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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 135% of poverty (5) |
Below 150% of poverty (5) |
| All income levels |
Number |
Standard error (19) |
Percent |
Standard error (19) |
Number |
Standard error (19) |
Percent |
Standard error (19) |
People Under 18
|
|---|
SAMPLE PERSON COUNT |
|---|
|
United States
|
60,336
|
16,055
|
(N/A)
|
26.6
|
(N/A)
|
18,278
|
(N/A)
|
30.3
|
(N/A)
|
|
Alabama
|
585
|
225
|
(N/A)
|
38.5
|
(N/A)
|
257
|
(N/A)
|
43.9
|
(N/A)
|
|
Alaska
|
825
|
185
|
(N/A)
|
22.4
|
(N/A)
|
224
|
(N/A)
|
27.2
|
(N/A)
|
|
Arizona
|
806
|
327
|
(N/A)
|
40.6
|
(N/A)
|
353
|
(N/A)
|
43.8
|
(N/A)
|
|
Arkansas
|
535
|
171
|
(N/A)
|
32.0
|
(N/A)
|
196
|
(N/A)
|
36.6
|
(N/A)
|
|
California
|
5,725
|
1,706
|
(N/A)
|
29.8
|
(N/A)
|
1,945
|
(N/A)
|
34.0
|
(N/A)
|
|
Colorado
|
1,374
|
351
|
(N/A)
|
25.5
|
(N/A)
|
402
|
(N/A)
|
29.3
|
(N/A)
|
|
Connecticut
|
1,289
|
182
|
(N/A)
|
14.1
|
(N/A)
|
205
|
(N/A)
|
15.9
|
(N/A)
|
|
Delaware
|
896
|
227
|
(N/A)
|
25.3
|
(N/A)
|
250
|
(N/A)
|
27.9
|
(N/A)
|
|
District of Columbia
|
534
|
199
|
(N/A)
|
37.3
|
(N/A)
|
224
|
(N/A)
|
41.9
|
(N/A)
|
|
Florida
|
2,106
|
568
|
(N/A)
|
27.0
|
(N/A)
|
651
|
(N/A)
|
30.9
|
(N/A)
|
|
Georgia
|
1,387
|
425
|
(N/A)
|
30.6
|
(N/A)
|
487
|
(N/A)
|
35.1
|
(N/A)
|
|
Hawaii
|
925
|
237
|
(N/A)
|
25.6
|
(N/A)
|
273
|
(N/A)
|
29.5
|
(N/A)
|
|
Idaho
|
885
|
271
|
(N/A)
|
30.6
|
(N/A)
|
312
|
(N/A)
|
35.3
|
(N/A)
|
|
Illinois
|
1,910
|
525
|
(N/A)
|
27.5
|
(N/A)
|
623
|
(N/A)
|
32.6
|
(N/A)
|
|
Indiana
|
866
|
273
|
(N/A)
|
31.5
|
(N/A)
|
309
|
(N/A)
|
35.7
|
(N/A)
|
|
Iowa
|
1,159
|
297
|
(N/A)
|
25.6
|
(N/A)
|
352
|
(N/A)
|
30.4
|
(N/A)
|
|
Kansas
|
933
|
234
|
(N/A)
|
25.1
|
(N/A)
|
267
|
(N/A)
|
28.6
|
(N/A)
|
|
Kentucky
|
855
|
245
|
(N/A)
|
28.7
|
(N/A)
|
268
|
(N/A)
|
31.3
|
(N/A)
|
|
Louisiana
|
538
|
157
|
(N/A)
|
29.2
|
(N/A)
|
172
|
(N/A)
|
32.0
|
(N/A)
|
|
Maine
|
938
|
234
|
(N/A)
|
24.9
|
(N/A)
|
255
|
(N/A)
|
27.2
|
(N/A)
|
|
Maryland
|
1,328
|
225
|
(N/A)
|
16.9
|
(N/A)
|
259
|
(N/A)
|
19.5
|
(N/A)
|
|
Massachusetts
|
863
|
193
|
(N/A)
|
22.4
|
(N/A)
|
225
|
(N/A)
|
26.1
|
(N/A)
|
|
Michigan
|
1,377
|
354
|
(N/A)
|
25.7
|
(N/A)
|
405
|
(N/A)
|
29.4
|
(N/A)
|
|
Minnesota
|
1,488
|
336
|
(N/A)
|
22.6
|
(N/A)
|
370
|
(N/A)
|
24.9
|
(N/A)
|
|
Mississippi
|
594
|
248
|
(N/A)
|
41.8
|
(N/A)
|
280
|
(N/A)
|
47.1
|
(N/A)
|
|
Missouri
|
1,070
|
307
|
(N/A)
|
28.7
|
(N/A)
|
341
|
(N/A)
|
31.9
|
(N/A)
|
|
Montana
|
509
|
156
|
(N/A)
|
30.6
|
(N/A)
|
179
|
(N/A)
|
35.2
|
(N/A)
|
|
Nebraska
|
989
|
189
|
(N/A)
|
19.1
|
(N/A)
|
230
|
(N/A)
|
23.3
|
(N/A)
|
|
Nevada
|
916
|
264
|
(N/A)
|
28.8
|
(N/A)
|
307
|
(N/A)
|
33.5
|
(N/A)
|
|
New Hampshire
|
1,139
|
161
|
(N/A)
|
14.1
|
(N/A)
|
179
|
(N/A)
|
15.7
|
(N/A)
|
|
New Jersey
|
1,282
|
261
|
(N/A)
|
20.4
|
(N/A)
|
285
|
(N/A)
|
22.2
|
(N/A)
|
|
New Mexico
|
616
|
239
|
(N/A)
|
38.8
|
(N/A)
|
276
|
(N/A)
|
44.8
|
(N/A)
|
|
New York
|
2,469
|
750
|
(N/A)
|
30.4
|
(N/A)
|
823
|
(N/A)
|
33.3
|
(N/A)
|
|
North Carolina
|
1,187
|
365
|
(N/A)
|
30.7
|
(N/A)
|
405
|
(N/A)
|
34.1
|
(N/A)
|
|
North Dakota
|
730
|
158
|
(N/A)
|
21.6
|
(N/A)
|
189
|
(N/A)
|
25.9
|
(N/A)
|
|
Ohio
|
1,638
|
400
|
(N/A)
|
24.4
|
(N/A)
|
443
|
(N/A)
|
27.0
|
(N/A)
|
|
Oklahoma
|
702
|
185
|
(N/A)
|
26.4
|
(N/A)
|
207
|
(N/A)
|
29.5
|
(N/A)
|
|
Oregon
|
803
|
206
|
(N/A)
|
25.7
|
(N/A)
|
236
|
(N/A)
|
29.4
|
(N/A)
|
|
Pennsylvania
|
1,625
|
317
|
(N/A)
|
19.5
|
(N/A)
|
384
|
(N/A)
|
23.6
|
(N/A)
|
|
Rhode Island
|
952
|
272
|
(N/A)
|
28.6
|
(N/A)
|
304
|
(N/A)
|
31.9
|
(N/A)
|
|
South Carolina
|
764
|
190
|
(N/A)
|
24.9
|
(N/A)
|
212
|
(N/A)
|
27.7
|
(N/A)
|
|
South Dakota
|
1,019
|
250
|
(N/A)
|
24.5
|
(N/A)
|
292
|
(N/A)
|
28.7
|
(N/A)
|
|
Tennessee
|
763
|
224
|
(N/A)
|
29.4
|
(N/A)
|
245
|
(N/A)
|
32.1
|
(N/A)
|
|
Texas
|
3,907
|
1,388
|
(N/A)
|
35.5
|
(N/A)
|
1,556
|
(N/A)
|
39.8
|
(N/A)
|
|
Utah
|
1,012
|
216
|
(N/A)
|
21.3
|
(N/A)
|
262
|
(N/A)
|
25.9
|
(N/A)
|
|
Vermont
|
692
|
140
|
(N/A)
|
20.2
|
(N/A)
|
176
|
(N/A)
|
25.4
|
(N/A)
|
|
Virginia
|
1,253
|
259
|
(N/A)
|
20.7
|
(N/A)
|
285
|
(N/A)
|
22.7
|
(N/A)
|
|
Washington
|
1,036
|
231
|
(N/A)
|
22.3
|
(N/A)
|
275
|
(N/A)
|
26.5
|
(N/A)
|
|
West Virginia
|
597
|
170
|
(N/A)
|
28.5
|
(N/A)
|
183
|
(N/A)
|
30.7
|
(N/A)
|
|
Wisconsin
|
1,116
|
232
|
(N/A)
|
20.8
|
(N/A)
|
272
|
(N/A)
|
24.4
|
(N/A)
|
|
Wyoming
|
829
|
130
|
(N/A)
|
15.7
|
(N/A)
|
168
|
(N/A)
|
20.3
|
(N/A)
|
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