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POV46: Poverty Status by State: 2009
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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2010 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 100% of poverty (5) |
Below 125% 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
|
127,215
|
16,126
|
(N/A)
|
12.7
|
(N/A)
|
20,965
|
(N/A)
|
16.5
|
(N/A)
|
|
Alabama
|
1,390
|
212
|
(N/A)
|
15.3
|
(N/A)
|
302
|
(N/A)
|
21.7
|
(N/A)
|
|
Alaska
|
1,724
|
179
|
(N/A)
|
10.4
|
(N/A)
|
226
|
(N/A)
|
13.1
|
(N/A)
|
|
Arizona
|
1,645
|
322
|
(N/A)
|
19.6
|
(N/A)
|
390
|
(N/A)
|
23.7
|
(N/A)
|
|
Arkansas
|
1,221
|
218
|
(N/A)
|
17.9
|
(N/A)
|
267
|
(N/A)
|
21.9
|
(N/A)
|
|
California
|
12,593
|
1,800
|
(N/A)
|
14.3
|
(N/A)
|
2,350
|
(N/A)
|
18.7
|
(N/A)
|
|
Colorado
|
2,809
|
332
|
(N/A)
|
11.8
|
(N/A)
|
439
|
(N/A)
|
15.6
|
(N/A)
|
|
Connecticut
|
2,798
|
240
|
(N/A)
|
8.6
|
(N/A)
|
311
|
(N/A)
|
11.1
|
(N/A)
|
|
Delaware
|
1,894
|
212
|
(N/A)
|
11.2
|
(N/A)
|
272
|
(N/A)
|
14.4
|
(N/A)
|
|
District of Columbia
|
1,771
|
258
|
(N/A)
|
14.6
|
(N/A)
|
320
|
(N/A)
|
18.1
|
(N/A)
|
|
Florida
|
5,113
|
705
|
(N/A)
|
13.8
|
(N/A)
|
923
|
(N/A)
|
18.1
|
(N/A)
|
|
Georgia
|
2,877
|
495
|
(N/A)
|
17.2
|
(N/A)
|
615
|
(N/A)
|
21.4
|
(N/A)
|
|
Hawaii
|
2,227
|
239
|
(N/A)
|
10.7
|
(N/A)
|
312
|
(N/A)
|
14.0
|
(N/A)
|
|
Idaho
|
1,395
|
174
|
(N/A)
|
12.5
|
(N/A)
|
226
|
(N/A)
|
16.2
|
(N/A)
|
|
Illinois
|
3,932
|
498
|
(N/A)
|
12.7
|
(N/A)
|
650
|
(N/A)
|
16.5
|
(N/A)
|
|
Indiana
|
1,760
|
261
|
(N/A)
|
14.8
|
(N/A)
|
318
|
(N/A)
|
18.1
|
(N/A)
|
|
Iowa
|
2,289
|
231
|
(N/A)
|
10.1
|
(N/A)
|
330
|
(N/A)
|
14.4
|
(N/A)
|
|
Kansas
|
1,740
|
222
|
(N/A)
|
12.8
|
(N/A)
|
293
|
(N/A)
|
16.8
|
(N/A)
|
|
Kentucky
|
1,778
|
298
|
(N/A)
|
16.8
|
(N/A)
|
366
|
(N/A)
|
20.6
|
(N/A)
|
|
Louisiana
|
1,206
|
147
|
(N/A)
|
12.2
|
(N/A)
|
200
|
(N/A)
|
16.6
|
(N/A)
|
|
Maine
|
2,193
|
244
|
(N/A)
|
11.1
|
(N/A)
|
331
|
(N/A)
|
15.1
|
(N/A)
|
|
Maryland
|
3,090
|
252
|
(N/A)
|
8.2
|
(N/A)
|
333
|
(N/A)
|
10.8
|
(N/A)
|
|
Massachusetts
|
1,848
|
182
|
(N/A)
|
9.8
|
(N/A)
|
250
|
(N/A)
|
13.5
|
(N/A)
|
|
Michigan
|
2,937
|
393
|
(N/A)
|
13.4
|
(N/A)
|
509
|
(N/A)
|
17.3
|
(N/A)
|
|
Minnesota
|
2,855
|
297
|
(N/A)
|
10.4
|
(N/A)
|
383
|
(N/A)
|
13.4
|
(N/A)
|
|
Mississippi
|
1,163
|
238
|
(N/A)
|
20.5
|
(N/A)
|
291
|
(N/A)
|
25.0
|
(N/A)
|
|
Missouri
|
2,112
|
295
|
(N/A)
|
14.0
|
(N/A)
|
360
|
(N/A)
|
17.0
|
(N/A)
|
|
Montana
|
1,081
|
148
|
(N/A)
|
13.7
|
(N/A)
|
200
|
(N/A)
|
18.5
|
(N/A)
|
|
Nebraska
|
1,791
|
165
|
(N/A)
|
9.2
|
(N/A)
|
224
|
(N/A)
|
12.5
|
(N/A)
|
|
Nevada
|
2,048
|
259
|
(N/A)
|
12.6
|
(N/A)
|
336
|
(N/A)
|
16.4
|
(N/A)
|
|
New Hampshire
|
2,470
|
175
|
(N/A)
|
7.1
|
(N/A)
|
236
|
(N/A)
|
9.6
|
(N/A)
|
|
New Jersey
|
2,799
|
240
|
(N/A)
|
8.6
|
(N/A)
|
343
|
(N/A)
|
12.3
|
(N/A)
|
|
New Mexico
|
1,245
|
210
|
(N/A)
|
16.9
|
(N/A)
|
275
|
(N/A)
|
22.1
|
(N/A)
|
|
New York
|
5,558
|
803
|
(N/A)
|
14.4
|
(N/A)
|
992
|
(N/A)
|
17.8
|
(N/A)
|
|
North Carolina
|
2,481
|
383
|
(N/A)
|
15.4
|
(N/A)
|
486
|
(N/A)
|
19.6
|
(N/A)
|
|
North Dakota
|
1,480
|
154
|
(N/A)
|
10.4
|
(N/A)
|
205
|
(N/A)
|
13.9
|
(N/A)
|
|
Ohio
|
3,329
|
414
|
(N/A)
|
12.4
|
(N/A)
|
538
|
(N/A)
|
16.2
|
(N/A)
|
|
Oklahoma
|
1,536
|
186
|
(N/A)
|
12.1
|
(N/A)
|
256
|
(N/A)
|
16.7
|
(N/A)
|
|
Oregon
|
1,769
|
231
|
(N/A)
|
13.1
|
(N/A)
|
301
|
(N/A)
|
17.0
|
(N/A)
|
|
Pennsylvania
|
3,554
|
360
|
(N/A)
|
10.1
|
(N/A)
|
466
|
(N/A)
|
13.1
|
(N/A)
|
|
Rhode Island
|
2,000
|
246
|
(N/A)
|
12.3
|
(N/A)
|
311
|
(N/A)
|
15.6
|
(N/A)
|
|
South Carolina
|
1,653
|
228
|
(N/A)
|
13.8
|
(N/A)
|
286
|
(N/A)
|
17.3
|
(N/A)
|
|
South Dakota
|
1,889
|
278
|
(N/A)
|
14.7
|
(N/A)
|
356
|
(N/A)
|
18.8
|
(N/A)
|
|
Tennessee
|
1,608
|
241
|
(N/A)
|
15.0
|
(N/A)
|
333
|
(N/A)
|
20.7
|
(N/A)
|
|
Texas
|
7,467
|
1,146
|
(N/A)
|
15.3
|
(N/A)
|
1,571
|
(N/A)
|
21.0
|
(N/A)
|
|
Utah
|
1,505
|
133
|
(N/A)
|
8.8
|
(N/A)
|
163
|
(N/A)
|
10.8
|
(N/A)
|
|
Vermont
|
1,656
|
141
|
(N/A)
|
8.5
|
(N/A)
|
190
|
(N/A)
|
11.5
|
(N/A)
|
|
Virginia
|
2,710
|
251
|
(N/A)
|
9.3
|
(N/A)
|
320
|
(N/A)
|
11.8
|
(N/A)
|
|
Washington
|
2,176
|
223
|
(N/A)
|
10.2
|
(N/A)
|
291
|
(N/A)
|
13.4
|
(N/A)
|
|
West Virginia
|
1,217
|
194
|
(N/A)
|
15.9
|
(N/A)
|
239
|
(N/A)
|
19.6
|
(N/A)
|
|
Wisconsin
|
2,267
|
231
|
(N/A)
|
10.2
|
(N/A)
|
292
|
(N/A)
|
12.9
|
(N/A)
|
|
Wyoming
|
1,566
|
142
|
(N/A)
|
9.1
|
(N/A)
|
188
|
(N/A)
|
12.0
|
(N/A)
|
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