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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 65 Years and Over
|
|---|
SAMPLE PERSON COUNT |
|---|
|
United States
|
21,402
|
4,137
|
(N/A)
|
19.3
|
(N/A)
|
4,991
|
(N/A)
|
23.3
|
(N/A)
|
|
Alabama
|
289
|
72
|
(N/A)
|
24.9
|
(N/A)
|
90
|
(N/A)
|
31.1
|
(N/A)
|
|
Alaska
|
191
|
22
|
(N/A)
|
11.5
|
(N/A)
|
24
|
(N/A)
|
12.6
|
(N/A)
|
|
Arizona
|
246
|
52
|
(N/A)
|
21.1
|
(N/A)
|
64
|
(N/A)
|
26.0
|
(N/A)
|
|
Arkansas
|
217
|
46
|
(N/A)
|
21.2
|
(N/A)
|
65
|
(N/A)
|
30.0
|
(N/A)
|
|
California
|
1,805
|
352
|
(N/A)
|
19.5
|
(N/A)
|
423
|
(N/A)
|
23.4
|
(N/A)
|
|
Colorado
|
372
|
61
|
(N/A)
|
16.4
|
(N/A)
|
83
|
(N/A)
|
22.3
|
(N/A)
|
|
Connecticut
|
457
|
68
|
(N/A)
|
14.9
|
(N/A)
|
87
|
(N/A)
|
19.0
|
(N/A)
|
|
Delaware
|
364
|
65
|
(N/A)
|
17.9
|
(N/A)
|
85
|
(N/A)
|
23.4
|
(N/A)
|
|
District of Columbia
|
299
|
80
|
(N/A)
|
26.8
|
(N/A)
|
85
|
(N/A)
|
28.4
|
(N/A)
|
|
Florida
|
1,159
|
233
|
(N/A)
|
20.1
|
(N/A)
|
284
|
(N/A)
|
24.5
|
(N/A)
|
|
Georgia
|
344
|
77
|
(N/A)
|
22.4
|
(N/A)
|
92
|
(N/A)
|
26.7
|
(N/A)
|
|
Hawaii
|
554
|
78
|
(N/A)
|
14.1
|
(N/A)
|
86
|
(N/A)
|
15.5
|
(N/A)
|
|
Idaho
|
214
|
41
|
(N/A)
|
19.2
|
(N/A)
|
47
|
(N/A)
|
22.0
|
(N/A)
|
|
Illinois
|
561
|
85
|
(N/A)
|
15.2
|
(N/A)
|
117
|
(N/A)
|
20.9
|
(N/A)
|
|
Indiana
|
338
|
61
|
(N/A)
|
18.0
|
(N/A)
|
75
|
(N/A)
|
22.2
|
(N/A)
|
|
Iowa
|
338
|
57
|
(N/A)
|
16.9
|
(N/A)
|
67
|
(N/A)
|
19.8
|
(N/A)
|
|
Kansas
|
256
|
49
|
(N/A)
|
19.1
|
(N/A)
|
56
|
(N/A)
|
21.9
|
(N/A)
|
|
Kentucky
|
323
|
71
|
(N/A)
|
22.0
|
(N/A)
|
87
|
(N/A)
|
26.9
|
(N/A)
|
|
Louisiana
|
225
|
70
|
(N/A)
|
31.1
|
(N/A)
|
79
|
(N/A)
|
35.1
|
(N/A)
|
|
Maine
|
450
|
70
|
(N/A)
|
15.6
|
(N/A)
|
85
|
(N/A)
|
18.9
|
(N/A)
|
|
Maryland
|
506
|
99
|
(N/A)
|
19.6
|
(N/A)
|
109
|
(N/A)
|
21.5
|
(N/A)
|
|
Massachusetts
|
354
|
73
|
(N/A)
|
20.6
|
(N/A)
|
80
|
(N/A)
|
22.6
|
(N/A)
|
|
Michigan
|
477
|
79
|
(N/A)
|
16.6
|
(N/A)
|
95
|
(N/A)
|
19.9
|
(N/A)
|
|
Minnesota
|
421
|
54
|
(N/A)
|
12.8
|
(N/A)
|
66
|
(N/A)
|
15.7
|
(N/A)
|
|
Mississippi
|
233
|
74
|
(N/A)
|
31.8
|
(N/A)
|
84
|
(N/A)
|
36.1
|
(N/A)
|
|
Missouri
|
341
|
62
|
(N/A)
|
18.2
|
(N/A)
|
74
|
(N/A)
|
21.7
|
(N/A)
|
|
Montana
|
204
|
41
|
(N/A)
|
20.1
|
(N/A)
|
52
|
(N/A)
|
25.5
|
(N/A)
|
|
Nebraska
|
288
|
33
|
(N/A)
|
11.5
|
(N/A)
|
41
|
(N/A)
|
14.2
|
(N/A)
|
|
Nevada
|
306
|
46
|
(N/A)
|
15.0
|
(N/A)
|
52
|
(N/A)
|
17.0
|
(N/A)
|
|
New Hampshire
|
378
|
50
|
(N/A)
|
13.2
|
(N/A)
|
58
|
(N/A)
|
15.3
|
(N/A)
|
|
New Jersey
|
454
|
71
|
(N/A)
|
15.6
|
(N/A)
|
90
|
(N/A)
|
19.8
|
(N/A)
|
|
New Mexico
|
251
|
67
|
(N/A)
|
26.7
|
(N/A)
|
78
|
(N/A)
|
31.1
|
(N/A)
|
|
New York
|
986
|
241
|
(N/A)
|
24.4
|
(N/A)
|
257
|
(N/A)
|
26.1
|
(N/A)
|
|
North Carolina
|
434
|
90
|
(N/A)
|
20.7
|
(N/A)
|
120
|
(N/A)
|
27.6
|
(N/A)
|
|
North Dakota
|
218
|
46
|
(N/A)
|
21.1
|
(N/A)
|
56
|
(N/A)
|
25.7
|
(N/A)
|
|
Ohio
|
572
|
110
|
(N/A)
|
19.2
|
(N/A)
|
137
|
(N/A)
|
24.0
|
(N/A)
|
|
Oklahoma
|
304
|
58
|
(N/A)
|
19.1
|
(N/A)
|
74
|
(N/A)
|
24.3
|
(N/A)
|
|
Oregon
|
309
|
43
|
(N/A)
|
13.9
|
(N/A)
|
54
|
(N/A)
|
17.5
|
(N/A)
|
|
Pennsylvania
|
747
|
140
|
(N/A)
|
18.7
|
(N/A)
|
170
|
(N/A)
|
22.8
|
(N/A)
|
|
Rhode Island
|
345
|
55
|
(N/A)
|
15.9
|
(N/A)
|
73
|
(N/A)
|
21.2
|
(N/A)
|
|
South Carolina
|
371
|
95
|
(N/A)
|
25.6
|
(N/A)
|
114
|
(N/A)
|
30.7
|
(N/A)
|
|
South Dakota
|
307
|
53
|
(N/A)
|
17.3
|
(N/A)
|
62
|
(N/A)
|
20.2
|
(N/A)
|
|
Tennessee
|
319
|
75
|
(N/A)
|
23.5
|
(N/A)
|
95
|
(N/A)
|
29.8
|
(N/A)
|
|
Texas
|
1,068
|
279
|
(N/A)
|
26.1
|
(N/A)
|
332
|
(N/A)
|
31.1
|
(N/A)
|
|
Utah
|
184
|
19
|
(N/A)
|
10.3
|
(N/A)
|
28
|
(N/A)
|
15.2
|
(N/A)
|
|
Vermont
|
320
|
64
|
(N/A)
|
20.0
|
(N/A)
|
83
|
(N/A)
|
25.9
|
(N/A)
|
|
Virginia
|
436
|
92
|
(N/A)
|
21.1
|
(N/A)
|
101
|
(N/A)
|
23.2
|
(N/A)
|
|
Washington
|
318
|
49
|
(N/A)
|
15.4
|
(N/A)
|
63
|
(N/A)
|
19.8
|
(N/A)
|
|
West Virginia
|
294
|
48
|
(N/A)
|
16.3
|
(N/A)
|
63
|
(N/A)
|
21.4
|
(N/A)
|
|
Wisconsin
|
408
|
74
|
(N/A)
|
18.1
|
(N/A)
|
89
|
(N/A)
|
21.8
|
(N/A)
|
|
Wyoming
|
247
|
47
|
(N/A)
|
19.0
|
(N/A)
|
60
|
(N/A)
|
24.3
|
(N/A)
|
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