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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 18 to 64
|
|---|
SAMPLE PERSON COUNT |
|---|
|
United States
|
125,761
|
14,226
|
(N/A)
|
11.3
|
(N/A)
|
19,042
|
(N/A)
|
15.1
|
(N/A)
|
|
Alabama
|
1,281
|
154
|
(N/A)
|
12.0
|
(N/A)
|
204
|
(N/A)
|
15.9
|
(N/A)
|
|
Alaska
|
1,669
|
131
|
(N/A)
|
7.8
|
(N/A)
|
185
|
(N/A)
|
11.1
|
(N/A)
|
|
Arizona
|
1,581
|
244
|
(N/A)
|
15.4
|
(N/A)
|
308
|
(N/A)
|
19.5
|
(N/A)
|
|
Arkansas
|
1,279
|
178
|
(N/A)
|
13.9
|
(N/A)
|
247
|
(N/A)
|
19.3
|
(N/A)
|
|
California
|
12,257
|
1,660
|
(N/A)
|
13.5
|
(N/A)
|
2,190
|
(N/A)
|
17.9
|
(N/A)
|
|
Colorado
|
2,707
|
289
|
(N/A)
|
10.7
|
(N/A)
|
394
|
(N/A)
|
14.6
|
(N/A)
|
|
Connecticut
|
2,723
|
215
|
(N/A)
|
7.9
|
(N/A)
|
292
|
(N/A)
|
10.7
|
(N/A)
|
|
Delaware
|
1,844
|
165
|
(N/A)
|
8.9
|
(N/A)
|
245
|
(N/A)
|
13.3
|
(N/A)
|
|
District of Columbia
|
1,797
|
248
|
(N/A)
|
13.8
|
(N/A)
|
325
|
(N/A)
|
18.1
|
(N/A)
|
|
Florida
|
4,839
|
560
|
(N/A)
|
11.6
|
(N/A)
|
770
|
(N/A)
|
15.9
|
(N/A)
|
|
Georgia
|
2,789
|
384
|
(N/A)
|
13.8
|
(N/A)
|
493
|
(N/A)
|
17.7
|
(N/A)
|
|
Hawaii
|
2,178
|
193
|
(N/A)
|
8.9
|
(N/A)
|
270
|
(N/A)
|
12.4
|
(N/A)
|
|
Idaho
|
1,397
|
149
|
(N/A)
|
10.7
|
(N/A)
|
215
|
(N/A)
|
15.4
|
(N/A)
|
|
Illinois
|
4,080
|
437
|
(N/A)
|
10.7
|
(N/A)
|
592
|
(N/A)
|
14.5
|
(N/A)
|
|
Indiana
|
1,886
|
231
|
(N/A)
|
12.2
|
(N/A)
|
290
|
(N/A)
|
15.4
|
(N/A)
|
|
Iowa
|
2,280
|
194
|
(N/A)
|
8.5
|
(N/A)
|
264
|
(N/A)
|
11.6
|
(N/A)
|
|
Kansas
|
1,774
|
210
|
(N/A)
|
11.8
|
(N/A)
|
303
|
(N/A)
|
17.1
|
(N/A)
|
|
Kentucky
|
1,715
|
281
|
(N/A)
|
16.4
|
(N/A)
|
352
|
(N/A)
|
20.5
|
(N/A)
|
|
Louisiana
|
1,169
|
194
|
(N/A)
|
16.6
|
(N/A)
|
251
|
(N/A)
|
21.5
|
(N/A)
|
|
Maine
|
2,124
|
241
|
(N/A)
|
11.3
|
(N/A)
|
310
|
(N/A)
|
14.6
|
(N/A)
|
|
Maryland
|
3,104
|
217
|
(N/A)
|
7.0
|
(N/A)
|
305
|
(N/A)
|
9.8
|
(N/A)
|
|
Massachusetts
|
1,895
|
193
|
(N/A)
|
10.2
|
(N/A)
|
238
|
(N/A)
|
12.6
|
(N/A)
|
|
Michigan
|
2,899
|
351
|
(N/A)
|
12.1
|
(N/A)
|
469
|
(N/A)
|
16.2
|
(N/A)
|
|
Minnesota
|
2,840
|
238
|
(N/A)
|
8.4
|
(N/A)
|
318
|
(N/A)
|
11.2
|
(N/A)
|
|
Mississippi
|
1,122
|
189
|
(N/A)
|
16.8
|
(N/A)
|
264
|
(N/A)
|
23.5
|
(N/A)
|
|
Missouri
|
1,973
|
245
|
(N/A)
|
12.4
|
(N/A)
|
322
|
(N/A)
|
16.3
|
(N/A)
|
|
Montana
|
1,017
|
125
|
(N/A)
|
12.3
|
(N/A)
|
172
|
(N/A)
|
16.9
|
(N/A)
|
|
Nebraska
|
1,772
|
162
|
(N/A)
|
9.1
|
(N/A)
|
226
|
(N/A)
|
12.8
|
(N/A)
|
|
Nevada
|
1,985
|
185
|
(N/A)
|
9.3
|
(N/A)
|
253
|
(N/A)
|
12.7
|
(N/A)
|
|
New Hampshire
|
2,519
|
155
|
(N/A)
|
6.2
|
(N/A)
|
214
|
(N/A)
|
8.5
|
(N/A)
|
|
New Jersey
|
2,804
|
225
|
(N/A)
|
8.0
|
(N/A)
|
309
|
(N/A)
|
11.0
|
(N/A)
|
|
New Mexico
|
1,301
|
224
|
(N/A)
|
17.2
|
(N/A)
|
304
|
(N/A)
|
23.4
|
(N/A)
|
|
New York
|
5,654
|
751
|
(N/A)
|
13.3
|
(N/A)
|
937
|
(N/A)
|
16.6
|
(N/A)
|
|
North Carolina
|
2,484
|
313
|
(N/A)
|
12.6
|
(N/A)
|
425
|
(N/A)
|
17.1
|
(N/A)
|
|
North Dakota
|
1,417
|
146
|
(N/A)
|
10.3
|
(N/A)
|
191
|
(N/A)
|
13.5
|
(N/A)
|
|
Ohio
|
3,268
|
396
|
(N/A)
|
12.1
|
(N/A)
|
510
|
(N/A)
|
15.6
|
(N/A)
|
|
Oklahoma
|
1,480
|
179
|
(N/A)
|
12.1
|
(N/A)
|
242
|
(N/A)
|
16.4
|
(N/A)
|
|
Oregon
|
1,779
|
196
|
(N/A)
|
11.0
|
(N/A)
|
261
|
(N/A)
|
14.7
|
(N/A)
|
|
Pennsylvania
|
3,691
|
365
|
(N/A)
|
9.9
|
(N/A)
|
482
|
(N/A)
|
13.1
|
(N/A)
|
|
Rhode Island
|
1,959
|
233
|
(N/A)
|
11.9
|
(N/A)
|
292
|
(N/A)
|
14.9
|
(N/A)
|
|
South Carolina
|
1,644
|
199
|
(N/A)
|
12.1
|
(N/A)
|
283
|
(N/A)
|
17.2
|
(N/A)
|
|
South Dakota
|
1,720
|
212
|
(N/A)
|
12.3
|
(N/A)
|
269
|
(N/A)
|
15.6
|
(N/A)
|
|
Tennessee
|
1,614
|
209
|
(N/A)
|
12.9
|
(N/A)
|
294
|
(N/A)
|
18.2
|
(N/A)
|
|
Texas
|
7,279
|
993
|
(N/A)
|
13.6
|
(N/A)
|
1,404
|
(N/A)
|
19.3
|
(N/A)
|
|
Utah
|
1,539
|
116
|
(N/A)
|
7.5
|
(N/A)
|
159
|
(N/A)
|
10.3
|
(N/A)
|
|
Vermont
|
1,651
|
124
|
(N/A)
|
7.5
|
(N/A)
|
171
|
(N/A)
|
10.4
|
(N/A)
|
|
Virginia
|
2,670
|
209
|
(N/A)
|
7.8
|
(N/A)
|
293
|
(N/A)
|
11.0
|
(N/A)
|
|
Washington
|
2,211
|
209
|
(N/A)
|
9.5
|
(N/A)
|
252
|
(N/A)
|
11.4
|
(N/A)
|
|
West Virginia
|
1,273
|
177
|
(N/A)
|
13.9
|
(N/A)
|
245
|
(N/A)
|
19.2
|
(N/A)
|
|
Wisconsin
|
2,321
|
202
|
(N/A)
|
8.7
|
(N/A)
|
270
|
(N/A)
|
11.6
|
(N/A)
|
|
Wyoming
|
1,507
|
130
|
(N/A)
|
8.6
|
(N/A)
|
168
|
(N/A)
|
11.1
|
(N/A)
|
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