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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 135% of poverty (5) |
Below 150% 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
|
14,060
|
(N/A)
|
24.3
|
(N/A)
|
15,914
|
(N/A)
|
27.5
|
(N/A)
|
|
Alabama
|
512
|
146
|
(N/A)
|
28.5
|
(N/A)
|
178
|
(N/A)
|
34.8
|
(N/A)
|
|
Alaska
|
730
|
99
|
(N/A)
|
13.6
|
(N/A)
|
117
|
(N/A)
|
16.0
|
(N/A)
|
|
Arizona
|
779
|
263
|
(N/A)
|
33.8
|
(N/A)
|
297
|
(N/A)
|
38.1
|
(N/A)
|
|
Arkansas
|
612
|
158
|
(N/A)
|
25.8
|
(N/A)
|
194
|
(N/A)
|
31.7
|
(N/A)
|
|
California
|
5,442
|
1,536
|
(N/A)
|
28.2
|
(N/A)
|
1,709
|
(N/A)
|
31.4
|
(N/A)
|
|
Colorado
|
1,273
|
284
|
(N/A)
|
22.3
|
(N/A)
|
312
|
(N/A)
|
24.5
|
(N/A)
|
|
Connecticut
|
1,260
|
216
|
(N/A)
|
17.1
|
(N/A)
|
240
|
(N/A)
|
19.0
|
(N/A)
|
|
Delaware
|
823
|
191
|
(N/A)
|
23.2
|
(N/A)
|
211
|
(N/A)
|
25.6
|
(N/A)
|
|
District of Columbia
|
493
|
185
|
(N/A)
|
37.5
|
(N/A)
|
205
|
(N/A)
|
41.6
|
(N/A)
|
|
Florida
|
1,907
|
469
|
(N/A)
|
24.6
|
(N/A)
|
531
|
(N/A)
|
27.8
|
(N/A)
|
|
Georgia
|
1,352
|
364
|
(N/A)
|
26.9
|
(N/A)
|
411
|
(N/A)
|
30.4
|
(N/A)
|
|
Hawaii
|
844
|
177
|
(N/A)
|
21.0
|
(N/A)
|
193
|
(N/A)
|
22.9
|
(N/A)
|
|
Idaho
|
843
|
232
|
(N/A)
|
27.5
|
(N/A)
|
255
|
(N/A)
|
30.2
|
(N/A)
|
|
Illinois
|
1,933
|
475
|
(N/A)
|
24.6
|
(N/A)
|
537
|
(N/A)
|
27.8
|
(N/A)
|
|
Indiana
|
1,014
|
297
|
(N/A)
|
29.3
|
(N/A)
|
322
|
(N/A)
|
31.8
|
(N/A)
|
|
Iowa
|
1,143
|
221
|
(N/A)
|
19.3
|
(N/A)
|
252
|
(N/A)
|
22.0
|
(N/A)
|
|
Kansas
|
935
|
259
|
(N/A)
|
27.7
|
(N/A)
|
276
|
(N/A)
|
29.5
|
(N/A)
|
|
Kentucky
|
728
|
205
|
(N/A)
|
28.2
|
(N/A)
|
234
|
(N/A)
|
32.1
|
(N/A)
|
|
Louisiana
|
596
|
201
|
(N/A)
|
33.7
|
(N/A)
|
226
|
(N/A)
|
37.9
|
(N/A)
|
|
Maine
|
921
|
208
|
(N/A)
|
22.6
|
(N/A)
|
234
|
(N/A)
|
25.4
|
(N/A)
|
|
Maryland
|
1,256
|
192
|
(N/A)
|
15.3
|
(N/A)
|
231
|
(N/A)
|
18.4
|
(N/A)
|
|
Massachusetts
|
904
|
189
|
(N/A)
|
20.9
|
(N/A)
|
203
|
(N/A)
|
22.5
|
(N/A)
|
|
Michigan
|
1,379
|
337
|
(N/A)
|
24.4
|
(N/A)
|
379
|
(N/A)
|
27.5
|
(N/A)
|
|
Minnesota
|
1,354
|
273
|
(N/A)
|
20.2
|
(N/A)
|
308
|
(N/A)
|
22.7
|
(N/A)
|
|
Mississippi
|
464
|
174
|
(N/A)
|
37.5
|
(N/A)
|
197
|
(N/A)
|
42.5
|
(N/A)
|
|
Missouri
|
940
|
244
|
(N/A)
|
26.0
|
(N/A)
|
264
|
(N/A)
|
28.1
|
(N/A)
|
|
Montana
|
468
|
117
|
(N/A)
|
25.0
|
(N/A)
|
136
|
(N/A)
|
29.1
|
(N/A)
|
|
Nebraska
|
889
|
185
|
(N/A)
|
20.8
|
(N/A)
|
214
|
(N/A)
|
24.1
|
(N/A)
|
|
Nevada
|
832
|
187
|
(N/A)
|
22.5
|
(N/A)
|
220
|
(N/A)
|
26.4
|
(N/A)
|
|
New Hampshire
|
1,146
|
140
|
(N/A)
|
12.2
|
(N/A)
|
163
|
(N/A)
|
14.2
|
(N/A)
|
|
New Jersey
|
1,322
|
248
|
(N/A)
|
18.8
|
(N/A)
|
281
|
(N/A)
|
21.3
|
(N/A)
|
|
New Mexico
|
604
|
209
|
(N/A)
|
34.6
|
(N/A)
|
235
|
(N/A)
|
38.9
|
(N/A)
|
|
New York
|
2,417
|
664
|
(N/A)
|
27.5
|
(N/A)
|
756
|
(N/A)
|
31.3
|
(N/A)
|
|
North Carolina
|
1,126
|
305
|
(N/A)
|
27.1
|
(N/A)
|
348
|
(N/A)
|
30.9
|
(N/A)
|
|
North Dakota
|
678
|
149
|
(N/A)
|
22.0
|
(N/A)
|
180
|
(N/A)
|
26.5
|
(N/A)
|
|
Ohio
|
1,496
|
358
|
(N/A)
|
23.9
|
(N/A)
|
411
|
(N/A)
|
27.5
|
(N/A)
|
|
Oklahoma
|
714
|
229
|
(N/A)
|
32.1
|
(N/A)
|
252
|
(N/A)
|
35.3
|
(N/A)
|
|
Oregon
|
842
|
212
|
(N/A)
|
25.2
|
(N/A)
|
252
|
(N/A)
|
29.9
|
(N/A)
|
|
Pennsylvania
|
1,626
|
313
|
(N/A)
|
19.2
|
(N/A)
|
359
|
(N/A)
|
22.1
|
(N/A)
|
|
Rhode Island
|
926
|
234
|
(N/A)
|
25.3
|
(N/A)
|
256
|
(N/A)
|
27.6
|
(N/A)
|
|
South Carolina
|
720
|
173
|
(N/A)
|
24.0
|
(N/A)
|
211
|
(N/A)
|
29.3
|
(N/A)
|
|
South Dakota
|
906
|
216
|
(N/A)
|
23.8
|
(N/A)
|
246
|
(N/A)
|
27.2
|
(N/A)
|
|
Tennessee
|
684
|
189
|
(N/A)
|
27.6
|
(N/A)
|
219
|
(N/A)
|
32.0
|
(N/A)
|
|
Texas
|
3,659
|
1,208
|
(N/A)
|
33.0
|
(N/A)
|
1,354
|
(N/A)
|
37.0
|
(N/A)
|
|
Utah
|
966
|
129
|
(N/A)
|
13.4
|
(N/A)
|
165
|
(N/A)
|
17.1
|
(N/A)
|
|
Vermont
|
718
|
122
|
(N/A)
|
17.0
|
(N/A)
|
152
|
(N/A)
|
21.2
|
(N/A)
|
|
Virginia
|
1,200
|
224
|
(N/A)
|
18.7
|
(N/A)
|
240
|
(N/A)
|
20.0
|
(N/A)
|
|
Washington
|
1,009
|
174
|
(N/A)
|
17.2
|
(N/A)
|
207
|
(N/A)
|
20.5
|
(N/A)
|
|
West Virginia
|
550
|
163
|
(N/A)
|
29.6
|
(N/A)
|
175
|
(N/A)
|
31.8
|
(N/A)
|
|
Wisconsin
|
1,137
|
211
|
(N/A)
|
18.6
|
(N/A)
|
248
|
(N/A)
|
21.8
|
(N/A)
|
|
Wyoming
|
744
|
106
|
(N/A)
|
14.2
|
(N/A)
|
118
|
(N/A)
|
15.9
|
(N/A)
|
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