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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) |
Families /10
|
|---|
SAMPLE PERSON COUNT |
|---|
|
United States
|
54,464
|
6,262
|
(N/A)
|
11.5
|
(N/A)
|
8,355
|
(N/A)
|
15.3
|
(N/A)
|
|
Alabama
|
627
|
93
|
(N/A)
|
14.8
|
(N/A)
|
139
|
(N/A)
|
22.2
|
(N/A)
|
|
Alaska
|
701
|
69
|
(N/A)
|
9.8
|
(N/A)
|
90
|
(N/A)
|
12.8
|
(N/A)
|
|
Arizona
|
681
|
124
|
(N/A)
|
18.2
|
(N/A)
|
151
|
(N/A)
|
22.2
|
(N/A)
|
|
Arkansas
|
571
|
90
|
(N/A)
|
15.8
|
(N/A)
|
112
|
(N/A)
|
19.6
|
(N/A)
|
|
California
|
4,874
|
608
|
(N/A)
|
12.5
|
(N/A)
|
813
|
(N/A)
|
16.7
|
(N/A)
|
|
Colorado
|
1,178
|
123
|
(N/A)
|
10.4
|
(N/A)
|
165
|
(N/A)
|
14.0
|
(N/A)
|
|
Connecticut
|
1,211
|
83
|
(N/A)
|
6.9
|
(N/A)
|
109
|
(N/A)
|
9.0
|
(N/A)
|
|
Delaware
|
860
|
89
|
(N/A)
|
10.3
|
(N/A)
|
118
|
(N/A)
|
13.7
|
(N/A)
|
|
District of Columbia
|
526
|
83
|
(N/A)
|
15.8
|
(N/A)
|
104
|
(N/A)
|
19.8
|
(N/A)
|
|
Florida
|
2,293
|
265
|
(N/A)
|
11.6
|
(N/A)
|
356
|
(N/A)
|
15.5
|
(N/A)
|
|
Georgia
|
1,186
|
188
|
(N/A)
|
15.9
|
(N/A)
|
243
|
(N/A)
|
20.5
|
(N/A)
|
|
Hawaii
|
903
|
89
|
(N/A)
|
9.9
|
(N/A)
|
132
|
(N/A)
|
14.6
|
(N/A)
|
|
Idaho
|
641
|
80
|
(N/A)
|
12.5
|
(N/A)
|
105
|
(N/A)
|
16.4
|
(N/A)
|
|
Illinois
|
1,657
|
198
|
(N/A)
|
11.9
|
(N/A)
|
269
|
(N/A)
|
16.2
|
(N/A)
|
|
Indiana
|
808
|
119
|
(N/A)
|
14.7
|
(N/A)
|
144
|
(N/A)
|
17.8
|
(N/A)
|
|
Iowa
|
965
|
78
|
(N/A)
|
8.1
|
(N/A)
|
126
|
(N/A)
|
13.1
|
(N/A)
|
|
Kansas
|
751
|
79
|
(N/A)
|
10.5
|
(N/A)
|
109
|
(N/A)
|
14.5
|
(N/A)
|
|
Kentucky
|
798
|
117
|
(N/A)
|
14.7
|
(N/A)
|
145
|
(N/A)
|
18.2
|
(N/A)
|
|
Louisiana
|
554
|
61
|
(N/A)
|
11.0
|
(N/A)
|
86
|
(N/A)
|
15.5
|
(N/A)
|
|
Maine
|
950
|
84
|
(N/A)
|
8.8
|
(N/A)
|
121
|
(N/A)
|
12.7
|
(N/A)
|
|
Maryland
|
1,256
|
88
|
(N/A)
|
7.0
|
(N/A)
|
124
|
(N/A)
|
9.9
|
(N/A)
|
|
Massachusetts
|
799
|
67
|
(N/A)
|
8.4
|
(N/A)
|
96
|
(N/A)
|
12.0
|
(N/A)
|
|
Michigan
|
1,257
|
146
|
(N/A)
|
11.6
|
(N/A)
|
193
|
(N/A)
|
15.4
|
(N/A)
|
|
Minnesota
|
1,228
|
112
|
(N/A)
|
9.1
|
(N/A)
|
151
|
(N/A)
|
12.3
|
(N/A)
|
|
Mississippi
|
566
|
114
|
(N/A)
|
20.1
|
(N/A)
|
143
|
(N/A)
|
25.3
|
(N/A)
|
|
Missouri
|
909
|
121
|
(N/A)
|
13.3
|
(N/A)
|
144
|
(N/A)
|
15.8
|
(N/A)
|
|
Montana
|
473
|
57
|
(N/A)
|
12.1
|
(N/A)
|
84
|
(N/A)
|
17.8
|
(N/A)
|
|
Nebraska
|
818
|
60
|
(N/A)
|
7.3
|
(N/A)
|
85
|
(N/A)
|
10.4
|
(N/A)
|
|
Nevada
|
838
|
97
|
(N/A)
|
11.6
|
(N/A)
|
131
|
(N/A)
|
15.6
|
(N/A)
|
|
New Hampshire
|
1,091
|
69
|
(N/A)
|
6.3
|
(N/A)
|
95
|
(N/A)
|
8.7
|
(N/A)
|
|
New Jersey
|
1,168
|
97
|
(N/A)
|
8.3
|
(N/A)
|
142
|
(N/A)
|
12.2
|
(N/A)
|
|
New Mexico
|
558
|
91
|
(N/A)
|
16.3
|
(N/A)
|
120
|
(N/A)
|
21.5
|
(N/A)
|
|
New York
|
2,299
|
322
|
(N/A)
|
14.0
|
(N/A)
|
413
|
(N/A)
|
18.0
|
(N/A)
|
|
North Carolina
|
1,122
|
157
|
(N/A)
|
14.0
|
(N/A)
|
206
|
(N/A)
|
18.4
|
(N/A)
|
|
North Dakota
|
657
|
65
|
(N/A)
|
9.9
|
(N/A)
|
88
|
(N/A)
|
13.4
|
(N/A)
|
|
Ohio
|
1,493
|
173
|
(N/A)
|
11.6
|
(N/A)
|
233
|
(N/A)
|
15.6
|
(N/A)
|
|
Oklahoma
|
712
|
79
|
(N/A)
|
11.1
|
(N/A)
|
107
|
(N/A)
|
15.0
|
(N/A)
|
|
Oregon
|
758
|
82
|
(N/A)
|
10.8
|
(N/A)
|
107
|
(N/A)
|
14.1
|
(N/A)
|
|
Pennsylvania
|
1,559
|
139
|
(N/A)
|
8.9
|
(N/A)
|
184
|
(N/A)
|
11.8
|
(N/A)
|
|
Rhode Island
|
849
|
105
|
(N/A)
|
12.4
|
(N/A)
|
136
|
(N/A)
|
16.0
|
(N/A)
|
|
South Carolina
|
769
|
96
|
(N/A)
|
12.5
|
(N/A)
|
123
|
(N/A)
|
16.0
|
(N/A)
|
|
South Dakota
|
855
|
95
|
(N/A)
|
11.1
|
(N/A)
|
125
|
(N/A)
|
14.6
|
(N/A)
|
|
Tennessee
|
719
|
99
|
(N/A)
|
13.8
|
(N/A)
|
139
|
(N/A)
|
19.3
|
(N/A)
|
|
Texas
|
3,192
|
489
|
(N/A)
|
15.3
|
(N/A)
|
674
|
(N/A)
|
21.1
|
(N/A)
|
|
Utah
|
656
|
58
|
(N/A)
|
8.8
|
(N/A)
|
72
|
(N/A)
|
11.0
|
(N/A)
|
|
Vermont
|
702
|
42
|
(N/A)
|
6.0
|
(N/A)
|
65
|
(N/A)
|
9.3
|
(N/A)
|
|
Virginia
|
1,187
|
108
|
(N/A)
|
9.1
|
(N/A)
|
140
|
(N/A)
|
11.8
|
(N/A)
|
|
Washington
|
935
|
93
|
(N/A)
|
9.9
|
(N/A)
|
118
|
(N/A)
|
12.6
|
(N/A)
|
|
West Virginia
|
581
|
86
|
(N/A)
|
14.8
|
(N/A)
|
102
|
(N/A)
|
17.6
|
(N/A)
|
|
Wisconsin
|
1,013
|
86
|
(N/A)
|
8.5
|
(N/A)
|
113
|
(N/A)
|
11.2
|
(N/A)
|
|
Wyoming
|
710
|
49
|
(N/A)
|
6.9
|
(N/A)
|
65
|
(N/A)
|
9.2
|
(N/A)
|
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