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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 18 to 64
|
|---|
SAMPLE PERSON COUNT |
|---|
|
United States
|
125,761
|
21,102
|
(N/A)
|
16.8
|
(N/A)
|
23,997
|
(N/A)
|
19.1
|
(N/A)
|
|
Alabama
|
1,281
|
227
|
(N/A)
|
17.7
|
(N/A)
|
267
|
(N/A)
|
20.8
|
(N/A)
|
|
Alaska
|
1,669
|
216
|
(N/A)
|
12.9
|
(N/A)
|
243
|
(N/A)
|
14.6
|
(N/A)
|
|
Arizona
|
1,581
|
340
|
(N/A)
|
21.5
|
(N/A)
|
401
|
(N/A)
|
25.4
|
(N/A)
|
|
Arkansas
|
1,279
|
269
|
(N/A)
|
21.0
|
(N/A)
|
305
|
(N/A)
|
23.8
|
(N/A)
|
|
California
|
12,257
|
2,429
|
(N/A)
|
19.8
|
(N/A)
|
2,749
|
(N/A)
|
22.4
|
(N/A)
|
|
Colorado
|
2,707
|
439
|
(N/A)
|
16.2
|
(N/A)
|
489
|
(N/A)
|
18.1
|
(N/A)
|
|
Connecticut
|
2,723
|
330
|
(N/A)
|
12.1
|
(N/A)
|
379
|
(N/A)
|
13.9
|
(N/A)
|
|
Delaware
|
1,844
|
281
|
(N/A)
|
15.2
|
(N/A)
|
324
|
(N/A)
|
17.6
|
(N/A)
|
|
District of Columbia
|
1,797
|
360
|
(N/A)
|
20.0
|
(N/A)
|
391
|
(N/A)
|
21.8
|
(N/A)
|
|
Florida
|
4,839
|
847
|
(N/A)
|
17.5
|
(N/A)
|
968
|
(N/A)
|
20.0
|
(N/A)
|
|
Georgia
|
2,789
|
546
|
(N/A)
|
19.6
|
(N/A)
|
626
|
(N/A)
|
22.4
|
(N/A)
|
|
Hawaii
|
2,178
|
285
|
(N/A)
|
13.1
|
(N/A)
|
323
|
(N/A)
|
14.8
|
(N/A)
|
|
Idaho
|
1,397
|
254
|
(N/A)
|
18.2
|
(N/A)
|
284
|
(N/A)
|
20.3
|
(N/A)
|
|
Illinois
|
4,080
|
656
|
(N/A)
|
16.1
|
(N/A)
|
759
|
(N/A)
|
18.6
|
(N/A)
|
|
Indiana
|
1,886
|
327
|
(N/A)
|
17.3
|
(N/A)
|
373
|
(N/A)
|
19.8
|
(N/A)
|
|
Iowa
|
2,280
|
298
|
(N/A)
|
13.1
|
(N/A)
|
358
|
(N/A)
|
15.7
|
(N/A)
|
|
Kansas
|
1,774
|
341
|
(N/A)
|
19.2
|
(N/A)
|
367
|
(N/A)
|
20.7
|
(N/A)
|
|
Kentucky
|
1,715
|
376
|
(N/A)
|
21.9
|
(N/A)
|
427
|
(N/A)
|
24.9
|
(N/A)
|
|
Louisiana
|
1,169
|
269
|
(N/A)
|
23.0
|
(N/A)
|
304
|
(N/A)
|
26.0
|
(N/A)
|
|
Maine
|
2,124
|
351
|
(N/A)
|
16.5
|
(N/A)
|
404
|
(N/A)
|
19.0
|
(N/A)
|
|
Maryland
|
3,104
|
341
|
(N/A)
|
11.0
|
(N/A)
|
402
|
(N/A)
|
13.0
|
(N/A)
|
|
Massachusetts
|
1,895
|
252
|
(N/A)
|
13.3
|
(N/A)
|
280
|
(N/A)
|
14.8
|
(N/A)
|
|
Michigan
|
2,899
|
505
|
(N/A)
|
17.4
|
(N/A)
|
568
|
(N/A)
|
19.6
|
(N/A)
|
|
Minnesota
|
2,840
|
356
|
(N/A)
|
12.5
|
(N/A)
|
410
|
(N/A)
|
14.4
|
(N/A)
|
|
Mississippi
|
1,122
|
282
|
(N/A)
|
25.1
|
(N/A)
|
328
|
(N/A)
|
29.2
|
(N/A)
|
|
Missouri
|
1,973
|
357
|
(N/A)
|
18.1
|
(N/A)
|
392
|
(N/A)
|
19.9
|
(N/A)
|
|
Montana
|
1,017
|
183
|
(N/A)
|
18.0
|
(N/A)
|
207
|
(N/A)
|
20.4
|
(N/A)
|
|
Nebraska
|
1,772
|
255
|
(N/A)
|
14.4
|
(N/A)
|
286
|
(N/A)
|
16.1
|
(N/A)
|
|
Nevada
|
1,985
|
281
|
(N/A)
|
14.2
|
(N/A)
|
316
|
(N/A)
|
15.9
|
(N/A)
|
|
New Hampshire
|
2,519
|
250
|
(N/A)
|
9.9
|
(N/A)
|
276
|
(N/A)
|
11.0
|
(N/A)
|
|
New Jersey
|
2,804
|
347
|
(N/A)
|
12.4
|
(N/A)
|
390
|
(N/A)
|
13.9
|
(N/A)
|
|
New Mexico
|
1,301
|
333
|
(N/A)
|
25.6
|
(N/A)
|
371
|
(N/A)
|
28.5
|
(N/A)
|
|
New York
|
5,654
|
1,038
|
(N/A)
|
18.4
|
(N/A)
|
1,152
|
(N/A)
|
20.4
|
(N/A)
|
|
North Carolina
|
2,484
|
469
|
(N/A)
|
18.9
|
(N/A)
|
558
|
(N/A)
|
22.5
|
(N/A)
|
|
North Dakota
|
1,417
|
204
|
(N/A)
|
14.4
|
(N/A)
|
238
|
(N/A)
|
16.8
|
(N/A)
|
|
Ohio
|
3,268
|
563
|
(N/A)
|
17.2
|
(N/A)
|
639
|
(N/A)
|
19.6
|
(N/A)
|
|
Oklahoma
|
1,480
|
270
|
(N/A)
|
18.2
|
(N/A)
|
297
|
(N/A)
|
20.1
|
(N/A)
|
|
Oregon
|
1,779
|
302
|
(N/A)
|
17.0
|
(N/A)
|
348
|
(N/A)
|
19.6
|
(N/A)
|
|
Pennsylvania
|
3,691
|
516
|
(N/A)
|
14.0
|
(N/A)
|
586
|
(N/A)
|
15.9
|
(N/A)
|
|
Rhode Island
|
1,959
|
334
|
(N/A)
|
17.0
|
(N/A)
|
374
|
(N/A)
|
19.1
|
(N/A)
|
|
South Carolina
|
1,644
|
317
|
(N/A)
|
19.3
|
(N/A)
|
367
|
(N/A)
|
22.3
|
(N/A)
|
|
South Dakota
|
1,720
|
299
|
(N/A)
|
17.4
|
(N/A)
|
347
|
(N/A)
|
20.2
|
(N/A)
|
|
Tennessee
|
1,614
|
321
|
(N/A)
|
19.9
|
(N/A)
|
368
|
(N/A)
|
22.8
|
(N/A)
|
|
Texas
|
7,279
|
1,547
|
(N/A)
|
21.3
|
(N/A)
|
1,748
|
(N/A)
|
24.0
|
(N/A)
|
|
Utah
|
1,539
|
173
|
(N/A)
|
11.2
|
(N/A)
|
200
|
(N/A)
|
13.0
|
(N/A)
|
|
Vermont
|
1,651
|
200
|
(N/A)
|
12.1
|
(N/A)
|
244
|
(N/A)
|
14.8
|
(N/A)
|
|
Virginia
|
2,670
|
323
|
(N/A)
|
12.1
|
(N/A)
|
375
|
(N/A)
|
14.0
|
(N/A)
|
|
Washington
|
2,211
|
298
|
(N/A)
|
13.5
|
(N/A)
|
346
|
(N/A)
|
15.6
|
(N/A)
|
|
West Virginia
|
1,273
|
263
|
(N/A)
|
20.7
|
(N/A)
|
292
|
(N/A)
|
22.9
|
(N/A)
|
|
Wisconsin
|
2,321
|
299
|
(N/A)
|
12.9
|
(N/A)
|
345
|
(N/A)
|
14.9
|
(N/A)
|
|
Wyoming
|
1,507
|
183
|
(N/A)
|
12.1
|
(N/A)
|
206
|
(N/A)
|
13.7
|
(N/A)
|
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