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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 18 to 64
|
|---|
SAMPLE PERSON COUNT |
|---|
|
United States
|
127,215
|
23,257
|
(N/A)
|
18.3
|
(N/A)
|
26,548
|
(N/A)
|
20.9
|
(N/A)
|
|
Alabama
|
1,390
|
335
|
(N/A)
|
24.1
|
(N/A)
|
379
|
(N/A)
|
27.3
|
(N/A)
|
|
Alaska
|
1,724
|
243
|
(N/A)
|
14.1
|
(N/A)
|
289
|
(N/A)
|
16.8
|
(N/A)
|
|
Arizona
|
1,645
|
424
|
(N/A)
|
25.8
|
(N/A)
|
463
|
(N/A)
|
28.1
|
(N/A)
|
|
Arkansas
|
1,221
|
304
|
(N/A)
|
24.9
|
(N/A)
|
352
|
(N/A)
|
28.8
|
(N/A)
|
|
California
|
12,593
|
2,668
|
(N/A)
|
21.2
|
(N/A)
|
3,063
|
(N/A)
|
24.3
|
(N/A)
|
|
Colorado
|
2,809
|
488
|
(N/A)
|
17.4
|
(N/A)
|
564
|
(N/A)
|
20.1
|
(N/A)
|
|
Connecticut
|
2,798
|
342
|
(N/A)
|
12.2
|
(N/A)
|
367
|
(N/A)
|
13.1
|
(N/A)
|
|
Delaware
|
1,894
|
299
|
(N/A)
|
15.8
|
(N/A)
|
346
|
(N/A)
|
18.3
|
(N/A)
|
|
District of Columbia
|
1,771
|
352
|
(N/A)
|
19.9
|
(N/A)
|
397
|
(N/A)
|
22.4
|
(N/A)
|
|
Florida
|
5,113
|
1,028
|
(N/A)
|
20.1
|
(N/A)
|
1,164
|
(N/A)
|
22.8
|
(N/A)
|
|
Georgia
|
2,877
|
672
|
(N/A)
|
23.4
|
(N/A)
|
747
|
(N/A)
|
26.0
|
(N/A)
|
|
Hawaii
|
2,227
|
348
|
(N/A)
|
15.6
|
(N/A)
|
401
|
(N/A)
|
18.0
|
(N/A)
|
|
Idaho
|
1,395
|
255
|
(N/A)
|
18.3
|
(N/A)
|
310
|
(N/A)
|
22.2
|
(N/A)
|
|
Illinois
|
3,932
|
708
|
(N/A)
|
18.0
|
(N/A)
|
819
|
(N/A)
|
20.8
|
(N/A)
|
|
Indiana
|
1,760
|
337
|
(N/A)
|
19.1
|
(N/A)
|
381
|
(N/A)
|
21.6
|
(N/A)
|
|
Iowa
|
2,289
|
367
|
(N/A)
|
16.0
|
(N/A)
|
422
|
(N/A)
|
18.4
|
(N/A)
|
|
Kansas
|
1,740
|
312
|
(N/A)
|
17.9
|
(N/A)
|
347
|
(N/A)
|
19.9
|
(N/A)
|
|
Kentucky
|
1,778
|
409
|
(N/A)
|
23.0
|
(N/A)
|
452
|
(N/A)
|
25.4
|
(N/A)
|
|
Louisiana
|
1,206
|
227
|
(N/A)
|
18.8
|
(N/A)
|
261
|
(N/A)
|
21.6
|
(N/A)
|
|
Maine
|
2,193
|
365
|
(N/A)
|
16.6
|
(N/A)
|
408
|
(N/A)
|
18.6
|
(N/A)
|
|
Maryland
|
3,090
|
381
|
(N/A)
|
12.3
|
(N/A)
|
431
|
(N/A)
|
13.9
|
(N/A)
|
|
Massachusetts
|
1,848
|
277
|
(N/A)
|
15.0
|
(N/A)
|
331
|
(N/A)
|
17.9
|
(N/A)
|
|
Michigan
|
2,937
|
563
|
(N/A)
|
19.2
|
(N/A)
|
655
|
(N/A)
|
22.3
|
(N/A)
|
|
Minnesota
|
2,855
|
415
|
(N/A)
|
14.5
|
(N/A)
|
467
|
(N/A)
|
16.4
|
(N/A)
|
|
Mississippi
|
1,163
|
315
|
(N/A)
|
27.1
|
(N/A)
|
368
|
(N/A)
|
31.6
|
(N/A)
|
|
Missouri
|
2,112
|
396
|
(N/A)
|
18.8
|
(N/A)
|
446
|
(N/A)
|
21.1
|
(N/A)
|
|
Montana
|
1,081
|
216
|
(N/A)
|
20.0
|
(N/A)
|
249
|
(N/A)
|
23.0
|
(N/A)
|
|
Nebraska
|
1,791
|
253
|
(N/A)
|
14.1
|
(N/A)
|
304
|
(N/A)
|
17.0
|
(N/A)
|
|
Nevada
|
2,048
|
376
|
(N/A)
|
18.4
|
(N/A)
|
438
|
(N/A)
|
21.4
|
(N/A)
|
|
New Hampshire
|
2,470
|
263
|
(N/A)
|
10.6
|
(N/A)
|
293
|
(N/A)
|
11.9
|
(N/A)
|
|
New Jersey
|
2,799
|
378
|
(N/A)
|
13.5
|
(N/A)
|
428
|
(N/A)
|
15.3
|
(N/A)
|
|
New Mexico
|
1,245
|
308
|
(N/A)
|
24.7
|
(N/A)
|
357
|
(N/A)
|
28.7
|
(N/A)
|
|
New York
|
5,558
|
1,085
|
(N/A)
|
19.5
|
(N/A)
|
1,218
|
(N/A)
|
21.9
|
(N/A)
|
|
North Carolina
|
2,481
|
516
|
(N/A)
|
20.8
|
(N/A)
|
589
|
(N/A)
|
23.7
|
(N/A)
|
|
North Dakota
|
1,480
|
228
|
(N/A)
|
15.4
|
(N/A)
|
263
|
(N/A)
|
17.8
|
(N/A)
|
|
Ohio
|
3,329
|
597
|
(N/A)
|
17.9
|
(N/A)
|
675
|
(N/A)
|
20.3
|
(N/A)
|
|
Oklahoma
|
1,536
|
281
|
(N/A)
|
18.3
|
(N/A)
|
303
|
(N/A)
|
19.7
|
(N/A)
|
|
Oregon
|
1,769
|
342
|
(N/A)
|
19.3
|
(N/A)
|
392
|
(N/A)
|
22.2
|
(N/A)
|
|
Pennsylvania
|
3,554
|
529
|
(N/A)
|
14.9
|
(N/A)
|
632
|
(N/A)
|
17.8
|
(N/A)
|
|
Rhode Island
|
2,000
|
357
|
(N/A)
|
17.9
|
(N/A)
|
399
|
(N/A)
|
20.0
|
(N/A)
|
|
South Carolina
|
1,653
|
323
|
(N/A)
|
19.5
|
(N/A)
|
364
|
(N/A)
|
22.0
|
(N/A)
|
|
South Dakota
|
1,889
|
396
|
(N/A)
|
21.0
|
(N/A)
|
438
|
(N/A)
|
23.2
|
(N/A)
|
|
Tennessee
|
1,608
|
356
|
(N/A)
|
22.1
|
(N/A)
|
377
|
(N/A)
|
23.4
|
(N/A)
|
|
Texas
|
7,467
|
1,717
|
(N/A)
|
23.0
|
(N/A)
|
1,964
|
(N/A)
|
26.3
|
(N/A)
|
|
Utah
|
1,505
|
197
|
(N/A)
|
13.1
|
(N/A)
|
242
|
(N/A)
|
16.1
|
(N/A)
|
|
Vermont
|
1,656
|
209
|
(N/A)
|
12.6
|
(N/A)
|
266
|
(N/A)
|
16.1
|
(N/A)
|
|
Virginia
|
2,710
|
371
|
(N/A)
|
13.7
|
(N/A)
|
415
|
(N/A)
|
15.3
|
(N/A)
|
|
Washington
|
2,176
|
322
|
(N/A)
|
14.8
|
(N/A)
|
383
|
(N/A)
|
17.6
|
(N/A)
|
|
West Virginia
|
1,217
|
271
|
(N/A)
|
22.3
|
(N/A)
|
301
|
(N/A)
|
24.7
|
(N/A)
|
|
Wisconsin
|
2,267
|
328
|
(N/A)
|
14.5
|
(N/A)
|
374
|
(N/A)
|
16.5
|
(N/A)
|
|
Wyoming
|
1,566
|
208
|
(N/A)
|
13.3
|
(N/A)
|
254
|
(N/A)
|
16.2
|
(N/A)
|
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