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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) |
Families /10
|
|---|
SAMPLE PERSON COUNT |
|---|
|
United States
|
54,551
|
13,422
|
(N/A)
|
24.6
|
(N/A)
|
14,726
|
(N/A)
|
27.0
|
(N/A)
|
|
Alabama
|
595
|
176
|
(N/A)
|
29.6
|
(N/A)
|
196
|
(N/A)
|
32.9
|
(N/A)
|
|
Alaska
|
692
|
114
|
(N/A)
|
16.5
|
(N/A)
|
126
|
(N/A)
|
18.2
|
(N/A)
|
|
Arizona
|
666
|
200
|
(N/A)
|
30.0
|
(N/A)
|
218
|
(N/A)
|
32.7
|
(N/A)
|
|
Arkansas
|
597
|
195
|
(N/A)
|
32.7
|
(N/A)
|
214
|
(N/A)
|
35.8
|
(N/A)
|
|
California
|
4,869
|
1,348
|
(N/A)
|
27.7
|
(N/A)
|
1,466
|
(N/A)
|
30.1
|
(N/A)
|
|
Colorado
|
1,157
|
250
|
(N/A)
|
21.6
|
(N/A)
|
269
|
(N/A)
|
23.2
|
(N/A)
|
|
Connecticut
|
1,194
|
220
|
(N/A)
|
18.4
|
(N/A)
|
235
|
(N/A)
|
19.7
|
(N/A)
|
|
Delaware
|
828
|
185
|
(N/A)
|
22.3
|
(N/A)
|
199
|
(N/A)
|
24.0
|
(N/A)
|
|
District of Columbia
|
554
|
159
|
(N/A)
|
28.7
|
(N/A)
|
169
|
(N/A)
|
30.5
|
(N/A)
|
|
Florida
|
2,205
|
573
|
(N/A)
|
26.0
|
(N/A)
|
631
|
(N/A)
|
28.6
|
(N/A)
|
|
Georgia
|
1,211
|
368
|
(N/A)
|
30.4
|
(N/A)
|
396
|
(N/A)
|
32.7
|
(N/A)
|
|
Hawaii
|
931
|
172
|
(N/A)
|
18.5
|
(N/A)
|
196
|
(N/A)
|
21.1
|
(N/A)
|
|
Idaho
|
643
|
180
|
(N/A)
|
28.0
|
(N/A)
|
200
|
(N/A)
|
31.1
|
(N/A)
|
|
Illinois
|
1,718
|
394
|
(N/A)
|
22.9
|
(N/A)
|
443
|
(N/A)
|
25.8
|
(N/A)
|
|
Indiana
|
887
|
248
|
(N/A)
|
28.0
|
(N/A)
|
262
|
(N/A)
|
29.5
|
(N/A)
|
|
Iowa
|
992
|
193
|
(N/A)
|
19.5
|
(N/A)
|
224
|
(N/A)
|
22.6
|
(N/A)
|
|
Kansas
|
758
|
190
|
(N/A)
|
25.1
|
(N/A)
|
209
|
(N/A)
|
27.6
|
(N/A)
|
|
Kentucky
|
790
|
245
|
(N/A)
|
31.0
|
(N/A)
|
269
|
(N/A)
|
34.1
|
(N/A)
|
|
Louisiana
|
550
|
186
|
(N/A)
|
33.8
|
(N/A)
|
200
|
(N/A)
|
36.4
|
(N/A)
|
|
Maine
|
962
|
221
|
(N/A)
|
23.0
|
(N/A)
|
238
|
(N/A)
|
24.7
|
(N/A)
|
|
Maryland
|
1,275
|
226
|
(N/A)
|
17.7
|
(N/A)
|
246
|
(N/A)
|
19.3
|
(N/A)
|
|
Massachusetts
|
815
|
156
|
(N/A)
|
19.1
|
(N/A)
|
165
|
(N/A)
|
20.2
|
(N/A)
|
|
Michigan
|
1,297
|
319
|
(N/A)
|
24.6
|
(N/A)
|
343
|
(N/A)
|
26.4
|
(N/A)
|
|
Minnesota
|
1,218
|
208
|
(N/A)
|
17.1
|
(N/A)
|
239
|
(N/A)
|
19.6
|
(N/A)
|
|
Mississippi
|
517
|
184
|
(N/A)
|
35.6
|
(N/A)
|
199
|
(N/A)
|
38.5
|
(N/A)
|
|
Missouri
|
887
|
226
|
(N/A)
|
25.5
|
(N/A)
|
244
|
(N/A)
|
27.5
|
(N/A)
|
|
Montana
|
448
|
121
|
(N/A)
|
27.0
|
(N/A)
|
135
|
(N/A)
|
30.1
|
(N/A)
|
|
Nebraska
|
780
|
163
|
(N/A)
|
20.9
|
(N/A)
|
183
|
(N/A)
|
23.5
|
(N/A)
|
|
Nevada
|
806
|
171
|
(N/A)
|
21.2
|
(N/A)
|
189
|
(N/A)
|
23.4
|
(N/A)
|
|
New Hampshire
|
1,110
|
151
|
(N/A)
|
13.6
|
(N/A)
|
178
|
(N/A)
|
16.0
|
(N/A)
|
|
New Jersey
|
1,178
|
218
|
(N/A)
|
18.5
|
(N/A)
|
251
|
(N/A)
|
21.3
|
(N/A)
|
|
New Mexico
|
575
|
201
|
(N/A)
|
35.0
|
(N/A)
|
212
|
(N/A)
|
36.9
|
(N/A)
|
|
New York
|
2,392
|
628
|
(N/A)
|
26.3
|
(N/A)
|
690
|
(N/A)
|
28.8
|
(N/A)
|
|
North Carolina
|
1,125
|
310
|
(N/A)
|
27.6
|
(N/A)
|
341
|
(N/A)
|
30.3
|
(N/A)
|
|
North Dakota
|
643
|
154
|
(N/A)
|
24.0
|
(N/A)
|
172
|
(N/A)
|
26.7
|
(N/A)
|
|
Ohio
|
1,482
|
383
|
(N/A)
|
25.8
|
(N/A)
|
420
|
(N/A)
|
28.3
|
(N/A)
|
|
Oklahoma
|
694
|
186
|
(N/A)
|
26.8
|
(N/A)
|
202
|
(N/A)
|
29.1
|
(N/A)
|
|
Oregon
|
779
|
193
|
(N/A)
|
24.8
|
(N/A)
|
222
|
(N/A)
|
28.5
|
(N/A)
|
|
Pennsylvania
|
1,622
|
332
|
(N/A)
|
20.5
|
(N/A)
|
365
|
(N/A)
|
22.5
|
(N/A)
|
|
Rhode Island
|
865
|
208
|
(N/A)
|
24.0
|
(N/A)
|
222
|
(N/A)
|
25.7
|
(N/A)
|
|
South Carolina
|
767
|
237
|
(N/A)
|
30.9
|
(N/A)
|
258
|
(N/A)
|
33.6
|
(N/A)
|
|
South Dakota
|
793
|
177
|
(N/A)
|
22.3
|
(N/A)
|
196
|
(N/A)
|
24.7
|
(N/A)
|
|
Tennessee
|
727
|
224
|
(N/A)
|
30.8
|
(N/A)
|
241
|
(N/A)
|
33.1
|
(N/A)
|
|
Texas
|
3,173
|
1,064
|
(N/A)
|
33.5
|
(N/A)
|
1,142
|
(N/A)
|
36.0
|
(N/A)
|
|
Utah
|
669
|
118
|
(N/A)
|
17.6
|
(N/A)
|
139
|
(N/A)
|
20.8
|
(N/A)
|
|
Vermont
|
724
|
147
|
(N/A)
|
20.3
|
(N/A)
|
170
|
(N/A)
|
23.5
|
(N/A)
|
|
Virginia
|
1,183
|
224
|
(N/A)
|
18.9
|
(N/A)
|
254
|
(N/A)
|
21.5
|
(N/A)
|
|
Washington
|
925
|
186
|
(N/A)
|
20.1
|
(N/A)
|
208
|
(N/A)
|
22.5
|
(N/A)
|
|
West Virginia
|
605
|
176
|
(N/A)
|
29.1
|
(N/A)
|
188
|
(N/A)
|
31.1
|
(N/A)
|
|
Wisconsin
|
1,015
|
195
|
(N/A)
|
19.2
|
(N/A)
|
218
|
(N/A)
|
21.5
|
(N/A)
|
|
Wyoming
|
663
|
119
|
(N/A)
|
17.9
|
(N/A)
|
134
|
(N/A)
|
20.2
|
(N/A)
|
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