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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 65 Years and Over
|
|---|
SAMPLE PERSON COUNT |
|---|
|
United States
|
21,856
|
3,907
|
(N/A)
|
17.9
|
(N/A)
|
4,710
|
(N/A)
|
21.6
|
(N/A)
|
|
Alabama
|
290
|
79
|
(N/A)
|
27.2
|
(N/A)
|
92
|
(N/A)
|
31.7
|
(N/A)
|
|
Alaska
|
214
|
37
|
(N/A)
|
17.3
|
(N/A)
|
42
|
(N/A)
|
19.6
|
(N/A)
|
|
Arizona
|
266
|
67
|
(N/A)
|
25.2
|
(N/A)
|
78
|
(N/A)
|
29.3
|
(N/A)
|
|
Arkansas
|
253
|
62
|
(N/A)
|
24.5
|
(N/A)
|
82
|
(N/A)
|
32.4
|
(N/A)
|
|
California
|
1,843
|
342
|
(N/A)
|
18.6
|
(N/A)
|
422
|
(N/A)
|
22.9
|
(N/A)
|
|
Colorado
|
383
|
55
|
(N/A)
|
14.4
|
(N/A)
|
65
|
(N/A)
|
17.0
|
(N/A)
|
|
Connecticut
|
498
|
64
|
(N/A)
|
12.9
|
(N/A)
|
74
|
(N/A)
|
14.9
|
(N/A)
|
|
Delaware
|
398
|
60
|
(N/A)
|
15.1
|
(N/A)
|
79
|
(N/A)
|
19.8
|
(N/A)
|
|
District of Columbia
|
304
|
75
|
(N/A)
|
24.7
|
(N/A)
|
87
|
(N/A)
|
28.6
|
(N/A)
|
|
Florida
|
1,233
|
200
|
(N/A)
|
16.2
|
(N/A)
|
246
|
(N/A)
|
20.0
|
(N/A)
|
|
Georgia
|
346
|
99
|
(N/A)
|
28.6
|
(N/A)
|
113
|
(N/A)
|
32.7
|
(N/A)
|
|
Hawaii
|
536
|
92
|
(N/A)
|
17.2
|
(N/A)
|
105
|
(N/A)
|
19.6
|
(N/A)
|
|
Idaho
|
208
|
40
|
(N/A)
|
19.2
|
(N/A)
|
49
|
(N/A)
|
23.6
|
(N/A)
|
|
Illinois
|
627
|
101
|
(N/A)
|
16.1
|
(N/A)
|
127
|
(N/A)
|
20.3
|
(N/A)
|
|
Indiana
|
345
|
48
|
(N/A)
|
13.9
|
(N/A)
|
59
|
(N/A)
|
17.1
|
(N/A)
|
|
Iowa
|
328
|
48
|
(N/A)
|
14.6
|
(N/A)
|
55
|
(N/A)
|
16.8
|
(N/A)
|
|
Kansas
|
285
|
48
|
(N/A)
|
16.8
|
(N/A)
|
58
|
(N/A)
|
20.4
|
(N/A)
|
|
Kentucky
|
292
|
61
|
(N/A)
|
20.9
|
(N/A)
|
76
|
(N/A)
|
26.0
|
(N/A)
|
|
Louisiana
|
235
|
48
|
(N/A)
|
20.4
|
(N/A)
|
59
|
(N/A)
|
25.1
|
(N/A)
|
|
Maine
|
434
|
73
|
(N/A)
|
16.8
|
(N/A)
|
90
|
(N/A)
|
20.7
|
(N/A)
|
|
Maryland
|
497
|
82
|
(N/A)
|
16.5
|
(N/A)
|
87
|
(N/A)
|
17.5
|
(N/A)
|
|
Massachusetts
|
381
|
60
|
(N/A)
|
15.7
|
(N/A)
|
78
|
(N/A)
|
20.5
|
(N/A)
|
|
Michigan
|
492
|
66
|
(N/A)
|
13.4
|
(N/A)
|
83
|
(N/A)
|
16.9
|
(N/A)
|
|
Minnesota
|
454
|
64
|
(N/A)
|
14.1
|
(N/A)
|
78
|
(N/A)
|
17.2
|
(N/A)
|
|
Mississippi
|
252
|
76
|
(N/A)
|
30.2
|
(N/A)
|
83
|
(N/A)
|
32.9
|
(N/A)
|
|
Missouri
|
336
|
57
|
(N/A)
|
17.0
|
(N/A)
|
75
|
(N/A)
|
22.3
|
(N/A)
|
|
Montana
|
207
|
34
|
(N/A)
|
16.4
|
(N/A)
|
48
|
(N/A)
|
23.2
|
(N/A)
|
|
Nebraska
|
318
|
43
|
(N/A)
|
13.5
|
(N/A)
|
51
|
(N/A)
|
16.0
|
(N/A)
|
|
Nevada
|
334
|
68
|
(N/A)
|
20.4
|
(N/A)
|
82
|
(N/A)
|
24.6
|
(N/A)
|
|
New Hampshire
|
399
|
50
|
(N/A)
|
12.5
|
(N/A)
|
66
|
(N/A)
|
16.5
|
(N/A)
|
|
New Jersey
|
431
|
64
|
(N/A)
|
14.8
|
(N/A)
|
77
|
(N/A)
|
17.9
|
(N/A)
|
|
New Mexico
|
239
|
52
|
(N/A)
|
21.8
|
(N/A)
|
62
|
(N/A)
|
25.9
|
(N/A)
|
|
New York
|
1,016
|
221
|
(N/A)
|
21.8
|
(N/A)
|
255
|
(N/A)
|
25.1
|
(N/A)
|
|
North Carolina
|
454
|
83
|
(N/A)
|
18.3
|
(N/A)
|
99
|
(N/A)
|
21.8
|
(N/A)
|
|
North Dakota
|
214
|
39
|
(N/A)
|
18.2
|
(N/A)
|
44
|
(N/A)
|
20.6
|
(N/A)
|
|
Ohio
|
568
|
90
|
(N/A)
|
15.8
|
(N/A)
|
110
|
(N/A)
|
19.4
|
(N/A)
|
|
Oklahoma
|
299
|
50
|
(N/A)
|
16.7
|
(N/A)
|
63
|
(N/A)
|
21.1
|
(N/A)
|
|
Oregon
|
328
|
50
|
(N/A)
|
15.2
|
(N/A)
|
64
|
(N/A)
|
19.5
|
(N/A)
|
|
Pennsylvania
|
721
|
119
|
(N/A)
|
16.5
|
(N/A)
|
140
|
(N/A)
|
19.4
|
(N/A)
|
|
Rhode Island
|
336
|
63
|
(N/A)
|
18.8
|
(N/A)
|
76
|
(N/A)
|
22.6
|
(N/A)
|
|
South Carolina
|
347
|
75
|
(N/A)
|
21.6
|
(N/A)
|
92
|
(N/A)
|
26.5
|
(N/A)
|
|
South Dakota
|
329
|
52
|
(N/A)
|
15.8
|
(N/A)
|
63
|
(N/A)
|
19.1
|
(N/A)
|
|
Tennessee
|
318
|
73
|
(N/A)
|
23.0
|
(N/A)
|
81
|
(N/A)
|
25.5
|
(N/A)
|
|
Texas
|
1,048
|
237
|
(N/A)
|
22.6
|
(N/A)
|
277
|
(N/A)
|
26.4
|
(N/A)
|
|
Utah
|
188
|
23
|
(N/A)
|
12.2
|
(N/A)
|
29
|
(N/A)
|
15.4
|
(N/A)
|
|
Vermont
|
286
|
45
|
(N/A)
|
15.7
|
(N/A)
|
59
|
(N/A)
|
20.6
|
(N/A)
|
|
Virginia
|
444
|
70
|
(N/A)
|
15.8
|
(N/A)
|
80
|
(N/A)
|
18.0
|
(N/A)
|
|
Washington
|
320
|
53
|
(N/A)
|
16.6
|
(N/A)
|
66
|
(N/A)
|
20.6
|
(N/A)
|
|
West Virginia
|
275
|
49
|
(N/A)
|
17.8
|
(N/A)
|
60
|
(N/A)
|
21.8
|
(N/A)
|
|
Wisconsin
|
446
|
60
|
(N/A)
|
13.5
|
(N/A)
|
75
|
(N/A)
|
16.8
|
(N/A)
|
|
Wyoming
|
261
|
40
|
(N/A)
|
15.3
|
(N/A)
|
49
|
(N/A)
|
18.8
|
(N/A)
|
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