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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) |
People Under 18
|
|---|
SAMPLE PERSON COUNT |
|---|
|
United States
|
60,380
|
15,156
|
(N/A)
|
25.1
|
(N/A)
|
17,133
|
(N/A)
|
28.4
|
(N/A)
|
|
Alabama
|
545
|
163
|
(N/A)
|
29.9
|
(N/A)
|
195
|
(N/A)
|
35.8
|
(N/A)
|
|
Alaska
|
751
|
105
|
(N/A)
|
14.0
|
(N/A)
|
123
|
(N/A)
|
16.4
|
(N/A)
|
|
Arizona
|
819
|
282
|
(N/A)
|
34.4
|
(N/A)
|
322
|
(N/A)
|
39.3
|
(N/A)
|
|
Arkansas
|
643
|
181
|
(N/A)
|
28.1
|
(N/A)
|
218
|
(N/A)
|
33.9
|
(N/A)
|
|
California
|
5,741
|
1,667
|
(N/A)
|
29.0
|
(N/A)
|
1,848
|
(N/A)
|
32.2
|
(N/A)
|
|
Colorado
|
1,313
|
296
|
(N/A)
|
22.5
|
(N/A)
|
328
|
(N/A)
|
25.0
|
(N/A)
|
|
Connecticut
|
1,302
|
225
|
(N/A)
|
17.3
|
(N/A)
|
252
|
(N/A)
|
19.4
|
(N/A)
|
|
Delaware
|
864
|
205
|
(N/A)
|
23.7
|
(N/A)
|
227
|
(N/A)
|
26.3
|
(N/A)
|
|
District of Columbia
|
523
|
197
|
(N/A)
|
37.7
|
(N/A)
|
220
|
(N/A)
|
42.1
|
(N/A)
|
|
Florida
|
1,994
|
507
|
(N/A)
|
25.4
|
(N/A)
|
574
|
(N/A)
|
28.8
|
(N/A)
|
|
Georgia
|
1,414
|
396
|
(N/A)
|
28.0
|
(N/A)
|
446
|
(N/A)
|
31.5
|
(N/A)
|
|
Hawaii
|
931
|
191
|
(N/A)
|
20.5
|
(N/A)
|
209
|
(N/A)
|
22.4
|
(N/A)
|
|
Idaho
|
871
|
249
|
(N/A)
|
28.6
|
(N/A)
|
273
|
(N/A)
|
31.3
|
(N/A)
|
|
Illinois
|
2,001
|
498
|
(N/A)
|
24.9
|
(N/A)
|
563
|
(N/A)
|
28.1
|
(N/A)
|
|
Indiana
|
1,048
|
309
|
(N/A)
|
29.5
|
(N/A)
|
337
|
(N/A)
|
32.2
|
(N/A)
|
|
Iowa
|
1,180
|
235
|
(N/A)
|
19.9
|
(N/A)
|
268
|
(N/A)
|
22.7
|
(N/A)
|
|
Kansas
|
978
|
282
|
(N/A)
|
28.8
|
(N/A)
|
303
|
(N/A)
|
31.0
|
(N/A)
|
|
Kentucky
|
771
|
225
|
(N/A)
|
29.2
|
(N/A)
|
258
|
(N/A)
|
33.5
|
(N/A)
|
|
Louisiana
|
620
|
215
|
(N/A)
|
34.7
|
(N/A)
|
240
|
(N/A)
|
38.7
|
(N/A)
|
|
Maine
|
958
|
227
|
(N/A)
|
23.7
|
(N/A)
|
257
|
(N/A)
|
26.8
|
(N/A)
|
|
Maryland
|
1,325
|
205
|
(N/A)
|
15.5
|
(N/A)
|
247
|
(N/A)
|
18.6
|
(N/A)
|
|
Massachusetts
|
923
|
193
|
(N/A)
|
20.9
|
(N/A)
|
207
|
(N/A)
|
22.4
|
(N/A)
|
|
Michigan
|
1,432
|
367
|
(N/A)
|
25.6
|
(N/A)
|
411
|
(N/A)
|
28.7
|
(N/A)
|
|
Minnesota
|
1,404
|
291
|
(N/A)
|
20.7
|
(N/A)
|
329
|
(N/A)
|
23.4
|
(N/A)
|
|
Mississippi
|
510
|
195
|
(N/A)
|
38.2
|
(N/A)
|
222
|
(N/A)
|
43.5
|
(N/A)
|
|
Missouri
|
982
|
260
|
(N/A)
|
26.5
|
(N/A)
|
283
|
(N/A)
|
28.8
|
(N/A)
|
|
Montana
|
487
|
134
|
(N/A)
|
27.5
|
(N/A)
|
153
|
(N/A)
|
31.4
|
(N/A)
|
|
Nebraska
|
936
|
209
|
(N/A)
|
22.3
|
(N/A)
|
238
|
(N/A)
|
25.4
|
(N/A)
|
|
Nevada
|
877
|
209
|
(N/A)
|
23.8
|
(N/A)
|
242
|
(N/A)
|
27.6
|
(N/A)
|
|
New Hampshire
|
1,181
|
152
|
(N/A)
|
12.9
|
(N/A)
|
175
|
(N/A)
|
14.8
|
(N/A)
|
|
New Jersey
|
1,365
|
259
|
(N/A)
|
19.0
|
(N/A)
|
292
|
(N/A)
|
21.4
|
(N/A)
|
|
New Mexico
|
633
|
223
|
(N/A)
|
35.2
|
(N/A)
|
250
|
(N/A)
|
39.5
|
(N/A)
|
|
New York
|
2,514
|
709
|
(N/A)
|
28.2
|
(N/A)
|
803
|
(N/A)
|
31.9
|
(N/A)
|
|
North Carolina
|
1,170
|
333
|
(N/A)
|
28.5
|
(N/A)
|
378
|
(N/A)
|
32.3
|
(N/A)
|
|
North Dakota
|
698
|
160
|
(N/A)
|
22.9
|
(N/A)
|
192
|
(N/A)
|
27.5
|
(N/A)
|
|
Ohio
|
1,571
|
402
|
(N/A)
|
25.6
|
(N/A)
|
457
|
(N/A)
|
29.1
|
(N/A)
|
|
Oklahoma
|
736
|
237
|
(N/A)
|
32.2
|
(N/A)
|
264
|
(N/A)
|
35.9
|
(N/A)
|
|
Oregon
|
877
|
226
|
(N/A)
|
25.8
|
(N/A)
|
269
|
(N/A)
|
30.7
|
(N/A)
|
|
Pennsylvania
|
1,705
|
337
|
(N/A)
|
19.8
|
(N/A)
|
390
|
(N/A)
|
22.9
|
(N/A)
|
|
Rhode Island
|
963
|
251
|
(N/A)
|
26.1
|
(N/A)
|
275
|
(N/A)
|
28.6
|
(N/A)
|
|
South Carolina
|
744
|
188
|
(N/A)
|
25.3
|
(N/A)
|
227
|
(N/A)
|
30.5
|
(N/A)
|
|
South Dakota
|
939
|
240
|
(N/A)
|
25.6
|
(N/A)
|
270
|
(N/A)
|
28.8
|
(N/A)
|
|
Tennessee
|
724
|
210
|
(N/A)
|
29.0
|
(N/A)
|
242
|
(N/A)
|
33.4
|
(N/A)
|
|
Texas
|
3,848
|
1,293
|
(N/A)
|
33.6
|
(N/A)
|
1,451
|
(N/A)
|
37.7
|
(N/A)
|
|
Utah
|
1,003
|
138
|
(N/A)
|
13.8
|
(N/A)
|
175
|
(N/A)
|
17.4
|
(N/A)
|
|
Vermont
|
738
|
127
|
(N/A)
|
17.2
|
(N/A)
|
158
|
(N/A)
|
21.4
|
(N/A)
|
|
Virginia
|
1,250
|
244
|
(N/A)
|
19.5
|
(N/A)
|
262
|
(N/A)
|
21.0
|
(N/A)
|
|
Washington
|
1,049
|
188
|
(N/A)
|
17.9
|
(N/A)
|
222
|
(N/A)
|
21.2
|
(N/A)
|
|
West Virginia
|
569
|
177
|
(N/A)
|
31.1
|
(N/A)
|
189
|
(N/A)
|
33.2
|
(N/A)
|
|
Wisconsin
|
1,178
|
227
|
(N/A)
|
19.3
|
(N/A)
|
266
|
(N/A)
|
22.6
|
(N/A)
|
|
Wyoming
|
782
|
117
|
(N/A)
|
15.0
|
(N/A)
|
133
|
(N/A)
|
17.0
|
(N/A)
|
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