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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) |
Related Children Under
18 Years of Age (9)
|
|---|
SAMPLE PERSON COUNT |
|---|
|
United States
|
59,392
|
15,464
|
(N/A)
|
26.0
|
(N/A)
|
17,642
|
(N/A)
|
29.7
|
(N/A)
|
|
Alabama
|
581
|
222
|
(N/A)
|
38.2
|
(N/A)
|
254
|
(N/A)
|
43.7
|
(N/A)
|
|
Alaska
|
801
|
169
|
(N/A)
|
21.1
|
(N/A)
|
207
|
(N/A)
|
25.8
|
(N/A)
|
|
Arizona
|
801
|
323
|
(N/A)
|
40.3
|
(N/A)
|
349
|
(N/A)
|
43.6
|
(N/A)
|
|
Arkansas
|
524
|
163
|
(N/A)
|
31.1
|
(N/A)
|
188
|
(N/A)
|
35.9
|
(N/A)
|
|
California
|
5,619
|
1,632
|
(N/A)
|
29.0
|
(N/A)
|
1,866
|
(N/A)
|
33.2
|
(N/A)
|
|
Colorado
|
1,358
|
342
|
(N/A)
|
25.2
|
(N/A)
|
393
|
(N/A)
|
28.9
|
(N/A)
|
|
Connecticut
|
1,272
|
173
|
(N/A)
|
13.6
|
(N/A)
|
196
|
(N/A)
|
15.4
|
(N/A)
|
|
Delaware
|
880
|
216
|
(N/A)
|
24.5
|
(N/A)
|
238
|
(N/A)
|
27.0
|
(N/A)
|
|
District of Columbia
|
525
|
196
|
(N/A)
|
37.3
|
(N/A)
|
221
|
(N/A)
|
42.1
|
(N/A)
|
|
Florida
|
2,068
|
543
|
(N/A)
|
26.3
|
(N/A)
|
622
|
(N/A)
|
30.1
|
(N/A)
|
|
Georgia
|
1,368
|
414
|
(N/A)
|
30.3
|
(N/A)
|
476
|
(N/A)
|
34.8
|
(N/A)
|
|
Hawaii
|
905
|
227
|
(N/A)
|
25.1
|
(N/A)
|
263
|
(N/A)
|
29.1
|
(N/A)
|
|
Idaho
|
879
|
268
|
(N/A)
|
30.5
|
(N/A)
|
307
|
(N/A)
|
34.9
|
(N/A)
|
|
Illinois
|
1,877
|
503
|
(N/A)
|
26.8
|
(N/A)
|
598
|
(N/A)
|
31.9
|
(N/A)
|
|
Indiana
|
860
|
270
|
(N/A)
|
31.4
|
(N/A)
|
304
|
(N/A)
|
35.3
|
(N/A)
|
|
Iowa
|
1,140
|
283
|
(N/A)
|
24.8
|
(N/A)
|
336
|
(N/A)
|
29.5
|
(N/A)
|
|
Kansas
|
917
|
221
|
(N/A)
|
24.1
|
(N/A)
|
253
|
(N/A)
|
27.6
|
(N/A)
|
|
Kentucky
|
839
|
238
|
(N/A)
|
28.4
|
(N/A)
|
261
|
(N/A)
|
31.1
|
(N/A)
|
|
Louisiana
|
531
|
153
|
(N/A)
|
28.8
|
(N/A)
|
168
|
(N/A)
|
31.6
|
(N/A)
|
|
Maine
|
908
|
214
|
(N/A)
|
23.6
|
(N/A)
|
233
|
(N/A)
|
25.7
|
(N/A)
|
|
Maryland
|
1,314
|
217
|
(N/A)
|
16.5
|
(N/A)
|
251
|
(N/A)
|
19.1
|
(N/A)
|
|
Massachusetts
|
855
|
188
|
(N/A)
|
22.0
|
(N/A)
|
220
|
(N/A)
|
25.7
|
(N/A)
|
|
Michigan
|
1,349
|
334
|
(N/A)
|
24.8
|
(N/A)
|
384
|
(N/A)
|
28.5
|
(N/A)
|
|
Minnesota
|
1,472
|
327
|
(N/A)
|
22.2
|
(N/A)
|
361
|
(N/A)
|
24.5
|
(N/A)
|
|
Mississippi
|
584
|
243
|
(N/A)
|
41.6
|
(N/A)
|
275
|
(N/A)
|
47.1
|
(N/A)
|
|
Missouri
|
1,046
|
292
|
(N/A)
|
27.9
|
(N/A)
|
324
|
(N/A)
|
31.0
|
(N/A)
|
|
Montana
|
496
|
148
|
(N/A)
|
29.8
|
(N/A)
|
170
|
(N/A)
|
34.3
|
(N/A)
|
|
Nebraska
|
969
|
179
|
(N/A)
|
18.5
|
(N/A)
|
220
|
(N/A)
|
22.7
|
(N/A)
|
|
Nevada
|
896
|
254
|
(N/A)
|
28.3
|
(N/A)
|
295
|
(N/A)
|
32.9
|
(N/A)
|
|
New Hampshire
|
1,129
|
157
|
(N/A)
|
13.9
|
(N/A)
|
175
|
(N/A)
|
15.5
|
(N/A)
|
|
New Jersey
|
1,262
|
253
|
(N/A)
|
20.0
|
(N/A)
|
275
|
(N/A)
|
21.8
|
(N/A)
|
|
New Mexico
|
602
|
231
|
(N/A)
|
38.4
|
(N/A)
|
266
|
(N/A)
|
44.2
|
(N/A)
|
|
New York
|
2,423
|
718
|
(N/A)
|
29.6
|
(N/A)
|
791
|
(N/A)
|
32.6
|
(N/A)
|
|
North Carolina
|
1,162
|
347
|
(N/A)
|
29.9
|
(N/A)
|
387
|
(N/A)
|
33.3
|
(N/A)
|
|
North Dakota
|
724
|
155
|
(N/A)
|
21.4
|
(N/A)
|
186
|
(N/A)
|
25.7
|
(N/A)
|
|
Ohio
|
1,603
|
374
|
(N/A)
|
23.3
|
(N/A)
|
414
|
(N/A)
|
25.8
|
(N/A)
|
|
Oklahoma
|
693
|
179
|
(N/A)
|
25.8
|
(N/A)
|
201
|
(N/A)
|
29.0
|
(N/A)
|
|
Oregon
|
786
|
194
|
(N/A)
|
24.7
|
(N/A)
|
223
|
(N/A)
|
28.4
|
(N/A)
|
|
Pennsylvania
|
1,605
|
304
|
(N/A)
|
18.9
|
(N/A)
|
371
|
(N/A)
|
23.1
|
(N/A)
|
|
Rhode Island
|
941
|
265
|
(N/A)
|
28.2
|
(N/A)
|
296
|
(N/A)
|
31.5
|
(N/A)
|
|
South Carolina
|
758
|
187
|
(N/A)
|
24.7
|
(N/A)
|
209
|
(N/A)
|
27.6
|
(N/A)
|
|
South Dakota
|
1,008
|
243
|
(N/A)
|
24.1
|
(N/A)
|
285
|
(N/A)
|
28.3
|
(N/A)
|
|
Tennessee
|
756
|
219
|
(N/A)
|
29.0
|
(N/A)
|
240
|
(N/A)
|
31.7
|
(N/A)
|
|
Texas
|
3,863
|
1,363
|
(N/A)
|
35.3
|
(N/A)
|
1,529
|
(N/A)
|
39.6
|
(N/A)
|
|
Utah
|
1,003
|
208
|
(N/A)
|
20.7
|
(N/A)
|
254
|
(N/A)
|
25.3
|
(N/A)
|
|
Vermont
|
684
|
134
|
(N/A)
|
19.6
|
(N/A)
|
169
|
(N/A)
|
24.7
|
(N/A)
|
|
Virginia
|
1,239
|
253
|
(N/A)
|
20.4
|
(N/A)
|
279
|
(N/A)
|
22.5
|
(N/A)
|
|
Washington
|
1,021
|
221
|
(N/A)
|
21.6
|
(N/A)
|
265
|
(N/A)
|
26.0
|
(N/A)
|
|
West Virginia
|
591
|
165
|
(N/A)
|
27.9
|
(N/A)
|
178
|
(N/A)
|
30.1
|
(N/A)
|
|
Wisconsin
|
1,089
|
219
|
(N/A)
|
20.1
|
(N/A)
|
257
|
(N/A)
|
23.6
|
(N/A)
|
|
Wyoming
|
816
|
123
|
(N/A)
|
15.1
|
(N/A)
|
159
|
(N/A)
|
19.5
|
(N/A)
|
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