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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 185% of poverty (5) |
Below 200% 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
|
20,096
|
(N/A)
|
34.8
|
(N/A)
|
21,690
|
(N/A)
|
37.5
|
(N/A)
|
|
Alabama
|
512
|
218
|
(N/A)
|
42.6
|
(N/A)
|
230
|
(N/A)
|
44.9
|
(N/A)
|
|
Alaska
|
730
|
171
|
(N/A)
|
23.4
|
(N/A)
|
191
|
(N/A)
|
26.2
|
(N/A)
|
|
Arizona
|
779
|
346
|
(N/A)
|
44.4
|
(N/A)
|
377
|
(N/A)
|
48.4
|
(N/A)
|
|
Arkansas
|
612
|
272
|
(N/A)
|
44.4
|
(N/A)
|
293
|
(N/A)
|
47.9
|
(N/A)
|
|
California
|
5,442
|
2,137
|
(N/A)
|
39.3
|
(N/A)
|
2,297
|
(N/A)
|
42.2
|
(N/A)
|
|
Colorado
|
1,273
|
397
|
(N/A)
|
31.2
|
(N/A)
|
421
|
(N/A)
|
33.1
|
(N/A)
|
|
Connecticut
|
1,260
|
304
|
(N/A)
|
24.1
|
(N/A)
|
327
|
(N/A)
|
26.0
|
(N/A)
|
|
Delaware
|
823
|
250
|
(N/A)
|
30.4
|
(N/A)
|
272
|
(N/A)
|
33.0
|
(N/A)
|
|
District of Columbia
|
493
|
238
|
(N/A)
|
48.3
|
(N/A)
|
243
|
(N/A)
|
49.3
|
(N/A)
|
|
Florida
|
1,907
|
673
|
(N/A)
|
35.3
|
(N/A)
|
741
|
(N/A)
|
38.9
|
(N/A)
|
|
Georgia
|
1,352
|
528
|
(N/A)
|
39.1
|
(N/A)
|
562
|
(N/A)
|
41.6
|
(N/A)
|
|
Hawaii
|
844
|
253
|
(N/A)
|
30.0
|
(N/A)
|
283
|
(N/A)
|
33.5
|
(N/A)
|
|
Idaho
|
843
|
349
|
(N/A)
|
41.4
|
(N/A)
|
382
|
(N/A)
|
45.3
|
(N/A)
|
|
Illinois
|
1,933
|
651
|
(N/A)
|
33.7
|
(N/A)
|
720
|
(N/A)
|
37.2
|
(N/A)
|
|
Indiana
|
1,014
|
417
|
(N/A)
|
41.1
|
(N/A)
|
430
|
(N/A)
|
42.4
|
(N/A)
|
|
Iowa
|
1,143
|
334
|
(N/A)
|
29.2
|
(N/A)
|
365
|
(N/A)
|
31.9
|
(N/A)
|
|
Kansas
|
935
|
346
|
(N/A)
|
37.0
|
(N/A)
|
370
|
(N/A)
|
39.6
|
(N/A)
|
|
Kentucky
|
728
|
297
|
(N/A)
|
40.8
|
(N/A)
|
325
|
(N/A)
|
44.6
|
(N/A)
|
|
Louisiana
|
596
|
265
|
(N/A)
|
44.5
|
(N/A)
|
279
|
(N/A)
|
46.8
|
(N/A)
|
|
Maine
|
921
|
286
|
(N/A)
|
31.1
|
(N/A)
|
305
|
(N/A)
|
33.1
|
(N/A)
|
|
Maryland
|
1,256
|
314
|
(N/A)
|
25.0
|
(N/A)
|
331
|
(N/A)
|
26.4
|
(N/A)
|
|
Massachusetts
|
904
|
241
|
(N/A)
|
26.7
|
(N/A)
|
250
|
(N/A)
|
27.7
|
(N/A)
|
|
Michigan
|
1,379
|
468
|
(N/A)
|
33.9
|
(N/A)
|
496
|
(N/A)
|
36.0
|
(N/A)
|
|
Minnesota
|
1,354
|
371
|
(N/A)
|
27.4
|
(N/A)
|
420
|
(N/A)
|
31.0
|
(N/A)
|
|
Mississippi
|
464
|
237
|
(N/A)
|
51.1
|
(N/A)
|
246
|
(N/A)
|
53.0
|
(N/A)
|
|
Missouri
|
940
|
324
|
(N/A)
|
34.5
|
(N/A)
|
337
|
(N/A)
|
35.9
|
(N/A)
|
|
Montana
|
468
|
183
|
(N/A)
|
39.1
|
(N/A)
|
201
|
(N/A)
|
42.9
|
(N/A)
|
|
Nebraska
|
889
|
280
|
(N/A)
|
31.5
|
(N/A)
|
314
|
(N/A)
|
35.3
|
(N/A)
|
|
Nevada
|
832
|
290
|
(N/A)
|
34.9
|
(N/A)
|
310
|
(N/A)
|
37.3
|
(N/A)
|
|
New Hampshire
|
1,146
|
212
|
(N/A)
|
18.5
|
(N/A)
|
251
|
(N/A)
|
21.9
|
(N/A)
|
|
New Jersey
|
1,322
|
362
|
(N/A)
|
27.4
|
(N/A)
|
402
|
(N/A)
|
30.4
|
(N/A)
|
|
New Mexico
|
604
|
300
|
(N/A)
|
49.7
|
(N/A)
|
306
|
(N/A)
|
50.7
|
(N/A)
|
|
New York
|
2,417
|
887
|
(N/A)
|
36.7
|
(N/A)
|
950
|
(N/A)
|
39.3
|
(N/A)
|
|
North Carolina
|
1,126
|
411
|
(N/A)
|
36.5
|
(N/A)
|
443
|
(N/A)
|
39.3
|
(N/A)
|
|
North Dakota
|
678
|
227
|
(N/A)
|
33.5
|
(N/A)
|
245
|
(N/A)
|
36.1
|
(N/A)
|
|
Ohio
|
1,496
|
534
|
(N/A)
|
35.7
|
(N/A)
|
581
|
(N/A)
|
38.8
|
(N/A)
|
|
Oklahoma
|
714
|
308
|
(N/A)
|
43.1
|
(N/A)
|
324
|
(N/A)
|
45.4
|
(N/A)
|
|
Oregon
|
842
|
318
|
(N/A)
|
37.8
|
(N/A)
|
353
|
(N/A)
|
41.9
|
(N/A)
|
|
Pennsylvania
|
1,626
|
474
|
(N/A)
|
29.2
|
(N/A)
|
516
|
(N/A)
|
31.7
|
(N/A)
|
|
Rhode Island
|
926
|
316
|
(N/A)
|
34.1
|
(N/A)
|
338
|
(N/A)
|
36.5
|
(N/A)
|
|
South Carolina
|
720
|
273
|
(N/A)
|
37.9
|
(N/A)
|
291
|
(N/A)
|
40.4
|
(N/A)
|
|
South Dakota
|
906
|
303
|
(N/A)
|
33.4
|
(N/A)
|
328
|
(N/A)
|
36.2
|
(N/A)
|
|
Tennessee
|
684
|
273
|
(N/A)
|
39.9
|
(N/A)
|
287
|
(N/A)
|
42.0
|
(N/A)
|
|
Texas
|
3,659
|
1,723
|
(N/A)
|
47.1
|
(N/A)
|
1,813
|
(N/A)
|
49.5
|
(N/A)
|
|
Utah
|
966
|
237
|
(N/A)
|
24.5
|
(N/A)
|
271
|
(N/A)
|
28.1
|
(N/A)
|
|
Vermont
|
718
|
195
|
(N/A)
|
27.2
|
(N/A)
|
236
|
(N/A)
|
32.9
|
(N/A)
|
|
Virginia
|
1,200
|
317
|
(N/A)
|
26.4
|
(N/A)
|
348
|
(N/A)
|
29.0
|
(N/A)
|
|
Washington
|
1,009
|
271
|
(N/A)
|
26.9
|
(N/A)
|
301
|
(N/A)
|
29.8
|
(N/A)
|
|
West Virginia
|
550
|
222
|
(N/A)
|
40.4
|
(N/A)
|
234
|
(N/A)
|
42.5
|
(N/A)
|
|
Wisconsin
|
1,137
|
316
|
(N/A)
|
27.8
|
(N/A)
|
356
|
(N/A)
|
31.3
|
(N/A)
|
|
Wyoming
|
744
|
177
|
(N/A)
|
23.8
|
(N/A)
|
198
|
(N/A)
|
26.6
|
(N/A)
|
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