N/A)
|
195
|
(N/A)
|
16.8
|
(N/A)
|
|
Wyoming
|
768
|
85
|
(N/A)
|
11.1
|
(N/A)
|
104
|
(N/A)
|
13.5
|
(N/A)
|
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