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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 65 Years and Over
|
|---|
SAMPLE PERSON COUNT |
|---|
|
United States
|
21,856
|
2,116
|
(N/A)
|
9.7
|
(N/A)
|
3,323
|
(N/A)
|
15.2
|
(N/A)
|
|
Alabama
|
290
|
34
|
(N/A)
|
11.7
|
(N/A)
|
67
|
(N/A)
|
23.1
|
(N/A)
|
|
Alaska
|
214
|
23
|
(N/A)
|
10.7
|
(N/A)
|
31
|
(N/A)
|
14.5
|
(N/A)
|
|
Arizona
|
266
|
47
|
(N/A)
|
17.7
|
(N/A)
|
61
|
(N/A)
|
22.9
|
(N/A)
|
|
Arkansas
|
253
|
33
|
(N/A)
|
13.0
|
(N/A)
|
50
|
(N/A)
|
19.8
|
(N/A)
|
|
California
|
1,843
|
190
|
(N/A)
|
10.3
|
(N/A)
|
292
|
(N/A)
|
15.8
|
(N/A)
|
|
Colorado
|
383
|
27
|
(N/A)
|
7.0
|
(N/A)
|
43
|
(N/A)
|
11.2
|
(N/A)
|
|
Connecticut
|
498
|
37
|
(N/A)
|
7.4
|
(N/A)
|
58
|
(N/A)
|
11.6
|
(N/A)
|
|
Delaware
|
398
|
33
|
(N/A)
|
8.3
|
(N/A)
|
52
|
(N/A)
|
13.1
|
(N/A)
|
|
District of Columbia
|
304
|
44
|
(N/A)
|
14.5
|
(N/A)
|
67
|
(N/A)
|
22.0
|
(N/A)
|
|
Florida
|
1,233
|
115
|
(N/A)
|
9.3
|
(N/A)
|
179
|
(N/A)
|
14.5
|
(N/A)
|
|
Georgia
|
346
|
61
|
(N/A)
|
17.6
|
(N/A)
|
85
|
(N/A)
|
24.6
|
(N/A)
|
|
Hawaii
|
536
|
50
|
(N/A)
|
9.3
|
(N/A)
|
82
|
(N/A)
|
15.3
|
(N/A)
|
|
Idaho
|
208
|
23
|
(N/A)
|
11.1
|
(N/A)
|
35
|
(N/A)
|
16.8
|
(N/A)
|
|
Illinois
|
627
|
51
|
(N/A)
|
8.1
|
(N/A)
|
82
|
(N/A)
|
13.1
|
(N/A)
|
|
Indiana
|
345
|
19
|
(N/A)
|
5.5
|
(N/A)
|
34
|
(N/A)
|
9.9
|
(N/A)
|
|
Iowa
|
328
|
20
|
(N/A)
|
6.1
|
(N/A)
|
38
|
(N/A)
|
11.6
|
(N/A)
|
|
Kansas
|
285
|
18
|
(N/A)
|
6.3
|
(N/A)
|
38
|
(N/A)
|
13.3
|
(N/A)
|
|
Kentucky
|
292
|
31
|
(N/A)
|
10.6
|
(N/A)
|
51
|
(N/A)
|
17.5
|
(N/A)
|
|
Louisiana
|
235
|
27
|
(N/A)
|
11.5
|
(N/A)
|
41
|
(N/A)
|
17.4
|
(N/A)
|
|
Maine
|
434
|
32
|
(N/A)
|
7.4
|
(N/A)
|
58
|
(N/A)
|
13.4
|
(N/A)
|
|
Maryland
|
497
|
49
|
(N/A)
|
9.9
|
(N/A)
|
75
|
(N/A)
|
15.1
|
(N/A)
|
|
Massachusetts
|
381
|
32
|
(N/A)
|
8.4
|
(N/A)
|
51
|
(N/A)
|
13.4
|
(N/A)
|
|
Michigan
|
492
|
32
|
(N/A)
|
6.5
|
(N/A)
|
56
|
(N/A)
|
11.4
|
(N/A)
|
|
Minnesota
|
454
|
24
|
(N/A)
|
5.3
|
(N/A)
|
50
|
(N/A)
|
11.0
|
(N/A)
|
|
Mississippi
|
252
|
45
|
(N/A)
|
17.9
|
(N/A)
|
67
|
(N/A)
|
26.6
|
(N/A)
|
|
Missouri
|
336
|
27
|
(N/A)
|
8.0
|
(N/A)
|
44
|
(N/A)
|
13.1
|
(N/A)
|
|
Montana
|
207
|
13
|
(N/A)
|
6.3
|
(N/A)
|
29
|
(N/A)
|
14.0
|
(N/A)
|
|
Nebraska
|
318
|
23
|
(N/A)
|
7.2
|
(N/A)
|
33
|
(N/A)
|
10.4
|
(N/A)
|
|
Nevada
|
334
|
37
|
(N/A)
|
11.1
|
(N/A)
|
55
|
(N/A)
|
16.5
|
(N/A)
|
|
New Hampshire
|
399
|
31
|
(N/A)
|
7.8
|
(N/A)
|
45
|
(N/A)
|
11.3
|
(N/A)
|
|
New Jersey
|
431
|
39
|
(N/A)
|
9.0
|
(N/A)
|
55
|
(N/A)
|
12.8
|
(N/A)
|
|
New Mexico
|
239
|
27
|
(N/A)
|
11.3
|
(N/A)
|
44
|
(N/A)
|
18.4
|
(N/A)
|
|
New York
|
1,016
|
119
|
(N/A)
|
11.7
|
(N/A)
|
188
|
(N/A)
|
18.5
|
(N/A)
|
|
North Carolina
|
454
|
49
|
(N/A)
|
10.8
|
(N/A)
|
73
|
(N/A)
|
16.1
|
(N/A)
|
|
North Dakota
|
214
|
19
|
(N/A)
|
8.9
|
(N/A)
|
31
|
(N/A)
|
14.5
|
(N/A)
|
|
Ohio
|
568
|
45
|
(N/A)
|
7.9
|
(N/A)
|
75
|
(N/A)
|
13.2
|
(N/A)
|
|
Oklahoma
|
299
|
18
|
(N/A)
|
6.0
|
(N/A)
|
39
|
(N/A)
|
13.0
|
(N/A)
|
|
Oregon
|
328
|
35
|
(N/A)
|
10.7
|
(N/A)
|
43
|
(N/A)
|
13.1
|
(N/A)
|
|
Pennsylvania
|
721
|
75
|
(N/A)
|
10.4
|
(N/A)
|
104
|
(N/A)
|
14.4
|
(N/A)
|
|
Rhode Island
|
336
|
31
|
(N/A)
|
9.2
|
(N/A)
|
49
|
(N/A)
|
14.6
|
(N/A)
|
|
South Carolina
|
347
|
40
|
(N/A)
|
11.5
|
(N/A)
|
64
|
(N/A)
|
18.4
|
(N/A)
|
|
South Dakota
|
329
|
32
|
(N/A)
|
9.7
|
(N/A)
|
44
|
(N/A)
|
13.4
|
(N/A)
|
|
Tennessee
|
318
|
37
|
(N/A)
|
11.6
|
(N/A)
|
61
|
(N/A)
|
19.2
|
(N/A)
|
|
Texas
|
1,048
|
129
|
(N/A)
|
12.3
|
(N/A)
|
205
|
(N/A)
|
19.6
|
(N/A)
|
|
Utah
|
188
|
15
|
(N/A)
|
8.0
|
(N/A)
|
22
|
(N/A)
|
11.7
|
(N/A)
|
|
Vermont
|
286
|
25
|
(N/A)
|
8.7
|
(N/A)
|
36
|
(N/A)
|
12.6
|
(N/A)
|
|
Virginia
|
444
|
45
|
(N/A)
|
10.1
|
(N/A)
|
63
|
(N/A)
|
14.2
|
(N/A)
|
|
Washington
|
320
|
31
|
(N/A)
|
9.7
|
(N/A)
|
51
|
(N/A)
|
15.9
|
(N/A)
|
|
West Virginia
|
275
|
32
|
(N/A)
|
11.6
|
(N/A)
|
41
|
(N/A)
|
14.9
|
(N/A)
|
|
Wisconsin
|
446
|
27
|
(N/A)
|
6.1
|
(N/A)
|
51
|
(N/A)
|
11.4
|
(N/A)
|
|
Wyoming
|
261
|
18
|
(N/A)
|
6.9
|
(N/A)
|
35
|
(N/A)
|
13.4
|
(N/A)
|
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